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Show 1044 Friday 29 May Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.
Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
The song we’re studying today is called Tell Her About It and it’s by Billy Joel. I like this song. It’s a good cheesy dance song.
So, what does it mean?
In this song a man is giving advice to another man about how to treat a woman. He’s saying that communication is very important and you need to talk about your feelings often and tell her how much you love her.
Tell her about it Let her know how much you care When she can't be with you Tell her you wish you were there
There are many idioms we can study in this song.
For example, be there for is an idiom which means: be able to provide support or comfort for.
She's a real nice girl And she's always there for you
So that means she always supports and comforts you.
For real is an idiom which means: genuine or as good as it seems.
Tell her about it Tell her everything you feel Give her every reason to accept That you're for real
So that means you should tell her how you feel so that she will know that you genuinely care about her.
Now and then is an idiom which means: from time to time, or sometimes. You can also say: now and again.
Cause now and then She'll get to worrying Just because you haven't spoken For so long
STICK NEWS
Kia ora in Stick News today a fifteen-year-old boy in Japan was run over by a train and he survived.
On Wednesday night in Osaka a fifteen-year-old boy had a few drinks and decided to have a nap on the railway tracks. The next train to come along was being driven by a 59-year-old man. The driver saw the boy lying there and put the breaks on, but the train couldn’t stop in time. Two of the train’s six carriages drove over the boy before the train came to a stop. The boy wasn’t injured. According to news reports his life was saved thanks to the 30 centimeter gap between the ground and the bottom of the train. The boy said he couldn’t remember why he decided to sleep on the railway tracks.
And that was Stick News for Friday 30th May. Kia ora.
Word of the Day
Today’s word is insecure.
This is from today’s song:
When you love someone You're always insecure
What does insecure mean?
Well in means not … so, not secure. Or: not confident.
insecure adj. not confident about yourself or your relationships with other people.
So I guess Billy Joel is saying that when you love someone, you’re not really confident about yourself or your relationship. Maybe you’re thinking: Does he really love me?
friday joke
Today I changed a light bulb, crossed the road and walked into a bar, It was then that I realised my whole life was a joke.
conversations withsarah #660 Have they finished?
Step 1: Repeat Pete’s lines. Step 2: Read Pete’s lines and talk to Sarah.
Pete What was that building at the end of yesterday’s show?
Sarah Oh, that was my apartment building.
Pete When did you film that?
Sarah Yesterday.
Pete Oh, really? Are they painting the building?
Sarah Yeah. They’re doing the whole outside of the building.
Pete Have they finished?
Sarah No, they only just started. On Monday they water blasted it and then they’ve been filling in some gaps and then what you saw yesterday was them putting tape around the windows.
Pete Is it noisy?
Sarah No, it’s not too bad. It’s just funny because I’ll be working away and then all of a sudden there’s some legs hanging outside my window.
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Show 1043 Thursday 28 May Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.
Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
The video I recommend to study today is a music video for a song by Alex Valentine. The song’s called Hurricane and the video’s a whole lot of images of four line poems. The poems have been written using part of a game called Boggle which I used to have when I was a child actually – I used to enjoy playing it.
I think it’s a very cool video and I like the poems.
In the Acadia Report today I’d like to introduce a video about a game developer called HB Studios. The company is in Lunenburg in Nova Scotia. And I’ve been there which you might know if you’ve been watching The Daily English Show for a while. When we were at Acadia University we went on a trip with the English language students to Lunenburg to go on a boat trip and it was amazing. It was such a beautiful day. You can go and check out the video we made if you haven’t seen it already.
Anyway, back to the video about HB Studios – they interview some Acadia graduates who are working there and they talk about what they like about their jobs and what they learnt at university and advice for people who are thinking about getting into the industry.
For example, one of them says: I think the most valuable thing that I learnt at Acadia and in the school of computer science was how to learn and how to keep up with constantly changing technologies in the IT sector.
We started with nine people, ah, and now we’re 130, so there’s, there’s been some, some periods during that time where we’ve really grown extremely fast. The culture of our company is, ah, is a … a dynamic, ah, creative, um, vibrant culture. Um, I think a lot of that is established by the environment we’re in and industry itself, um, which is an extremely, ah, fast-paced, ah, creative industry.
I’ve worked on a couple of titles. My first one was Madden 07 for the Wii. And that was a Wii launch title, so we got to work with the hardware before people had … the general public had played with it. It was a really interesting and difficult project.
