[Music] hello everyone and welcome back to English pod my name is Marco my name is Katherine and today we have a wild lesson for you at the elementary level that's right we are actually going to visit a farm so yeah it's going to be fun we're going to see a lot of animals and not only that but we're going to learn a lot of interesting words and phrases in English today but before we get started let's take a look at vocabulary preview vocabulary preview Old McDonald Had A E had a duck we're not going to
be teaching you this song today don't worry you you don't have to listen to us sing We do have a great word to start us off it's called um the word is country the country okay so you know country as like the United States Mexico Mexico China Etc but in this case we are going out to the country not out of the country we're going out to the country to the country okay the country or you might hear the countryside is is a place that's not like a city so it's the opposite of City it
means there's lots of uh grass it's very natural there are very very few houses and people it's very quiet so it's the opposite of a busy City it's the country and you have a lot of animals so usually Farms are found on the countryside or at the countryside in the countryside so usually Farms are found in the countryside that's right and I personally I'm a big fan because it's so quiet and peaceful so we can talk about that in a minute let's listen to today's dialogue first and then we'll be back to talk about some
of the words and [Music] phrases isn't this great I always wanted to own a farm live out in the country grow my own food this is very beautiful though I have to confess I don't know the first thing about farming that's fine don't worry about it what was that relax it was just a goat and that it's just the cows that are grazing over there we can milk them later what was that honey seriously it's just a sheep relax relax that was just the horses and donkeys that are in the stable you know what I
don't think I can hack it out here in the countryside I'm going back to the city all right we're back so obviously some people cannot go to the countryside that's right some people get very very upset in fact there was a whole TV show in America that was about City people living in the countryside in the country they can do it right that's right all right but before we talk about that why don't we take a look at four keywords in language takeaway language takeaway the first word is the name of an animal okay so
you've all heard of cows but have you heard of goats a goat a goat all right so a goat is a strange looking animal it's kind of skinny and uh what do you get from a goat you can actually drink goat's milk and many people like to eat goat's cheese which is cheese made from goats milk mhm okay so a goat can you and we heard that the sound that a goat makes so I think it's pretty clear what a goat is and they're very common as we say in farms such as sheep and horses
cows Etc that's right and normally when they're in the wild they like to live in Rocky places like mountains right that's why they say they're very good climbers cuz they don't fall the mountains all right and well if you have cows then they're probably going to be grazing okay so to graze is a verb it's something we do well we people don't do it animals do it it's a way for us to describe how animals like cows eat means to eat grass okay so if your cows or horses are grazing that means they're eating grass
somewhere out that's right they're walking they stop they eat some grass they walk they stop again it's a very slow process all right so cows are usually grazing out in in the countryside and well once they finish grazing and they get all fat then in the mornings you have to milk them okay so we drink milk milk is a thing but it's also a verb so to milk something all right and if you milk a cow is when you extract the milk the liquid from them right that's right so underneath a cow there's an udder
or there underneath the cow there are uters which you have to squeeze with your hands to make the milk come out okay okay interesting word as well utter right it's like that big bag full of milk exactly so to milk a cow all right and you have cows out in the fields grazing and probably your horses and donkeys are going to be in the stable the stable is a place okay so this is something that's often found on farms um where the horses or the cows live it's a it's a structure it's a building for
those animals okay so they're probably separated in different little rooms or compartments and that's called a stable so as you say usually find horses and uh cows and donkeys in there that's right so a stable is a way to protect animals from the weather all right very good so four key words there as we just saw why don't we listen to this dialogue again and we'll be back soon isn't this great I always wanted to own a farm live out in the country grow my own food this is very very beautiful though I have to
confess I don't know the first thing about farming that's fine don't worry about it what was that relax it was just a goat and that it's just the cows that are grazing over there we can milk them later what was that honey seriously it's just a sheep relax relax that was just the horses and donkeys that are in the stable you know what I don't think I can hack it out here in the countryside I'm going back to the city all right we're back so now let's take a look at fluency Builder fluency Builder you
know Marco I have to confess I love fluency Builder all right and that's our first phrase for today I have to confess okay so to confess is to tell someone something that's a secret mhm okay so we can confess with a priest M no so we can confess to a priest we can confess a secret to a friend okay um but I have to confess is a very common phrase It's a way for us to start a sentence I have to confess right so you're saying I have to be honest with you I have to
tell you the truth exactly so I have to confess I'm not a huge fan of that sweater okay so I have to be honest I really don't like your sweater this is a way for us to be more polite when we're saying something that's negative and in this case it was the girl who was confessing and what she confessed is her second key phrase phrase I don't know the first thing about farming okay so uh I don't know anything about farming is another way we could say this or um I don't know a thing about
