Today I'm sad to tell that the Big Ben Bell will not be ringing for a while
so instead just for you I will do the Bing bongs and I hope it makes you smile.
It's 2 o'clock Bing bong and this is live English.
here we go again yes it is Sunday once more and of course that can only mean
one thing yes it means that I am on the internet
once again talking to you as live as live can be hi everybody hello there how
are you today are you ok I hope so are you the dog happy I hope so welcome to
another live English here we go it's live on a Sunday it is Sunday the 27th
of August we will soon be saying goodbye to August and September is just around
the corner I'm in a very good mood today because this weekend we have an extra
day on Monday it is a bank holiday so no one will be working in the UK on Monday
so we have an extra long weekend so I'm feeling very happy today because
tomorrow I can stay in bed all day by the way I blocked the toilet this
morning what a morning I've had I blocked the toilet I spent 20 minutes
upstairs trying to unblock the toilet do you want to know why I blocked the
toilet really I think I will save that for another time so here we go then Wow
hasn't this week gone quickly I don't know about you but this week has gone by
very very fast so I have a super long weekend and another thing a very
exciting thing is that the weather at the moment is beautiful this week it's
been very busy also in my garden it's been very busy would you like to have a
look outside in my garden lots of birds feeding on the bird feeders this week
you can see a little blue tit and also lots of
birds joining in on the bird feeder I always like to show you the goings on I
always like to show you what is happening in my garden and you can see a
few birds there feeding from the bird feeders a very busy week this week with
nature I've had all sorts of animals in my garden including rabbits we had the
little vowel the vowel came back and also I've got the bulls all of the balls
at the moment are still at the back of the house although I have noticed that
two of the bulls have actually disappeared oh no we have the two bulls
gone I have a feeling they've been sent away for slaughter
oh dear so there are only eight bulls left in my garden now so there you can
see the birds blue tit and also I think that's a great tit as well so you can
see them there some tits flying away what else do we have
oh look here oh look it's a long-tailed tit of all the tits I think my most
favourite tit of all must be the long-tailed tit what a lovely tit isn't
that beautiful I think they have lovely little cute
faces they're very lovely oh oh now there there are two two birds now
there's a blue tit and also a great Oh a long-tailed tit it's getting very
chaotic now okay Birds we've had enough of you I normally get complaints when I
show the birds sometimes people say yeah mr. Duncan why do you keep showing us
the birds we have no interest in Birds well some people do some people are very
interested in birds we call it ornithology
the study of birds is ornithology did you know that? coming up today
then we have lots of things coming away it's a bank holiday weekend we have an
extra long weekend so tomorrow everyone in the UK will be having an extra day
for their weekend isn't that lovely Wow and the weather this week is beautiful
in fact today the weather is gorgeous now this is very unusual because
normally during a bank holiday weekend normally the weather is terrible but can
you believe it this weekend the weather is amazing so later on hopefully later
on we will be going outside live now it depends on one or two things but later
on hopefully I will be outside and of course need I mention that mr. Steve
will be here today he will be here with some flash phrases and also he will be
here live at 3 o'clock and hopefully also we will go outside with mr. Steve
into the garden because it's such a beautiful day today
I really don't want to waste the day because it's a beautiful day absolutely
lovely so August is disappearing of course in a
few days time it will be the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death
can you believe it 20 years since Princess Diana was tragically killed in
Paris in the accident of course the car accident that took place a very
controversial subject even to this day people are still talking about it
so in a few days time on the 31st of August it will be the 20th anniversary
of the death of Princess Diana I can't believe it to be honest with you those
twenty years have gone by very quickly where were you when Princess Diana died
what were you doing do you remember we have lots of people today on the live
chat oh my goodness it's so busy already we
are ten minutes into today's live stream and already lots of people want to say
hello on the live chat and mal is here hello I'm al thank you for joining me
today on the live chat we have lots of things coming up today lots of questions
first of all do you ever complain about things
do you ever complain now there is a sort of train of thought there is a thinking
there is a belief that British people enjoy complaining I don't know if this
is true but apparently the British really do enjoy complaining but do you
ever complain about anything do you ever kick up a fuss about something if you
kick up a fuss it means that you complain about it you make a complaint
you kick up a fuss so that's what complain means you kick up a fuss you
have bad things to say about a particular product or person or maybe
you complain about a situation such as the weather you might say oh the weather
today is is terrible so you might complain about the weather being
terrible you might also complain about the weather being too hot so sometimes
people complain even when the weather is nice so that is one of the questions
today do you ever complain about things some
people don't like to complain they feel a little embarrassed to do it and
another question today have you ever written a review for something for
example on Amazon or TripAdvisor so they are today's questions general questions
have you ever written a review for something a lot of people nowadays
when they buy something they like to write a review they give their own
opinion they talk about what they think about the product they give their
opinion on something normally a product or maybe a place so
have you ever written a review for something now later on we are going to
take a look at one of my Amazon reviews because from time to time I like to
write Amazon reviews so if I buy something on Amazon sometimes I like to
leave a little review they call it feedback feedback so feedback is the
thing that comes back to you or maybe the seller or maybe the person that sold
something to you so you send them your response you give them a review you
review the product you give them your feedback your feedback what you think of
their product so have you ever written a review a review
have you ever reviewed a product for example on Amazon or perhaps TripAdvisor
maybe you've been on a lovely holiday somewhere and you've used the internet
to express your views also do you ever complain a lot of people especially
English people now there is a little bit of a myth or maybe a stereotype that
English people enjoy complaining I don't know if this is true sometimes I
complain about things but not always not always but sometimes people do complain
about many things
some people complain that English is a pain to learn remember and recite some
people they fuss they curse Bonin curse that they have to stay up all night well
people don't whine because things will be fine I can promise you that in a
flash for there's a man about town who will help you calm down and ease all
your worries in a - you'll find him on the net
yes he's easy to get just a few clicks away that's all so people I shout it
again till I'm blue if you're learning English here's what you must do tap this
