Well hello there hi everybody and
welcome to my garden here in England on
a Sunday afternoon it is now coming up
to 3:45 on a Sunday afternoon it is mr.
Duncan live on YouTube as live as live
can be and already we have the live chat
open I hope you don't mind me
interrupting your Sunday but here I am
once again I have had quite a few
messages from people saying mr. Duncan
please where are you are you going to
appear on YouTube this Sunday so here I
am on a Sunday afternoon just for you so
I hope you are happy this weekend I hope
everything is going alright I have had
two or three complaints about my live
streams not many it would appear that
most people enjoy watching my live
streams but there are some people who
say that mr. Duncan can you please talk
more about English could you please use
more words could you please explain
English words to us to allow us to
expand our vocabulary well that is the
reason why I am here in fact as I'm
talking to you now I am using English so
all of the words you hear right now are
English words so everything you hear
everything that comes out of your
computer and into your ear is English so
even though I'm talking to you right now
you are still listening to English and
hopefully I really hope so
fingers crossed that you are learning
English with me right now of course one
of the difficulties of doing this sort
of thing is you can not please everyone
all the time
the problem with pleasing everyone is by
the time you've made all of the changes
you end up pleasing no one so it is very
difficult to keep everyone happy but
I do try my best to keep everyone happy
with my English classes so my live
stream serves many purposes first of all
you can hear English being spoken but
also you can hear it being spoken
spontaneously because I don't plan this
there is very little planning involved
so I just like to come into my garden
and say hello to you and of course you
have a chance to say hello to me because
we have the live chat so this is
completely interactive interactive
that's a great word isn't it so if
something is interactive it means that
everyone involved can join in so you can
interact with me and of course I can
interact with you as well so how has
your weekend being have you had a good
weekend I hope it's been a super time I
hope you've had a lovely weekend of
course here in the UK here in the UK
during the week we had some some
terrible events taking place but today I
hope that I that I can make things nice
and happy today so it has been a little
bit of a sad week here in the UK for
various reasons but today let's all have
a smile on our faces let's all stay
happy shall we positivity and a smile
can go a long way that's what I say
right we have the live chat up in
running of course I am trying to read it
on my tiny mobile phone screen so please
excuse me if I have difficulty reading
off the screen but the writing is very
very small so here we go the live chat
is up in running rush ed is here Maria
is here Alex is here for all those who
hate it when I say hello to people you
are not going to like the next few
moments so hello to hammy
hello to Vandy Vandy says hi hi to you
as well
Mara but I love your name by the way
her Mara but says I am Humaira from
Afghanistan hello to Afghanistan it's
very nice to see you here today everyone
is welcome to join in with my live
English chat on a Sunday Diego is here
Thank You Diego for joining me now jock
Nguyen is here Samina has decided to
join me today as well
Thank You Samina for dropping in some
people have asked mr. Duncan what does
drop-in mean so if you drop in it can
mean to call in somewhere or stop off
somewhere unexpectedly also it can mean
to stop off and visit someone for a
short time sometimes the visit can be
unexpected or a surprise visit so
drop-in means to call in somewhere or to
appear as a surprise so here I am now
dropping in on your Sunday and I hope
your Sunday is going very well where you
are in the world right now it's a lovely
day here yesterday wasn't so nice it was
a little bit gloomy and we had quite a
lot of rain yesterday but today the
weather isn't too bad it's a little
cloudy the birds are singing all around
me in fact this morning in my garden I
spotted not one not two but three baby
nuthatches so nuthatch and nuthatch is a
type of bird a very beautiful bird and
this morning I spotted three babies
being fed by one of the adults so that
was a lovely moment of time today if you
have any wonderful moments from your
weekend that you wish to share with me
you
were more than welcome to do so did
something nice happen this weekend
because today I want to keep everything
positive and happy Terry Chan is here
hello mr. Duncan my English teacher I am
I am now in Hong Kong Thank You Terry
for that hello from Chernobyl that's
that really are you sure about that
sure Knoblauch oh sorry I thought it
said Chernobyl then Bernardo is saying
hello there I thought you said two Nobel
two Nobel to Knoblauch I think that
might be in Russia
hello mr. Duncan I am Ana shan't
patro from India how are you I hope you
are happy I'm not too bad
even though we had some terrible events
taking place last week here in the UK
lots of people at the moment here and
around the world are talking about them
some some terrible moments of time took
place last week and many people are
still recovering from from the event
from last Monday mr. Duncan I am from
Brazil
Wesley hello Wesley Wesley Silva is
watching now and a big hello to Brazil
hi mr. Duncan through thorough and
throughout what are the differences
well thorough means complete or
completely so you do something
thoroughly if something is thorough it
means everything has been covered or
everything as being looked at so you
look at something thoroughly it is
thorough for example you can say
thorough investigation so a thorough
investigation means that everything that
could be looked at has been looked at
the investigation has been thorough and
throughout is a very different word
indeed so throughout means during
a particular time so throughout the day
or throughout the night so it means
during that time throughout lucero or
loot chero is here
hi everybody please mr. Duncan could you
say hello Trini
regards from Mexico hello Trini hi how
are you today
are you okay I hope so are you happy I
really really hope so so a big hello to
Trini who is watching in Mexico doc 89
is here hi doc nice to see you oh I see
that was the that was the question about
Thoreau and throughout what are the
pronunciations okay I will say them
again thorough thorough throughout I
hope that helps
hello mr. crow mr. crow just said hello
are you okay mr. d'Ancona says Eddie I
am okay I am super duper today because
the weather is nice
yesterday it was raining but fortunately
today the weather is much nicer as you
can see the Sun is out
shining on me which of course makes
reading your texts very difficult to do
because it's very very bright Sakura is
here hello mr. Duncan from Iraq we all
love you here
Thank You Sakura for tuning in today on
my live stream for a Sunday afternoon it
is now coming up to 4 o'clock already
Mahmood dude is here
hi mr. Duncan from Egypt hello there hi
mr. Duncan how are you today my teacher
quien fee is here hi quien where are you
watching at the moment has something
nice happened this weekend
have you done something special or nice
this weekend yesterday I went into town
I went to walk into town and I had a
lovely lunch yesterday I had roast
chicken yesterday ah it was absolutely
gorgeous
very nice I do apologize if there are
any vegetarians watching at the moment
but I do like eating meat I will be
honest I was trying to make a joke mr.
