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Hello and welcome to Real Easy English.
In this podcast, we have real conversations in Easy English to help you learn.
I'm Neil.
And I'm Georgie.
You can find a video version of this Hi, Georgie.
How are you?
I'm very well, thank you, Neil.
How are you?
I'm OK.
At the weekend, I went to a concert.
Yes.
And I was trying to listen to the music.
Lots of people around me were talking loudly and I really hate that.
Oh, it's quite annoying, I guess.
Yeah.
Well, today we're actually talking about things that we don't like, things that we hate doing, and things that we don't like other people doing.
So let's talk about your concert then.
Why didn't you like that?
I just think it feels quite rude to me, because lots of people want to listen to the music and they paid money to listen to the music.
But other people have decided just to talk.
And it means I couldn't listen to my music.
My favourite music.
Yeah, and the tickets are expensive and you go there for a reason and other people can ruin the experience for you.
This happens also in the cinema or the theatre.
Yeah.
Yeah, I find that annoying, too.
I don't like it when people, when groups of people, are walking down the street in a line and they don't leave space for other people to pass.
I can sometimes be a bit impatient and maybe that's my problem.
But yeah, that that annoys me.
Do you know what I can't stand?
What?
I can't stand it when people leave litter or rubbish, especially in a beautiful, natural place.
So if I'm in the countryside and then I see some old...
Rappers or cans left lying on the ground.
That makes me sad and angry.
Yeah, because it spoils the beautiful environment.
Is there anything that you hate doing personally?
Oh, lots of things.
I really hate DIY.
DIY is when you do repairs to your own house or flat.
I'm really bad at it.
And because I know I'm bad at it.
When I do it and it's a failure, everything about it makes me hate it.
Another thing that I don't like doing is similar to what I said before.
I don't like going through crowds of people because, again, I like to get to places quickly.
And if I can't move easily in a crowd, that frustrates me.
I find that annoying and irritating sometimes.
Yeah, it's really irritating, isn't it?
And it's strange because usually I'm quite a calm and relaxed person and I just think well, whatever happens, happens.
But for some reason, in these situations, I get very annoyed.
It makes me very annoyed.
How about food?
Is there any food that you can't stand?
Actually, no, I eat most food and I really love food.
When I was younger, I used to hate nuts for some reason.
I don't like the texture, or I didn't like the texture.
But now I think I don't mind them so much.
I just don't want nuts in my sweet treats.
So, Neil, do you think that there's anything that you do that other people hate?
Oh, definitely.
I've got kids and kids are very honest.
And so my kids think I'm really annoying in the morning, especially if I ask them lots of questions when they're making their breakfast.
I can really relate to that to your kids actually, because I really don't like it when people ask me lots of questions in the morning.
I'm just waking up.
I don't want to talk to anyone at the moment.
Anything else?
Well, probably lots, but let's leave it there.
How about you?
There's definitely things that people find annoying about me.
I'm very forgetful with my possessions, so things that I own.
I often leave bags, phones, jackets, umbrellas in restaurants and bars.
And my friends and my sister get really annoyed because they have to follow me around making sure that I've got all of my things.
And I think that's very annoying for them.
It's annoying for me as well because I lose lots of things like my phone a couple of times.
Annoying for everyone.
OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've heard in this episode, starting with can't stand.
If you can't stand something, you really, really don't like it.
The adjectives annoying and irritating describe something that makes you feel uncomfortable or angry when it happens.
Georgie just gave the adjectives that describe the situation, but annoyed or irritated.
Describe the way you feel.
So if you are annoyed or irritated, something has made you angry.
If you feel frustrated, you're annoyed because you can't do something.
For example, if you're in a traffic jam, you can feel frustrated that you can't move somewhere quickly.
The situation is frustrating.
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Goodbye for now.
Goodbye.
