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  • Hi, Bob the Canadian here.

  • It is the season of fall here in Canada.

  • It is the season of autumn, we have two names

  • for this season and it is a beautiful season

  • and I thought I should do an English lesson

  • for all of you on the season of fall.

  • (calming music)

  • Well hey, welcome to this English lesson

  • about the season of fall, the season of autumn.

  • Before we get started, though, if this

  • is your first time here, don't forget to click

  • that red subscribe button below and if this video

  • helps you learn a little bit of English,

  • please give me a thumbs up.

  • So for those of you that watch my English lessons

  • regularly, you'll notice that the trees

  • that are normally quite green have started

  • to turn color.

  • In English, we call this the fall colours.

  • In fact, some people actually travel to different

  • parts of Canada to see the beautiful fall colours.

  • It's really cool when a tree starts to turn

  • from green to yellow or you start to see

  • oranges and browns and even reds sometimes.

  • So you'll see the leaves are turning colour

  • and pretty soon they'll actually fall off the trees,

  • which is why I think we also call this season fall.

  • So another sure sign of fall is that

  • you will see people raking their leaves.

  • This is a fan rake or a leaf rake

  • and you will see a lot of people in northern climates

  • in the fall out in their yards raking their leaves.

  • A lot of times they'll rake them into a big pile

  • and then their kids will jump into it (laughing).

  • We don't quite have enough leaves on the ground yet

  • to do that, but definitely, you will see people

  • rake their leaves in the fall.

  • (engine roaring)

  • So one thing I really like about fall

  • is I don't have to mow my lawn as much.

  • This is a lawn mower.

  • I think you learned that word in another video of mine,

  • but in the fall, the grass grows a lot more slowly

  • and I don't have to mow the lawn as much,

  • which is really nice because the more time I spend mowing,

  • the less time I have to make videos for you guys.

  • So it's kind of nice the grass grows more slowly,

  • I don't need to mow as much.

  • So another thing you'll see in the fall

  • is people will start to wear their winter hats.

  • We also call this a toque in Canada,

  • and you'll see people start to wear their gloves

  • or mittens, so I'm putting my gloves on right now.

  • Sometimes when I wear these gloves in a video,

  • people ask me why do your gloves have holes in them

  • and I'll show you.

  • It's so when I take out my phone, I can use

  • the screen on my phone, and then I can put my finger

  • back in when I'm done.

  • So people start wearing their winter hats.

  • They start wearing gloves, and they

  • also start wearing mittens.

  • A mitten is when all of the fingers are one part, okay.

  • So a glove has a spot for each of your fingers.

  • In a mitten, all your fingers go into one spot.

  • But another thing you'll see in the fall,

  • people start to wear their gloves, and they start

  • to wear their hats.

  • So another thing that happens in the fall

  • is pets like Oscar, hey,

  • (man whistling)

  • come on, sit here, pets like Oscar

  • start to grow more fur.

  • Oscar is getting furrier.

  • He's growing an extra thick coat for the fall and winter

  • so that he can stay warm more,

  • even though Oscar does sleep inside at night,

  • he is outside for most of the day in the fall.

  • So Oscar is growing an extra little bit of fur.

  • In fact, even our cats who live in the barn

  • are growing a little more fur.

  • There's one right here, oh, come here kitty,

  • this little kitten is also growing

  • just a little bit more fur so that he can stay warm

  • in the fall.

  • Good job, Oscar, good job.

  • He is getting more and more used to being on camera.

  • Oscar wants to know if he should have his own

  • YouTube channel.

  • So I have to apologize, I didn't get up early enough

  • to show you what frost looks like, so I'll have

  • to put a picture up here.

  • But oftentimes in the fall, we will wake up

  • and there will be frost on the grass.

  • Frost is when the dew that forms actually freezes

  • and you'll have this nice white coat of frozen water

  • on the grass, so again, I'll find some pictures

  • and I'll put them here, but another sure sign

  • that it is fall is we start to see frost in the morning.

  • So some of you might recognize this as the table,

  • it's a picnic table, that I usually do

  • my Saturday night live streams from,

  • but because it is fall, the days are getting shorter.

  • So I am not able to do my live lesson outside

  • at night any more because it's getting dark earlier.

  • So another sure sign of fall is that the days

  • get shorter and it starts to get dark earlier.

  • So you'll notice my field of soybeans isn't green any more.

  • But that's okay, it's a good thing.

  • It's almost ready for harvest.

  • Farmers plant crops in the spring.

  • They put the seeds in the ground

  • and they harvest crops in the fall.

  • So this field, the leaves have dropped.

  • The soybean plants are ready for harvest,

  • and in a few days, a large machine called a combine

  • will come in and this crop will be harvested.

  • So another thing that you will see that will make

  • you realize it is fall is that people will start

  • to decorate their homes with pumpkins and gourds.

  • There are two celebrations in the fall.

  • The first is Thanksgiving.

  • We just celebrated that a week ago.

  • And the second is Halloween, where kids go out

  • and ask for candy and both of those celebrations,

  • also involve people decorating,

  • so a lot of times you'll see bigger pumpkins than this

  • outside of people's homes and you'll see

  • people decorate their homes with gourds as well.

  • So another sure sign of fall,

  • you'll see pumpkins everywhere.

  • So I mentioned that you'll see more people

  • wearing winter hats and gloves.

  • You'll also see people drinking more hot drinks

  • or hot beverages.

  • Beverages is another word for drink, by the way.

  • They'll drink more tea.

  • They'll drink more coffee.

  • They'll drink a lot more hot chocolate

  • because in the fall, the weather gets chilly.

  • That is probably the best way to describe

  • the temperature in the fall.

  • It is chilly.

  • By the way, Miroslav, thank you so much for the mug.

  • It says "Love the world", Bob the Canadian,

  • and then it has a really nice maple leaf here

  • and it says "Canada."

  • Awesome gift, I really really appreciate it.

  • Well hey, that was just a nice little English lesson

  • about the season of fall, the season of autumn.

  • Remember it has two names.

  • I'm Bob the Canadian, and you are learning

  • just a little bit more English with me.

  • Thank you so much for watching this video.

  • If you are new here, don't forget to click

  • that subscribe button below and give me a thumbs up

  • if this video helped you learn a little bit

  • more English, and before you go,

  • why don't you take some time

  • to watch another video?

  • (calming music)

Hi, Bob the Canadian here.

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