Summary
Sometimes you watch a film that’s fantastic! Maybe your friend is wearing a really cool T-shirt. Why not learn an informal English word to say they’re amazing?
Transcript
Feifei
Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me, Feifei…
Roy
…and me, Roy.
Feifei
In this programme, we have a word that is used to say that something is amazing or extremely good. Speaking of which have you seen that new blockbuster that everyone’s talking about, ‘Unicorns Eat Bananas in the Stars’?
Roy
What kind of title is that?! That film sounds awful!
Feifei
It’s not! ‘Unicorns Eat Bananas in the Stars’ is fire!
Roy
Fire? The unicorns that eat bananas in the stars are on fire?! What is this film about?
Feifei
No, Roy! Don’t be silly, the banana eating unicorns aren’t on fire! That would be ridiculous. I said the film is fire. I mean that the film is amazing!
Roy
Ahhh of course! We use ‘fire’ to describe something that is really good! For example, your T-shirt is fire, Feifei!
Feifei
Thanks, Roy! I bought it this week! It’s official merchandise for the film!
Anyway, let’s listen to these examples…
Examples
Have you checked out my new phone? It’s fire. It can do so many cool things!
I went to a concert to see ‘Rob’s Rolling Biscuits’ last night. Their new song is fire.
That new series everyone is talking about is fire! It’s got dragons, zombies and vampires in it. I love it!
Feifei
This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we’re talking about the word ‘fire’, which is used to say that something is amazing.
Roy
I might have to go tonight and watch the film at the cinema.
Feifei
You definitely should. It’s straight fire! We sometimes put the word ‘straight’ in front of ‘fire’. Straight here means ‘very’.
Roy
So I probably should have said your t-shirt is straight fire, then.
Feifei
Only if that’s what you really think! You haven’t even seen the film yet!
Roy
What about my T-shirt? Do you think it’s fire?
Feifei
Honestly, no. It looks like it needs to be put in a fire. You should just burn it. The film on your T-shirt is not fire! That film is terrible.
Roy
OK, maybe I’ll buy a new one today.
Feifei
Bye, Roy.
Roy
Bye.