Neil Hello and welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. I’m Neil.
Beth And I’m Beth. In this podcast, we have a real conversation in easy English to help you learn.
Neil You can find the vocabulary from this episode and more to help you with your English at bbclearningenglish.com.
Beth Hi, Neil. How’re things?
Neil I’m very well, thank you, Beth. How about you?
Beth I’m very good, thank you. Now, in today’s episode, we are going to talk all about us!
Neil Yes, that’s right. We’ll help you learn to talk about yourself, your feelings, and your personality.
Beth OK. So, Neil, what do we mean by personality?
Neil Well, we use the word personality to talk about the type of person we are. So how we behave, how we feel, how we think. For example, we can have a warm personality or a friendly personality.
Beth OK. So, Neil, how would you describe yourself? What kind of personality do you have?
Neil Ah that’s difficult Beth! I think I’m quite calm, laid back, maybe. I don’t get too upset or angry very easily. How about you, Beth? What’s your personality?
Beth I think that when I first meet people, I’m quite shy. I’m a bit quiet, and I don’t say much, and maybe feel a bit nervous. But as soon as I get to know somebody, I am much more confident and then I’m very chatty and talkative. So then I do talk a lot.
Neil OK, Beth. So, can you tell me what your interests are? What you like doing?
Beth Well, I really like reading. I read quite a lot and I listen to audio books as well. I find lots of different topics interesting, and I also love going to the theatre. I find that really exciting. What about you?
Neil I really like spending time with friends, chatting, having a laugh. And I really like live music, too.
Beth So, Neil, you said you like going to watch live music. Why do you enjoy that?
Neil Yes, I get really excited to see a new band that I like, that I’ve heard and I haven’t seen before, and I think it’s also really exciting to hear live music because it exists just then, that moment, and it’s never repeated.
Beth Yeah, that’s kind of why I love going to the theatre. It’s special because it’s just one performance. Anything could happen, and it’s really exciting to just be there in the moment.
Now, when you’re with your friends, I know that you laugh quite a lot. Would you say that you have a good sense of humour?
Neil Maybe, yes. I do, I like laughing, and I think I like to see the funny side of things in the world.
Beth So, usually, everybody has a sense of humour. It just means the kind of things that you find funny.
Neil Yeah, and Beth, I remember once you told me you and your friend have a secret language.
Beth We do. It’s very silly. She made it up when she was a child, and she taught me it. So, sometimes we have secret conversations, and it’s very silly, and we find it very funny. I would say I have a silly sense of humour.
Neil Well, Beth, I’ve learned a lot about you today. Shall we have a look at the vocabulary we used during our conversation?
Beth Yes. So, we had personality. That is the type of person you are.
Neil We’ve had sense of humour, the types of things that make you laugh.
Beth And throughout the conversation, we have used adjectives that end in -ed and -ing. For example, Neil, you are excited to watch live music because you find the live music exciting.
We use adjectives that end with -ed like excited and interested when we mean our feelings. You are interested in something.
And we use adjectives that end in -ing to talk about the thing that gives you that feeling. For example, you find live music exciting. And I find reading books interesting.
Neil That’s it for this episode of Real Easy English. If you want to learn more about how to talk about yourself, try one of our free easy English courses. You can find them on our website bbclearningenglish.com.
Beth Next time on Real Easy English, we’ll talk about a very British topic, the weather.
Neil See you next time. Bye.
Beth Bye!