Show 1212 Tuesday 30 March
Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
Today we’re studying a short film called Bitch.
I think this is quite a clever idea for a film.
A man goes into a supermarket to buy one item and as he goes to pay for it, he goes to the checkout and the woman in front of him starts to talk to him.
She tells him that he looks just like her son. But then she pulls out a photo and shows him and they clearly look nothing alike. So he thinks she’s just a bit of a crazy old lady and he smiles.
And then she asks him a favour.
She says: I know it’s a big favour to ask, but could you please, as I go out of there, please shout (out), “Bye-bye mum.” And I go say, “Bye-bye son.” You could do that for me?
I’m not sure where she’s from, but she’s obviously speaking a dialect of English or English isn’t her first language. But I go say bye-bye son obviously means I will say bye-bye son.
So as she’s leaving the checkout she wants the guy to call out to her bye-bye mum. And the guy agrees. He says: I can do that for you.
And then what happens? Well you’re going to have to go and watch the short film to find out.
STICK NEWS
Kia ora in Stick News today two American celebrities got into a Twitter fight about the use of a word.
Demi Moore is an American actress who loves tweeting.
Recently another American celebrity posted a picture of herself with a message that said she was pimpin’.
Demi Moore spat the dummy.
According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary a pimp is a man who controls prostitutes and arranges clients for them, taking a percentage of their earnings in return.
Urban Dictionary says the word pimpin’ is also used to describe something that’s cool.
And that was Stick News for Tuesday the 30th of March.
Kia ora.
Lots of tweeps love the butt photo you took, darling!
You do have an awesome ass, honey!
Wow...I look so hot in this picture!
WE DIDN'T BURN OUR BRAS FOR NOTHING!
$300 an hour for this pretty girl.
Yes please!
He he he...$5 for her $295 for me...what a great business!
LOL! Poor old lady don't understand modern English.
Word of the Day
Today’s word is Good Friday.
In New Zealand – and in other countries too - Good Friday is a public holiday which is part of Easter.
In Wikipedia it says that this holiday is also called: Holy Friday, Black Friday, or Great Friday.
And the thing that I like about Good Friday … is that it’s the day you’re supposed to eat hot cross buns.
This is a hot cross bun. It’s a sweet and spicy bun with raisins in it and a cross on top.
The cross symbolizes the crucifixion.
A crucifixion, in case you didn’t know, is: an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead.
Very brutal.
So, as I said, you’re supposed to eat hot cross buns on Good Friday, but shops start selling them and people start eating them a few weeks earlier. I bought some the other day and as you can see here, it says best before the 30th of March, which is three days before Good Friday.
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#772 Your mum
Step 1: Read the girl’s lines.
Step 2: Repeat the girl’s lines and talk to the guy.
Girl That’s $340 please.
Guy That’s really expensive for a bar of chocolate, isn’t it?
Girl Yeah, but you’re paying for your mum’s shopping too.
Guy What?
Girl Your mum.
Guy No, she wasn’t my mum.
Girl I just heard you call her mum.
Guy No, she just asked me to say that. She was just some old lady. Honestly.
Girl Well, it’s $340.
Guy Are you joking?!
Girl I’m going to have to call my supervisor.
Guy I don’t believe this. I was just …
QuestionAnswer
Bitch - Transcript
Oh Lord. Oh, oh lord. Sorry to stare upon you like that. But, god, you look just like my son.
Let my show you a picture of him. This is my son. Look you, look him. See how you look alike? Look him, look you. Look, look at my son. Oh bless him. He die a few years ago.
I’m sorry.
And you know what I miss? I miss him and I miss me someone calling me mum.
I know it’s a big favour to ask, but could you please as I go out of there, please shout out bye-bye mum. And I go say bye-bye son. You could do that for me?
I can do that for you.
Oh thank you darling.
Sure.
God bless you, son. Bless you. Bless you.
Sure.
Goodbye mum.
Bye-bye son.
247 pound please.
That’s really expensive for a tin of tuna, isn’t it?
Yeah, but you’re paying for your mum’s shopping too.
What?
Your mum.
No, she wasn’t my mum.
Sir, I just heard you call her mum.
No, she asked me to say that. She was just some old lady. Honestly.
Well, it’s 247 pound.
Are you joking? I just want the tuna.
I’m going to have to call my supervisor.
I don’t believe this. I was just … What a fucking bitch.
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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: 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
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: 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
artist: Yachar
album: Tú y solo tú
track: Caminare donde vayas
from: Valencia, Spain
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo
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