short address and click with your mouse be you at Annette bar or alone in your
house there's no course of action that could be finer youtube.com slash Duncan
in China and that is the address of my YouTube channel
so now there is no need to complain about how difficult English is to learn
you don't have to worry I am here to ease all of those worries about the
English language so don't worry okay okay by the way I have been here on
YouTube doing this for nearly 11 years
incredible I have been on YouTube doing this for nearly 11 years so you know
that you are in the right place because I've been doing it for so long so much
experience Live Chat is very busy today let's have a look who is on the live
chat Karn new June is here as usual hello carnage Irwin hi to you Eleanor is
here hello Eleanor nice to see you again on the live chat English with Zara or
Zara English with Zara says I need a friend well you've come to the right
place because we are all here together sharing our knowledge of the English
language Kien mac is here hello keen mac thanks
for joining me today ad nan Adnan Khan is here
hello mr. Duncan how are you today my name is Adnan and I am watching in
Pakistan I am very happy to learn the English language with you so much thank
you very much for that of course you are in the right place today because it's
live English all away shall we have our first flash phrase shall we here is
today's first flash phrase with of course mr. Steve see red see red is an
English phrase the phrase see red is an English expression that means to lose
one's temper if you suddenly become enraged by something we can say that you
are seeing red for example that parking ticket on my car made me see red the
parents were left seeing red after finding the huge phone bill their son
had run up to see red is to lose your temper or to become enraged to become
cross or angry over something is to see read the phrase relates to the so called
red mist that people describe seeing when they get angry see red hmm Thank
You mr. Steve
and we will see much more of mr. Steve later on he will be back with us with
some flash phrases and of course he will be live here right here don't go away
because live English is with you right through till four o'clock UK time you
can catch me of course every Sunday many people still ask mr. Duncan when are you
on when can I catch you live you can find
me on the internet every Sunday from 2:00 p.m. UK time it is live English all
the way today something very sad last week happened we lost an entertainer we
lost a legend of comedy Jerry Lewis the comedian maybe you you haven't heard of
Jerry Lewis but he was a very big name many years ago a famous comedian he
appeared in many films such as the Nutty Professor he also performed with Dean
Martin and also I think he also appeared with SATA Sammy Davis jr. and also Frank
Sinatra as well so Jerry Lewis died last week a brilliant funny man and of course
he went on to influence Jim Carrey so if it wasn't for Jerry Lewis we would we
would not have Jim Carrey so a very influential man and of course
he appeared in one of my all-time favorite movies this is a movie I've
mentioned many times the King of Comedy if you've never seen this movie I
suggest you see it it is a very very good movie funny movie it is a comedy it
is also a satire of being a celebrity or maybe someone who wants to be a
celebrity how do you become famous this film kind of discusses it in its content
so the King of Comedy starring Robert De Niro and of course the late
eight jerry lewis who we sadly lost last week aged 91 he was 91 years old and
jerry lewis for many years raised a lot of money for good causes
in fact they estimate it was billions billions of dollars raised for charities
by jerry lewis over the years so there let's have a look again another look at
the film that i recommend this is one of my all-time favorite movies it is a
brilliant movie Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis the king of comedy if you haven't
seen it I suggest you do would you like to have a look at some idioms to do with
milk I think I have quite a few to offer you would you'd like to see some idioms
to do with milk okay
English is full of all sorts of interesting words and sentences today
I'm going to tell you about an English idiom and an English proverb related to
one thing milk first of all the idiom is to milk something in its usual form the
sentence milks something refers to obtaining milk from an animal you milk a
cow you milk a goat however as an idiom to milk something means to make more of
an event or situation than is reasonable for example you have a slight cold but
you insist on being treated as if you have something really serious wrong with
you you want to get as much attention as possible and take advantage of the
situation oh I feel so ill could you make me a nice sandwich I feel too weak
to do it myself be careful you might end up being accused of milking the slight
cold you have so as to get more attention than is necessary
normally when something bad happens to someone we will show a certain amount of
sympathy and give comfort but you have to be careful not to milk that kindness
to take advantage of someone over a period of time can also be referred to
as milking this often relates to the misuse of trust and money he was milking
the company accounts for many months before being caught
there is also a proverb in English that concerns milk which is there is no use
crying over spilt milk this phrase means that there is no point in getting upset
over something that has already occurred the event has already happened and there
is nothing you can do about it there is no use crying over spilt milk
on a positive note the milk of human kindness is a nice expression that
describes the care and consideration given by people genuine care and
compassion is the milk of human kindness
did it can you see the moon the moon is moving around the moon can you see the
moon doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo did you see the Eclipse last week the
Eclipse that happened mainly over the United States and Canada so not everyone
saw it but a lot of people watched it on television
so the Eclipse happened last week it is normally when the Moon moves
across the Sun and blocks the light out completely and last week in the United
States they had a super duper Eclipse in fact they had to wait a hundred years to
see it so that's why it was so special and apparently here in the UK we won't
have a total eclipse for another 90 years 90 so we have to wait for 90 years
before we have a total eclipse here in the studio later on we are going to have
our own live eclipse so I hope you will be watching and don't worry you won't
have to wear any strange glasses you won't have to cover your eyes it will be
completely safe but later on we will be having our own eclipse
in the studio did you see it on television isn't it fascinating but
sadly here in the UK we have to wait for another 90 years before we get to have
our own special eclipse it's not fair really is it so did you see the Eclipse
another question last night did you see the boxing match a lot of people like to
watch boxing personally I think it's a little bit cruel
I think boxing is a slightly cruel sport because you're watching too
human beings punch each other and of course the aim is to knock the person
out you want to make the other person unconscious so some people think that
boxing is a slightly barbaric sport whilst others think that boxing is okay
it's good fun it's interesting to watch I'm not I'm not too sure myself I think
personally I think that boxing is a little barbaric for this day in age
don't you think we live in a very civilized world so I'm not sure if if
boxing still has a place in this civilized world I am not sure what do I
know what do I know I'm just an English teacher for goodness sake yesterday mr.