The thing I enjoy most is that it’s, it’s always changing and there’s always new things to learn. With a short development cycle, you’re always working on different projects and there’s always different areas to work on.
My favourite thing about working with HB is that, ah, there is a great sense of community here. Being in, ah, such a small town as Lunenburg, ah, we tend to, um, spend a lot of time together. Not just at work, but outside of work as well.
Our staff will invariably socialise with each other. And that’s actually been enormously beneficial for us in the quality of the work we do because when people are friendly and used to spending a lot of time with each other, um, that really has benefited us during, during crunch time. It just … it really helps with the creativity.
I guess I enjoy the toys. It’s always fun to get all this stuff, all this stuff I’ve got around my desk. Like, ah, right now I don’t have quite as much as I did a few months ago, when I had, like, the PlayStation 3 sitting next to the Xbox and the Wii. Any given time I was programming for any given subset of them.
I think the most valuable thing, ah, that I learned at Acadia and in the school of computer science was how to learn, ah, and how to keep up with, um, constantly changing technologies in the, ah, in the IT sector.
The advice I would give to a current computer science student would be to gain as much experience as possible.
A great piece of advice that’s pretty simple to … and straightforward would be to, ah, pay attention in maths class. Cause, ah, a lot of that stuff is going to come back. Stuff like polynomial algebria. Matrix algebra is huge for, um, doing stuff like 3d graphics … everything is linear and matrix algebra. Now you can actually, thanks to the internet and Microsoft’s got their own visual studio express program. So you can get your hands on a compiler and all the SDKs necessary to make a, ah, Windows game, like, at the same level as what we’re doing here. It’s all available on the internet for free. And there’s all these knowledge bases like MSDN, ah, just to give an example, that’s available on the internet. So you don’t actually have to wait to you get to university to try it out and see if this is something that might interest you.
According to the bible, Noah’s Ark was a large vessel built by Noah, at God's command, that saved Noah, his family, and a representation of the world's animals from a great flood. A big boat called Noah’s Ark has just been built in Hong Kong. The boat is 137 meters long and is a tourist attraction. CNN reported that one of the attractions was lying in a coffin. According to the official press release: The facility is full of happiness and positive messages … it will lift people's horizons with new knowledge and let them rethink life and experience love.
And that was Stick News for Thursday the 28th of May. Kia ora.
Word of the Day
Today’s word is maim.
One of the poems in today’s video is:
GUNS MAIM WHEN USED
So what does maim mean?
maim v. to injure sb seriously, causing permanent damage to their body
conversations with sarah #659 What are you listening to?
Step 1: Repeat Kim’s lines. Step 2: Read Kim’s lines and talk to Sarah.
Kim What are you listening to?
Sarah Oh, I was listening to a podcast.
Kim What was it about?
Sarah They were talking about this hikoi that happened in Auckland.
Kim What’s a hikoi?
Sarah It’s a kind of protest march.
Kim What’s the difference between a hikoi and a protest march?
Sarah Mm, good question. I think they’re the same thing. Just if it’s organized by Māori then they call it a hikoi. They had some funny chants, like: Move aside, Rodney Hide.
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I had a strange dream last night. I'm not married, but I was pregnant with twins! I was very happy. But the twins father was unknown person. What was the dream's mean?
So the first three sentences are perfect. And I would correct the last two. I would change this to: But I didn’t know who the father was. And I would correct this as well. Mean is the verb and the noun is meaning. So you can’t say: What was the dream’s mean? You can say: What was the dream’s meaning? But that sounds a bit unnatural to me. I would probably say: What did the dream mean? Or: What was the meaning of the dream?
This is a fun site to play with words. Do you know what an anagram is?
An anagram is: a word or phrase that is made by arranging the letters of another word or phrase in a different order.
For example, if you rearrange the letters in this name: Elvis, you can make this word: lives.
And on this site, you can enter a word or a phrase and it will automatically give you a list of anagrams. So why don’t you go and play with it? Try putting in your name and see what it comes up with.
I put in The Daily English Show and it gave me: 52632 results.
Here are a few of the results from the first 1000 – none of them make much sense.
