with me, Feifei…

…and me, Roy.

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'?

What kind of title is that?! That film

sounds awful!

It's not! 'Unicorns Eat Bananas in the

Stars' is fire!

Fire? The unicorns that eat bananas in the

stars are on fire?! What is this film about?

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!

Ahhh of course! We use 'fire' to describe

something that is really good! For example,

your T-shirt is fire, Feifei!

Thanks, Roy! I bought it this week! It's

official merchandise for the film!

Anyway, let's listen to these 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!

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.

I might have to go tonight and watch the film

at the cinema.

You definitely should. It's straight fire!

We sometimes put the word 'straight' in

front of 'fire'. Straight here means 'very'.

So I probably should have said your t-shirt

is straight fire, then.

Only if that's what you really think! You

haven't even seen the film yet!

What about my T-shirt? Do you think it's

fire?

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.

OK, maybe I'll buy a new one today.

Bye, Roy.

Bye.