Duncan I misspelled two Noble but I am
from South Korea oh okay then thank you
Bernardo I'm not sure if that was a joke
really I don't think it was very funny
to be honest hello sir I am Remy from
Syria hello Remy watching in Syria at
the moment thank you for joining me on
this Sunday afternoon here in England
it's very peaceful here today very quiet
all you can hear is my voice and the
sound from the birds
hello mr. Duncan how you feeling today
thanks Pedro I'm not too bad today I
mustn't grumble as I always say things
could always be worse
Mahmood hi mr. Duncan it is the first
time that I write to you on the live
chat please read my message Thank You
Mahmood once again and welcome to the
live chat I know it must sound very
strange it must seem very unusual if you
can actually type and talk to someone
for the first time I think so I think it
must feel very unusual mr. Duncan can
you please say privet privet of course I
know privet privet means hello in
Russian Rash ed says I hope you are
feeling good and happy my teacher thank
you very much for your videos and your
live streams well I have had some people
complain about my live streams because
it would appear that I not using English
no apparently I'm not teaching enough
English so I do apologize but everything
that you hear here now everything that
you hear on this livestream is English
mr. Duncan Andrew is here what was the
most recent film you enjoyed watching I
did watch a very nice movie a few nights
ago called Philomena it's a very nice
British made film and it talks about
some historical moments of time that
happened years ago that are affecting
people today
very nice film a very funny film but
also a very serious film sometimes a
movie can be funny and serious at the
same time I'm sure you know what I mean
so the nice movie that I saw a few
nights ago is called Philomena I suggest
you watch it it's a very good movie
hello mr. blackbird mr. Blackbird is now
singing just above my head how lovely
mr. Duncan thank you so much you are
amazing thank you Lucero or Lucero for
that ibrahim is here what can I do to
improve my speaking especially because I
don't meet any American people well you
don't have to talk to American people to
practice English you can talk to anyone
who is interested in English so they
don't have to be American and they don't
have to be British either so maybe you
can find some other people in your area
who is interested in learning English so
this is a very common problem certainly
in countries where very few people speak
English as a first or second language so
there are lots of people learning
English in countries where not many
people speak English on a daily basis
but my suggestions are you could create
your own group in
your area so maybe you could put
something in a newspaper or on a notice
board or even through the internet
through Facebook perhaps you could form
your own group also perhaps you could
get used to using English by recording
your own voice the Blackbird is very
excited so you could record your own
voice on your mobile phone and listen to
it but I think it's a good idea to find
other people who are also interested in
learning English so perhaps you could
create your own group maybe you could
create your own English group so that is
my suggestion for that I have a fly that
keeps landing on me I think I think it's
in love with me mr. Duncan how old is
mr. blackbird I'm not sure but he seems
very happy at the moment he's just above
my head singing perhaps instead of
listening to me maybe we could listen to
the Blackbird for a few moments let's
have a listen to the Blackbird shall we
okay that's enough that's enough black
birding
hello mr. Duncan I am from Sudan and I
love you and to all all Sudanese love
you as well how can I improve my English
with movies - please give me effective
tips are you sir doger or is a dog there
are many ways of using movies or DVDs to
improve your English I always suggest
that if you want to learn English by
using movies it is a good idea to have
maybe a piece of paper and a pen nearby
so you can write words down so perhaps
you are watching a DVD and perhaps you
are also watching the subtitles on the
DVD well if there are any words that you
don't understand you can also write them
down you can always write them down on a
piece of paper and you can look them up
later in a dictionary or online so there
are many ways of using DVDs or movies or
even YouTube videos you can also use my
videos to help you as well don't forget
my live streams later we'll have
subtitles underneath captions so you can
use these live streams after they have
finished to help you to learn
pronunciation and of course maybe if
there are any words you don't understand
you can write them down and look them up
hello Duncan now G is here watching
thank you very much for that
hello mister don't go from AB MA
hello AB MA hi how are you today
Kristina Kovac says life is so short and
the craft is so long to learn well it
depends what you're learning really I
suppose with English you can learn
English over a period of time it doesn't
take you all of your life though don't
worry about that I know it takes a long
time to learn any language but it
doesn't take all of your life trust me
mr. Duncan oh this is lovely says Rash
ed d hi rash ed and welcome to my live
chat this is just an informal drop-in
for a Sunday afternoon it is now five
minutes past four o'clock the Blackbird
really does want to become a star on
YouTube I think I'm mr. Duncan says kyun
fee hello ki n thanks for joining me
today also we have we have a few viewers
from China watching at the moment of
course China for many years has blocked
YouTube so Google and YouTube are in
fact blocked in China but of course
there are many ways of watching YouTube
in China you can use what they call a
VPN you can go around the firewall mr.