Steve and myself went to see mr. Steve's mum and on the way we were in the car
would you like to hear our little song we were singing in the car this is
something that I filmed yesterday on our journey so that was yesterday in the car
going to banbury to see mr. Steve's mum and as you can see we were very very
happy very excited to be doing that so yesterday we went to mr. Steve's mom a
few people have said mr. Duncan have you got a new hat yes this is one of my new
hats I I actually bought this hat yesterday when I went to banbury I saw
some nice hats hanging up in a shop so I thought I would buy myself a new hat do
you like it do you like my new hat some people asked mr. Duncan where did you
get that hat where did you get of that hat
live-chat is up and running don't forget mr. Steve is on his way he has
two more flash phrases and of course in half an hour we have mr. Steve live he's
right here in the studio live I can't believe it
thanks a lot for all of your lovely messages by the way from last week mega
chips is here all meg Meg chips my girlfriend says I complain like an 80
year old man so mess chips 87 his girlfriend says he
complains like an old man of 80 years old
Xavier or Java or Xavier I like to say Xavier
sounds quite nice doesn't it it also allows me to clear my throat
Xavier Garces says thanks for being so constant thank you very much for that I
am like the North Star some people say that I'm very similar to the North Star
we are both constant we are always on time and regular Nicole Jeffrey is here
hello mr. Duncan most of the people tend to complain about things including me
okay Nicole what do you normally complain about what do you complain
about do you ever complain I think I think we
all complain from time to time don't you do you think the same thing as me I
think we all sometimes complain but there is a stereotype there is a cliche
surrounding English people because people say that English people always
complain we don't honestly we are not a nation of
complainers even though a lot of people think we are but we're not honestly we
don't complain all the time yes a bee a bee yes I have a new hat you are right
the live chat is very busy today carve oh hyung says my father always
complains about me all the time so always carve oh hyung what are you
doing though maybe you are doing something bad or maybe you are annoying
your father perhaps eddying al Nahas says i always kick up a fuss
every time things go the opposite way that I planned them to go that can be a
good reason for complaining when something doesn't go the way you planned
it to when something you planned goes wrong I think you have a good excuse I
think that's okay I think if things go wrong you have a
very good excuse to complain I think so but some people complain over trivial
things small things so things that are very trivial or unimportant some people
complain about them so can people do complain but they do say that the
British complain a lot I don't think it's true
I really don't lots of other things to talk about today here are some words
that people don't use anymore have you ever heard the word CAD CAD I will write
it down for you I thought I had written it down but I haven't CAD is an
interesting word this is a word used in the past in English so there it is can
you see it CAD it is an English word that was used
many years ago but do you know what it means
CAD c a d cat i will tell you the word cad means dishonorable a dishonorable
person or a person who treats women in a dishonorable way
so that is a word we used to use a lot in English but you don't hear this word
used very often anymore CAD you might describe a man who has many girlfriends
as a CAD CAD it's a great expression it's a great word I love it also another
one spiv spiv shall i write that one down for you as well spiv these are
words that used to be used a lot in English there it is it's a great word
again it's another word that describes a type of person spiv I don't know why I'm
teaching you words that we don't use anymore
I don't know why I'm doing that really but it just seemed like a good idea
spiff what is a spife I will tell you a spiv is a smartly dressed man who makes
a living by disreputable disreputable dealings ah look at that word I love
that word disreputable can you say that can you say it after me
1 2 3 disreputable disreputable there are a lot of syllables in that word one
more time through disreputable dis rep YouTube or disreputable can you say that
can you say it fast disreputable he has a disreputable character noon
I hope you enjoyed that word coming up later on we have mr. Steve oh my
goodness I have had so much mail this week come through concerning mr. Steve a
lot of people saying mr. Steve we love you mr. Steve can we see more of mr.
Steve well you will be able to see a lot of mr. Steve later survey because he
will be here at 3 o'clock and hopefully also besides being in the studio
hopefully later we will also go outside because the weather today is absolutely
glorious it is a glorious day today Jamelia is here
hello Jamelia apparently Jamelia you like the birds some people don't like
birds they find them very annoying but Jamelia likes the birds very much thank
you very much for that the YouTube polyglot is here hello YouTube polyglot
I know that you are a big fan of my video lessons I only do certain things
once in a blue moon that's a very interesting expression if you do
something once in a blue moon it means you do it very occasionally or maybe
even rarely once in a blue moon you do it very very occasionally not very often
really you rarely do something yes that's a great expression I like that
one it kind of connects with today's theme of the Eclipse because last week
we had the Eclipse and later on we are going to have a live Eclipse in the
studio do you like that my face now looks like the moon blue those please
yourself it is now 20 minutes to 3 o'clock coming up to know
far off from 20 minutes to three and mr. Steve is here at three o'clock Maria is
here thanks Maria for joining me again today thanks so much it's lovely to see
my regular viewers here today Eugene is here mr. Duncan sometimes I write view
reviews of video games for gaming sites now I think here is a good suggestion
for you now this is a little tip from me one of the best ways to improve your
English is to practice writing in English of course you can use a pen so
you can write things down by hand and of course you can type as well so you can
type things so for example you might want to try to write a review about a
product so if you buy something on the internet maybe afterwards you can write
a review what do you think of the product your opinion of the product so
that is a very good way of practicing your English by typing or writing it can
be anything you want it to be you can write anything when I was a child I used
to love writing stories I used to sit and write stories many many stories and
I would always take them to school to my English teacher so I didn't have to do
this for homework this is something I did myself so I didn't do it because of
homework I did it because I wanted to do it so I used to write lots of lovely
stories for my English teacher mrs. Ryder I still remember my English
teachers name a lovely lady turned namely Joe have you got the golden play
button do you mean the award that YouTube gives to people now I haven't I
haven't got a a golden play award or a silver one I don't have one at all I
don't know why I think YouTube doesn't like
me it's not fair so no I don't have a gold play button and I don't have a
silver one even though I have over half a million subscribers it's not fair
Patricia French people always complain Oh Patricia I hope you are French I
really do apparently according to Patricia not me
not me Patricia says French people always complain don't know about that
honestly there is some very interesting comments today about complaining some of
them I can't read unfortunately I would love to read them out maybe I will save
those for my last ever broadcast so yes says hello mr. Duncan again tareq is
also here hello Tareq I wish that you will continue for another 50 years 50
years who knows who knows a Tsar Mossad is here watching in Egypt a big hello to
Egypt I have lots and lots of people watching in Egypt and Ray is here
watching in Romania a big hello to Romania I'm not sure how many viewers I
have in Romania but at least I have and Ray to keep me company today thank you
very much for that I do appreciate it karna do insist why don't you read my
comment I thought I did I read everyone's comments if I can if I if I
see them if I have time so carnage 'when i don't read everyone's comments because
sometimes people start complaining Milton hello Milton I love your name by
the way Milton Bravo says hi mr. Duncan wow this
is one of my favorite YouTube channels I am very happy to greet you I have
watched your videos since 2005 thank you I am from the city of Umberto
Umberto in Ecuador Thank You Milton Bravo I love your name Milton there used
to be a performer called Milton Berle many years ago Alberto says there is
something wrong mr. Duncan I can't watch you well it's not my problem maybe it is
your internet speed I think it might be your internet speed perhaps Lucero or
Lucero is here good afternoon mr. Duncan I woke up a
few minutes ago to watch me really so you've woken up especially to
