Friday, May 30, 2008

Show 748 Friday 30 May


Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

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

One of my favourite online video producers is DCLugi. His videos are so clever and funny and he’s, he’s just ridiculously talented basically.

And the song we’re studying today is one of his – it’s a parody of the song Yesterday by the Beatles. What he’s done is change all the words in the song to phrases which mean the same thing – and he sings it to the same tune – and he says some funny stuff at the start and at the end about how it’s a really original song.
So I think this is a great song to study with – you can compare the two different songs and you can see two different ways of saying the same thing – excellent for English study.

For example, instead of yesterday he says: the day before today.
Instead of far away, he says: quite a distance from me.
Instead of suddenly, he says: without any real warning.
And instead of now I need a place to hide away, now I can require a geographical location where I can basically keep out of sight.



STICK NEWS

Kia Ora, in Stick News today a roadside toilet stop almost killed a tourist in Australia when a snake bit the end of his penis.

A man was travelling in Queensland, Australia near a town called Laura, when nature called. While relieving himself on the side of the road, a deadly snake emerged from the bush and lunged at his manhood.
The brown snake bit the man’s trouser snake then hastily retreated leaving the victim vomiting and with stomach pain.
According to newspaper reports paramedics wrapped the penis in plastic sheeting and took the man to a nearby hospital where he spent a night recovering.
An ambulance spokesperson said the man was extremely fortunate to be alive but also “shocked and embarrassed” about where he had been bitten.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 30th of May.
Kia Ora.




Word Of The Day

Today’s word is manhood.
Manhood is one of the words that people use to avoid saying penis.
There are many other words like this, such as: member, willy, shlong, thing, one eyed snake, trouser snake.



friday joke

Why did the tomato turn red?
It saw the salad dressing.

I found this joke here.



conversations with sarah
#458 Where is being held?

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

James The G8 summit’s going to be held in Hokkadio soon, isn’t it?

Sarah Yeah, it’s at the start of July.

James Are you going to go and check it out?

Sarah Yeah, sure - just rock on up and join in the meetings, why not?

James Where is it being held?

Sarah It’s in Toyako.

James Is that anywhere near you?

Sarah Yeah, it’s pretty close. It’s about an hour’s drive, I think.



The Day Before Today
by DCLugi

So this is a song that I guess I’ve been working on for maybe, maybe five years or so now and it’s one of those songs that kept coming back to me and just staying, you, you know, you don’t put me away, you have to complete me because this is an important song. This might in fact, I mean this might in fact be your defining song. So I don’t mean to be too heavy, but this is, you know, that kind of song. And as with any song that you come up with originally, it’s influenced by you know other songs, past songs that you’ve heard. But I think this one in unique enough that it stands out as um, you know, ah, an important song for, for me specifically. So, it’s called The Day Before Today.

The day before today,
all the issues I was contending with seemed quite a distance from me.
Now from what I can tell they have no intention of going anywhere.
Oh, I’ve invested all my faith
in the day before today.

Without any real warning
I’m less than 50 percent of the human male I was previously.
There’s an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to the obstruction of an object hanging over me.

Oh the day before today,
arrived without any real warning.
For what apparent reason this girl I was seeing felt it necessary to exit,
I’m without knowledge on this matter.
This girl that I was seeing
would not elaborate.

I vocally expressed something other than she wanted to hear.
Now I’m just a big pile of yearning for the day before today.
The day before today,

that mysterious feeling which draws us all together
was such an uncomplicated task to achieve.
Now I can require a geographical location where I can basically keep out of sight.
Oh, I’ve invested all my faith in the day before today.

Yeah, now hearing it, it does sounds similar to, um, classic Tupac. Right because it’s like ... But I guess we steal from the greats, so I’m OK with that.