Duncan I am confused with the
pronunciation of the flap T some people
say we pronounce it as R is it correct
well I suppose it depends what word you
are saying which word you are trying to
pronounce mr. Duncan I love your lessons
I have a problem in pronouncing the P
and th sound ah yes I agree with you I
think the th sound the sound that
normally comes at the beginning of this
and that there those them the so I think
yes that is probably one of the hardest
sounds in English language to get right
I remember when I was in China many of
my Chinese students used to say ver ver
which of course is not correct you
should say the left the with your tongue
so you put your tongue between your lips
and gently between your teeth as well
but you don't want to blow too hard or
else you will spit everywhere so just do
it very gently this this that so it is a
very hard sound to make I agree in fact
I remember many years ago during my time
in China
so many of my students had difficulty
with that sound also I think the other
difficult sound is the the sound of
w-wha and of course the sound at the end
of Idi so words that end with Idi wanted
wanted wanted so the sound is almost
like a tea at the end so wanted wanted
so if you listen very carefully the
sound isn't actually one Ted wanted it's
wanted wanted so it almost sounds like
it ends with the T sound so words that
end with e D like
did hunted the sound is almost like tea
at the end
hi mr. Duncan I'm from Paraguay in Latin
America your videos are so cool Thank
You Willie Ann Willie Ann for your
lovely message there Leon Leon Louie
Oh Louie says nothing is impossible for
a willing heart ah Wow I really like
that expression thank you very much for
that yes there are VPNs in China if you
want to get around the Great Firewall of
China of course when we talk about
firewalls we normally mean something
that blocks the way so a firewall is
something that blocks the way so if you
try to access a certain website the
firewall will stop you it will prevent
you but of course there are VPNs which
allow you to go around around the
firewall very interesting
hi mr. Duncan this is a beautiful Sunday
over there
thank you Ching the G for that yes it's
not too bad the weekend here yesterday
was a little bit started off a little
unsettled with a little rain but today
it's not too bad
have you done anything nice this weekend
as something nice happened this weekend
did you do something interesting or
perhaps you are spending your Sunday
doing very little yes why do some
singers sing tea instead of th I'm not
sure the problem is when you sing you
don't pronounce words in the same way as
if you are speaking them so always
remember that always remember that if
you hear as a person singing a song the
pronunciation of many of the words or
letters might be different
another interesting fact is the fact
that even if you have a very strong
accent you tend to sing without an
accent so you might have noticed that
when you hear American singers or
British singers singing together quite
often it is very hard to tell which one
is the British person and which one is
the American and that's because the
accent becomes very neutral it's very
neutral when you sing mr. Duncan we use
VPM to get access to the most popular
Russian tracker to download stuff yes I
would imagine uh well I remember of
course from my time in China many years
ago when I was there many of the sites
that existed outside China were blocked
but of course when I was in China
YouTube was not blocked and in fact that
is when I started making my videos on
YouTube so I actually created my YouTube
channel whilst still in China so it just
shows how times have changed over the
years
so when I was in China ten years ago
there there was no block on YouTube
YouTube was free you could watch it
without being blocked Samar Samar
Shaheen asks how can I develop my
English fluency I always get afraid of
talking with others in English ah now
that sounds to me as if you are having
difficulty with your confidence because
of course many people find learning
English to be easy and difficult there
are parts of learning English that are
very difficult and one of the worst ones
one of the hardest parts is speaking in
front of other people
to be honest even if you are a native
speaker like me sometimes it can be very
daunting it can be very nerve-racking it
can make you feel very nervous or afraid
to speak in front of other people so I
agree with you
even if you speak English as a first
language it can be very difficult to
speak in front of other people some
people feel very nervous talking
generally some people can be very shy
mushy asks mr. Duncan
do you like the durian Dorian's are a
type of fruit they look a little bit
like a pineapple on the outside they are
they are spiky and green in color but
inside the flesh is very soft and yellow
and it tastes quite delicious but there
is one problem with the durian the
durian tastes sorry
smells terrible it smells like rotting
fruit or maybe a dead animal so a durian
tastes quite nice but smells disgusting
so yes I remember the durian from my
time in Malaysia because I have been to
Malaysia many times in the past long the
juin says he needs more like friends I
don't know what that means
so yes I do know what the doing is I am
very aware of what it is hello mr.
Duncan from Vietnam this is the first
time that I can see you live on YouTube
Li Ming dang thank you very much for
that I know that I have lots of people
watching in Vietnam I get some lovely
messages from my Vietnamese viewers so
you are very welcome and a big hello
once again to Lee
mean for joining me today on my live
chat and it's your first time as well
isn't it exciting I think so Qi and X is
that your real name I'm not sure gene X
asks how old are you ah that is such a
personal question why are people so
interested in my age
I do not know mr. Duncan I think your
lives are very useful Thank You Maria
because you use everyday language yes
this is just the way in which people
speak normally so the things I'm saying
now this isn't technical English this
isn't difficult English this is everyday
English so the English I'm using now is
the sort of English that you will be
using in your everyday life so yes I
agree with you Maria thank you very much
for that many people commenting on my
accent a lot of people say your accent
is so lovely thank you very much for
that it's very kind of you although
having said that I don't speak like the
Queen the Queen of England has a very
posh accent hello this is Her Majesty
the Queen saying hello to you on a
Sunday afternoon so that's how the Queen
speaks I do have an accent a lot of
people say that I don't have an accent
but I actually do the place I was born
in is is a place called Stafford and
Stafford all the people that live in
that area have a very particular way of
speaking for example we say bath bath
while other people say bath bath I'm
going to take a bath I would say I'm
going to take a bath bath so you can
hear that the
a sound is very harsh and sharp whereas
with other people they might say bath or
par or fast MA who'd says mr. Duncan
answer me please teacher do you know a
Ramadan month yes I've heard of it I am
aware of other things in the world yes I
know all about Ramadan thank you very
much for that mr. Duncan your accent is
so clear just like me
thank you rash aired thank you very much
for that well of course one of the best
ways to improve your English accent is
to listen to other people using English
and that is one of the ways in which my
video lessons can help you yes indeed
what is your internet speed mr. Duncan
asks and zonic my internet speed I think
it's around about about fifty maybe
