#1037 Naked Kusanagi, We Didn't Start The Fire, Swine Flu

Show 1037 Friday 24 April
Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

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

Today we’re studying a song called We Didn't Start the Fire which is by Billy Joel. It came out in 1989 and it’s like a list of events that happened in his lifetime up to that point – from 1949 to 1989.

The first line is: Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray.

Those are references to important people or events in 1949.

Harry Truman became the US president. Doris Day and Johnnie Ray are both American entertainers and Red China …the Communist Party of China wins the Chinese Civil War, establishing the People's Republic of China. That’s from Wikipedia.

Wikipedia has a good page on this song – it explains every event and has links so you can easily go and find more. This could be a fun way to learn a bit of history, especially American history during that time.

Some of the stuff in the song, I’d heard of, like British Beatlemania and Woodstock. But there’s lots of stuff that I’d never heard of like: Hypodermics on the shores.

In Wikipedia it says there was something called Syringe Tide which happened between 1987 and 1988.

Syringe Tide: Medical waste was found washed up on beaches in New Jersey after being illegally dumped at sea. Before this event, waste dumped in the oceans was an "out of sight, out of mind" affair. This has been cited as one of the crucial turning points in popular opinion on environmentalism.

STICK NEWS



Kia ora in Stick News today a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP was arrested for public indecency after he was found drunk and butt naked in a park in Tokyo.

SMAP is a group of five men who sing, dance and star in TV shows, commercials and movies.
They’re one of the most famous groups in Japan.
One of the members is called Kusanagi.
He’s 34 and he likes speaking Korean.
The other day Kusanagi had a few drinks in Akasaka.
At around 2 o’clock in the morning, after leaving his friends, he decided to strip off his clothes and frolic in the park near his apartment.
One of his neighbours didn’t think it was such a good idea and called the police.
According to news reports, Kusanagi was arrested at around 3am.
When police tried to arrest him, he said: “What’s wrong with being naked?”
Police said they wrapped him in a plastic sheet and took him to the station.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 24th of April.
Kia ora.

TDES Niseko Snow Report
in Niseko Annupuri

Where are you from?

Ah, from Sydney, Australia.

* From Show 945

Melbourne, Australia.

* From Show 946

Perth in Western Australia.

* From Show 953

I am from New Zealand.

* From Show 966

Ah, I’m from Australia originally … but I’ve been living in New Zealand for the last few years, in Queenstown.

* From Show 974

1. Where are you from?
I’m from Korea.

* From Show 981

Word of the Day

Today’s word is swine.

I’m sure you’ve all heard of swine flu.

Swine just means pig. Here is says formal or North American.

Swine is also an informal word for an unpleasant person.

For example: He’s an arrogant little swine!

friday joke

Why can’t Bob run?
Because Bob’s a fish.

conversations with sarah
#655 Are you a Billy Joel fan?

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

Sarah Are you a Billy Joel fan?

Ken I don’t think I’ve heard any of his songs.

Sarah You’d probably recognize them if you heard them. He has a lot of famous songs like Uptown Girl.

Ken Does he still perform?

Sarah Yeah, I think so.

Ken How old is he now?

Sarah I think he’s in his 50s or 60s.

links

today's STICK NEWS pictures

music

show start
artist: Boom Tschak
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: More Chocolate, Please
from: Former Yugoslavia
MySpace

nsr start
artist: Zeropage
album: Ambient Pills Update
track: Is It Real?
from: Switzerland
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

nsr bgm
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Bass Vibes
artist site
YouTube channel

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: Wolfgang S.
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: Dynamite
from: Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia
artist site
MySpace

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Jay P. Baker
album: The Last Riddle In Time
track: They Are We Now
from: the US
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo


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#1036 Flame War, Snowball Formal, Man Bans Whole Town, Prove, Bone

Show 1036 Thursday 23 April
Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
Today I recommend a video called: We Didn’t Start The Flame War.



It’s by College Humor and it’s to the tune of We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel.

I really like this video. I think it’s really well done. They’ve made a song out of the typical ridiculous things that some people say on the internet. The stupid comments that people make and the typical complaints they make. There’s a lot of really offensive language in it, but I think they somehow pull it off because they’re really just showing how ridiculous all these comments are.

Do you know what a flame war is?
I think it’s basically just people typing stupid insults at each other.

But you can read a few more in-depth definitions on Urban Dictionary.

And Wikipedia says: Flaming is a hostile and insulting interaction between internet users.

