Talking about creativity

Introduction Beth and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about art and making things. Learn to talk about your hobbies and ideas. Vocabulary creative describes someone who likes art and making things, or has lots of ideas sewing making things from fabric, for example clothes or blankets ceramics (or pottery) making things like mugs and plates from a material called clay take up start doing something, for example a hobby, for the first time Transcript Georgie Hello and welcome to Real Easy English. In this podcast, we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I'm Georgie. Beth And I'm Beth. You can watch a video version of this podcast and find a worksheet to help you learn on our website, bbclearningenglish.com. Georgie Hello Beth, how are you today? Beth I'm very well, thank you. How are you? Georgie Yes, I'm fine, thank you. Today we're talking all about being creative. If you are a creative person, you enjoy things like art or making things and you have lots of ideas. Beth OK, so let's get started. Are you a creative person?  Georgie Well, we have quite a creative job, don't we? We are always coming up with ideas for new series. Editing videos is quite a creative thing. I think I'm creative. What about you? Beth Yeah, I think especially when you talk about what we do for work. We invent new ideas and write scripts, and that is quite inventive. But what about outside of work? Georgie That's what I was going to say. Yes. Outside of work. I don't have any hobbies that are creative, but when I was at school, I used to do photography as a class, and that was quite creative. You have to have a good eye when you, when you do photography. But nowadays I don't do much, actually, sometimes I like colouring in with those colouring books. I enjoy that, but I also think you're not really creating much. You're just choosing the colours.  Beth Yeah, you almost need to draw the picture and then colour it in yourself. Georgie Yeah, maybe I'll do that. Maybe I'll try that. What about you? Outside of work? Beth I think I was probably more creative when I was younger. Although, one of my friends at the moment is pregnant, so I have been making a blanket for her baby. It's a patchwork quilt, so that means there's different squares of fabric, and I've been cutting them out and sewing them together with my sewing machine. Georgie Wow. What, what colours are in your patchwork quilt? Beth Well, they're, they're kind of blues and whites and orange-y. Because she doesn't know if it's going to be a boy or a girl. And they're all a little bit patterned, so, yeah. So I've been making that so recently, I have been creative.  Georgie Nice. And, Beth, are there any creative things, hobbies you'd like to try?  Beth Actually, I know someone who does ceramics, so they make pots and mugs and plates and he does classes. So, I'd quite like to take up ceramics or something like that, just to give it a try.  Georgie That's a really good idea, because then you can have new things to have in your kitchen, things that you can actually use. Beth Exactly. Yeah. And again, it's something I did as a child for fun, but I wouldn't really think about doing it now. But if I, like, took it up as a hobby, then it's something creative to do.  Georgie Yeah. Nice to do with your hands. Beth What about you?  Georgie I, I don't have any ideas at the moment, but I would like to spend my free time doing something creative because I think it's quite therapeutic. It's a good way to take your mind off the stresses of life. So, yeah, no ideas yet. But watch this space. OK, let's recap the language we heard during the conversation, starting with creative, which describes someone who likes art or has lots of ideas. Beth We also had sewing, which is when you make things from material like clothes or blankets. Georgie We also had ceramics, which is also called pottery, which is when you make things like bowls and plates out of a material called clay. Beth And if you take up a hobby, you start doing it for the first time. Georgie And that's it for this episode of Real Easy English. Remember, you can test what you've learnt using the worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com. Beth And next time we'll be talking about secrets. See you then. Georgie Bye. Now try this... Download a free worksheet Learn more Phrasal verbs with Georgie.