fifty five megabytes per second so it's
very fast I do have quite a good in can
internet connection here even though I
live in the countryside because one of
the big problems with living in the
countryside is quite often you get very
bad internet speed but here the internet
speed is very fast very fast so around
about 50 megabytes per second here I'm
very lucky I really do thank you for
sharing this video to give people a
chance to learn rare Ram tarney Thank
You Ram tarney for that you are very
very welcome
no problem mahute Mahmood says yes you
are very welcome yes I do know a lot
about other things besides English so
yes I am aware that Ramadan is taking
place at the moment so lots of people
are observing that period of time thank
you you are more than welcome and so are
you no problem I hope you are
this weekend I'm not going to stay here
for much longer I have already been on
for how long let's just have a look I
have now been on for I don't know I'm
guessing around about 40 minutes I think
I've been on at the moment unfortunately
YouTube is being very awkward at the
moment it's not showing me how long I've
been on for I have no idea why
Oh Deary me it's very hard using YouTube
on your mobile phone
do you have the same problem I find
sometimes that the YouTube app doesn't
work very well so that's the reason why
more often than not I like to do my live
streams in the studio because then I can
use YouTube much more easier so lots of
people now in the live chat thank you
very much
Sonia I think Sonia is watching in China
I spend a lot of money to to pay for the
VPN account yes that's one of the
problems with using VPNs quite often you
have to pay and sometimes you have to
pay a lot of money to use a VPN yes I
remember that I really have to thank you
for sharing this video thank you once
again to Ram tarney for that it's very
kind of you mr. Duncan you have an
insect on your hat really oh yes is that
an insect oh no it isn't it's gone
I think it's flown away now yes there
are lots of flies out here today one of
the problems with living in the
countryside is quite often you get lots
of insects flying around and some of
them are very annoying they are a pain
in the arse
mr. Duncan your pronunciation is very
clear but can you explain to us what you
do to pronounce sounds unnecessarily at
the end of words like disgusting well
you can pronounce G at the end so some
people cut or they clip the end of words
off for example running running you can
hear that there's no G at the end but
some people say running I'm going
running so you can hear that the G is
pronounced so it really depends on the
accent and this is something that I have
to keep explaining again and again and
again that within the English language
there are many many different types of
accent now some accents will pronounce
the words very clearly whilst other
accents will clip the words if you clip
a word it means you make it shorter you
you cut part of the word off so for
example if you say running you can say
running you can hear the G at the end
while other people might say runnin
runnin I went running last night so you
can tell what I'm saying
you still know that I'm saying running
running running you see so quite often
the way words are pronounced depends on
the accent that's being used at the time
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one day in Egypt who knows there are so
many places in the world that I would
love to visit I would love to explore
there is a lovely phrase that goes
travel broadens the mind so yes I think
it's a very good expression hi I am Mary
so or morisot from Florence have you
ever be have you ever given a lesson in
London I've never taught in London I've
always wanted to go to London to film a
lesson outside but the problem is
nowadays it is very hard to film in
capital cities such as London or
Birmingham so because of all of the
problems at the moment with security
certainly in the big cities it is very
hard to walk around with a camera and a
microphone filming it's very hard to do
it at the moment
so I've always wanted to go to London
and do some filming there and make an
English lesson in London but the problem
is it's so hard nowadays to do it
because the moment you set up a camera
and a microphone the moment you do it
someone will come up to you and ask what
you are doing they will be very
suspicious it's a very sad indictment on
our modern society it's very very very
sad and - dawn is here hi auntie dawn
nice to see you back again we are having
a seafood salad for dinner tonight what
are your plans tonight I am having some
salmon ah yes I'm having some poached
salmon tonight
to be honest with you I'm not a very big
fan of shellfish so I like fish such as
salmon and mackerel and cod but I don't
like prawns or lobster or crab I'm not a
big fan of craps to be honest I don't
like crabs I don't like eating crabs I
don't like eating lobsters and I don't
like eating prawns because they look
like little worms and also sometimes if
you eat prawns sometimes the poo will
still be inside so sometimes when you're
eating prawns if they haven't cleaned
the prawns properly not only are you
eating the prawns but you are also
eating the poop as well hmm
so I do like seafood but I don't like
shellfish mr. Duncan Luke has asks do
you feel safe in the UK my answer to
that is yes I feel very safe here in the
UK mr. Duncan when will be your next
lesson it is so sad to miss them bye
from Pierre and Irene Thank You Pierre
for that well from next week because of
course June is just around the corner so
from next week I will start doing
regular live streams now some of these
live streams will be in the studio and
some of them will be outside so I will
be talking about different subjects and
also in some of the live streams we will
be taking a look at some of my other
lessons as well and also I will be
introducing new words new expressions
and taking your comments and questions
as well so from next Sunday which I
believe is June the 4th next Sunday I
will be here
five on YouTube next Sunday I hope you
will join me then for Wang Tao who is
here
hi mr. Duncan long time no see I'm back
hi mr. Duncan
what about function words content and
function words well yes of course they
are also very useful definitely well are
they good for having good intonation
well again intonation depends on what
you are trying to say so sometimes if
you are using a word negatively but the
word itself is positive then you are
using two different types of intonation
there so for example you might say that
something is good but really you don't
mean it
or maybe you are giving a negative
meaning to the word so maybe you want to
say good but really you want to say bad
so instead you will say good great
brilliant so even though the words are
positive words the intonation is
negative and quite often in English it
is possible to say something that is
positive normally but the intonation
makes it negative
sarcasm is another way of doing that so
sarcasm quite often takes positive words
or positive meanings and turns them
around to mean something negative
perhaps you are waiting for someone
maybe you are meeting a friend for an
appointment and they are late and you
are looking at your watch and you are
waiting for them to arrive and you are
getting very impatient then suddenly
your friend appears
and you say oh good you're early or oh
good you're on time but really you're
being sarcastic so quite often sarcasm
is used negatively in court in fact all
the time so sarcasm is a negative thing
but quite often we use positive words in
a sarcastic way so you can say oh good
you're here but really you're not being
positive you are actually being negative
you are saying something negative mr.