There’s a lot of slang in this song, so there could be quite a few words that you don’t know.

For example peeps, which means: people.

This is the chorus of the song:

We didn’t start the Flame War
Peeps were hating on it
Before I left my comment

To hate on something is slang for to criticize, insult or attack something.
I’ve only ever seen it written online, but maybe it’s used offline too.

Anyway, basically the chorus means something like: I didn’t start the argument, people were already arguing before I left a comment.

The Acadia Report
Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Every year at Acadia University, there’s an event called the Snowball Formal. And there’s a video of this year’s event on the Acadia channel.



So what’s a formal?
You probably know the adjective formal. But what does the noun mean.

It says here: North American, an occasion on which evening dress is worn.

So it’s an event where you dress up in suits and dresses basically and you can’t wear casual clothes like tracksuits or jeans.

It’s like a prom, which is also American English – but I think a prom is usually at high school.
In New Zealand, at the high school I went to anyway, we called it a ball. And I also went to one in my first year of university– it was just for the people who lived in my hall – and we called that a ball too.

STICK NEWS



Kia ora in Stick News today a man in New Zealand has banned an entire town from staying at his motel.

Shane (* should be "Steve") Donnelly is an Australian man who owns a motel in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Shane said that over a six-month period three groups of people from Wainuiomata caused trouble at the motel.
Their bad behaviour included: spitting on the pavement, flirting with girls and swearing,
So he has decided to ban everyone from Wainuiomata.

And that was Stick News for Thursday the 23rd of April.
Kia ora.

TDES Niseko Snow Report
in Hirafu

with Keita Nakamura
* Keita was a guest on Show 1033

What do you like about Niseko?

Many things. And they have four seasons, so I can’t say one things, but … that’s the thing I like, the four seasons. Lots of snows and nature and … um, international culture. But still … a lot of thing is moving here, so that’s interesting.

What are the snow conditions like in Niseko compared to other mountains in Hokkaido?

There are so many places you can have powder, but, ah, you have to hike up and … yeah you have to hike up. But this ski resort is really easy to get fresh powder all day. Easy.

Word of the Day

Today’s word is prove.

v. to use facts, evidence, etc. to show that sth is true

This is from today’s video: if ur gonna call bullshit post a link to prove it.
(From 1:18)

Someone had said the photo that they are commenting on, was stolen from another website. And this person is saying: If you’re going to accuse someone of doing something, then you should post a link to prove it – to show that what you’re saying is true.

conversations with sarah
#654 What does bone mean?

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

Mari What does bone mean?

Sarah Bone means to have sex.

Mari Like make love?

Sarah Yeah, except that bone isn’t very romantic.

Mari When do you use that word?

Sarah Well, I never use it. But … I guess it would be teenage boys. Maybe writing comments on the internet like in that song.

We Didn’t Start The Flame War - Lyrics/Transcript

Jeff Rubin is typing a message
Jeff Rubin @ 3:31pm says:
posted that pic
Streeter Seidell @3:31pm says
people like it?
Jeff Rubin is typing a message
Jeff Rubin @ 3:31pm says:
Check out the comments

First post!
fucking gay
Second post!
go away!
stupid picture
Simpsons did it
south park did it too.
ROFL copter ! ! !
Really Stupid
I dunno, I kinda like it
I hate Mindy (http://www.ihatemindy.com/4c7e234)
I hate Cindy (http://www.ihatecindy.com/4c7e234)
I hate fags and jews
Who’s the girl in that pic?
I want her to show her tits
So gross, I wonder why girls don’t come to this site!
This picture FTW I’d bone the girl in it
I’d bone your mom
u bone your palm
oh snap, epic Pwnage!
We didn’t start the flame war
Peeps were hatin’ on it
‘fore I left my comment
We didn’t start the flame war
Let the whole wide world know
I’m a big old asshole
Saw this on another site.
Photoshop’d, Am I right?
hard to see, but I agree
dugg down cuz it sucks!
How’d this garbage make it to the front page?
users from their site came and dugg it up
Stolen from XKCD
Buried for inaccuracy
if ur gonna call bullshit post a link to prove it
Ron Paul 2012!!!
he can’t win, don’t jizz yourself
He’s got a chance
Yeah, in France - bet you’d vote for Palin!
We didn’t start the Flame War
Peeps were hatin’ on it
‘fore I left my comment
We didn’t start the flame war
Let the whole wide world know
I’m a big old asshole
Who wants a free iPod? Just follow this link
God, Spammers in this thread are such massive dickheads
Oh my god, watch my vid - crazy funny fat kid
Eat my ass you fucking troll
what an asshole!
Rick roll’d!
Gay-ay-ay
You guys know who I hate? people who are mixed race
also mexicans red heads, and asians
why r u guys so racist
why r u guys so racist
double post, my bad
this kid’s a noob fag
what’s your problem douchebag?
ur the ass, fucking fag!
your a fag!
You’re a BITCH!
All of you can suck my dick! 8==0
We didn’t start the Flame War
Peeps were hatin’ on it
‘fore I left my comment
We didn’t start the flame war
Let the whole wide world know
I’m a big old asshole
asshole
asshole
asshole
asshole
asshole

