1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: Wow, it's really heating up out there today. In fact, 2 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:10,800 I was totally burning up while I was walking the dogs. 3 00:00:11,279 --> 00:00:17,239 Thankfully I can cool down with the AC. Heat up, 4 00:00:17,519 --> 00:00:22,280 Burn up, cool down. Let's get the ball rolling. 5 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from 6 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,280 New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael. 7 00:00:34,079 --> 00:00:38,799 Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael 8 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,880 here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. 9 00:00:44,359 --> 00:00:49,439 And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight fifty two. 10 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:56,640 Hot Weather Phrasal Verbs. Hello and welcome. Thank you for 11 00:00:56,759 --> 00:01:00,399 joining me for another episode of the Happy English podcasked, 12 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,479 I'm your English teacher Michael, and I want to thank 13 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:09,359 you for joining me today. So quick question, how hot 14 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,319 is it where you are? Right now here in Japan? 15 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,120 Summers in full swing and let me tell you it's 16 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:23,640 hot as hell outside. So that brings me to today's 17 00:01:23,799 --> 00:01:27,799 lesson point. Last week we looked at some slang and 18 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:32,480 idioms related to hot weather. This week, I've got some 19 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,079 frasal verbs for you that we use to talk about 20 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:42,400 hot weather. Frasal verbs are such an integral part of English. 21 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:47,239 I mean, native speakers not only use them all the time, 22 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:52,040 but we prefer to use them in a conversation, and 23 00:01:52,319 --> 00:01:56,640 you should too. Using this kind of language will make 24 00:01:56,719 --> 00:02:03,519 your spoken English sound more natural. So let's get started 25 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:08,800 with heat up. When things heat up, they get hotter, 26 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:14,520 their temperature goes up, so like the weather can heat up, 27 00:02:15,039 --> 00:02:18,319 a room can heat up, and the inside of your 28 00:02:18,439 --> 00:02:22,919 car can heat up. This morning, it started to heat 29 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,960 up around seven am. And recently I've noticed that my 30 00:02:28,199 --> 00:02:33,319 phone really heats up when I charge it, especially if 31 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:37,960 I try charging it on the go with an external battery. 32 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,680 You can also use heat up as an action verb 33 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,919 when you take action to make something hot, like my 34 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,599 sister likes to heat up her coffee in the microwave, 35 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,400 and I think you should heat up that pizza before 36 00:02:55,719 --> 00:03:00,960 eating it. Now. Aside from the weather, we use heat 37 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:06,159 up when we talk about human relations. When there's a 38 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:11,879 situation between people, like a discussion or an argument. When 39 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:16,240 that becomes more intense or emotional, we say that it 40 00:03:16,479 --> 00:03:21,759 heats up, like things heated up between the two coworkers 41 00:03:21,879 --> 00:03:27,000 during the meeting, or in politics, a debate can heat 42 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:32,520 up when the discussion gets lively. Heat up that happens 43 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:39,719 with temperature or our emotions, and speaking of heat sometimes 44 00:03:39,759 --> 00:03:45,159 you're just burning up, right. I mean, people don't exactly 45 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,159 catch on fire, but when it's super hot, we say 46 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:54,919 I'm burning up. Like last weekend, Jim and his friends 47 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,199 started playing soccer in the park and they were burning 48 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:03,080 up in no time. And the air conditioner in my 49 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:11,319 car stopped working. The other day, I was totally burning up. Now. Naturally, 50 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:15,960 when things heat up, and when we are burning up, 51 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:21,199 we try to cool off. To cool off means to 52 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:26,480 become cooler or to help someone or something get cooler. 53 00:04:27,199 --> 00:04:30,959 By the way, we also use cool down with the 54 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,759 same meaning, like let's sit in the shade and cool 55 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:40,480 off a bit. We can even drink some iced tea 56 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:45,800 to cool down. And even though I don't really like 57 00:04:46,079 --> 00:04:50,639 to have cold air blowing on me, there's no better 58 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,800 way to cool off than to turn on the air 59 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:58,439 conditioner and chill on the sofa. Hey, how do you 60 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:04,439 like to cool off? By the way, cool off also 61 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:11,759 means to calm down emotionally or situationally, like yesterday, Sarah 62 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,560 was really mad after the meeting, so she went for 63 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,480 a walk to cool off. And to be honest, if 64 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:22,480 I were you, I would avoid talking to her for 65 00:05:22,519 --> 00:05:26,560 a while at least wait until you are sure that 66 00:05:26,759 --> 00:05:32,199 she's cooled off. Me too, I usually need to cool 67 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:37,279 off before I can talk about what upset me. Okay, 68 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,000 next up, here's one I use a lot in the summer. 69 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:47,319 Dry out after swimming or sweating. We need to dry 70 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:52,879 out our clothes or towels. When something dries out, it 71 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:58,240 becomes dry again. Like a few weeks ago, I got 72 00:05:58,319 --> 00:06:02,160 caught walking in a rain store and my sneakers got 73 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:08,040 totally soaked. For sure, those shoes need to dry out 74 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:12,879 before I wear them again. On a sunny day, I 75 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:17,000 like to dry out the laundry outside. Hey, I'm just 76 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:23,560 wondering in your country, do people dry out their laundry outside. 77 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:28,879 Of course, when the sky clouds over, it becomes harder 78 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:34,600 and harder to dry out the laundry. Cloud over, you know, 79 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:40,160 the sky becomes cloudy, like if you're chilling with some 80 00:06:40,439 --> 00:06:45,120 friends in the backyard on a sunny day. You're enjoying 81 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:50,519 the sunshine and then boom, it clouds over, Like when 82 00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:54,399 Jenny went to the beach yesterday. When her and her 83 00:06:54,439 --> 00:06:57,800 friends left the house, it was sunny, but by the 84 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:03,120 time they got to the beach it clouded over. Ah 85 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:10,800 summer weather is so unpredictable. So yeah, summer heat gives 86 00:07:10,879 --> 00:07:15,040 us a whole bunch of colorful ways to talk about 87 00:07:15,079 --> 00:07:19,519 the weather. Let's do a quick recap of those phrasal verbs. 88 00:07:20,199 --> 00:07:25,199 When it heats up, the temperature goes up, and even 89 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:30,720 a conversation or an argument can heat up. The opposite 90 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,360 is to cool off or cool down. That means that 91 00:07:35,399 --> 00:07:41,079 the temperature goes down. When you say that you're burning up, 92 00:07:41,519 --> 00:07:44,600 that gives us the image that you're on fire, but 93 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:49,480 it really means that you're just very very very very hot. 94 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,600 When something gets too wet, you can dry it off. 95 00:07:55,079 --> 00:07:59,160 And when that beautiful blue sky goes away and it 96 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:05,040 gets cloud you can say that it clouds over. And 97 00:08:05,079 --> 00:08:09,160 in that case we use cloud as a verb. Interesting, 98 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:14,000 isn't it. Try using a few of these phrasal verbs 99 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:18,480 in your own conversations this week, and hey, how do 100 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,279 you cool off in the summer? I would love to 101 00:08:21,319 --> 00:08:24,920 hear from you. 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