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Hello, I'm Georgie.
And I'm Neil.
Welcome to Real Easy English
from BBC Learning English.
Every week, we have a real conversation
in easy English to help you learn.
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How are you, Neil?
I'm well, thank you, Georgie. How are you?
I am pretty good too, thank you.
I'm very excited for the weekend.
Oh, really? Well, today
we're talking all about the weekend.
We're going to talk about
what we plan to do at the weekend.
Great! Let's start.
So, Georgie,
do you have any weekend plans?
Yes, I do have plans. I'm going
to visit my parents at the weekend.
So I'm gonna get the train
to my home town. What about you?
I don't really have any special plans,
but I might spend lots of time
doing sport with my kids.
Mm-hm, nice, which sports?
Erm, cricket in the summer
and football as well.
Nice. So that's what you usually do?
That's what I usually do.
I usually spend most of the weekend
taking my kids to sport.
Do you like it?
Actually, I really do.
I really do like it. It's fun
to watch them trying their hardest.
Ahh, nice.
Is there anything else
you'd like to do this weekend?
Well, I might meet up with a friend
and we might go for some food
or maybe just a drink
or we might go for a walk or something.
Mm, nice!
And how about you, Georgie?
What do you plan to do when you get home?
Well, we have a lunch on Saturday.
And we live in the countryside, so
we'll probably go for a walk with the dogs
and we're likely to go to the pub as well.
Mm. Is this a typical weekend for you?
It's not because I don't usually
go home to see my parents.
Most weekends I stay in London.
I meet some friends. Yeah.
So this is not a typical weekend,
but it's nice to visit my parents.
Mm. What are you looking forward to?
— This weekend?
— Yeah.
I'm really looking forward
to spending time in the countryside.
When I'm in London,
I really miss the peace and quiet.
And I miss my dog,
so I'm looking forward to seeing my dog.
And it's good to get some fresh air.
Yes, exactly, exactly.
So, Georgie, you said you are looking
forward to being in the countryside.
I did.
And 'looking forward to'
means that you're 'excited about something you're going to do in the future'.
Exactly, yes.
Like I'm looking forward to seeing my dog.
Is your dog looking forward to seeing you?
Yes, I'm sure he is.
So, Neil, I have quite clear plans.
I know what I'm going to do this weekend.
And to talk about plans like that,
we usually use 'be going to'
or the present continuous.
So I said, "I'm going to visit my parents
at the weekend".
And sometimes we shorten 'going to'
to 'gonna' when we're speaking quickly.
Yeah, now, your plans are certain.
Mine are not so certain,
so I used 'might' and 'may'.
I said I might meet my friend.
I may go for a meal
or I may go for a drink.
It means I'm not completely sure.
Well, Neil, I'm sure whatever you do
this weekend, you'll have a nice time.
OK, let's look at the vocabulary
we learned during the conversation.
We learned 'might', which we use
to talk about possible plans.
I might meet my friend.
'Going to' which we use
to talk about future plans
that are a little bit more certain.
So I'm going to visit my parents
this weekend.
And 'looking forward to'
which means 'to be pleased or excited
that something is going to happen'.
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