Nanoob? On Mar 15,2009
Gaaaaay!

filming notes

The ending shot was filmed on 23rd April 2009 at 7:50am in Kutchan, Hokkaido, Japan.
Keita's interview was filmed on 29th March 2009 at Powderlife Cafe in Hirafu.

links

today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

music

show start
artist: Boom Tschak
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: More Chocolate, Please
from: Former Yugoslavia
MySpace

The Acadia Report start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Concerto
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

nsr start
artist: Zeropage
album: Ambient Pills Update
track: Is It Real?
from: Switzerland
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: Wolfgang S.
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: Dynamite
from: Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia
artist site
MySpace

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Jay P. Baker
album: The Last Riddle In Time
track: They Are We Now
from: the US
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo

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#1035 Barrister Vs Barista, NZ Island Names, Frumpy

Show 1035 Wednesday 22 April
Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

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

Today’s mistake comes from a job advertisement in a newspaper. I saw a photo of it online.

A café in New Zealand advertised for a:

BARRISTER /
KITCHEN HAND

So what’s wrong with that? Well, a barrister is a kind of lawyer.

What they meant was a barista which is a person who makes coffee.

click here

The site I recommend today is called: ESL News New Zealand.

As it says on the site, you can: Listen to New Zealand news, spoken slowly and clearly, using easy vocabulary.

So it’s a great site for people studying English in New Zealand – or for people who are interested in New Zealand news. The news is rewritten in simple English and there are audio files so you can listen and read along.

STICK NEWS



Kia ora in Stick News today it’s been discovered that the two main islands of New Zealand are officially nameless.

The two biggest islands of New Zealand are usually called the North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui and the South Island or Te Wai Pounamu. But the New Zealand Geographic Board recently discovered they had no formal names. According to the New Zealand Herald before officially christening the islands, the board will consult the public and iwi on what each island should officially be called.

And that was Stick News for Wednesday 22nd of April.
Kia ora.

TDES Niseko Snow Report
at MSK JR Apartment

Now that most of the snow has melted I’ve been enjoying walking around my neighbourhood in the mornings. This is at 7:30am on the 20th of April.

Word of the Day

Today’s word is frumpy.

This is a word that people have used to describe Susan Boyle.

Frumpy is usually used to describe a woman who is unattractive and wears old-fashioned clothes.
It’s also used to describe the clothes themselves.

conversations with sarah
#653 Where do most people live?

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

Jim How many islands are there in New Zealand?

Sarah There are just two big islands and hundreds of smaller ones. Maybe thousands.

Jim Where do most people live?

Sarah Most people live on the North Island. I think about three quarters of the population.

notes

How do you pronounce barista?
Listen to barista being pronounced in several accents on Forvo.

links

today's STICK NEWS pictures

music

show start
artist: Boom Tschak
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: More Chocolate, Please
from: Former Yugoslavia
MySpace

click here start
artist: #NarNaoud#
album: Green Vision
track: Oriental Standing
from: Gironde, France
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo
artist site

nsr start
artist: Zeropage
album: Ambient Pills Update
track: Is It Real?
from: Switzerland
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: Wolfgang S.
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: Dynamite
from: Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia
artist site
MySpace

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Jay P. Baker
album: The Last Riddle In Time
track: They Are We Now
from: the US
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo

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#1034 Happen To Have, NZ Eskimo Lollies, Gobsmacked

Show 1034 Tuesday 21 April
Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

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

Today we’re studying the second half of the conversation we studied on last Tuesday’s show from the movie A Modern Affair.

So a woman has run into her ex-boyfriend in the street and they’re having some small talk.

And the ex-boyfriend has had two kids with his new partner and he says: I just happened to have photographs.

What does happen to have mean?

happen v. to do or be sth by chance

For example: She happened to be out when we called.

