Show 769 Friday 20 June

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Hi, I’m Sarah. Welcome to The Daily English Show.

Today’s song is I Get A Kick Out Of You. It’s a song by Cole Porter who was an American composer and songwriter. The song was originally performed by Ethel Merman and has been covered by many performers.

So what does it mean? Well, you probably know that a kick is something that you do with your leg. But did you know that there are also a lot of idioms that use the word kick:

For example:

kick someone’s arse
kick the bucket
kick up a fuss
kick in
kick somebody out

One informal meaning of the noun kick is: a strong feeling of pleasure and excitement.
So, to get a kick out of something means you really enjoy something, or it makes you happy.

So basically the song is about a person who really loves another person but they don’t really enjoy other things in life that people usually enjoy.

There are a few different versions of the song, partly because I think some people didn’t want to sing about cocaine, so they changed a few verses.

One of the versions Frank Sinatra sung starts like this:

I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol, it doesn’t move me at all

So tell me why should it be true

That I get a kick out of you

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STICK NEWS

Kia Ora this is Stick News. The social networking site Linked In has just sold a 5% stake in the company for 53 million dollars and is now valued at approximately 1 billion dollars.

LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site.
It was founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003.
The CEO says they now have more than 20 million registered users and the average user is a 41-year-old with an income of $109,000 a year.
Following its latest found of fundraising from venture capital companies, Linked In is now valued at around 1 billion dollars.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 20th of June.
Kia Ora.

Word of the Day

Today’s word is riff.

riff
n.
a short repeated pattern of notes in popular music or jazz



friday joke

Patient: Doctor, everyone keeps copying me!
Doctor: Doctor, everyone keeps copying me!



conversations with sarah

#469 What does kick the bucket mean?

Step 1: Repeat Junko’s lines.
Step 2: Read Junko’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Junko What does kick the bucket mean?

Sarah To die.

Junko Does it mean the same thing as “pass away”?

Sarah Yeah, but you use them in different situations.

Junko For example?

Sarah It depends on the listener. If they’re likely to be upset, then you’d use pass away or die and you definitely wouldn’t use kick the bucket or other informal slang.

Junko What are some other informal words for die?

Sarah Um, cark it.

Junko How do you spell that?

Sarah Good question. Maybe k-a-r-k or c-a-r-k ... ?



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today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

music

show start
artist: BrunoXe
album: aprendiendo desde 2004
track: Mandrake
from: Jerez, Spain
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

friday joke start
artist: AdHoc
album: Toutes directions
track: Sumbala
from: Annecy, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

cws start
artist: San Sebastian
track: Happy Sad
artist site

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack5
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

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