Duncan it's nice to see you please could
you suggest a few English books there
are many many English books
I'm not going to advertise English books
here but of course there are many many
textbooks many books that are available
in training centers and also libraries
as well and online as well mr. Duncan
Lorenzo says there are many vegetarian
restaurants where you live not around
here No
many of the cafes and restaurants around
here all serve meat but of course on the
menu they have vegetarian meals so if
you want to eat a vegetarian meal you
can so many restaurants and cafes around
this area they give you a choice so you
can have meat or you can have just
vegetables if you are a vegetarian that
Blackbird has become the star of today's
live stream in fact that Blackbird has
said more than me thank you for your
answer mr. Duncan a big bonjour from
pierre irene and bicoff the dog
wrapper a big woof 2 bicoff the dog mr.
Duncan
could you suggest anything to develop my
grammar skills
well developing anything means doing it
again and again quite often with grammar
a good way of improving your grammar is
to listen to other people using English
that is probably the best tip I can give
you so if you want to improve your
English the best thing to do is to
listen to other people using English and
of course reading what is written can
also help you to improve your grammar as
well mr. Duncan how is it hanging it's
hanging very well today it's hanging
well I am going to be in the UK on
Saturday I would love to visit your
green compound I've never had my garden
described as a compound before it makes
it sound like a prison I would love to
visit your green compound and listen to
the birds sound thank you believed I
hope you have a super time in England
mr. Duncan can I suggest a subject for
one of your videos I really need a video
about teaching methodology methodology
of what methodology is just a way of
doing something so the method
methodology is how you do something do
you mean the methodology of learning
Israel si has voted for me oh thank you
very much don't forget the link is
underneath this video so underneath the
video there is a link that will take you
to the list of English teachers and if
you could click on mr. Duncan I would be
ever so pleased thank you very much for
that mr. Duncan how are you good to see
you Sammy Sammy KJ or Kuja thank you
very much Sami for saying hello
also the Ukraine is here Ukraine hello
to you thanks a lot for joining me today
in our Co n hinako is now going to sleep
sayonara from hinako I think you are in
Japan I think so so good night to you
hello mr. Duncan tonight will we know oh
yes of course the Cannes Film Festival
is taking place
hello mr. Duncan tonight we will know
the winner of the Cannes Festival I'm
not sure who the nominees are today I
did super Mikado my list was all in good
English experience says Zhu glass drew
glass
oh hello Zhu glass I don't think I've
ever said hello to you before is it your
first time here mr. Duncan how can you
talk for so long like that I am very
impressed with you thank you fan for
that yes this is something that I've
done for many years and as you can see
it is possible to speak English for a
very long period of time but the only
way I can do this the reason why I am so
good at doing this is because I have
practiced so for many many years I have
practiced speaking I always have
something to say I always have something
prepared in my brain and that is one of
the secrets of being able to talk about
something the reason why I am able to
talk for long periods of time is because
I always have something ready up here
you always have something prepared in
your brain ready to say so that is the
secret of doing this always have
something ready to say Fung Tao asks do
you know how to learn vocabulary with a
lazy girl like me I want to improve my
speaking well I'm sorry I am going to
have to be very blunt with you if you
are lazy if you spend a lot of time
thinking about learning but you don't do
it maybe you want to just sit around and
watch television or go outside to play
with your friends or maybe chat on your
mobile phone instead of learning then
your progress will be very slow indeed
so I think the the phrase I'm looking
for is lazy people never succeed if you
are lazy then there is a good chance
that you will not succeed learning
anything means that you have to put a
lot of time and a lot of effort into
doing it so being lazy will get you
nowhere unfortunately unless of course
you win the lottery but there's very
little chance of that happening
sometimes you have to roll your sleeves
up and get stuck in trust me how are you
doing mr. Duncan please give me one
brilliant idea to develop my speaking
skills Thank You Jam she John well as I
often mention there are many ways of
improving your spoken English you can
listen to your voice you can listen to
other people using English so - to learn
to speak quite often means doing other
things as well like listening to other
people speaking and of course listening
to yourself
hi mr. Duncan which British accent
sounds the most attractive for your ears
to be honest I don't really have a
favorite so some people say that certain
accents sound bad or sound very harsh on
the year
many people say that my accent is very
nice to listen to but that's because
I've had years and years of practice and
of course I use English in my work so if
you are an English teacher it is always
a good idea to to speak clearly or else
your students won't understand what
you're saying but know that there are
lots of lovely English accents I do like
the southern accents in the South of
England
I do like like Cornish accent I do think
the Cornish accent is very lovely it's
very soothing mr. Duncan I hope to visit
England this year and I will be studying
at the LSC Stanton school and then I
will be willing to do a masters and
doctorate in the English language I hope
to be great Thank You Mahmood well you
only get out of learning what you put in
you only get out of it what you put in
so the more you work the harder you work
the more effort you put in the more you
will get out Jamila Jamila is here hello
Jamila what is your favourite fruit
that's easy
mangoes I absolutely love the mango I am
crazy about mangoes mangoes and also
strawberries as well I do like
strawberries especially with some cream
so strawberries with a little bit of
cream on top very nice hi mr. Duncan I
need to improve my pronunciation in the
past it is very hard I am from the
Dominican Republic do you mean past
tense so yes one of the most confusing
parts of learning English is the fact
that we have words that mean things that
are happening now and things that
happened in the past so quite often
learn
past-tense can be very difficult because
you don't have to just learn one word
you have to learn more than one word so
for example a word that you are doing
now might not be the same as the word
for something you did earlier sex tar is
here hello I haven't seen you for a long
time where have you been I haven't seen
you for ages
mr. Duncan I think your live chat
participants has been increasing yes I
think so I think my live chats are
becoming very popular one of the hardest
parts of doing this is explaining why
I'm doing it because it's a new concept
this is very new and unusual there are
not many people doing this on YouTube in
fact if you go onto YouTube and if you
look for live streams on YouTube there
aren't many people doing it and that's
because it's very difficult to do it's
not easy to stand in front of a camera
and talk for a long period of time it's
very difficult to do some people say mr.