watch me thank you very much Wow thank you thank you for giving up your sleep
so you can watch me janet is here hello Janet Janet Quintero I don't think we
have ever spoke before Thank You Janet for joining me today
I have found a movie for this night oh I see do you mean the king of comedy is
that what you're on about and Ray and Ray is going to watch the king of comedy
it's a great movie by the way I suggest you watch it it's very funny and also it
is very modern as well even though it was made in the 1980s because it talks
about it discusses it shows one person trying to become famous which of course
nowadays is commonplace because many people nowadays want to be famous some
people think I'm famous I don't know why I'm not famous honestly I'm not a
superstar dear me Abdi Rasheed says hello mr. then come from Sweden I'm
watching you now in Sweden you are welcome no problem
sulla adine says here in Algeria we say my eyes are red to describe when you
feel angry that's great thank you for telling me that so in Algeria if you
want to express being angry you will say that your eyes are red I like it would
you like another flash phrase from mr. Steve and then we will have today's
mystery idioms yes don't worry I know many people out there many of you enjoy
trying to work out what the mystery idioms are so the mystery idioms are
coming very soon but now we will have another flash phrase with mr. Steve a
far cry from a far cry from is an English phrase we can say a far cry from
when we are expressing that something is not the same as it was or that two or
more things are unalike to express a dissimilarity between one thing and
another you can say one is a far cry from another for example the way young
people talk to their parents these days is a far cry from when I was a child the
atmosphere here is a far cry from how it was years ago to say that something is a
far cry from is to express the way in which one thing differs from another we
use a far cry from as part of a much longer sentence for example Much Wenlock
is a far cry from the big busy cities a far cry from
and of course you can see much more of mr. Steve in around about 15 minutes
time because we will be going live with mr. Steve right here in the studio at 3
o'clock today and hopefully if we manage to do it we will go outside as well for
part of today's live stream because it's a beautiful day it's an extra-long
weekend everybody yeah I love the bank holiday weekends when we have a bank
holiday it normally means that you have an extra day added to the weekend
sometimes you can have 4 days over the bank holiday
so during Easter for example you can have Friday Saturday Sunday and Monday
as a holiday oh I really love the Easter Bank holidays so this weekend we have
the August bank holiday lots of people this weekend are going
away yesterday when we were driving to banbury mr. Steve and myself we were
driving to banbury and what were we doing yesterday in the car we were doing
something very strange what what what was going on here
right yes it is night a word a night I have no idea what was going on there
so yesterday we were driving the roads were so busy yesterday they were very
very busy I'm sure later on I will be talking to mr. Steve about that
particular subject because mr. Steve is crazy about cars he's crazy about cars
do you ever write reviews have you ever written a review for something we have
had some replies I like to write reviews sometimes sometimes I write reviews on
Amazon for example if I've bought a product and I'm very happy with it
I will write a review of course if I buy something or if I've bought something
from Amazon that I'm unhappy with I will also write a review a little bit later
on we will take a look at some real reviews it's true so reviews that I have
written and also mr. Steve will be showing us one of his reviews as well
so he will be showing it to you and also he will be reading it out as well Maria
once again says hello everybody unfortunately my internet doesn't work
very well today oh it's very frustrating don't you hate it when you want to watch
something on the internet and then you find that there is a problem with your
connection I know it's terrible so I do sympathize with you there Maria there is
nothing worse than slow internet nothing worse
tong lam new joe asks what does spam mean now this might be a word that
someone has used today in the live chat so i will mention this very briefly this
is spontaneous and here is a spontaneous word spam so if something is described
as spam it means it is something that you did not want something that you
received but you didn't ask for spam for example you might get spam in your email
box so if your if you have an email box or an email address you might receive
lots of spam so we use the word spam to describe things that you receive that
you don't want normally through the internet so I hope that helps you there
lots and lots of words today we are talking about a little bit later on we
are going to have a look at one of my ask mr. Duncan lessons many years ago I
did a series of lessons where I answered questions about the English language so
a little bit later on we will have a look at one of my ask mr. Duncan lessons
also we will be taking a look at one of my lessons about complaining and making
a complaint because that is also one of today's questions do you ever complain
about things do you ever kick up a fuss if you kick
up a fuss it means you complain you complain in a
very angry way so if you complain in an angry way we can say that you kick up a
fuss shall we have a look at today's mystery idioms yeah here they come
today's mystery idioms are on the way all you have to do is take a look at the
pictures you will see some pictures and all you have to do is tell me
what the well-known expression or idiom is in English and also what the meaning
is if you know the meaning please let me know so here is today's first mystery
idiom here it is I'm not sure if this is easy it might be a little easy for some
people so there is today's first mystery idiom but do you know what it is just
say what you see say what you see and here is the second mystery idiom I think
this one is very easy I don't know why I've made today's mystery idioms very
easy so these are common expressions in English just say what you see and there
is the first one again and for those who missed it here is the second mystery
idiom there they are if you think you know what they are
please let me know and of course the answers will be revealed at the end of
today's live stream so I hope you will stay with me till then mr. Steve is on
the way everybody ladies and gentlemen boys and girls he will be here very soon
live in the studio if you were watching last week I was talking all about Big
Ben because Big Ben has been switched off
it has Big Ben has been turned off for four years so whilst they are doing some
major repairs some essential repairs to Big Ben be the Bell itself the boom the
Bell will stay silent just in case you missed last week's live stream here it
is in 25 seconds
did you see that oh yes I hope you enjoyed that that was the whole of last
week's live English dream in 25 seconds so now you know just in case you missed
last week's stream it is available on my youtube channel as are many of my video
lessons let me just show you here you can find all of my playlists under this
video so everything that I've ever made on YouTube can be found under this video
so you will see all of my playlists some people don't realize that I have a
youtube channel it's true my youtube channel is Duncan in China that is the
name of my youtube channel many people ask why why do you call it
Duncan in China well the reason is because when I was living in China I
created this YouTube channel so Duncan in China is the name of my youtube
channel because I created this way back in 2006 can you believe it 2006 is when
I made this channel I created everything you see here the channel that you are
looking at now was created nearly 11 years ago by the way can I tell you now
there is something special coming in October because in October I will be
celebrating my 11th year on YouTube and there is something extra special coming
your way in October I want to tell you now I
really do but I can't I can't my lips are sealed
so today's mystery idioms let's have another look before mr. Steve arrives
here is today's mystery idiom moment
just say what you see that's all you have to do say what you see and there is
the second mystery idiom just say what you see if you see it say it it's as
easy as that back to the live chat because I have quite a few people to say
hello to
Jordao oh hello jordão jordão Jonas says yes mr. Duncan I watched the boxing
match last night and the result was fair ah and just I just waited for that
result so the result that that happened Floyd Mayweather I love that name if
ever there was a name that sounded like a boxer Floyd Mayweather sounds like it
do you know another name that sounds like a boxer Anakin Skywalker Anakin
Skywalker would be a great name for a boxer you can almost hear it can't you
in the blue corner it's Floyd Mayweather and in the red corner its Anakin
Skywalker but no lightsaber of course because that's unfair it's not allowed
in boxing no punching below the belt and no lightsabers Nikolai is here mr.