In this situation it’s funny because it’s not really by chance that he has photos. He’s obviously so proud of his kids that he carries around photos of them all the time. And him using the phrase happen to have emphasizes his eagerness to grab any opportunity to talk about his kids.

And the woman says: Oh, they’re beautiful. They don’t look like you.

And he says: Thanks!

Because if you say, they’re beautiful, they don’t look like you, it kind of sounds like you mean, you are not beautiful – even though that’s not what she means.

And he knows that and he’s only pretending to be offended when he says: Thanks!

This is quite a common response if someone says something offensive by the way. You can say “thanks” in an offended or sarcastic tone. This works both if you really are offended. Thanks. And if you’re really not offended … you’re just joking. Thanks.

STICK NEWS



Kia ora in Stick News today a Canadian tourist in New Zealand said she was offended by the name of a lolly.

According to Wikipedia, Eskimos are indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia, across Alaska and Canada, and all of Greenland.
There are also lollies in New Zealand called Eskimos.
A 21-year-old Canadian tourist said she was shocked when she found the lollies for sale last week.
She said the word Eskimo was unacceptable in Canada and carried with it negative racial connotations.

And that was Stick News for Tuesday the 21st of April.
Kia ora.

TDES Niseko Snow Report
with SAS Scott Adventure Sports

thanks to: David New

How do you choose what kind of boots to buy?

Boots are very, very important. And if you’re looking to buy your own boots, the best thing to do is to go and make sure that you see somebody who is, um, has got a lot of experience. Um, ski boot fitting is actually a, um, a very … takes a long time to qualify for as a master boot fitter. It can be five years to, to qualify for. And so if you, um, are going to buy a pair of boots, the best thing to do is to get a referral from a friend. Or have a look on the websites to see who’s recommended as a boot fitter.
Once you’ve done that, then you can go and, you know, you’ll speak to them. And different models, different makes, for instance, Salomon, ah, Atomic, and Nordica … they’re all, you know, they’re all good boot manufacturers. But a good boot … a good boot fitter will be able to tell you that a certain boot is right for you because of the shape of your foot. Um, so, it’s … best advice on that is to go, to go to a good boot fitter.

Word of the Day

Today’s word is gobsmacked.

Gobsmacked is a word that Susan Boyle used to describe her reaction to her sudden worldwide fame.

Gobsmacked means very surprised.

I guess it comes from the word gob and smacked. Gob is an informal word for mouth.
So when you’re so surprised that you don’t know what to say … it’s kind of like someone has smacked your mouth.

conversations with sarah
#653 How’s your dad?

Step 1: Repeat Ben’s lines.
Step 2: Read Ben’s lines and talk to Gracie.

* Watch here from 4:36

Ben How’s your dad?

Gracie He’s good.

Ben Send him my best.

Gracie I will do that. I, ah, I heard you had a kid.

Ben Was that the first or the second you heard?

Gracie Two kids? Wow.

Ben I just happened to have, ah … photographs. That’s Monica and that’s Rachel.

Gracie Oh, they’re beautiful. They don’t look like you.

Ben Thanks!

Gracie I mean, um …They’re beautiful children.

Ben Thanks.

Gracie I, um, I have to go.

Ben Bye.

links

today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

photo of Eskimo lollies
producer of Eskimo lollies

more about gobsmacked

music

show start
artist: Boom Tschak
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: More Chocolate, Please
from: Former Yugoslavia
MySpace

nsr start
artist: Zeropage
album: Ambient Pills Update
track: Is It Real?
from: Switzerland
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

cws start
artist: Wolfgang S.
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: Dynamite
from: Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia
artist site
MySpace

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Josta
album: Altrove (part 1)
track: Ti spiezzo il beat
from: Torino, Italy
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo
artist site

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#1030 I Dreamed A Dream, Alcohol On Pitcairn, Weather, Musicals

Show 1030 Friday 17 April
Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

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

Today we’re studying a song called I Dreamed a Dream which is from one of the most famous musicals in the world. And of course everybody’s been talking about it a lot recently because of Susan Boyle’s performance.

So, what is the song about? Well, in the musical it’s sung by a character called Fantine … I don’t know if that’s how you pronounce it.

This is from Wikipedia: The lyrics are about lost innocence and broken dreams. Fantine is abandoned by her lover, gives birth to a daughter, Cosette, out of wedlock, is wrongly dismissed from a desperately-needed job, and forced into prostitution to survive and (to) support her daughter.

Pretty sad.

