Someone gave me an old toasted sandwich maker when I came back to New Zealand and I’ve been using it quite a bit.
Today I made spicy carrot toasted sandwiches.
I grated some carrot and put it in a frying pan with a bit of olive oil, soy sauce, pepper and chili powder.
I cooked it for a bit and then decided to add a bit of water.
I spread some Olivani on two pieces of bread which I had just taken out of the freezer. I think using frozen bread works quite well. This bread is really delicious too. Someone made if for me last week. Yum.
I put a slice of bread in the toasted sandwich maker with the buttered side down, then put carrot on top and then put the other piece of bread on top of that.
I closed the lid and cooked it for a few minutes until it smelt like it was ready.
I opened the lid and it was a beautiful golden colour.
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It was a really hot sunny day and there were quite a few people there.
There was coffee for sale, but people seemed to be more interested in other beverages.
I saw kids on bikes and scooters and other kids shooting hoops, a guy flying a kite, police officers.
A band called The Datsuns was playing. I'd never heard of them ... but they seemed to be pretty popular.
They didn't really look like daytime people and they said as much.
You know I felt pretty apprehensive about playing during the day. It always feels kind of like out of our element. But, ah, I have thrust that aside and, ah, we shall go on.
I thought the stage was pretty cool - it folded out from a truck.
There were signs by the stage saying: Auckland City Council, putting it on for you.
It reminded me of the campaign we saw at an event two weeks ago: Get It On.
But they weren't talking about the same thing, of course.
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Irie stands for I respect I eternally and refers to positive emotions or feelings, or anything that is good. Specifically it refers to high emotions and peaceful vibrations.
friday joke
Why did the pony have a sore throat?
Because it was a little horse.
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#750 Did he introduce her?
Step 1: Read Jane’s lines.
Step 2: Repeat Jane’s lines and talk to Sarah.
JaneDoes the singer actually have a daughter called Jenny?
SarahYeah, I think so. Actually I think his daughter was on stage with him when they did the song at the concert.
JaneDid he introduce her?
SarahYeah, he said “this is my Jenny” or something and then she sang for a bit.
cws start artist: Kevin MacLeod track: The Jazz Woman from: Brooklyn, NY, United States artist site qa start artist: ioeo album: triptracks track: triptrack2 from: Saint Raphael, France album at Jamendo artist at Jamendo artist site
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Sven Kramer is a 23-year-old long track speed skater.
At this year’s Winter Olympics he won the 5000-metre speed skating race.
He also finished first in for the 10,000-metre event, but was disqualified for skating in the wrong lane.
And that was Stick News for Thursday the 25th of February.
Kia ora.
Hi! What's your name?
Are you stupid?
How do you feel?
Good, of course. Are you stupid?
I'm so sorry Sven...
ARE YOU STUPID?!
CHANGE LANES NOW!
Word of the Day
In Word of the Day today, we’re talking about another beer advertisement.
Today’s word is ingredient.
Ingredientsare the stuff that’s combined to make a particular dish or food product. For example in this peanut butter, the ingredients are: Organic peanuts 99.4% (China), Natural unrefined sea salt .06% (NZ).
Is it just me, or does that not add up to 100%?
Anyway, check out this billboard that I saw near my house.
It’s advertising a New Zealand beer and it says:
Ingredients: malt, hops, yeast, water
Outgredients: Anything else.
Of course outgredientsisn’t a word, but ad agencies often make up words, and I think this is pretty clever.
It’s advertising the fact that this is beer is supposed to be more pure than other beers and doesn’t contain stuff like preservatives or random chemicals.
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You’d think a big organization like that would have a system of checking documents before publishing them, so I guess this one just slipped through the cracks somehow.
They are asking questions about a park and one of the questions says:
What are two types of eel’s that can be found in the lake?
Can you see the mistake?
Yes, that’s right, apostrophe s is used for the possessive, for example: Did you see the colour of that eel’s tail?