Duncan you make this look so easy you
make it look so simple because you you
just talk in front of the camera so
naturally well that's because I've been
doing it for many years you can't be a
shy teacher really if you are a shy
person I think it's very hard to become
a teacher very hard mr. Duncan can you
make a joke with a deadpan face
that's what deadpan means if you do
something with a deadpan face it means
you have no expression I went to the
doctor's the other day I said doctor
doctor people keep ignoring me and the
doctor replied next please I'm so happy
so--that's deadpan that's what deadpan
means deadpan means you have no
expression on your face you do it with a
straight face
hello mr. Duncan from Turkey yes I've
been to Turkey in the past a beautiful
place
I am from Turkey you are the best I
would like to visit you and meet you
is it possible oh I don't know about
that do you like to eat durian fruit yes
I tried to eat durian fruit when I was
in Malaysia I think I talked about that
earlier today yes I've already talked
about that mr. Duncan please tell me
where you are now now I am in England I
am standing in my garden in England so
this stream you are watching now is live
from England hello there hello mr.
Duncan I am from Kyrgyzstan it is a
little country in Central Asia now it is
the season of strawberries ah please
save some strawberries for me I love
strawberries so much they are delicious
I'm jealous very jealous I really like
your garden mr. Duncan I want to say I
want to you to have I want to have a
garden like it thank you
who N for that yes my garden is
looking very nice today because of
course many of the plants have now come
into bloom can you see the plant over
there there is a bush over there can you
see it it is very beautiful very pink
lots of small pink flowers are now
growing on that bush can you see it
very beautiful Norma is here Norma
Quesada hi mr. Duncan what a lovely
surprise I always enjoy your live
streams you are a great teacher I've
learned a lot with you Thank You Norma
for that thank you for joining me today
mr. Duncan you are more than welcome
thank you very much for that hello mr.
Duncan are you a vegan I am NOT a vegan
I do like eating meat I really do I love
chicken and I love eating beef and also
lamb I have to be careful what I say
because around here there are lots of
baby lambs and also cows and also at the
back of my house just just behind the
camera there are some bulls so I have to
be careful what I'm saying but I have to
be honest with you and say that I do
like eating meat yes I like to get my
mouth around some meat now and again mr.
Duncan why are you in a high place I am
in a high place at the moment yes well
my house is very high up so that's the
reason why so everything you see here is
very high up we have a very nice view
from here
hello mr. Duncan it's so great to see
you again on YouTube
Katerina hello there I haven't seen you
for a long time thank you for joining me
today
that Blackbird has been there all the
way through this live broadcast one of
the things I love about this garden is
the birds are so used to me now if I
come outside the birds will just land
next to me there because they are so
used to me being here they have become
accustomed to my presence so so all of
the birds don't care if I come outside
they have become very used to me they
are accustomed to my presence mr. Duncan
could you please advise me about your
video lesson should I watch them or
translate them without without it
it depends it's up to you so my video
lessons are there for you to use so some
people will will just want to listen to
them some people will want to use them
to learn new words or to practice their
pronunciation so there are many ways in
which you can use my video lessons son
yeah hello Sonia thanks for joining me
the birds are very lovely yes there are
so many birds at the moment in my garden
at the moment you can hear the black
bird that is a black bird at the moment
singing next to me but also we have lots
of other birds as well including blue tits
great tits long tail tits also chaffinces as well
and what else?
green finches gold finches although the
other night something very sad happened
in my garden something very sad and not
very not very pleasant
a small Goldfinch was feeding on one of
my bird feeders and as I came round the
corner the bird flew away
in surprise and sadly it flew into one
of my windows so it went 'bunk' on the
window it flew into the window and sadly
it died unfortunately so it does happen
now and again, now and again birds
will fly...into the window they will
hit the window as they fly away so I did
feel a little bit guilty because I
suppose because I came round the corner
and I startled the bird
I gave it a shock it flew away but sadly
it flew into the window and sadly died
so not a very pleasant moment Cuong vu
says mr. duncan your accent is so clear
and lovely to hear thank you very much
for that
you are welcome I love you mr. Duncan
says Triple H thank you very much for
that I listen to your videos at night
before going to bed well of course yes I
think that's a very good idea many
people nowadays like to learn things
whilst they are sleeping or whilst they
are resting or meditating so yes that's
a very good idea hello Maria from the
mood I have heard your name from mr.