And these are the lyrics from the end of the song:

I had a dream my life would be So different from this hell I'm living So different now from what it seems Now life has killed The dream I dreamed

TDES Niseko Snow Report
at Niseko Annupuri

Here’s some footage taken in Annupuri on the 9th of April. It was a beautiful spring day.

STICK NEWS



Kia ora in Stick News today after a 200-year ban, alcohol is now allowed to be sold on an Island in the South Pacific.

Pitcairn Island is an island in the Southern Pacific Ocean with a population of 48. The sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks used to be prohibited. Radio New Zealand has reported the new law will allow everyone over the age of 18 to drink alcohol.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 17th of April.
Kia ora.

Word of the Day

Today’s word is weather.

I’m sure you know that weather is a noun. How’s the weather up there?

But it is also a verb, meaning: to come safely through a difficult period or experience.

For example: She refuses to resign, intending to weather the storm (i.e. wait until the situation improves again).

This is from today’s song:

But there are dreams that cannot be And there are storms We cannot weather

I think that means some of the dreams we have are impossible or … they’ll never happen. And some of the bad things that happen to us, we can’t handle.

friday joke

A guy walks into a bar and says, "Ouch".

conversations with sarah
#651 I don’t like musicals

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

Sarah Have you seen Les Mis?

Dom No. Have you?

Sarah No.

Dom I don’t like musicals.

Sarah Oh, really?

Dom Do you?

Sarah Yeah, some of them. I like Jesus Christ Superstar.

Dom Really? I can’t stand those songs!

Sarah Really? I love them.

links

today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

music

show start
artist: Boom Tschak
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: More Chocolate, Please
from: Former Yugoslavia
MySpace

nsr start
artist: Zeropage
album: Ambient Pills Update
track: Is It Real?
from: Switzerland
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

nsr bgm
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Bass Vibes
artist site
YouTube channel

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: Wolfgang S.
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: Dynamite
from: Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia
artist site
MySpace

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Josta
album: Altrove (part 1)
track: BabaLoop
from: Torino, Italy
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo
artist site


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#1028 Kitchen Vs Chicken, Expert Village, Korean YouTube, 911 Maths, Shun The Non-Believer!

Show 1028 Wednesday 15 April
Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

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

I was listening to The House Song by We Are Busy Beavers and I was surprised by this line in the song: kitchen, not chicken.

And in the description they ask this question: Why do so many children mistake a kitchen for a chicken?

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone make this mistake … although I think it’s understandable because the sounds are similar.

But I searched online and I found other people saying that the chicken/kitchen thing was a common mistake, so I was curious to ask you: Have you ever had trouble with these words? Or did you when you were a child? Or have you heard people getting these words mixed up?

click here

The site I recommend today is called Expert Village.

It’s a site with thousands of instructional videos on all kinds of topics.

For example:

How to Avoid Overheating a Tractor Engine

How to Wrap a Gift

Tips for Buying Garlic

The great thing about this site is that every video has a transcript. So if you find some videos on topics that interest you – whether it’s sports or cooking or whatever then you might enjoy studying with these videos. And you can study English and learn something new at the same time.

STICK NEWS



Kia ora in Stick News today Google has disabled user uploads and comments on the Korean version of YouTube.

On the first of April a new law came into effect in Korea, the Cyber Defamation Law. The new law limits anonymous uploads and commenting. Users who upload videos on a site that gets more than 100,000 visitors a day, must now provide their real name and national ID card number. Instead of creating a new registration system for users in Korea, YouTube has decided to block all uploads and comments from users in South Korea who have their country preference set to Korea.

And that was Stick News for Wednesday the 15th of April.
Kia ora.

TDES Niseko Snow Report
at MSK JR Apartment

The temperature’s getting warmer and warmer in Kutchan – and look what I found popping out of the ground near my apartment. Tulips!

Word of the Day

Today’s word is shun.

I just found a cool site with sound bites that you can embed and they have transcripts too … it’s very cool.

And I found some quotes from Charlie the Unicorn which is a famous online video.

And the quote I want to talk about today is: Shun the non-believer.




So what does shun mean?
shun, verb, persistently avoid, ignore, or reject

When people leave religious groups they are sometimes shunned by the people who still belong to that group.

conversations with sarah
#649 What’s the matter?

Step 1: Repeat the operator’s lines.
Step 2: Read the operator’s lines and talk to the boy.



Operator 911 emergencies.

Boy Yeah I need some help.

Operator What’s the matter?