Duncan modern people complain more than people who lived in the past I think
you're right there I think it might have a point Nikolai I think many people in
society nowadays are very spoiled they are pampered in
spoiled sometimes when you have everything you want you can feel as if
you you want more you can always feel as if you are being I don't know left out
so we often complain about things even though we have everything we want so yes
nicolai says modern people complain more than people who lived in the past I
complain rather frequently about other people I think that's very common
sometimes I agree with the sentence the hell it's the others oh I've never heard
of that sentence before I've never heard of that but we do tend to complain about
other people and their behavior especially in public places we often
complain about what someone is doing right you know what's coming next yes
you do of course you do because it's coming up to three o'clock and mr. Steve
is on his way
we
oh I'm so excited here because it's three o'clock exactly now of course Big
Ben is not working at the moment there are no bongs from Big Ben so instead
it's three o'clock and here is mr. Steve with the Big Ben bongs there we go is it
three o'clock is it it certainly feels like three o'clock now well that was
very very that was that was brilliant I thought that was really Big Ben then
it's well I nearly did an extra one I thought I'll just keep going into a
fourth or a fifth wonder I thought never to stop at three because I don't want to
upset mr. Duncan I did I didn't know youth life show
I didn't know you could do impressions yes apparently have you have you spoken
about the Big Ben bond which is sounds strange because it's a crack in the Bell
I don't he's known about that no I didn't but aspect though apparently
the the Bell Big Ben Bell Big Ben I'll say it in a minute Big Ben's Bell
that's very bees for three bongs actually has has a crack in it I didn't
know that yep apparently and that's why it makes a slightly strange sound okay
let's get rid of Big Ben now so so say goodbye to Big Ben it is mr. Steve oh my
goodness good afternoon good afternoon he is not just a master of impressions
or years old he is also a master of disguises I didn't recognize you then
you you you looked exactly like Big Ben oh my good
so mr. Steve is here have you had a good week mr. Steve I have indeed I've had a
great week and that's been positive of course always be positive and yes I've
had a very good week thank you very much in to you mr. Duncan have you had a good
week I've had a very good week I've got a new hat here
today because of course yesterday we went shopping yesterday didn't we yes
you did we did we went shopping in Banbury yes I came with you that is
right on whether they were that you were driving the car yes and you were you
were particularly anxious to get yourself a new hat I have it because
your old one was getting a bit well you've had it a few years and let's just
say it's gone through a few wash cycles I have washed that matter I've washed
that hat so many times it might look good on camera but in in in reality it's
a it's a little faded a bit yellow so Sosa's so dear viewer what do you think
do you think my new hat is nice or do you prefer my old hat so please let me
know if you like if you like my new hat please let me know and if you don't like
it please please don't complain now we are talking about that today mr. Steve
do you ever complain yes sometimes I complain but like a lot of British
people often reluctant and complain and we just normally sit there and put up
with their particularly restaurants have you have you talked about that about the
British people being reluctant to complain about things traditionally this
this is the strange thing because apparently and this is what you often
hear from people who talk about the habits of the British people so not just
English people but British people is the fact that we do tend to complain a lot
we often complain when the weather is hot it's too hot and when it's raining
it's too wet and when it's windy it's too windy when it's dry it's too dry so
there is a kind of stereotype some people think that especially English
people but maybe British people in general tend to complain a lot but what
about you do you like to complain mr. Steve well yes we see we complain and
moan to each other but then it's if something happens for example at a
restaurant or say we did get a bad meal then with shy to complain then and
caused a scene because that that doesn't seem right
for British people to do that traditionally I think it's more so now
but yes if you're in a restaurant if the meals not quite right say you're in
America I don't want to wish to stereotype here but I think American
people are very quick to say well that's not right and that needs to be put right
my chips are cold although the sandwich doesn't taste nice and they get it
changed quickly but we tend not to do that so well I know what I tend to do if
I go to a restaurant I don't like the meal instead of complaining I just won't
go back whereas in fact if you were to complain you would be giving useful
feedback back to the owners and to the chef and maybe they'd change their ways
yes that's oh yeah we we tend to complain a moan a lot in groups with
friends work colleagues but their member out we probably would be reluctant to
complain about for example a bad meal at a restaurant that's just the psyche of
the British English person of a psyche yes that's just it just sort of the way
we behave is a type of behave so the way of the way of behaving the way of
thinking your your way of being a human in here so your psyche is your
personality or your way of behaving we don't like to cause a scene of us it's
true I don't certainly some people are very
inhibited when it comes to complaining of course there are ways of complaining
without showing your face you can actually write reviews now this is
something I mentioned earlier and I'm going to mention now have you ever
written a review for something now this is something that we're going to talk
about for a few moments because earlier I mentioned that writing in English is a
good way of practicing your your English generally so what I think is a good idea
what the thing you can do is to actually go to a website if you've purchased
something off the internet or on Amazon and you are happy with it you can write
a review now mr. Steve I leave that you have one of your reviews
right here I do I've now printed it out for me earlier
that's it and the review is right here now this is mr. Steve's actual review
I'm going to put it on the screen now here it is oh that's mine
that's my review where is mr. Steve review there it is we get it eventually
so there is mr. Steve review and I believe you have this review in your
hand as well I do here it is would you like to read it out for us
shall I shall I show the the viewers what what I was reviewing first you can
yes oh let's have a look at the product shall we right so you know it's it's
almost as if we didn't rehearse this I just go down here and get it back there
we go it's a did you go into the basement there anybody recognize that
does that look flop many people realize not many people realize that I actually
have a basement here hold this out that might give another clue underneath my
studio there is a basement it's a tire pressure gauge there we go
that goes on your tire on your on your valve of your tire or your bike or your
car whatever you under inflate sure it does go you're being very quickly I
think the viewers aren't having it you were just a blur then was I I'll hold it
up hold it up carefully and slowly there's no rush we have we have a whole
we have a whole 50 minutes yet so don't worry there's no rush okay there's the
product then what goes well right that goes into your tire valve screws in like
that this end here as I'm sure people would be familiar with if they ever pump
up the tires on their car what's wrong with this it won't come out it's good
job oh there we go gotta get that way around that's something live right that
bit goes in there in the socket of your car somewhere so you get 12 volts of
power so so like so whether you plug that in so you
it uses electricity yes your car battery although won't run it down because it
doesn't use much and then you set the dial as to what pressure you want
pressure your car tires pressure I love that word pressure pressure pressure and
and then this particular one which is why I wanted to buy this particular one
is if you're a bit obsessed about checking your tire pressures which gotta
admit I am a bit obsessed with tire pressures on my car just one of many of
mr. Steve's obsession as if obsessed every week I will religiously check my
