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Episode: Real Easy English: Talking about future plans

Author: BBC
Duration: 00:05:25

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Neil and Beth have a real conversation in easy English about their plans and dreams. Learn to talk about what you want to do in the futureTRANSCRIPT You can read along with this podcast and find important vocabulary here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish`/english/features/real-easy-english/241206SUBSCRIBE` TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish`/newslettersFIND` BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. Hello and welcome to Real Easy English, the podcast where we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I'm Neil.

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And I'm Beth. Go to our website to find a script for this episode to read along as well as a worksheet with questions on the programme.

00:00:29 Speaker_00
Hello, Beth. How are you doing today?

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I am very well, thank you, Neil. How are you doing?

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I'm pretty good. What are we talking about today?

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Well, today we are talking about our plans for the future.

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So, Beth, do you like to make plans for the future?

00:00:48 Speaker_03
No, I don't like to make lots of plans, but I think it's good to have some plans. What about you?

00:00:56 Speaker_00
Yes, I have, let's say, dreams about the future.

00:01:01 Speaker_02
Oh.

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But not really plans. So things I'd like to do maybe in the next few years.

00:01:11 Speaker_03
OK, well, I'm interested to hear about your dreams. So what are your plans for the future?

00:01:18 Speaker_00
Well, in the next few years, my kids will probably leave home because they're growing up. And so I'll have a lot more time. And I would like to do things I don't do very much now.

00:01:33 Speaker_00
So when they leave home, I'll spend more time going for walks in the countryside or playing music or cooking nice meals.

00:01:47 Speaker_02
OK, that sounds really good. Yeah, good plans.

00:01:51 Speaker_00
How about you, Beth? Do you have any goals in your life?

00:01:57 Speaker_03
Well, there's a few things that I want to do. So, for example, if I can, I want to move to a bigger house.

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Hopefully, if I can, I will move to the countryside because at the moment I live in a place where there are quite a few other houses, but I would really like to be out with more fresh air and places to go walking more easily.

00:02:26 Speaker_03
Is there anything, Neil, that you have always wanted to do but you haven't done yet, like travel somewhere or do something crazy like skydiving?

00:02:36 Speaker_00
Yes, there are always interesting places in the world to visit that I haven't visited so far. I think also I would really like to get very, very good at a foreign language.

00:02:50 Speaker_03
OK, that is a good goal.

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because at the moment I can speak bits of language but nothing really impressive.

00:02:58 Speaker_03
Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I think I have, yeah, similar goals. If I have the time, I'll travel to some other countries and practice speaking different languages a bit better than I can do at the moment. But it's difficult with time and money.

00:03:19 Speaker_03
Traveling is expensive. So we'll see. One day, Neil, we will both be retired. Have you got any thoughts on what you want to do when you're retired? I know it's not yet.

00:03:35 Speaker_00
No, but it's a bit closer for me than you. It's difficult to think what I would like to do with all that free time, but I think it's important to have a plan rather than just sit on the sofa watching TV all day.

00:03:54 Speaker_03
You better start thinking then!

00:04:04 Speaker_00
Let's recap the language we used during our conversation. We had goals – things you want to do or complete.

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And we talked about future plans using the first conditional with when. For example, Neil, when your children leave home, you'll play more music and go on walks.

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And we used the first conditional using if to talk about future possibilities.

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Yes, I said that if I can, I will move to a bigger house.

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That's it for this episode. Remember there's lots more to help you with your English on our website. Try our video series, the London to Edinburgh Challenge, where you can practice easy English with an exciting race.

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Next time we'll talk about television and the things we like to watch.

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