Boy With my math.

Operator With your mouth?

Boy No with my math. I have to do it. Will you help me?

Operator Sure. Where do you live?

Boy No with my math.

Operator Yeah I know. Where do you live though?

Boy No, I want you to talk to me on the phone.

Operator No I can’t do that. I can send someone else to help you.

Boy Okay.

Charlie the Unicorn - transcript

Blue: Hey Charlie! Hey Charlie wake up!

Pink: Yeah Charlie, you silly sleepy head, wake up!

Charlie: Ugh. Oh god, you guys. This had better be pretty freakin’ important. Is the meadow on fire?

Blue: No Charlie, we found a map to Candy Mountain, Candy Mountain, Charlie.

Pink: Yeah, Charlie, we’re going to Candy Mountain. Come with us, Charlie.

Blue: Yeah, Charlie. It will be an adventure. We’re going on an adventure, Charlie.

Charlie: Yeah, Candy Mountain, right. I’m just gonna, you know, go back to sleep now.

Blue: Noooo, Charlie! You have to come with us to Candy Mountain.

Pink: Yeah Charlie, Candy Mountain. It’s a land of sweets and joy …and joyness.

Charlie: Please stop bouncing on me.

Blue: Candy Mountain, Charlie.

Pink: Yeah, Candy Mountain.

Charlie: Alright fine, I’ll go with you to Candy Mountain.

Blue + Pink: La la la la, la la la, la la la la la la la la …

Charlie: Enough with the singing already.

Blue: Our first stop is over there, Charlie.

Charlie: Oh god, what is that?

Blue: It’s a Liopleurodon, Charlie.

Pink: Magical Liopleurodon.

Blue: It’s gonna guide our way to Candy Mountain.

Charlie: Alright guys, you do know there’s no actual Candy Mountain, right?

Blue: Shun the non-believer.

Pink: Shuuun…

Blue: Shhhhhuuuuuuuuun.

Charlie: Yeah.

Liopleurodon: (screech)

Blue: It has spoken.

Pink: It has told us the waaaaaay.

Charlie: It didn’t say anything.

Blue: It’s just over this bridge, Charlie.

Pink: This magical bridge, of hope and wonder.

Charlie: Is anyone else getting, like, covered in splinters? Seriously guys, we shouldn’t be on this thing.

Blue: Chaaarlie. Chaaarlieeeeee. Chaaarlie. Chaa—

Charlie: I’m right here, wadaya want?

Blue: We’re on a bridge Charlie. We’re here.

Charlie: Well wadaya know? There actually is a Candy Mountain.

Blue: Candy Mountain, Candy Mountain. You fill me with sweet sugary goodness.

Pink: Go inside the Candy Mountain cave, Charlie.

Blue: Yeah Charlie, go inside the cave. Magical wonders are to behold when you enter.

Charlie: Yeah, ah, thanks but no thanks. I’m gonna stay out here

Pink: But you have to enter the Candy Mountain candy cave, Charlie.

C-A-N-D-Y: Oh, when you're down and looking for some cheering up
Then just head right on up to the Candy Mountain cave.
When you get inside you'll find yourself a cheery land
Such a happy and joy-filled and perky merry land.
They've got lollipops and gummy drops and candy things
Oh so many things that will brighten up your day
It's impossible to wear a frown in candy town
It's the Mecca of lovely candy cave
They’ve got jellybeans and coconuts with little hats, candy rats, chocolate bats
It's a wonderland of sweets
Ride the candy train to town and hear the candy band, candy bells
It's a treat as they march across the land
Cherry ribbons stream across the sky into the ground
Turn around, it astounds!
It's a dancing candy tree
In the candy cave, imagination runs so free
So now Charlie please will you go into the cave?

Charlie: Alright fine, I’ll go into the freakin’ candy cave. This had better be good.

Pink + Blue: Yaaaaah!

Blue: Goodbye Charlie!

Pink: Yeah, goodbye Charlie.

Charlie: Goodbye? What? Hey! What’s going on here? Hello? Who is that?

Charlie: Ow, ugh, what happened? Ahh, they took my fricken’ kidney!

