Read along to practice your English and to learn the English saying IT'S NOT THE HEAT, IT'S THE HUMIDITY and the phrase TO BEAT THE HEAT

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English saying, it's not the heat, it's the humidity. So it is really, really hot out here in Ontario, Canada right now. The last few days have been over 30 degrees celsius, and today it's going to be over 30 degrees celsius again. And something we kind of say jokingly when it's this hot is, hey, it's not the heat, it's the humidity. Basically, what we mean is the heat isn't what is oppressive. It's not the heat that's making you feel really hot, it's the humidity. By the way, humidity is the amount of moisture in the air. So we say it jokingly, but it's also kind of true. When you're somewhere where there's a really hot day and no humidity, it's a lot nicer because you can sweat and your sweat evaporates. But when you say it's not the heat, it's the humidity, you're usually in a place where when you sweat, it doesn't really evaporate and cool you off. Sweating doesn't work the way it's supposed to. So we just kind of get through it by saying, hey, it's not the heat, it's the humidity.

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The other phrase I wanted to help you learn today is to beat the heat. So this is something that rhymes. And we say this to talk about things that help you cool down when it's hot like this. To beat the heat, I will go into a restaurant at market every hour just to cool off for five minutes because they have air conditioning. Maybe to beat the heat, Jen and I will get some ice cream around five or six o'clock this afternoon at market to cool down a little bit. So we use this kind of fun little rhyming phrase to talk about the things you do to cool down. If we had a pool, I could jump in the pool to beat the heat. That would be really nice.

So to review kind of a fun joking phrase to say when it's really hot and humid is to say, it's not the heat, it's the humidity. And when it's really hot and you want to relax and cool down, you do something to beat the heat. Jump in a pool, have a drink of cold, cold water, all of those kinds of things.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Eugene. Hi, Bob. I could be in the wrong, but it looks like your powerline pole needs a support. And my response we'll have a look in the next video. I think it's fine, but worth checking.

So behind me there is what we in Ontario, Canada. I've never done this before. Let me walk backwards as I talk. In Ontario, Canada, at least in my part of Ontario, Canada, we call that a hydro pole. I think in some parts of the world they would call that a telephone pole, even though they're electrical wires or an electrical pole or a power pole. It has a bunch of different names. We call it a hydro pole. This one is leaning a little bit and I think that's what Eugene was talking about. Let me spin you around and give you a little bit of a better look at it.

It is leaning, but I can tell you a few things. One, the base of the pole is in concrete, so I think that helps it stay stable. And it has been leaning like this my whole life. Like even as a kid I remember this pole has always had a lean to it. And if we look around on this side, you'll see these little things here. They come and inspect the pole. So the last time in 2002, they came and had a look at the pole and they said that everything was a okay with the pole.

So hopefully the pole doesn't fall over. Hopefully the concrete holds it in the ground nicely. And hopefully I don't have any problems because if the powe

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