Thursday, April 17, 2008

Show 705 Thursday 17 April


Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

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

The 22nd of April is Earth Day. You might have heard of it – it started in 1970.

I was looking at some Earth Day videos on YouTube and I saw one which was a guy asking people what they were going to do on Earth Day.

So I thought I would make a video and say what I was going to do.

First I had to think of something to do. Because I wanted to do something that I don’t normally do ... because I normally try and live in a fairly environmentally friendly way anyway.

So, this is what I’m going to do ... instead of having a bath at home, I’m going to go to an onsen or a public bath, because that’ll save some energy. And I’m going to walk there of course. It’s not that far, it’ll only take about an hour. And I’m also going to go to bed early so I can save power by not using lights.

And that’s all I can think of so far. Sorry, it’s not that interesting. But if you have any better suggestions for something to do on Earth Day ... please tell me.



STICK NEWS

Kia Ora, in Stick News today, Harry Potter star Emma Watson turned 18 yesterday. For her birthday she got 10.5 million pounds.

Emma Watson was born on the 15th of April 1990 in Paris.
Emma’s parents are English and when she was five she moved back to England.
In 1999 she was cast as Hermione in the film adaption of the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
The film was released in 2001.
Emma has now starred in five Harry Potter movies and will also be in the last two.
She has made more than 10 million pounds acting in the films. Yesterday was her 18th birthday and she now has access to her fortune.


And that was Stick News for Thursday the 17th of April.
Kia Ora




Word of The Day

Today’s word is parvenu.
This is the first time someone has suggested a word too, thank you.

I’d never heard of this word before.
It means: a person from a low social or economic position who has suddenly become rich or powerful.
And it says: formal, disapproving.

So, do you remember that woman on Titanic who had recently become rich and the other rich snobby people kind of looked down on her? Maybe this is the kind of word that they would use about her.



conversations with sarah
#432 Do you recycle?

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

Matt What do you normally do for the earth?

Sarah Mmm, well if I buy something I normally take my own bag to the shop. And I try to avoid buying stuff which has a lot of packaging.

Matt Do you recycle?

Sarah Yeah. Well, you have to in Japan. There’s like a million different categories you have to sort everything into. It’s good.

Matt Does everyone do it?

Sarah Yeah, pretty much. I guess some people put it out without following the instructions properly, but I think most people do it.

Matt How often do they pick up the rubbish?

Sarah Almost every day.

Matt Really?

Sarah
Yeah, it’s something different every day.

Matt What’s tomorrow?

Sarah Tomorrow is nama gomi, which is like food scraps. That’s twice a week, every Monday and Friday.



links
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

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

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: Groovetracks
track: groovetracks ending
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: zoop
album: music on hold
track: spiral
from: Moscow, Russia
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

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Show 704 Wednesday 16 April


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

Today’s mistake is this: a ten-years-old girl.
That should be: a ten-year-old girl. No s.

Compare these two sentences: She is ten years old.
And: A ten-year-old girl won the race.

So, why is there an s here and no s here?

Well, I was trying to think of a way to explain this clearly but I couldn’t think of a way to explain it well and I couldn’t find anything online. So I thought I would ask you to explain it. If you can think of a good way to explain this, please leave a comment.



STICK NEWS

Kia Ora, in Stick News today, for the first time in 28 years (more than) one in ten people in Japan live in Tokyo.

Yesterday the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry released population figures for prefectures in Japan.
They estimate that on the first of October 2007 there were 12,758,000 people living in Tokyo. This was a .78% increase from a year earlier and for the first time since 1979, made up 10% of Japan’s total population.


And that was Stick News for Wednesday the 16th of April.
Kia Ora



Word Of The Day

Today’s word is bitter. Barack Obama was criticized for using the word bitter. So I thought we could check out what it means.

Bitter is an adjective with several meanings. Food can be bitter, weather conditions can be bitter, and arguments can be bitter ... but Barack Obama was talking about people being bitter.

Feeling angry and unhappy because you feel that you have been treated unfairly.

For example: She is very bitter about losing her job.



conversations with
sarah

#431 Do you like bitter food?

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

Jun What kind of food is bitter?

Sarah Um, coffee.

Jun What else?

Sarah Mmm, what else ... beer. Unsweetened chocolate.

Jun Do you like bitter food?

Sarah Yip. I like bitter chocolate. I like 99% chocolate, actually.

Jun What do you mean?

Sarah I mean it’s 99% cocoa.

Jun Wow. What’s the other 1 percent?

Sarah Mmm, I don’t know ... something to hold it together I guess.



note

more than one in ten people - I meant to say "one in ten people" ... then again, I guess it is slightly more than one in ten

links

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

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

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: Groovetracks
track: groovetracks ending
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: zoop
album: music on hold
track: spiral
from: Moscow, Russia
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

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