Filming Notes

The snow report photos were taken on Tuesday 7th April 2009 in Kutchan, Japan.
The ending shots were filmed on Wednesday 8th April from MSK JR Apartment in Kutchan, Japan.

links

today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

music

show start
artist: Boom Tschak
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: More Chocolate, Please
from: Former Yugoslavia
MySpace

click here start
artist: #NarNaoud#
album: Green Vision
track: Oriental Standing
from: Gironde, France
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo
artist site

nsr start
artist: Zeropage
album: Ambient Pills Update
track: Is It Real?
from: Switzerland
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

nsr bgm
artist: i am this
album: BLAPP.
track: magnolia
from: Phoenix, United States
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo

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: Wolfgang S.
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: Dynamite
from: Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia
artist site
MySpace

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Josta
album: Altrove (part 1)
track: BabaLoop
from: Torino, Italy
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo
artist site

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#1027 Small Talk, Woman Watches Burglary Online, Dilly-dally

Show 1027 Tuesday 14 April
Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

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

Today we’re studying a scene from a movie called A Modern Affair. I watched this movie the other day because I found it on YouTube. It’s probably not the best movie ever made … but I thought it was watchable.

EDIT (June 2010) - this video has since been made private.

You can watch the movie here if you're in the United States.

In this scene (from 4:16) a woman is walking along the street in a city and she runs into her ex-boyfriend. And they have some awkward small talk.

You’ve probably been in that situation yourself when you run into someone in the street and you have to talk to them even though you don’t really want to.

Their conversation goes like this:

How you doing?
Good. How are you?
Good. I’m good.
You look good.
You look good. I like the hair.

STICK NEWS



Kia ora in Stick News today a woman watched her house being burgled online thanks to a security camera and a live video feed.

Jeanne lives in Florida in the United States.
Her house has been burgled before so she installed a security camera.
The other day she was sitting at work and decided to check the live video feed from the security camera on the internet.
And she saw her house being burgled.
She called 911 and the police went to her house and arrested the burglars.

And that was Stick News for Tuesday the 14th of April.
Kia ora.



Listen to the 911 call.

TDES Niseko Snow Report
with SAS Scott Adventure Sports

with David New

How long does it usually take beginner skiers to get to the stage where they can link turns?

Ah, that really depends on the, on the customer. Um, I’ve had a lesson with somebody who’d only skied for one hour before. And then within a, a two-hour lesson we had done maybe two or three runs of the family run, on the family lift. Um, but I’ve also had other lessons where it has taken people maybe four hours to, to grasp that. And, um, it’s just about … as an instructor you have to know when is the right time to take people up. Ah, sometimes you’ll find that you’ll take people and they’re not really, they’re not really getting it on the, on the, sort of the, more shallow part. But then when you take them up and they’re following you down, they seem to pick it up. But other times it’s not safe to do that, so it’s all about knowing when.

Word of the Day

Today’s word is dilly-dally.

Dilly-dally is an old-fashioned, informal word which means: to take too long to do something, go somewhere or make a decision.

I think dilly-dally is a great word and the reason why I’m talking about it is because College Humor recently made a video called Dilly-dally which I think is very funny.



Dan: Yo, guys check out this new online, internet, world wild web, viral video!

Pat: And this is actual?

Dan: Yeah, a hundred percent.

Streeter: Geez, man, nice find!

Jeff: Hey you meatballs, stop dilly-dalllying!

Jake: What?

Sarah: We’re dilly-dallying?

Streeter: No, fucking way!

Jeff: Guys, I was, I was just …

Ricky: Did I hear you guys were dilly-dallying?

Dan: No, sir, not, not us, never.

Ricky: OK.

Sarah: Do you guys think he believed it?

Jake: Wow, Sarah, good idea, let’s dilly-dally some more and talk about it.

Pat: Get back to your fucking desks!

Dan: If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were dilly-dallying.

Streeter: Well it’s a good thing you do know better, cause I haven’t dilly-dallied a day in my goddamned dife!

Kevin: That’s a lie and you know it.

Streeter: Got something on your mind, Kev? You want to call me a dilly-dallier? Go ahead, I want you to.

Dan: Come on Street, he’s just saying what we’re all thinking.

Jake: You may not dilly, but we’ve all seen you dally.

Pat: You’ve got some balls saying that Herwitz, cause I knew your father. Samuel Herwitz was a cold, red dilly-dallier.

*Gasp*!

*Punch!*

Pat: I deserved that.

Ricky: Jake, Pat, I just saw you guys do monkey business.

Sarah: This isn’t happening.

Ricky: Both of you, in my office, now.

Jake: No. No.

Ricky: Jake, it’s either in my office, or out that window.

Jake: This is the easiest decision of my entire life.

