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Talking about hair

Episode 260717 / 17 Jul 2026

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Introduction

Georgie and Phil have a real conversation in easy English about hair – the stuff that grows on the top of your head. Learn to talk about different hair colours, what it means to have your hair dyed, and find out what colour Phil's hair was when he was younger!

Vocabulary

dye
change the colour of something, using chemicals or pigments

blonde/blond
lighter, yellow or golden colour of hair

ginger
warm orange or red hair

curly
describes hair which has tight curves and spirals

wavy
describes hair which has wide curves

bald
having no hair on top of your head

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Transcript

Georgie
Hello, I'm Georgie.
 
Phil
And I'm Phil. Welcome to Real Easy English.
 
Georgie
Find all the vocabulary and a worksheet to test what you've learned over on our website. Go to bbclearningenglish.com. Hi Phil. How are you doing?
 
Phil
I'm doing really well, Georgie. I must say, your hair is looking fantastic today.
 
Georgie
Thank you very much, Phil. Today we are talking about hair. Now, I can see your hair, but for our listeners maybe you can start by describing your hair.
 
Phil
OK. Well, my hair – it's short, but it's not very short. I think it's fairly straight. And then the colour – it's kind of a light brown colour. The bits that aren't grey, that is!
 
Georgie
You said your hair used to be ginger.
 
Phil
Yes, it used to be ginger – bright orange.
 
Georgie
Wow! Well, my hair is naturally dark brown. It's quite short and it's wavy, so sometimes it can be curly, but mostly it's wavy.
 
Phil
OK. So, you've told us about your hair, Georgie. Do you like it?

Georgie
Yes, I do now. I actually... When I was younger, I didn't really like my hair because I wanted it to be straight, so I used to straighten it – take the curls and the waves out. But as I've got older, I've started to really like my hair. It looks a bit wild and I enjoy it. What about you? How do you... Do you like your hair?
 
Phil
Yeah, usually I do. I think similar to you. When I was a teenager, I just wanted my hair to look different, so I used to try and stick hair gel in it and try and make it do things that it didn't want to do and it wasn't going to do. And I used to get very frustrated about that. And then as you get older and wiser, you realise actually it looks fine. And I quite... I quite like it. I don't get my hair cut that often, so it often gets a bit too long and messy for me. And then when I can't put up with it any longer, I go and get it cut.
 
Georgie
And how do you feel about the hairdresser? Do you like the experience?
 
Phil
I don't mind it. It's not... it's not something I really like doing but I don't really mind it. I don't have a problem with it and it does feel good to come out and it's a lot neater than it was when you went in.
 
Georgie
Yeah. How long does a usual appointment take when you go to the hairdresser?
 
Phil
It depends how busy it is, but if it's quiet, I can probably go in 20–30 minutes and it's done.
 
Georgie
Wow.
 
Phil
What about you?
 
Georgie
Well, I think my experience of the hairdresser is a little bit different. If I get a haircut and a hair dye – so, a hair dye is when you change the colour – it can take about three hours. But I actually enjoy it. I probably go to the hairdresser once every six months, and when I go, it's like a treat.

Phil
OK. You told us about the hairdresser's, Georgie. Do you often change your hairstyle?
 
Georgie
Well, when I was at university, I once dyed my hair – not all of it, but half of it pink and green. But the dye, the hair dye, wasn't permanent. It was temporary, so the colour didn't stay, which was probably good for me. I don't think I suited it. But recently I actually have thought about growing my hair, so I want to grow it, make it a bit longer and I want to stop dyeing it as well. So, in the last few years I have been dyeing my hair a bit blonder, but I was looking at some old photos of me when I had brown, natural hair, and I think I'd like to go back to it. Yeah. What about you?
 
Phil
I don't think I'm going to change my hair. Do you think green would suit?
 
Georgie
Phil, I think you would look great with green hair.
 
Phil
Maybe. Maybe we should try that, because my hair is changing its colour itself. It's going greyer and greyer and greyer. And every time I get my hair cut, more grey comes off.
 
Georgie
Ah, well, maybe green would be...
 
Phil
...the way forward!
 
Georgie
Yeah.
 
Phil
The other thing is there's less of it. When I get my hair cut, I can see it's higher up, and there's a bit going a little bit bald there, but hopefully no one notices.
 
Georgie
Let's recap the language we heard during the conversation.
 
Phil
If you dye your hair, and that's spelt 'D-Y-E', then you use chemicals to change the colour.
 
Georgie
Blonde hair is a light colour, a bit like yellow. Ginger hair is a bit like orange.
 
Phil
If your hair is curly or wavy, it's not straight. It has curves.
 
Georgie
And if you're bald, you don't have any hair on your head.
 
Phil
That's it for this episode of Real Easy English. We'll be back next week with another conversation in easy English.
 
Georgie
And don't forget to test what you've learned with the free worksheet on our website. Go to bbclearningenglish.com.
 
Phil
Bye for now.
 
Georgie
Goodbye! 

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