tire pressures on the car and but it's a bit of a I don't like doing it because
normally in in the old days you'd have a separate gauge it have a foot pump I'm
sure people might have used foot pump so they might use it on their bike but I
use it on the car and then you'd use a foot pump but then you have to check
that it's at the right pressure so you would then use a little handheld tire
pressure gauge and you'd keep doing this and then maybe letting a bit out pumping
a bit more in and eventually the pressure would be right but it takes
some time but if you've got one of these which is why I bought one you just set
the pressure plug it in press the button and when it stops your tires are at the
right pressure and that's the reason why they call it an automatic automatic yes
automatic and it's also got lights on it so if I was say broken down by the side
of the roadside I could switch a flashing light on there we go and that
would keep me safe in fact I've even used it if I've done
my tyre pressures at night so there's there's obsession for you doing your
tire pressures doc can you just tell me it was so so why why is it so important
to check your tire pressure well Holocaust if you've got a tire that's
going down slowly for example you've got a slow puncture well tire pressures that
are not at their optimal level and all tire
or all car manufacturers will publish the tire pressures that the car needs to
be at will be in your manual there we go getting a bit nerdy now and
but if it's not at the right pressure yes for example and it's they usually to
Loeb let's face it people don't normally go around retire pressures that are too
high they're normally going around retire pressures that are too low and
that's using up more fuel than you should do in the car because it's
increasing resistance on the road the tire against the road surface but more
importantly than that it's actually not safe an under of late under inflated
tire even if it's down by just a small amount will mean that your stopping
distances will be increased particularly if the road is wet and you'll be more
susceptible to aquaplaning if you hit faculty learning that is if the car tire
hits standing water on the road which you can get in a heavy downpour if it
hits that pool of water then and you're going quite fast then the whole the
whole car can skid can aquaplane on the water and if your tire pressures
particularly front ones are too low it's your car's more susceptible to that it's
a very interesting word there are some interesting we're aquaplaning we're
playing I don't think I don't think that is a word that I would ever expect to
use on one of my live English lessons aqua play so it's kind of the action of
the wheel and the water hitting each other a bit like for example a water
skier hmm if you get up enough speed are on skis on water you can literally just
skip over the water yeah and she's going to slowly the skis go under so your car
once it's going at a certain speed if it hits water on the road it will it will
just go straight on it the car tire won't be hitting the road the tarmac
underneath so you will lose grip and you will just go say you going around a bend
you'll just go straight on there's some sort of resistance that it's it's a it's
a sort of physics thing isn't it a physics thing it's a physics thing
over a certain speed and your tire pressures are important because if
they're too low you're more susceptible to this so let's have a look at your
review because you were very happy with this product weren't you yes I'd read in
car magazines about this there's lots of these out there similar products can I
just say that we're not selling this by the way some people might think they
were being sponsored by this product but but the fact is because Steve is
reviewing it on his Amazon profile or on his Amazon account I think it's only
fair to explain what the product actually is that he's reviewing so
that's the reason why we're showing it we're not getting paid any money for
this I wish we were that would be nice
wouldn't it maybe each week we could review a product and then maybe someone
could could give us some money to do it so that would be very are you are you
paying me mr. Duncan for appearing on your on your show you will be getting
some residuals I shall wait for those wait for those big checks to arrive I
don't think I've revealed the name of this product there are lots of them out
there but this one caught my eye because I read car magazines as I revealed a few
weeks ago avid car magazine reader avid avid yes that means I do do it a lot I'm
very keen on doing it avid is that right which is very good
yes avid avid does something have you you you up you are passionate about
something has unit you do something with passion you are an avid reader of car
magazines I am exactly so they give reviews of products in the
car magazines so they will review different products they will review car
tires they will test for example if you wax
your car they'll test the various products that you can use to make your
car look shiny and one particular week they tested car tire pressure gauges and
I wanted a new one because my other one had broken and this one as I said you
set the gauge and it does it automatically so you don't have to worry
about what the pressure is this will work okay then
so this was selling it's almost like we're doing one of these shopping
channels here it is it's a shopping channel if for those who have just
joined us it is an English lesson this live English everything you're watching
at the moment is completely live it's mr. Steve and mr. Duncan it's not a
shopping channel okay let's have a look at your review then right it is so would
you like to read this review I've always now I don't normally write reviews but
because I particularly like this product I wrote a review well it was let's vote
off Amazon and Amazon tend to to prompt you to review the product so I thought
on this occasion I will I just put it down and what did I write about this
product whose name we will not will not reveal I put great products and just
does the job no more having to take the nozzle off and check the pressure with a
separate gauge just set the number on the dial and wait for it to stop it's
accurate - I've had this product for two years and it's still working perfectly
long leads and very well designed so that they can be round neatly back
afterwards the whole thing then fits nicely back into the strong case I've
got the case down there but I won't show it no wonder car magazines give this
product good ratings the only reason I didn't give it five stars I gave it four
stars by the way mr. Duncan four stars out of five I didn't give it five stars
because it's fiddly to unscrew the nozzle from the tire valve and unless
you do it just the right way a load of air hisses out rather annoyingly and you
end up having to do the tire again you do also need quite strong fingers and
it's particularly difficult to unscrew if your fingers are cold a better design
would have been one of those quick release nozzles with a little lever that
just Springs the nozzle off quickly that aside this is the best tire tire
inflator I've used it is a little fiddly because you you make all that effort of
pumping it up and then you to unscrew it as you unscrew all the air
hisses auntie you have to be very quick quick to get it off there are quite a
few words in that actual review of yours let's have a quick look at some of the
words now right we will have a look at the actual review again it was on the
screen and it is back on the screen so let's have a look at some of the words
first of all let's have a look nos fiddly what'swhat's fiddly if something
is fiddly bid Li right that means it's awkward or difficult to do and it's
normally refers to small things doesn't it so for example this nozzle screws
into the tire valve but it's oh it's a bit fiddly to get off because it's it's
quite tight you need strong fingers and it's awkward around the tire it's fiddly
fiddly so something very fiddly yes can you think of another example of
something being fiddly for example if you were trying to try to screw out I
say even putting up plug together and you wanted a wire a plug up to put in a
main socket that's fiddly because the wires you've got three wires I mean
you're alive and alive and earth and a neutral wire you know coke and you have
to screw them in and it's that they're little screws that you have to push the
wire under it's it's all a bit small and tight and you would say it was fiddly
yeah if you're trying to handle things or do things that are very small or
handle things that are tiny and you have to do it with precision so something
that you have to do precisely on a very small scale can be very fiddly Italy I
like that word that's great let's have a little look at your review let's see if
