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The video I recommend today is of a song by Super Simple Songs.
You can find out more about them here. And this is their YouTube channel. They make songs for kids. So if you teach children you might want to check our their CDs because they look pretty good and it’s hard to find good music for kids classes.
And if you live in Tokyo and you have children who want to learn English then check out their school: Knock Knock English. There are some dodgy schools out there ... but this one looks like one of the really good ones with dedicated teachers who put a lot of effort into their classes and they make material available online for free which I think is very cool.
Anyway, this video is of the song Five Little Monkeys. I just watched it recently and it brought back such memories ... I had a student in Tokyo called Chikako – she was great I really miss her – and she loved this song. And we sang it over and over doing actions and stuff – it was really fun. It was a different version than this one – but I like this one too. I love the animations of the monkeys jumping on the bed.
And as for music for adults I recommend you check out Midnight Oil – a classic Australian band.
For example this song: Beds are Burning. Good song and good for studying too – the lyrics aren’t too difficult and they’re interesting.
And you might learn about Australian history too. If your teacher is from Australia – or you have an Australian friend - maybe you could ask them what this song means and they might tell you a bit about Australian history.
STICK NEWS
Kia Ora, in Stick News today the Australian Prime Minister-elect has named his cabinet and he’s chosen a former rock singer as his environment minister.
Midnight Oil was an Australian band that began in the early 1970s.
Wikipedia says the band was known for its driving hard rock sound, intense live performances, and its political activism.
The singer of the band was Peter Garrett.
In 1984 Garret co-founded a political party called the Nuclear Disarmament Party.
He stood for a seat in the Australian Senate that year, but he didn’t win.
In 2002 Garret decided to quit the band to focus on his political career.
Two years later he stood for a seat with the Labor Party and won.
Garret is a Christian and some people say he’s sell-out.
During an election campaign in 2006 he urged voters not to vote for the Australian Green Party but for his own Labor Party.
Garret was re-elected in the 2007 Federal election but his campaign was apparently ”fraught with a number of tactical errors” including confiding in a journalist that Labor would simply change all their policies once they got into power.
Today the Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd named Garrett Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Arts.
And that was Stick News for Thursday the 29th of November.
Kia Ora.
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#344 Can you tell me about Australian history?
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Paul Can you tell me about Australian history?
Sarah Not really. I don’t know much about it.
Paul You never studied it at school?
Sarah No, not that I can remember.
Paul What kind of history do you study in New Zealand?
Sarah Hmm, good question. Well, at high school, I guess it depends on the kind of school you go to for a start. But the school I went to was a pretty typical state school.
Paul What’s a state school?
Sarah Um, like, not a private school, it’s government-funded and anyone can go there.
Paul Oh, OK.
Sarah And there was a subject that we had to take in third and forth form, called social studies. I don’t remember learning anything in social studies though.
Paul You must have learnt something.
Sarah Yeah. I just remember doing these quizzes on current affairs and I’d get like two answers right out of 20.
Paul You never watched the news?
Sarah No, never watched it. We didn’t have a TV. And my parents, they listened to the radio and bought a magazine called the Listener – but when I was like 13 I wasn’t interested in the news at all.
Beds are Burning
by Midnight Oil
Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
Now to pay our share
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
Now to pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
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artist: Anawin
album: A glimpse inside the bubble
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artist: San Sebastian
track: Happy Sad
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