Duncan many times you are welcome in the
live chat Thank You Mahmood for saying
hello to Maria Maria I've just met a
girl called Maria I can't do without
your live streams mr. Duncan I think I
have the bug I think I might be addicted
to your live streams oh I see Thank You
Jamila for that maybe the bird that flew
into the glass was blind no I don't
think it was blind it was just surprised
I think because I came round the corner
very suddenly
I think the bird was startled I think
because I came round the corner
suddenly the bird was startled and it
flew away but unfortunately it flew in
the wrong direction
it flew towards the house and into the
glass unfortunately it doesn't happen
very often though it only happens once
or twice a year so it doesn't happen all
the time although having said that
sometimes the pigeons the big pigeons
will fly into the glass that makes a
very loud noise as well when they do
that Maria is here Maria again Maria in
books we use at school there is a rule
which says the sound of Mg pronounced
with the nose yes it is a kind of nasal
sound
mmm-hmm like sung song so when you
pronounce words that end with n g ng
such as sung the sound comes not only
from your mouth but also from your nose
as well it's a sort of nasal sound so
the sound doesn't just come from your
mouth but also from your nose as well
and the ng sound is a very good example
of that sung song so when you say that
word you can you can feel you can feel
the vibration in your nose as you say it
hello from Moscow cheevus is here she
vas hello and a big privet to Moscow
crisix
is here you are the best I love you mr.
Duncan thank you Chris Hawk for that
Derek says I think you have fallen in
love we
Maria it is actually a song from a
musical show called West Side Story
Maria I just met a girl called Maria
Palmyra
from Lithuania in the Baltic Sea says
have you ever been to the Baltic Sea
I've never been there now I haven't mr.
Duncan could you say something to us
with an American accent I don't know why
why do you want me to do that Jamelia
says I love West Side Story the musical
lalalalalala merica la la la la America
that is also from West Side Story mr.
Duncan I have a topic for my class and I
find that I have trouble in
understanding it clearly universities
should not accept equal numbers of male
and female students in every subject can
you give me some suggestions what they
are saying is that equal numbers means
the same amount so if something exists
or if something is done in equal numbers
it means the same amount the same amount
mr. Duncan I hope you remember me very
well so please don't forget my name
Thank You Mahmood I wish I had a song to
go with my mood but there isn't one
unfortunately what do you think about
Russia mr. Duncan do you like Russian
girls it's very personal cheevus thank
you very much for that Emmy is here Emmy
Darwood I think it's your first time
here isn't it Emmy I don't I don't
recall your name so maybe it's your
first time Derek says the song
here is by the maestro Bernstein yes of
course you are right mr. Duncan I'm not
going to say anything with an American
accent I could say have a nice day
but that's all mr. Duncan can you tell
us something about a tongue twister
tongue twister and give us some examples
Pluta lova well of course there is
Peter Piper and as we all know Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers that is a tongue twister you see
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers if Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers how many pecks did
peeper Peter Piper pick that sort of
thing so that is a good example of a
tongue twister mr. Duncan thank you very
much for coming back to the live stream
the other teachers on YouTube simply
can't compare to you Thank You Joel for
that I was going to sing a song then
nothing compares to mr. Duncan that's
very kind of you the dot that the bird
has gone now unfortunately sadly the
bird has flown away Amy says this is not
my first time here Nelson is here as
well thank you mr. Duncan do you believe
in aliens
do-do-do-do-do-do
hmm like the x-files maybe who do I
believe in aliens I don't believe that
aliens are here now because some people
believe that you see they believe that
the aliens are here right now but
between you and me I don't believe it
I don't believe it at all no so no I
don't believe that there are aliens here
maybe out there somewhere
maybe out in space there are aliens
flying around in their spaceships who
knows
Douglas says livelesson shopping in a
supermarket could you do it could I do
livelesson in a supermarket that would
be very easy and simple I think people
would complain hello do you have some
bread that's it end of lesson mr. Duncan
can you bring out some cockney rhyming
slang there are many different types of
cockney rhyming slang for example you
can have apple and pears apple in pairs
means stairs so if you go up the Apple
in pairs if you go up the Apple pears it
means you go up the stairs Apple and
pears stairs also there is trouble and
strife do you know what trouble and
strife means trouble and strife means
wife dog and bone do you know what dog
and bone means in cockney rhyming slang
dog and bone means phone so if you talk
to someone on the dog in bone you talk
to them on the phone so cockney rhyming
slang is a form of language where you
use words that sound like other words
Shiv ass says London is the most
beautiful city
in the world I think so London is a very
vibrant place lad gel says I don't Adam
and Eve it yes that's another form of
cockney rhyming slang Adam and Eve means
believe I don't Adam and Eve it I don't
believe it
brilliant thank you very much for that
hello mr. Duncan I appreciate your time
very much
now juoh thank you very much for that I
will be going very soon because I have
been on for around about one hour and 10
minutes can you believe it I have been
on for so long today quite a long
livestream I'm now getting requests for
songs now I have to be very careful if I
sing songs because perhaps YouTube where
will will block me because of the
copyright you see so I have to be very
careful if I start singing songs because
YouTube might punish me Baeza Baeza is
now watching in Turkey hello once again
to Turkey I know I have lots of people
watching in Turkey and of course in the
past I have visited Turkey I have been
to Turkey twice and of course I have
made an English lesson in Turkey so I
did go to Turkey a few years ago and I
did actually film an English lesson in
Turkey it's true
Emmy Dawood has said that Ramadan is
beginning yes I know a lot of people
today have told me that so yes I am
aware self PMX says hello mr. Duncan I
am in China hello to China me how I am
very happy when you are online on
YouTube thank you very much and it is
nice to see so many people watching in
China at the moment because of course
YouTube
is blocked in China met a met a says you
went to Turkey where did you go I went
to a couple of places I went to a place
called fethiye and also another place
called cash mr. Duncan have you ever
been to Russia I've never been to Russia
but it is a place that I would love to
visit one day I am very intrigued by
Russia which films do you like mr.