there is anything else there have a look here any that aside what do you mean it
what do we mean if we say that aside what are we actually expressing there
well what we're saying is that little thing that I talked about
beforehand I said that I talked a lot about the product that I liked all these
different features and then I pointed out one feature that I didn't like so
that's one small feature out of a lot of features so that's really not it is
important but it's not that important because I still like the product so I
would then say yeah all these other things are good that thing I've just
spoken about that aside so that thing I talked about the nozzle being fiddly
that aside so take that to one side take that away I still like the product as I
said that aside this is the best tire inflator I've used because no products
going to be 100% perfect it's unlikely so there's always going to be one or two
things you don't like but so if you want to say what it's good but apart from
this little thing that aside it's fine it's a good product yes so so you're
talking about the thing but then you you push the thing to the side because even
though it's a thing that is may be annoying or something worth mentioning
you can easily push it aside that aside there are lots of good things to say so
that one bad thing to say but there are lots of good things to say so that bad
thing we can push it aside that aside we can push it away and talk about the
positive things instead yes because overall you're trying to say that the
positive things outweigh this one thing you could you could say that about a
person couldn't you you could say somebody at work or colleague yeah you
could say well they're they're very good at their job they're they said that yes
but yes he doesn't wash very well does he's a bit smelly but that aside he's a
great person an extreme example perhaps I can hear you laughing but you could
say that well maybe maybe they they they chew their fingernails
that's not laughing that's heavy breathing business mr. Steve can you
show us your nozzle again oh yes would you like to see mr. Steve's
nozzle he was mr. Steve's big nozzle come on they're having yeah that's not
the nozzle that's the nozzle there we go for but goodness sakes
mr. Steve mr. Steve tried to grab his nozzle but instead he grabbed something
he grabbed something else that bit you see screws on to the top are we going
too far talking about I got your tires you think I just lived the word nozzle I
think nozzle whether I'm gonna write that down cause that that might be that
the brilliant the brilliant our most brilliant word today well let me just
write that down so sure sure is your nozzle again mister you have again let's
have a look at your nozzle long thin nozzle that's it that's it so there is
the nozzle normally a very small thing that attaches to something else
a novel yes this one screws on but some of them just push on and you've got a
little lever that's accusative I think we will leave the definition of screwing
for another time shall we shall we leave tyre inflater do you think do you think
we I think so I think I think we've done we've done tyre inflators what happed
sorry to interrupt perhaps to say is there anybody there watching today who
likes to pump up their car tyres and check the pressure is there anybody
there still watching is there anyone like me who is obsessed with I'm not the
only one who's obsessed with that with tyre pressures my mother is the same I
bet I don't think I have ever ever sat for nearly 24 minutes talking about tyre
inflation my mother always thinks her car tyres
are a flat shoe it says when I can't go to visit will you check check my tyre
pressures pleased because she always thinks they look flat but they very
rarely are but but you're very helpful that's why that's why you do it and I
take this with me yes that's why you do it you see because
you're such a helpful chap I think so so that was that that was a positive review
of a product very good no that's excellent
and as I said earlier and reviewing things writing things writing reviews
writing anything is a very good way of practicing your English exactly we're
going to go outside in a minute but we are going to take a look at a lesson all
about making complaints and leaning and we are going to do that right now
afterwards we are going to go outside myself and also mr. Steve will be
outside underneath the damson tree and we will be talking all about irony do
you know what irony is and also we'll be taking a look at one of mr. Steve's
products that he bought recently we will be having live unboxing
you know the world of English is a fun and exciting place to be I'm so glad you
could join me for another lesson
hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you ok I
hope so are you happy I hope so in this lesson we will look at a common social
action that most of us will find ourselves doing from time to time making
a complaint
the word complaint is a noun and means a statement that is made concerning
something which is unsatisfactory or not to your liking
you say that you are not happy about the quality of something you show your
disappointment verbally there are many words connected to complaint or complain
such as criticize gripe grumble object MOU protests whimper and whinge excuse
me a moment I'm a little thirsty they hit the spot when you complain to
someone we say that you make a complaint you put forward your complaint you draw
attention to a problem you have found a fault you show your dissatisfaction
there are two ways of making a complaint you can make it in a nice way or you can
make it in a rude way nice ways to make it in place excuse me this food does not
taste right could I have another meal sent to me instead I have found a fault
with this shirt could I please replace it with another one
I'm not happy with the cable TV service you are providing I would like to have a
disconnected place rumored ways to make a complaint what do you call this food
it tastes disgusting get me the manager now look at this shirt it's rubbish how
can you sell this junk this cable TV service of yours is awful I hate it
coming take it away when a person complains in a rude way we can say that
they create a fuss kick up a storm make a scene
caused a commotion protest out loud blow the whole thing out of proportion ooh
look what I've just found on the floor broccoli do you like broccoli it is
always best to make a complaint in a calm and polite way as being rude will
only make the situation much worse and you could find yourself with a much
larger and more serious problem to deal with
after making the complaint you will normally receive an instant response
especially if you are making it directly in front of the other person of course
if you are making the complaint in writing then you may have to wait for a
long time before your complaint is handled or resolved
when you receive a complaint you will usually deal with it or handle it as
quickly as possible you want to make the complaint go away
you wish to resolve the complaint you would like to put the problem right you
try to placate the person making the complaint for example oh I am so sorry
about that please allow me to bring you another
meal oh I'm terribly sorry I will fetch you a new shirt from our stockroom right
now I'm sorry to hear that you are not happy with our cable TV service
maybe we can offer you some different channels instead we can also make a
general complaint about things around us for example the weather oh it's too cold
today I really do not like winter we can complain about our job Oh
my boss makes me work too hard I need a holiday you can't even make a complaint
about yourself oh I really hates my nose it's far too long you can never find the
end of this there is another definition of the word complaint that means you
have an illness or you feel sick and unwell normally relating to a certain
part of the body for example a stomach complaint or an ear complaint I think
you should go and see a doctor
making a complaint is a normal occurrence and happens very often but it
is best not to complain too much about things or you may find yourself being
called names such as old winger mids picker or moaning mini sadly I have to
leave you now but please do not complain because I will see you all again very
soon like promise this is mr. duncan in
england saying to tar for now
and there it was a lesson all about making complaints do you ever complain
do you ever make complaints about maybe a product or a place or even a person in
the workplace of course we can make complaints about our work colleagues if
one of your work colleagues behaves in an inappropriate way we can complain
about it so as promised we are going outside we are going outside live mr.