Yesterday
The Beatles

Yesterday
all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh I believe in yesterday

Suddenly
I'm not half the man I used to be
there's a shadow hanging over me
Oh yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go
I don't know
she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go
I don't know
She wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for
Yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Mm mm mm mm ... yesterday.


links

today's news

or here

today's STICK NEWS pictures

DCLugi site YouTube super deluxe

G8 Summit, Toyako, Hokkaido

music

show start
artist: BrunoXe
album: aprendiendo desde 2004
track: Mandrake
from: Jerez, Spain
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

friday joke start
artist: AdHoc
album: Toutes directions
track: Sumbala
from: Annecy, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

cws start
artist: San Sebastian
track: Happy Sad
artist site

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: Groovetracks
track: groovetracks ending
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Nokom electro
album: Nokom
track: Bonnobaize
from: grenoble/lyon, France
artist at Jamendo
artist site

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Show 747 Thursday 29 May


Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

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

There are a lot of clips on the internet of TV presenters making funny mistakes and one of my favourite ones is when a woman is introducing an interview and she accidentally says gay instead of blind.

This is what she says:

Right after the break we’re going to interview Erik Weihenmayer, who climbed the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, but he’s gay ... I mean he’s gay, excuse me, he’s blind ... so we’ll hear about that coming up.

I think that is hilarious. I’ve watched it about 50 times and it still cracks me up. It’s so funny because when presenters make mistakes like that they usually accidentally say another word because it sounds very similar.

For example, if she said he’s blonde instead of he’s blind. That would still be funny but more understandable, just a natural slip of the tongue, because the words are pretty similar. But the word gay sounds nothing like the word blind – so it’s like, how did she mix those two words up?And of course it’s also funny because being gay doesn’t make it hard to climb a mountain.



STICK NEWS

Kia Ora, this is Stick News. Yesterday the Nepalese monarchy was abolished. The monarchy started in 1768 and was the world’s only surviving Hindu monarchy.

The last kind of Nepal was born in Kathmandu in 1947. He became the king when he was just three years old after his father and grandfather ran away to India. A few months later his grandfather came back and became king again. The next king after his grandfather was his father, then his brother who was king from 1972 until he was shot in 2001. In 2001, ten people of the Nepalese Royal Family were shot and killed including the king and the queen. After the king died, the prince, who did the shooting, became king. He was king for three days, then he died and the dead king’s brother became the new king. On the 24th of December 2007, it was announced that the monarchy would probably be abolished in 2008. And on the 28th of May 2008 the monarchy was officially abolished and replaced with a secular federal republic.

And that was Stick News for Thursday the 29th of May.

Kia Ora.





Word Of The Day

Today’s word is blind.

If a person is blind, it means they can’t see because of injury, disease or a congenital condition. By the way congenital means present from birth.

The word blind is used in many idioms, for example:

Blind as a bat which means: not able to see well.
The blind leading the blind.
Turn a blind eye.
Not a blind bit means: not any.
Blind drunk means: very drunk.



conversations with sarah
#457 The blind leading the blind

Step 1: Repeat Jun’s lines.

Step 2: Read Jun’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Jun What does, “the blind leading the blind”, mean?

Sarah It’s used in a situation where somebody who doesn’t know much about something gives advice to another person who also doesn’t know anything about the subject. Do you know what I mean?

Jun No, not really.

Sarah For example, do you know much about hmmm let’s see ... do you how to fix the engine of a car?

Jun No, I have no idea.

Sarah Neither do I. So if I tried to teach you, then it would the blind leading the blind.

Jun Oh, I get it.



links

today's news

or here

Nepalese Monarchy

today's STICK NEWS pictures

music

show start
artist: BrunoXe
album: aprendiendo desde 2004
track: Mandrake
from: Jerez, Spain
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

cws start
artist: San Sebastian
track: Happy Sad
artist site

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: Groovetracks
track: groovetracks ending
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Nokom electro
album: Nokom
track: Bonnobaize
from: grenoble/lyon, France
artist at Jamendo
artist site

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