Talking about siblings

Introduction Neil and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about their families. Learn to talk about your brothers and sisters and whether they are like you. Vocabulary siblings brothers or sisters similar almost, but not exactly the same get on (well) with have a good relationship close (with a person) like someone and see or speak to them often Transcript Georgie Hello and welcome to Real Easy English, the podcast where we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I'm Georgie. Neil And I'm Neil. And you can watch a video version of this podcast and get a free worksheet at bbclearningenglish.com. Georgie Hi, Neil. How are you? Neil Hi, Georgie. Yeah, I'm very good. I'm excited. Georgie Why? Neil I'm going to a birthday party. Georgie Whose birthday party? Neil My sister's. Georgie Your sister. Well, that's funny, because today we are talking about brothers and sisters. Or siblings. Neil Yeah. Do you have any siblings, Georgie? Georgie I do, I have one sister. She is younger, but she is taller and more mature and more sensible than I am. How about you? Neil Exactly the same. Yes, I have a younger sister, but she's a bit more grown up than me. Georgie A better version of you? Neil Yeah, definitely. Georgie Are you similar? Well, are there any similarities between you and your sister? Neil Well, I mean, physically we don't look similar, but some people say we do. I can't really see it. But I think some aspects of our personality are similar. We like some of the same things. It's, you know, it's good when we meet, but we don't meet very often. Georgie How often? Neil Every few months. Georgie Yeah. Neil Yeah. Because, you know, she lives in a different city and has her family and life's busy. Georgie Yeah. I'm lucky because my sister lives in London. So we are able to see each other quite regularly. Neil So, Georgie, are you close to your sister? Georgie Yes. I would say that we are close. Growing up, we weren't so close. I would say. Although I think she disagrees. But since we went travelling together, we became closer because we had this kind of special experience together. We were very far away from home. We had to do lots of difficult things, you know, organising. We were, yeah, together against the world. So we became close. How about you? Are you close with your sister? Neil I think when we're together, we get on well. But then we can go a long period of time where we don't really talk, and that's OK. Georgie That's OK. It's life. Neil So, you have a sister and you get on well. But do you wish that you had more siblings? Georgie Yes. I wish I had a brother. It might sound strange, but I've always wanted to know what a boy in my family would look like. Yeah, it might change the dynamic a little bit, though. What about you? Neil Yeah, when I was younger, I thought it would be nice to have a brother, an older brother to kind of show you the way. Georgie Yeah. Neil Because probably, you know, as the older sibling, you're kind of, you get to do everything first, and that's sometimes good and sometimes bad. Georgie But it's funny because the stereotype of older siblings is usually that they are more responsible and sensible because they had, you know, the more rules growing up. And then when the younger sibling comes, they have less rules or fewer rules. But I think that my sister is the more serious and better behaved one. Let's recap the vocabulary we heard in the conversation. We had siblings, which means brothers and sisters. Neil We heard similar, which means almost, but not exactly the same. Georgie We had get on with, which means to have a good relationship with someone, for example. I get on well with my sister. Neil We heard the adjective close. If two people are close, they like each other and they talk to each other often. Georgie And that's it for this episode of Real Easy English. You can find a worksheet on our website and lots more episodes to help you practice. bbclearningenglish.com. Neil Join us again next time when we'll talk about what worries us. See you then. Georgie Goodbye.   Now try this... Download a free worksheet Watch The London to Edinburgh Challenge