A Ed Lesson Highly With A Ed Towel Highly Shins A Ed Sent High Owlishly A Hedge Shh Nosily Wilt A Edge Thinly His Howls A Ed Lightens Hi Shy Owl
Over the past few years, Kitashikahama Park has suffered from repeated acts of vandalism.People living near the park have also complained about noises late at night such as loud voices and fireworks. A park management official said damage done by youngsters last year cost about 700,000 yen.So they decided to rent an electronic noisemaker called the: Mosquito MK4 Anti-Vandal System. The device generates a harmless but irritating sound that teenagers can hear, but most adults can’t. It was installed in the park on the 21st of May and operates from 11pm to 5am.
And that was Stick News for Wednesday the 27th of May. Kia ora.
Word of the Day
Today’s word is sod. The other day I went to the hospital and while I was sitting in the waiting room and I saw a magazine called SOD, which stood for: Japan super oxide dismutase research organization. And I thought it was kind of funny because I’d never heard of super oxide dismutase, if that’s how you say it. But I know another meaning of the word sod.
sod (vulgar slang) (chiefly Brit.) an unpleasant person
For example: You stupid sod!
conversations withsarah #658 Would you keep the money?
Sarah The guy applied for an overdraft for 10,000 dollars I think it was – but someone at the bank made a mistake and accidentally gave them ten million dollars.
Kim And they kept it?
Sarah Yeah they took the money and left the country.
Kim Where did they go?
Sarah I think they went to Hong Kong.
Kim Would you keep the money?
Sarah No way. You couldn’t relax and enjoy the money anyway. You’d have to keep running.
filming notes
The ending was filmed on Sunday 10th May 2009 in Kutchan. There are people working on the roof today, so you can hear some background noises during questionanswer.
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Show 1041 Tuesday 26 May Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.
Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
Today is the debut of my new T-shirt which arrived in the post yesterday! The Japanese government gave me some money. Well, not just me … they gave everyone some money to try and stimulate the economy. So I went on a bit of an online shopping spree and I ended up buying three T-shirts. This one is from New Zealand as you might be able to guess – Aotearoa is another name for New Zealand. And I got one from America which I’ll show you another day. And another one from New Zealand which hasn’t arrived yet. And this T-shirt company were kind enough to send me this matching thing which is actually a luggage tag, but I’m not planning on travelling any time soon … so I put this in it.
Anyway, today we’re studying a scene from a movie called His Girl Friday.
His Girl Friday came out in 1940 and it’s a screwball comedy which is a subgenre of the comedy film genre. Of course, you can read go and read the Wikipedia page to find out more about what screwball comedy is. It says one of the characteristics of screwball comedy is the fast-paced dialogue. So if you try to watch this movie and you find that you can’t keep up with what they’re saying, don’t worry because they are actually speaking pretty fast. But I’m sure you can handle studying a short scene from the movie.
At the start of this movie a woman walks in to a really busy office to go and visit a man who is her former partner. And she arrives with her current partner. And they have a brief conversation before she goes into the office to visit her former partner. And her partner seems to be a bit worried because this guy who she’s going to see isn’t very nice, apparently.
And he says: Are you sure you don’t want me to go in with you? But she says: Oh no, I can handle it.
Handle is a useful word. It means: to deal with or control a situation, a person, an area of work or a strong emotion. And an example in here is: I’ve got to go. I can’t handle it any more.
STICK NEWS
Kia ora in Stick News today Susan Boyle has got through to the finals of the TV show Britain’s Got Talent.
Susan Boyle is singer from a small town in Scotland. She is now world famous after a clip of her singing on Britain’s Got Talent was posted on YouTube. Wikipedia says: within nine days of her televised debut, videos of her audition, subsequent interviews of her, and her 1999 rendition of Cry Me a River had been viewed a combined total of over 100 million times on the internet. Susan sang in the first round of the semi-finals which were broadcast on the 24th of May. She won the public vote and is now through to the finals which will be broadcast in the UK on the 30th of May.
And that was Stick News for Tuesday the 26th of April. Kia ora.
Word of the Day
Today’s word is spoil.
The past tense is either spoiledor spoilt. I think in New Zealand it’s usually spoilt.
The woman in today’s scene says: I can stand being spoiled a little. The gentleman I'm going in to see did very little spoiling.
She means that she likes being treated very well and her ex wasn’t very nice to her.
spoil v. treat with great or excessive kindness or generosity
And the man says: I'd like to spoil him just once.
He’s using the word in a different way, to mean something negative.
Spoil also means: to diminish or destroy the value or quality of.
