Jun 12, 2026 · 6 min · 10 segments
Phil and Becca have a real conversation in easy English about hot weather – when the Sun is shining and the temperature is high. Learn to talk about heatwaves, air conditioning and how to make the…
I love it when the weather is a bit warmer, and that's what we're going to be talking about today.
Um, we're going to be talking about hot weather and what you do to stay cool.
Yeah? Are there any other things, are there any activities that you do when, when the weather's hot?
Apart from eating ice cream, yeah.
Um, I really don't like being hot when I'm in the city because I feel like, um, the heat, uh, kind of stays, and it's very difficult to find, um, like a swimming pool or I love to go to the beach.
When it's really hot, when we get a heat wave, which is when you get a few days and it's a long way above normal temperatures, then I like to put a paddling pool in the back garden, which is like a little swimming pool-
... and you just fill it with water and then jump in.
I spend a lot more time outside, um, than I do during the winter, for example.
If we've got nice warm weather, and it's not raining-
... um, it's nice to be outside, um, just to sit, spend some time reading, whatever, um, cooking outside-
... having a barbecue.
I love it when the weather is a bit warmer, and that's what we're going to be talking about today.
Um, we're going to be talking about hot weather and what you do to stay cool.
Yeah? Are there any other things, are there any activities that you do when, when the weather's hot?
Apart from eating ice cream, yeah.
Um, I really don't like being hot when I'm in the city because I feel like, um, the heat, uh, kind of stays, and it's very difficult to find, um, like a swimming pool or I love to go to the beach.
When it's really hot, when we get a heat wave, which is when you get a few days and it's a long way above normal temperatures, then I like to put a paddling pool in the back garden, which is like a little swimming pool-
... and you just fill it with water and then jump in.
I spend a lot more time outside, um, than I do during the winter, for example.
If we've got nice warm weather, and it's not raining-
... um, it's nice to be outside, um, just to sit, spend some time reading, whatever, um, cooking outside-
... having a barbecue.
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Choosing Sun Over Air-Con
Phil wonders where Becca prefers summer days.
Britain's Heatwave Blind Spot
Phil questions England's summer compared to elsewhere.
Backyard Heatwave Survival Kit
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