I love spending time at the beach here in Bali. It’s a great place for swimming, running, or just relaxing and thinking. While I was at the beach this weekend, I made a note of some English vocabulary for talking about beaches. Read through the text below and try to guess what the word in black mean. The answers are at the bottom.
I had a great time at the beach yesterday. It was high tide so the water was deep enough for swimming. I don’t like swimming at low tide because the water is too shallow and I can feel the seaweed touching my arms and legs as I swim.
The beach I visit is very safe and there are no rip currents so I don’t need to worry about being sucked out to sea. It’s quiet, too. There are no poseurs trying to show off their beach bodies.
Some people like to sunbathe on sun loungers to try and get a sun tan. I am easily sunburnt so I prefer to go to the beach later in the day when the sun isn’t so strong.
I’m not a beach bum but I like to go to the beach whenever I have time.
- high tide – when the sea reaches its highest level
- low tide – when the sea is at its lowest level
- seaweed – plants that grow under the sea
- rip current – water moving away from the land that pulls things out to sea
- poseur – someone who likes to show off and sometimes to pretend to have qualities he does not really have
- beach body – an attractive body that looks good in beach clothes
- sunbathe – exposing your skin to the sun in order to make it go darker
- sun lounger – a reclining chair for sunbathing
- sun tan – skin which is darker than usual because of exposure to the sun
- sunburnt – when your skin goes red after spending too long in the sun
- beach bum – someone who spends most of his time on the beach (often used to say the person is lazy)
Do you like going to the beach?