English in a Minute: Beach Bum

Welcome to English in a Minute – from home! Lots of people enjoy going to the beach. Lying out in on the sand in the warm sun...listening to the sound of the ocean waves....(sigh) But what does it mean to be a beach bum? Beach Bum J: Ugh! Anna, do you ever feel like you just want to leave everything behind and go be a beach bum? A: Oh yeah, all the time. But if we did that, we would never get any work done. J: …Exactly. That’s kind of the idea! A beach bum is a person who spends a lot of time at the beach. In fact, a beach bum only wants to be at the beach and be completely unproductive. "Beach bum” can be used in both a positive and negative way. And that’s English in a Minute. Originally published at - https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...