But in this case, it’s not possessive, it’s just plural, so you don’t need an apostrophe.
On this site, you can make cool little movies just by typing in the dialogue and choosing stuff like the characters and the backgrounds.
So it could be a fun thing to play around with and if you’re a teacher it could be a cool activity to do in class. You could get your students to write a script and then make a little movie.
And you can follow the link to go and check out the movie that I made. It’s amazing.
a cuddling position where the back is facing the chest and the couple are lying on their sides
… like spoons.
Air New Zealand has designed some new planes which I think are starting to fly later on this year, and part of the plane has seats that you can turn into, kind of, couches.
So if you’re travelling in a couple you could lie down and cuddle your partner.
So some people have been wondering how the airline staff are going to make sure that people aren’t doing more than cuddling.
So here’s a bit of a guide which tells you that spooning is okay, but forking is not. And by forking they mean something which sounds like forking … do you get it?
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#748 What’s Air New Zealand like?
Step 1: Read Kaoru’s lines.
Step 2: Repeat Kaoru’s lines and talk to Sarah.
KaoruWhat’s Air New Zealand like?
SarahI don’t know. I’ve never flown Air New Zealand.
KaoruReally?
SarahYeah. Well, actually, I might have on a domestic flight. But I haven’t on an international flight.
KaoruHow come?
SarahI think they’re usually more expensive.
KaoruHow did you get to Japan?
SarahAh, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air, ah, Eva Air I think it’s called. Yeah, if you go via somewhere in Asia, then it’s usually cheaper than flying direct.
notes
slip through the cracks - (idiom) to escape notice, especially within a system
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Today we’re studying a movie called New Boy. It’s a short film, made in Ireland.
It’s about a boy who has changed schools. And it’s about his experience on his first day at the new school. He’s also in a new country, in Ireland, and the film cuts back to show what it was like at his old school in the country that he has come from.
I think it’s a great film, it’s beautifully told and it’s very moving, especially the part where he shares a joke with his new classmates.
And I think this is a good one to study, partly because the plot is pretty straightforward. And the story is mostly told with images, so even if you can’t catch all of the dialogue, you’ll still get the story.
The film is mostly set in Ireland so if you’ve never been to Ireland you not be familiar with this accent.
A few interesting things about the language.
Firstly, two of the boys at the school sayme instead of my.
Miss, Seth Quinn threw mebook out the window.
And: Didn’t have mehand up.
That’s not very common in New Zealand, I would say: Seth Quinn threw my book out the window. And: Didn’t have my hand up.
Most of the movie is set in Ireland so if you’ve never been to Ireland you might not be familiar with the accent.
One interesting thing about the accent, I think it depends on the speaker a bit, but in Ireland, the sound for th is often different from in other English speaking countries, like New Zealand, for example.
As it says in Wikipedia, thin and tin, and then and den are near-homophones, which means they sound almost the same.
For example, when the teacher tells the students to open their maths books, she says:
Now, page thirty seven.
But the way she says thirty is quite different from how I say it. It sounds something like tirty.
The ceremony was held in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city.
The award for the most outstanding website went to a site called Xero which is an online accounting system.
And that was Stick News for Tuesday the 23rd of February.
Kia ora.
Wonder if they have an educational video show category... scroll...
And the award for the lamest awards show name goes to...
Aren't you going to the ceremony?
Why would I want to leave the house... and my computer?!
Most outstanding website! That sounds exciting! Let's check it out.
Hmm... exciting. click!
Word of the Day
Today’s word is guff.
In today’s movie there’s a boy called Seth, who doesn’t pay attention in class and is always talking, so the teacher calls on him to answer a question, and he can’t answer it – and she’s trying to make a point that he should pay more attention in class.
And when he says that he can’t answer the question, she says:
Maybe we’ll have a little less guff out of Seth for a while.
I’d never head that word guff before.