farming but I don't know the first thing about farming means I don't even understand what a farm is okay the first thing is what is a farm I don't even understand what a farm is for this is a way for us to say I don't know anything at all about this and if we change the noun right and we can say for example I don't know the first thing about cars so I have no idea what models they are or what type of engine they have I don't know the first thing about cars all I
know is how to turn them on right right or I don't know the first thing about wines I'd love to learn about wine but I don't know the first thing about it okay so it's a phrase that you can use with many many different nouns right I don't know the first thing about architecture I don't know the first thing about English right well we do and that's why we're here to help you but this is a really great phrase to describe not understanding anything at all about something right so this is a really great way
to describe not knowing anything at all about something okay and well obviously since she didn't know the first thing about farming she ended up leaving and she said you know what I don't think I can hack it out here in the countryside okay so I can hack it he can't hack it we use this with the verb to be able to mhm and it means I don't think I can do this I think this is too hard mhm or maybe if somebody quit right after a week at at the office and you you can and
you can say he couldn't hack it he couldn't hack the pressure and he left exactly so that means to handle or to be able to handle or to um withstand so I just don't think I can hack the cold right I can't handle the cold it's too cold here I'm moving somewhere warm all right so I'm sure you guys will be able to hack our dialogue one last time so let's listen to it and we'll be [Music] back isn't this great I always wanted to own a farm live out in the country grow my own
food this is very beautiful though I have to confess I don't know the first thing about farming that's fine don't worry about it what was that relax it was just a goat and that it's just the cows that are grazing over there we can milk them later what was that honey seriously it's just a sheep relax relax that was just the horses and donkeys that are in the stable you know what I don't think I can hack it out here in the countryside I'm going back to the city all right we're back so as you
said you're a fan of the countryside and about farming right that's right well I wish I knew more about farming I don't know the first thing about milking a cow but I do come from a part of the world in Illinois near Chicago where we have a lot of farms and I appreciate the quiet and yeah it's nice having animals around and being able to go on long walks without cars and horns and bicycles and it is actually a little bit refreshing to be out in the countryside sometimes s and not even have uh internet
or cell phone coverage or anything so it's just basically you can't do anything else but relax read a book talk to people ex exactly now an interesting thing about this is a lot of people take for granted the countryside because I've met many people who live in the city who grew up in the city and have never seen for example a life chicken and when they see it they just freak out and take pictures with the chicken or or a cow or something it's it's amazing that's really funny well I think it's it's very valuable
ski I think there are very valuable skills that you learn being out in the countryside like uh how to cook for yourself there's no one else who can cook for you or how to get food from animals or maybe you can't even use a microwave so how do you cook without a microwave or something that's right and I think the biggest problem for City people when they come to the countryside is that it's dirtier you know you get mud and there are bugs and uh I imagine some of our co-workers here having a very hard
time in the countryside yes indeed so why don't you guys come to our website englishpod do.com let us know what you think about this maybe you're very familiar with the countryside or have a relative who's a farmer it's it's great so uh visit us english.com and if you have any questions or comments you can leave them there as well can't wait to hear from you happy studies bye everyone bye [Music] the English pod audio review listen to the meaning then say the vocabulary word rural areas country to feed in a meadow or pasture Grace get
the milk from a cow milk know little about don't know the first thing about a building for the shelter and feeding of domestic animals especially horses and cattle stable be able to manage or manage successfully hack it let's try that faster to feed in a meadow or pasture great pH know little about don't know the first thing about get the milk from a cow milk rural areas country a building for the shelter and feeding of domestic animals especially horses and cattle stable be able to manage or manage successfully hack it now say the word and
hear it in a sentence country it took only 10 minutes of driving before we were out of the city and in the country country my mom grew up on a farm out in the country and met my dad one day when his truck broke down on the country road beside the farm country I love being out in the country because it is so peaceful don't know the first thing about I would be so scared to have a baby because I don't know the first thing about being a mom don't know the first thing about I
don't know the first thing about teaching so there is no way I am going to look for a job teaching English don't know the first thing about my sister sister is your babysitter but she doesn't know the first thing about taking care of kids graze the cows grazed in the field graze I knew that something was wrong when I looked out over the countryside and saw only one horse grazing in the field graze every morning he takes the Sheep out to graze stable the little girl led the donkey back into the stable stable he went
into the stable to take a look at the new kittens stable your father put the new horse in the big stall in the stable hack it I think the new employee is going to quit because he just can't hack it hack it I can't hack it being a nanny because the kids won't listen to me hack it she's not too sure if she could hack it in the city with all the people and all the noise [Music]
