2. The view outside your window

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This is the view outside of my bedroom window. I'm up in the attic of a massive house in Brighton. So as you can see, I can actually see the sea. I know you have to squint your eyes, but it is there in the background. So I can also see my pansies. They're the little flowers in the flower trough in front of me. The sun's just coming up because it's quite early. It's pretty chilly out there. I can already feel my nose a little bit cold as I've got my head stuck out the window. But the pansies are facing the sun, which is lovely. It's blue skies today and just a few clouds. I reckon it could be pretty chilly on my walk this morning. I look out onto lots and lots of houses and buildings right across to Brighton. It's a seaside town and I love it. I can also hear the seagulls. I'm not sure if you can today, but they're pretty loud, especially in the morning and especially as it's coming up to springtime when they'll start to get together. They also tend to have little baby gulls on the top of my roof, which gets very noisy because I'm sure they put their boots on. What else can I see out the window? Well, we've got trees, but they're not many leaves on them at the moment. They should just start to spring into action in the next couple of weeks, I reckon. I haven't got any flowers on my rosemary either, but I do tend to use that for cooking. Tell me about what's outside your window, as I'd love to know.

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Submitted by sara mamdouh on Sat, 11/05/2024 - 21:06

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I am sorry but I have just two questions :

1- (It's blue skies today and just a few clouds.):  in this sentence why she used the term "sky" in plural ?

2- (....which gets very noisy because I'm sure they put their boots on) : I  couldn't get the meaning of " gulls boots " there 

 

 

Hello sara mamdouh,

The author is writing in a descriptive or even poetic way with some humour and this is why these phrases are used.

  1. Skies is often used in place of sky in poetic or descriptive prose texts. It has the same meaning and suits this kind of text. It wouldn't suit a more functional text such as business correspondence.
  2. Of course seagulls don't really wear boots! The author is creating an image to make the reader understand how noisy the birds are on her roof. It's a nice and humorous image, I think.

 

Peter

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Submitted by isabo on Fri, 03/05/2024 - 21:23

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This is the view from my window in this morning. It’s May, but the weather is not yet spring. Thought this morning I was lucky to see this show of the nature.

Submitted by Meyvelin on Fri, 22/03/2024 - 17:04

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This is the view of my vacation in the hotel Las Margaritas, it is front of the beach. I was resting in the hamaca, I felt the sea  breeze, and I  enjoyed my vacations, swam in the pool and the sea. I ate seafood. And I saw the down.

 

Submitted by Tamunchik-555 on Thu, 21/03/2024 - 12:34

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This is a summer view from the terrace of my country house. It's amazing, isn't it?

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Submitted by Jo Blackmore on Thu, 21/03/2024 - 10:28

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This is the view from my window...it's a misty morning where I live. It's the beginning of spring, and the trees are still quite bare, but soon they'll have lots of new, green leaves on them. Where the trees are, there's a small stream running past. And in the distance you can see our village church. In a few months, we'll only be able to see the top of the roof because it'll be hidden by the trees. It's very peaceful - you can just hear the sound of the birds chirping.

Jo (LearnEnglish team)