What does it mean?
guffnoun, (informal) trivial or worthless talk or ideas
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#747 It was a private conversation.
Step 1: Read Hazel’s lines.
Step 2: Repeat Hazel’s lines and talk to the teacher.
Teacher Hazel O’hara.
Hazel What?
Teacher I heard what you just said, Hazel O’hara.
Hazel It was a private conversation.
Teacher Don’t you dare talk to me like that!
Hazel Like what?
Teacher Stand up.
Hazel I am standing.
Teacher Well hands in the air then.
New Boy - Transcript
We have a new boy with us today.
So what?
Now, now. Everybody this is Joseph. Say hello.
Hi, Jospeh.
He should sit beside Pamela.
No, he shouldn’t.
Hands in the air. Oh, not you Joseph, you’re fine. You can just go and sit over there.
Good. Now, I’m sure we’re all going to make Joseph feel very welcome. Hands down. Take out your Maths Matters.
Miss, Seth Quinn threw me book out the window.
Did not.
Did so.
Seth Quinn, go down and get that book.
Now, page thirty seven.
20 divided by 10.
2!
Next one’s 18 divided by 9.
2!
56 divided by 8 is equal to …
7!
36 divided by 6.
6!
6. Correct.
Last one here 49 divided by 7 …
7!
Hey, (?) do they know it’s Christmas?
Christian Kelly!
What?
Are you annoying Joseph?
No.
Is he Joseph? I’m sure he isn’t. Sit up straight so I can see you Christian Kelly.
He was poking Joseph’s back, miss!
Shut up!
He was!
Feck off.
Now!
Take it down.
Specky fancies you. You’re dead.
Hurry up now we haven’t got all day.
Excellent boys, that is it for today. But remember to practice your sums at home. OK.
Good day to you.
Good day, teacher.
Hey, ? What’s number three?
Christian, what did I just say?
Don’t know.
No talk.
I wasn’t, I …
Just finish your sums.
Have you finished Joseph? Good lad.
Now I think we’ve all had plenty of time. Pencils down. Down. Now, who’s first? Seth Quinn.
Didn’t have me hand up.
Come up now and do number one for us please.
Bet he gets it wrong.
Don’t know.
Maybe we’ll have a little less guff out of Seth for a while. Now, Hazel, why don’t you show us all how to do number one. Good girl.
You understand? And then you do that one tomorrow, yeah?
OK, good day, bye-bye.
So they believe in you? (?)
I am a star, father. In the last game I scored three goals.
Yes, you are a star, you are a star.
Hey (?) you hungry? Do you want that? It’s a good one!
Kelly’s got snot on his finger!
Oh, my finger. Ah, let go!
Joseph, let go. Everybody hands in the air.
Oh, me finger. He broke me finger.
Sit down! Hands in the air! There’s nothing broken. You’ll be grand.
It’s sore.
I’m sure it is.
I seen her knickers!
What colour?
Now!
That’s better. Hands down.
Yellow!
Oh, God give me strength. Christian, sit down. Now, Joseph, Christian is no angel, are you Christian?
I didn’t do anything.
We do not pull fingers, or whatever you just did to Christian here, in this classroom or anywhere else. Understood?
You’re definitely dead.
Don’t listen to that dirt bag.
Dead!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Hit him!
Go on Kelly! Go on, punch him!
Come on!
Are you going to fight, or what?
Useless. There’s no fight.
This is boring.
Seth Quinn. Christian Kelly. Again!
Not a squeak out of you. Just stand there. Open up page 47 of Totally Gwelga (?). Questions 1 to 7. I’m going to be right outside now and listening for any messing.
Now.
I didn’t do anything.
Shut up Christian for Christ’s sake. We need to sort this out boys.
I didn’t …
Christian!
Seth, what happened?
Nothing.
Funny sort of nothing I saw.
Well, Joseph, your turn. What happened? Oh, you’re just great, lads. What am I going to do with you? Right (?) if that’s the way you want it.
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