Show 886 Friday 14 November
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Hi, I’m Sarah. Welcome to The Daily English Show.
Today’s song is It’s A New Day by will.i.am.
will.i.am is an American musician. His birth name is William, but he’s now known by his stage name, which has two full stops in the middle of it.
This song was released a week ago after Obama won the election.
I woke up this morning feeling brand new cause the dreams that I’ve been dreaming has finally came true
Which doesn’t really make grammatical sense – not that songs have to make grammatical sense. But if you were to say it, you would probably say: The dreams that’s I’ve been dreaming have finally come true.
I like this song, it makes me feel good. I think I’ve listened to it about a hundred times in the last week.
I like the line: I woke up this morning feeling brand new.
Brand new is an adjective which means completely new.
Here’s another line from the song: It feels like I’m stuck in between a rock and a hard place.
To be caught or stuck between a rock and a hard place is an idiom which means: in a situation where you have to choose between two things, both of which are unpleasant.
For nothing is another idiom which is repeated many times in the song. It means: with no reward or result.
Martin wasn’t dreaming for nothing.
Of course he’s talking about Martin Luther King and his famous speech, I Have A Dream.
Word of the Day
Today’s word is cherish. I like this word.
to keep an idea, or hope or a pleasant feeling in your mind for a long time
These lines are from today’s song:
Stop and cherish this moment Stop and cherish this time
friday joke
Mr Jones, can can I go to the bathroom?
Tommy, may I go to the bathroom.
But I asked first!
STICK NEWS
Kia Ora in Stick News today the president of Russia is trying to increase the term of Russia’s president from four to six years.
The president of Russia is a 43-year-old Deep Purple fan. Dmitry Medvedev officially became the third President of the Russian Federation on the 7th of May this year. Last week, he spoke to the Russian parliament and proposed changing the Constitution of Russia in order to increase the term of the President from four to six years.
And that was Stick News for Friday the 14th of November.
Kia Ora.
conversations with sarah
#551 It reminds me of Tom
Step 1: Repeat Bill’s lines.
Step 2: Read Bill’s lines and talk to Sarah.
Sarah Check this out.
Bill What’s that?
Sarah It’s a daikon.
Bill I thought daikons were a different shape.
Sarah Yeah, they’re usually long, like a big carrot. But this a different kind of daikon. A round daikon. Well, I’ve eaten half of it – but isn’t it cute! It reminds me of Tom.
Bill Who’s Tom?
Sarah Tom is a toy I have. It’s a kind of Pokemon I think but I can’t remember its actual name.
It’s A New Day
by will.i.am
I went to sleep last night
Tired from the fight
I’ve been fighting for tomorrow all my life
Yeah, I woke up this morning, feeling brand new
Cause the dreams that I’ve been dreaming has finally came true
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s been a long time coming
Up the mountain kept running
Songs of freedom kept humming
Channelling Harriet Tubman
Kennedy, Lincoln and King
We gotta manifest that dream
It feels like I’m swimming upstream
It feels like I’m stuck in between
A rock and a hard place
We’ve been through the heartaches
And lived through the darkest days
If you and I made it this far, well then, hey, we can make it all the way
And they said no, we can’t
And we said yes, we can
Remember it’s you and me together
I woke up this morning feeling alright
I’ve been fighting for tomorrow all my life
Yeah, I woke up this morning feeling brand new
Cause the dreams that I’ve been dreaming has finally came true
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s been a long time waiting
Waiting for this moment
It’s been a long time praying
Praying for this moment
We hoped for this moment
And now that we own it
For life ima hold it
And I won’t let it go
This is for our fathers, our brother, our friends who fought for freedom
Our sisters, our mothers, who died for us to be in this moment
Stop and cherish this moment
Stop and cherish this time
It’s time for unity for us and we
That’s you and me together
I woke up this morning feeling brand new
Cause the dreams that I’ve been dreaming finally came true
Yeah, I woke up this morning feeling alright
Cause we weren’t fighting for nothing
And the soldiers weren’t fighting for nothing
No Martin wasn’t dreaming for nothing
And Lincoln didn’t change it for nothing
And children weren’t crying for nothing
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
A new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
links
today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures
Who is Dmitry Medvedev? - Russia Today
Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream (video of speech)
music
show start
artist: Boom Tschak
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: More Chocolate, Please
from: Former Yugoslavia
MySpace
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artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
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artist: AdHoc
album: Toutes directions
track: Sumbala
from: Annecy, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
cws start
artist: Wolfgang S.
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: Dynamite
from: Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia
artist site
MySpace
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artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
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artist: Zeropage
album: Ambient Pills Update
track: Hyper Threading
from: Switzerland
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
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