*Jump!*

Jake: I didn’t want to jump, because I then I would die. I wouldn’t survive that for sure.

conversations with sarah
#648 You look good

Step 1: Repeat Ben’s lines.
Step 2: Read Ben’s lines and talk to Gracie.

* Starts at 4:16
Ben Gracie?

Gracie Ben.

Ben How you doing?

Gracie Good. How are you?

Ben Good. I’m good.

Gracie You look good.

Ben You look good. I like the hair.

Gracie Oh.

Ben No, I mean it. You really look good. A little tired maybe, but good.

Gracie Well, you know me, working very hard.

links

today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

music

show start
artist: Boom Tschak
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: More Chocolate, Please
from: Former Yugoslavia
MySpace

nsr start
artist: Zeropage
album: Ambient Pills Update
track: Is It Real?
from: Switzerland
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

cws start
artist: Wolfgang S.
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: Dynamite
from: Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia
artist site
MySpace

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Josta
album: Altrove (part 1)
track: BabaLoop
from: Torino, Italy
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo
artist site


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#1023 Perfect Day, 1 Million Yen For Osaka, Reap What You Sow

Show 1023 Friday 10 April
Watch today’s show at YouTube or BlipTV.

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

Today we’re studying a song called Perfect Day. It’s by Lou Reed and it came out in 1972.





It sounds like a simple, slow song about having a great day drinking in the park and going to a movie in the evening.

It's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you

As it says in Wikipedia: the song's lyrics are often considered to suggest simple, conventional romantic devotion.

And it could be about drug addiction. If you read the lyrics as a song about drugs, then he’s saying that it’s a “perfect day” because he’s taking heroin.

The line: You just keep me hanging on, could be talking about his addiction. The drug makes him feel so good that he wants to keep taking it.

Also these lines could also be about how he feels when he takes heroin:

You made me forget myself
I thought I was someone else
Someone good

Reading some comments online it seems that some people think this is just a beautiful happy song. But I agree with the people who think it’s quite depressing and it’s about how heroin helps him forget the troubles in his life … but he knows it’s only temporary and eventually it will catch up with him.

As someone wrote on the site Song Meanings: the lyrics seem to imply that he feels worthless, and can only experience happiness through temporary escapes.

STICK NEWS



Kia ora in Stick News today a woman gave a hundred million yen in cash to the governor of Osaka, Japan.

Apparently Osaka prefecture isn’t doing so well financially. Last month an elderly woman decided she wanted to help out. She said she was a fan of the governor and wanted to support him. So she walked to the governor’s office with a backpack full of cash – one hundred million yen. She gave the governor the money, then they took a photo together and had a 20-minute chat. The governor said he was surprised and grateful and promised to make sure the donation was put to good use.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 10th of April.
Kia ora.

TDES Niseko Snow Report
in Niseko Annupuri

This is the lift which goes up to the top of the Annupuri ski field. It’s called Jumbo Number 4.
And this is the view from the top. So beautiful.

Word of the Day

Today’s word is reap.

To sow means to plant an area with seed.
And to reap means to harvest the crop.

So you reap what you sow is literally true, because whatever seeds you plant will be what grows.
But it’s actually an idiom which means that you have to deal with the bad effects or results of something which you originally started.

At the end of the song, Lou Reed sings: You're going to reap just what you sow.

So it sounds like he’s saying that he knows that he will eventually have to deal with the bad effects of taking heroin.

friday joke

Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
Because it didn't have any guts.

conversations with sarah
#646 He’s still alive

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

Tim Lou Reed died of a heroin overdose, didn’t he?

Sarah No, he’s still alive.

Tim Oh, is he?

Sarah Yeah.

Tim Oh, I must have been thinking of someone else.

Sarah Yeah, some musicians have died after taking heroin, like Jim Morrison and Sid Vicious.

Tim I’m sure I heard something about Lou Reed overdosing.

Sarah Oh, yeah, I think there was a hoax about that a while ago.

filming notes

Today's snow report was filmed on the 9th of April in Annupuri, Niseko, Japan.

links

today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

Lou Reed - official site

music

show start
artist: Boom Tschak
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: More Chocolate, Please
from: Former Yugoslavia
MySpace

nsr start
artist: Zeropage
album: Ambient Pills Update
track: Is It Real?
from: Switzerland
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

nsr bgm
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Bass Vibes
artist site
YouTube channel

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: Wolfgang S.
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: Dynamite
from: Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia
artist site
MySpace

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Hugo 'Droopy' Contini
album: Strikes Back !
track: Jackie's Idea
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo
MySpace

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