And it has an archaic meaning: rob or force by violence.
Step 1: Repeat Bruce’s lines. Step 2: Read Bruce’s lines and talk to Hildy.
Hildy He’s in Bruce. You’d better wait here. I'll be back in ten minutes.
Bruce Even ten minutes is a long time to be away from you.
Hildy What did you say?
Bruce Huh?
Hildy Go on.
Bruce Ah …
Hildy Well, go ahead.
Bruce I just said even ten minutes is a long time to be away from you.
Hildy I heard you the first time. I like it. That's why I asked you to say it again. I can stand being spoiled a little. The gentleman I'm going in to see did very little spoiling.
Bruce I'd like to spoil him just once. Are you sure you don’t want me to go in with you?
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Show 1040 Monday 25 May2009 Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.
Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
Long time no see! I hope you’ve been well. I’ve had a really nice break. I’ve been enjoying the beautiful spring weather here in Niseko.
Over our spring break I spent a bit of time working on our website: thedailyenglishshow.com It doesn’t look that much different but it has changed a bit. The main thing we’ve done is add some lists of the topics we’ve covered on past shows. You can see on the left there’s a list of the segments of the show like Click Here or The Acadia Report. And … for example, if you click on Movie, there’s a list of all the movies we’ve studied. And if you click on Friday Joke, there’s a list of all the jokes. So hopefully some people will find that useful.
There are also pages with other information that people may or may not be interested in, like a list of the equipment we use. I guess most people aren’t interested in that … but every now and then someone leaves a comment asking what kind of camera or whatever we use, so I thought I’d write it all down. Not that I necessarily recommend any of the stuff we use, but if you’re curious, go and check that out.
Today’s guest is Yohei. He’s originally from Sapporo and he’s now living in a place in Hokkaido called Hidaka where he works as a rafting guide during the summer and this winter he was living here in Niskeo. I met him in Hirafu at the end of March when there was still snow everywhere – and I asked him what he did during the winter.
Shovelling snow, playing guitar, at the pub, something like that.
A three-year-old girl decided to play on the computer while the rest of her family were asleep. Her mother had already logged onto an auction site called Trade Me. The New Zealand Herald reported that with a few clicks of the mouse the girl won the most recent auction listed on the site’s homepage – a digger for 20,000 dollars. The mother said when she next used the computer she saw an email from Trade Me saying she had won an auction and another email from the seller saying something like 'I think you'll love this digger'.She said when she saw $20,000 she got the shock her life. The woman explained what had happened to Trade Me and to the seller and the digger was relisted on the site.
And that was Stick News for Monday the 25th of April. Kia ora.
conversations withsarah #656 How did you learn English?
with Yohei Aruku
Step 1: Repeat Sarah’s lines. Step 2: Read Sarah’s lines and talk to Yohei.
Sarah How long have you been a rafting guide?
Yohei About eight years.
Sarah What do you enjoy about your job?
Yohei Feel very relaxing in the river, sometime. Sometime very exciting. Sometime relaxing.
Sarah How did you learn English?
Yohei At school, at high school. And … travel overseas.
Sarah Where have you travelled overseas?
Yohei I’ve travelled to Canada and, and Australia. And some other South American countries.
Sarah How long did you spend in Canada?
Yohei Spent about, about two, two seasons which is one year in total.
Sarah Whereabouts in Canada were you?
Yohei I don’t know if you know the town. It’s a very small town, it’s called Boston Bar. It’s in Fraser Valley. I was living in … by the river. Which is the river called Nahatlatch River. It’s a very beautiful place to be.
Sarah What were you doing there?
Yohei Rafting. Working. Fixing, fixing fences and build house and peeling, peeling woods and cutting, cutting woods … something like that.
Sarah Did it help your English?
Yohei Yes, yes, because there was no any Japanese. We had a very international faces, from Europe, from Mexico, myself, Japan.
Sarah Was that river different from the other rivers you’ve worked on?
Yohei Quite different, but river is river. But very warm, very, very warm water. You want to be in the water because it’s very hot outside. And also river is very steep. It’s actually a very, very nice river … good river to raft.
Sarah Do you have any advice for people who are learning English?
Yohei You have to force yourself to, to speak. Like you can, you can see many, you can see people from, from same country in overseas, anywhere, you know, but if you, if you gather, like, with the same nationalities, you won’t, you can’t, you can’t learn much … English.
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