#1359 Jon From Manchester England, “President Clinton” Visits NZ, Sweet As! True?

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Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show. This is the last regular show for 2010 and then we have one more show for you which will be an update telling you all about our summer tour.

Today’s guest is Jon. I talked to him earlier this year on a mountain in New Zealand called Ruapehu where he was working in rentals in the Turoa ski area.

Jon’s from Manchester in England and he said he’d been in NZ for a year. I asked him if he’d been working on Mt Ruapehu the whole time.

Ah, no, I came here in, um, May and before that I lived in Napier, worked over there, and um travelled the South Island and the North Island in between times.

STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today the prime minister of New Zealand accidentally called Hillary Clinton President Clinton.

Hillary Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State.
Recently she visited New Zealand for a few days.
At a press conference the prime minister of New Zealand called her President Clinton.
Secretary Clinton laughed and didn’t seem upset by the mistake.

And that was Stick News.
Kia ora.

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#874 Do you ski or board?

with special guest Jon Howell

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

Sarah Do you ski or board?

Jon A bit of both. Done a bit more skiing this year, but I’m a snowboarder by trade. But, ah, it’s a good mountain to do both so try and get a bit of both.

Sarah Which mountains do you usually go to back home?

Jon Ah, I’ve done a season in France and Canada but last time I skied was in Austria and also Italy the year before that.

Sarah How does this mountain compare to the slopes in Europe?

Jon Very different, being a volcano for a starter, ah, and also being nowhere near, sort of, any of the other ski resorts other than obviously Whakapapa. Ah, and not having the valley, sort of, no tree-lined runs. Um, the snow here is probably a little bit less reliable as well, but it is a impressive mountain on its day, like today, ah when the sun’s shining and everybody’s enjoying themselves.

Sarah Can you tell me some NZ English that you’ve learnt?

Jon Ah, sweet as. Ah … oh, I don’t know, um, they say awesome a lot. They say, ah, true, like true as in, like, is that really true? Um, and there’s, there’s tons.

Sarah Do you use those words?

Jon Oh definitely. Yeah, all the time. They say in there …you know, we say oh yeah, the board’s going to be sweet as. And, you know, everything else … and if somebody says something you say “Oh, true?” And I say it on the phone to my, to my friends at home and they don’t have a clue what I’m saying, but um yeah I think there’s some really interesting words and it’s a nice, sort of, informal language really.

Sarah What are you going to do in summer?

Jon Ah, I’m going to go to Australia now that I’ve done my year in New Zealand. So I’m going to Melbourne, ah, next month and then I’ll try and get some work over there and see how it goes. I don’t think I’ll be skiing there, but, you know, getting on the beach and working on my tan I think.

Sarah What were you doing in Napier?

Jon Seasonal work, again, which is, sort of, what we’re limited to on the sort of visa that I’m on. Ah, so, picking fruit. Anything from asparagus, peaches, pears, apples, oranges, lemons, grapes … all sorts of stuff.

Sarah What’s your favourite fruit to pick?

Jon Probably, ah, plums cause I like plums so eat them as you’re going around.

Sarah Can you speak any other languages?

Jon A little bit, I lived in Greece for six months I did a summer there and then France for 6 months and then Canada for a year and I, I learned Spanish, German and French at school. But, in England … English is such a universal language, I just don’t think we get enough chance to practice. And even in France, unfortunately, being a ski resort and working for an English company, I was dealing with English people most of the time. But enough, I learnt enough in most of the languages to get by.

Sarah Do you have any advice for people who are learning English?

Jon Try and make it as fun as possible to learn. Cause, um, that’s what’s important with anything if you want to learn it. Same as snowboarding and everything else, it needs to be made fun by the instructor or by the hill or by the way somebody actually presents it to you. So it’s a case of, yeah, it’s hard work, but if you can have fun while doing it, then that’s the, ah, that’s the main thing.

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And that was The Daily English Show. Thank you for watching. We have one more show for 2010 and I will be telling you all about what we are doing on our summer break.

See you soon. Bye.

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#1358 Choco Rice Nom Nom Slice

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#1358 Choco Rice Nom Nom Slice

Sunday Kitchen #181 Choco Rice Nom Nom Slice

Recently I made a variation of the afghan recipe on show 1281 which turned out to be a big hit at The Daily English Show headquarters. We named it Choco Rice Nom Nom Slice.

To make Choco Rice Nom Nom Slice, mix half a cup of oil with half a cup of sugar. Add two tablespoons of water and mix some more.

Then mix one and a half cups of flour with a quarter of a cup of cocoa.

Then mix it all together and add a cup of puffy rice things. I can’t remember if these are called rice bubbles or rice pops because I threw the box away.

Then pour it all onto some baking paper on a baking tray and get something like this to press it down with.

When it seems like you’ve pressed it enough, tidy up the edges. My corners looked a bit weak so I made them round.

Bake it for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.

Take it out of the oven and leave it to cool down for a while. Then melt ten pieces of chocolate and spread the melted chocolate on top of the slice.

When the chocolate has cooled down, slice it into pieces and put all the beautiful pieces into one container and all the rejects and crumbs into another container … to be eaten as well of course. And put the containers into the freezer.

And when it’s time for some dessert take a piece out of the freezer and eat it with some coffee if you like.

Om nom nom.