Duncan I am getting some interesting
questions some things about the the
types of things I like I know I get
asked these questions many many times
before so I will quickly say that I do
like science fiction films
I like watching films that are science
fiction themed so Star Wars Star Trek of
course this year the new Blade Runner
film is coming out so I'm very very
excited about that Derek says that
London is my heart there is a song about
someone leaving their heart in San
Francisco I left my heart in San
Francisco high up a hill it calls to me
sorry
what about us Becca Stan have you heard
of it yes I have I have I have
definitely heard of as Becca Stan thank
you Jamie Sean thank you very much for
that I am going to go in a moment
because I have been here for around
about one hour and 15 minutes it must be
at least so I am going to go in a moment
thank you very much for your company
don't forget if you want to vote for me
in the competition there is a voting
contest at the moment underneath there
is a link to the list and if you could
vote
or mr. Duncan that's me I would be very
very happy mr. Duncan
what sitcom do you like the best Thank
You jameelah a sitcom is a situation
comedy so sitcom is two words that are
joined together sitcom situation comedy
so normally a sitcom is a TV show with
lots of humorous things taking place so
yes I used to watch The Big Bang Theory
but I don't watch that anymore because
it's not very funny anymore so I used to
watch The Big Bang Theory but now I
don't watch it Thank You mr. Duncan for
everything you've done thank you how do
you do the live streams please tell me
how do I do them let me just say that to
do this you need to have lots of
technical equipment you need to have a
camera you need to have a very good
computer you need to have very fast
internet speed you need to have lots and
lots of wires so yes to do these live
streams is very technical very technical
indeed mr. Duncan I want you to do a
live stream from London I would love to
do that but I don't live in London I
live very far from London and also it
isn't very easy to do live streams from
the centre of London because if you use
cameras in the street quite often they
will stop you from doing it so it's very
hard to film in the streets in London
it's very hard maybe I could go to the
YouTube offices because of course
YouTube have some offices in London so
perhaps I could go to London and do a
livestream from YouTube from their
headquarters in London what do you think
about that a good idea mr. Duncan where
were you born not where did you born
where were you born mr. Duncan where
were you born
where were you born I was born in a
place called Stafford mr. Duncan nice
places fethiye and cash both of them are
vacation places that I really love I
follow you every week and I love you so
much thanks for turkey Thank You mitt
for that you are very kind I've got
little insects walking all over my body
now because I've been standing here for
so long all of the insects are starting
to land on me the black bird has come
back the black bird has returned isn't
that nice
lovely it is great to see you here mr.
Duncan even if you're leaving now I have
just arrived but it was so nice to see
that you have decided to come back to
the live streams yes I did I did two
live streams last week I did one on
Sunday and also I did one last Wednesday
as well and don't forget next Sunday I
will start doing my regular live streams
next Sunday Sunday June the 4th I will
begin doing my regular live streams so I
hope to see you next Sunday from 2
o'clock UK time so between 2 o'clock and
4 o'clock I will be here next Sunday
live and guess what I will be here every
Sunday how's that are you surprised
I think so so I hope you will join me
then
I think mr. Duncan you could be a very
good actor Thank You Maria
for that I'm not sure about that I've
never tried acting in my life a lot of
people think I am an actor but I'm not
honestly
this is me this is the real mr. Duncan
this is this is not an act trust me
it's okay mr. Duncan I just wanted to
make something very different
so please we need a surprise and a new
thing from you yes of course I will be
here next Sunday I will be in the studio
and also outside next week if the
weather is okay
so I will see you next Sunday I will be
here every Sunday I voted for you mr.
Duncan you are really amazing
I want to learn everything from you
please give us a live stream or a live
stream about teaching methodology can
you so the way in which you teach I
think that's what you mean
so perhaps I could do a live stream
where I talk about my own experiences of
teaching English is that a good idea I
hope so I will watch the replay of your
live stream for two or three hours every
single day I really like it yes and
don't forget you can watch the live
stream later and there will be subtitles
later so there will be subtitles later
on on the live stream many people don't
realize that you can watch my live
streams later with subtitles so don't
forget that it's very important mr.
Duncan do you want a Vietnamese
girlfriend it isn't on my list
definitely not it's not on my list
Sammy says yes I can watch your replays
for two or three hours yes it's a very
good idea you can you can watch my live
streams later with subtitles it's true
how long will the Sunday livestream last
it will last for two hours mr. Duncan in
the past I saw you drink some tea do you
ever drink beer and wine I don't like
wine to be honest I don't really like
drinking wine I'm not a big fan of wine
if I was honest so now I don't really
drink much wine I don't really drink
beer either so if I was honest I don't
drink much alcohol so that's one of the
things I don't do much of although
having said that I do like chocolate so
my vice is chocolate I do like eating
chocolate but now I don't really drink
alcohol I'm not a big fan of alcohol
every day learning English with mr.
Duncan Thank You Emma for that you are
welcome hello from Germany and I'm
learning English with your channel thank
you very much Nick for that and welcome
back it's nice to see you here again I
am going now it is time to say goodbye I
hope you've enjoyed this livestream I
will be with you next Sunday from 2
o'clock UK time and every Sunday from
June the 4th so next Sunday June the 4th
I will be here live on YouTube with live
streams every Sunday from 2 o'clock UK
time so I will see you then thank you
very much for joining me today mr.
Duncan you have deleted the previous
live streams no I haven't all of my live
streams are available on my youtube
channel on the playlist on the playlist
I will put the playlist underneath later
mr. Duncan I would like to listen to you
explain about psychology ah that would
take a very long time indeed very long
time welcome to Russia and I hope you
enjoy the snow the vodka and the girls
well there is something I could say to
that but I won't
Thank You Julie Thank You Emmy Thank You
Shiva Thank You Tuan
I am going now
this is mr. Duncan in England saying
thanks for watching me teaching you live
on this Sunday afternoon and of course
until the next time we meet here on
YouTube you know what I'm going to say
now don't you yes have a good week and
ta ta now.
Oh and don't forget to vote for me 8-)
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