hey everybody welcome to this a2 English listening practice video you can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak you ready so today I'm gonna talk about the seasons of course there are four main seasons that exist spring summer fall and winter in English the fall season is also called autumn so you can hear some people say fall and other people say autumn let's talk about some of the differences between the four seasons spring is universally known as the season that brings life this is the time of year when the flowers bloom and the trees fill with new leaves in some regions spring is a really beautiful season but in other places spring isn't so exciting for example if you live in the northern regions of the US spring is usually a really beautiful time of year but if you live in other parts of the US there isn't much difference between spring and the other seasons when I lived in Oregon I saw a real spring for the first time the trees turned green pink and purple and the whole landscape looked different but in the other cities where I've lived this type of spring season doesn't exist spring is also the season when the days get longer because most countries start daylight savings time at the beginning of spring this is my favorite thing about the season okay now let's talk about summer this is my favorite season because I love the Sun and I love long days of course in some places summer can be uncomfortable because of the heat in certain cities the temperature in the summer can be 40 or even 45 degrees Celsius this is too hot even for me I can handle hot weather but if it's hotter than 40 degrees that's a little too much summer is usually kids favorite season too because they have summer break or summer vacation when I was young everyone would get so excited in June because it was the last month of school we would get about two and a half months of break and it was great summer is also the season when many people take family vacations and travel in my opinion summer is the best season of them all okay now let's talk about fall or autumn fall is similar to spring in that some places don't really have this season but if you go to a region that does have this season you'll see some amazing colors for example when I lived in Oregon fall was a distinct season around the end of September the leaves on the trees would change color and become red orange and yellow if you've never seen this before I recommend that you take a trip to a region that has this season it's such a cool experience to see the colors and of course leaves fall down from the trees so there are leaves everywhere on the ground that means that when you walk there are always leaves crunching under your feet but in most of the cities where I've lived there is no real fall season all right lastly let's talk about winter for many people this is the worst season because it's really cold if you live in a cold country winter lasts for a really long time this brings a lot of problems and hard work in the cities where I've lived though winter is mild in Southern California and Mexico the temperature doesn't get very low and it doesn't snow so I've never experienced a true winter before and I'm ok with that I think winter can also be beautiful if there's snow and there are plenty of fun winter activities that you can only do in the snow like skiing and snowboarding so winter can be either miserable or great depending on who you are and where you are ok that's all for today leave a comment and tell me what your favorite season is I'll see you next time [Music] [Applause] [Music]