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#1357 Bike Ride In Japan

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One day I went for bike ride in Japan.

I rode along a path
through a golf course
past a mountain
and some tennis courts.

I rode around a garden
across a bridge
past a fountain
and a sign.

I rode past a video shop
a train station
and a post office.

I rode past a convenience store
and another one
and another.

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Filmed in Kutchan, Hokkaido, Japan on 17 September 2009.
Thanks to WatchMe!TV


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#1356 Raise Your Glass, Cathy Vs Miffy, Nitty-Gritty, You Must Be Kidding

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

Today we’re studying a song by P!nk called Raise Your Glass.

I really like this song and it has a very cool lyric video too. There seems to be a trend these days of artists releasing lyric videos which is excellent if you’re studying English because they’re really well made and they’re fun to watch so you can listen and read along at the same time.

I think this song is speaking to people who are in a minority or who are discriminated against or have been bullied for some reason. It’s encouraging people to be proud of their differences. Even though mainstream society might criticize you and call you a freak, don’t worry about it, stand up and be proud and party.

She says if: you're treated like a fool
You can choose to let it go
We can always party on our own

To let something go is an idiom which means to give up an idea or an attitude. Here it means that if you are being treated badly, you can choose to not get upset by it, to not let it affect you … and just party.

The chorus starts:
So raise your glass if you are wrong
In all the right ways

When she says: wrong in all the right ways, I think she means that some things that mainstream society calls “wrong” are not actually wrong at all.

This is clear when you watch the video, so please go and watch the actual video as well if you’re interested in studying the song.







STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today a court has ruled that Hello Kitty’s friend Cathy infringes the copyright of Miffy.

In 1945 a cat called Musti was born in Belguim.
In 1955 a rabbit called Miffy was born in the Netherlands.
Hello Kitty was born in Japan in 1974 and her friend Cathy appeared a few years later.
In 2004 a Japanese blogger suggested that Hello Kittty might have been a copy of Musti.
The artist who created Miffy thinks that Hello Kitty is a copy of his character.
A court in Amsterdam has now ruled that Cathy infringes the copyright for Miffy and has ordered Sanrio to stop making, selling and marketing Cathy goods in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Sanrio says they object to the ruling and do not believe any copyright infringement took place.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 5th of November.
Kia ora.




Where’s Cathy?
She got deported.


They’ve messed with the wrong company!
You tell ‘em boss!




Word of the Day

Today’s word is nitty-gritty.

Part of the chorus of today’s song goes like this:

All my underdogs
We will never be, never be
Anything but loud
And nitty-gritty dirty little freaks

I’m not exactly sure why she uses the expression nitty-gritty there … but anyway, nitty-gritty means: the most important aspects or practical details of a matter.

For example, if you were discussing a contract for something, you might say something like:

OK, let's get down to the nitty-gritty – how long will it take and how much will it cost?



friday joke

My father's name is Laughing and my mother’s name is Smiling.
You must be kidding!

No, that's my brother. I’m Joking.



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#873 Is that her real name?

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

Nigel Where’s Pink from?

Sarah America.

Nigel Is that her real name?

Sarah No, it’s her stage name. I can’t remember what her real name is.

Nigel Does she like the colour pink or something?

Sarah Apparently the name is a reference to the character Mr. Pink from Reservoir Dogs.

ending

And that was The Daily English Show and we are getting ready to take our summer break. So we have a few more shows to go and then I’ll tell you a bit more about what we have planned for this summer in New Zealand. It’s pretty exciting so I’m looking forward to telling you more about that soon.
See you tomorrow! Bye.

P!nk - Raise Your Glass - LYRICS

Right right, turn off the lights

We gonna lose our minds tonight

What's the deal yo?

I love when it's all too much

5am turn the radio up

where's the rock and roll?

Party crasher, panty snatcher

Call me up if you a gangsta

Don't be fancy, just get dancy

Why so serious..?

So raise your glass if you are wrong

In all the right ways

All my underdogs

We will never be never be

Anything but loud

And nitty-gritty dirty little freaks

Won't you come and come on and raise your glass

Just come on and come on and raise your glass

Slam slam, oh hot damn

What part of party don't you understand?

Wish you'd just freak out

Can't stop comin in hot

I should be locked up right on the spot

It's so on right now

Party crasher, panty snatcher

Call me up if you a gangsta

Don't be fancy, just get dancy

Why so serious..?

So raise your glass if you are wrong

In all the right ways

All my underdogs

We will never be never be

Anything but loud

And nitty-gritty dirty little freaks

Won't you come and come on and raise your glass

Just come on and come on and raise your glass

Won't you come and come on and raise your glass

Just come on and come on and raise your glass

Oh shit, my glass is empty

That sucks

So if you're too school for cool

And you're treated like a fool

You can choose to let it go

We can always we can always

Party on our own

So raise your (ah fuck)

So raise your glass if you are wrong

In all the right ways

All my underdogs

We will never be never be

Anything but loud

And nitty-gritty dirty little freaks

So raise your glass if you are wrong

In all the right ways

All my underdogs

We will never be never be

Anything but loud

And nitty-gritty dirty little freaks

Won't you come and come on and raise your glass

Just come on and come on and raise your glass

Won't you come and come on and raise your glass for me

Just come on and come on and raise your glass for me

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