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I'm Phil.
And I'm Georgie.
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Hi Georgie, how are things?
Things are good, thank you Phil.
How are you?
I'm good.
I am a little bit thirsty though.
Are you Phil?
Well, today we're going to talk about water.
Drinking it, using it and hopefully not wasting it.
So Georgie, do you like drinking water?
I was going to say that I think everyone likes drinking water, but actually I do know people that don't like drinking water.
I do like drinking water.
I always bring a bottle of water to the office.
Neil used to laugh at me because I had a bottle that was about two litres.
So yeah, I do like water.
What about you?
Yeah, I like to drink water.
I think I drink quite a lot in a day and sometimes I feel bad if I don't.
It makes me feel much better.
But my children find drinking water boring.
They're always asking for juice or, well, fizzy drinks as well, but we don't let them usually.
Oh, really?
But, yeah, I ask them to drink water and they don't.
They don't want to.
And I don't understand it.
You can make water a bit more interesting by putting like a flavoured cordial in it, like a strawberry or berry flavoured thing.
Do you do that?
Do you have that at home?
Maybe I should try it.
Maybe that's what we need to do.
Yeah.
How much water do you drink?
Do you think you drink enough?
I don't really measure it, but I usually drink when I'm thirsty.
And if I don't drink water, I notice it.
I don't feel good if I haven't drunk enough water.
Yeah, sometimes I get a headache if I don't drink enough water.
And we've been talking about drinking water.
But of course, we use water for lots of things apart from drinking.
Do you ever try to save water, Georgie?
Yes, I do.
I try to not have too many showers.
I'm not stinky, but I have one shower a day and I try to.
I do love to have a bath, but I think it's better to have a shower.
I think you save more water by having a shower.
What else do I do to save?
What do you do to save water, Phil?
One thing we do is we collect rainwater to water the plants in the garden.
Depends how much it's rained.
But if we have that, then it's good to use that.
Also trying to make sure we fix things if.
A tap is dripping or there's a leak somewhere trying to fix a leak that can help save water.
Those are really good, good ways to save water.
Phil, have you ever experienced a drought?
So a drought is a period of time where there's not enough rain.
There have been times where you hear about there not being enough rain and people are worried about it.
But it's not common here that you can't get water.
Often they ask you not to use water to water your plants or wash your car or something.
So, yeah, and I think it is getting more common that you hear about droughts more here.
Yeah, it sometimes happens in the summer.
I remember when I was younger, they told us to stop using the hose pipes.
So like a long tube that you use to water plants.
But it doesn't usually last that long in this country.
We are very lucky.
I've been to other countries where they have lots of signs in the bathroom saying please save water, don't use too much water.
To try to avoid wasting so much water.
Let's recap the language we heard during this conversation, starting with thirsty.
And if you feel thirsty, it means you feel like you need to drink something.
We also heard enough, which means as much as you need.
Phil and I think that we drink enough water.
And then we heard drought, which is a period with little or no rain.
And during a drought, you need to save water.
If you save water, you use less.
But if you waste water, then you use water that you don't need.
And that's it for this episode of Real Easy English.
And we'll be back next week with another conversation in Easy English.
Bye for now.
Goodbye.