Steve is waiting for us we are talking today about lots of things we have the
mystery idioms I will show you the mystery idioms very quickly for those
who haven't seen them yet there is the second one and there is the first one
but what are they what are today's mystery idioms there they are we have
lots of people today talking on the live chat Thank You Sergio good memories mr.
Duncan are you thinking of carry on with those those videos would you like to
carry on with those videos till you reach lesson 100 it would be great Thank
You Sergio well of course nowadays I'm making all sorts of videos are making
different types of lessons and of course I'm doing my live English as well now we
have many many new people many new followers many new viewers are joining
every single Sunday don't forget you can catch me here live every Sunday from 2
p.m. UK time I am here live and direct on YouTube so let's go outside waiting
for me in the garden is mr. Steve mr. Steve is waiting we are going live
outside and now I will join mr. Steve as well
because right now we are going to talk all about irony and also we're going to
take a look at one of mr. Duncan's sorry mr. Duncan's birthday present that it
was bought for me by mr. Steve but there is a slight problem with it so let's go
out to the garden right now
who mr. Duncan's on his way how about a shift over a bit because you won't have
any room to get on the camera and he won't like that I can tell you ha there
he comes ha ha here's mr. Duncan I'll just move
over move over get out the way did you see that he's trying to steal my glory
trying to hello trying I'm trying to steal my glory so we are live on YouTube
now mr. Steve we were talking about making complaints today yes and you have
a complaint to make right now don't you well yeah well right now well I have
made a complaint about a product yes is that what you mean right
a complaint about a product now I bought this product and this flies all over me
here ha ha we're under this tree and there's all sorts of insects landing on
me there's another one right so I bought this product for mr. Duncan's birthday
and it didn't work so it arrived I wrapped it up gave it to him for his
birthday and it didn't work so shall I show
people what it is mr. Steve bought me something for my birthday and it's
broken it was broken I'll just it's down here there we go
it's a it was a clock if he's upside down it was a clock this is going very
well so would you like to unbox because apparently on YouTube now millions and
millions of people love watching other people open boxes I don't know why this
really I don't know why it's so popular on YouTube but lots of people millions
of people love watching other people open boxes so mr. Steve would you like
to open this box Lag young and show us the thing that you
bought for me this is now broken right well in fact it arrived broken didn't it
it doesn't work yes now this product arrived and I noticed straight away I
thought this packaging looks a bit old and if I put that towards the camera can
you see that there that's where you get into the box
and I thought this looks a little worn like it's a bit it's been opened and
shut a lot and also on the back there is what looks like a price label that has
been peeled off so my immediate thought was I bet this product is second-hand
will it work properly so I was a bit worried when I packed it up for mr.
Duncan that when he opened it and put the battery in that it wouldn't work
and sure enough oh right let's do that let's unpack it shall we what excitement
right so yes it's very exciting so I unpacked it like what mr. Duncan
did I'd already had a look you could stand back a bit so that that's it yeah
hold the box so here's the clock they don't make them anymore I've already
checked this product is not available so I'm not going to upset anybody so there
we go what a lovely looking clock don't you think I thought that would be nice
and bright on mr. Duncan set and would show everybody the proper time and it's
radio-controlled so it's accurate too so it says on the box one second in
something like a million years which is very accurate however it turned out to
be anything but accurate because when we put the battery in it didn't work and if
while it did work that the the hands went round but it was showing the wrong
time yes and no matter what we did it was showing the wrong time and you know
what I think mr. Duncan I think this product was secondhand I think it had
been returned and by somebody because it didn't work and the companies I bought
it from I just packaged it back up and sent it out to
me so I put a complaint on so we just talked about me positively reviewing
that tire pressure gauge so well shall be giving this product anything but AG
well it's actually probably a good product I think the problem was they
sent me a faulty one so this clock this clock gets thumbs thumbs down this this
clock arrived broken it doesn't work it is faulty and mr. Steve believe
that this clock was was already returned it it already been returned by someone
else so because this clock is broken it is no good it doesn't work properly as
described that's quite good that that's an improvement I think if it doesn't
work properly so so what are you going to do now mr. Steve what are you doing
now with this I'm well I'm going to get my money back obviously because but I
bought it up Amazon there very good it's faulty so I'll get my money back
everybody knows that that's actually interesting what you did there
you put that clock in front of my face because some people say to people about
their face they described a human face as a clock don't they do they yes they
say oh look at his clock sometimes people will say that that's they will
use that as an expression we can use clock as an idiom to see something to
spot something so if you clock something it means you see it you observe it you
notice it so did you clock that beautiful girl over there clock
something so clock can be used as an idiom to mean see or observe something
normally from afar you clock something you notice it he wasn't joking by the
way that there is a beautiful girl over there yes and she's just run off I'm not
surprised I tell you what what is going by behind us we've got the balls in a
moment they're walking by at the moment loose thanks they don't come into the
garden so besides the broken clock we are also going to talk about something
else today something called irony irony irony I've got it written down somewhere
wait there he's got it written down I've got it written down somewhere just a
moment mr. Steve could you please hold the fort that's a great expression if
you hold the fort it means you you stay in charge while
the other person goes away so I'm in charge but I'm asking mr. Steve to hold
the fort whilst I go away he's gone yes cause he thinks he's in charge but it's
me I'm brains behind the whole operation if
only that were true right let me show you something while mr. Duncan goes off
to get his piece of paper with the word irony on well this is a tree a damson
tree and you might be able to see they look like little plums they're not quite
ripe yet that's a bit bitter you've heard of plums these are damsons
they're slightly bitter versions of plums but they make very nice Jam so I
thought I'd talk about that while mr. Duncan goes out to get his piece of
paper with irony on oh that is very sour bitter sour cause it's not ripe yet well
mr. Duncan's back here with his piece of paper so I shall move aside eat the
Danson's mr. Steve let them eat them all just dump their dams and he hasn't seen
I've just done that I must be honest I don't like damsons they're they're a
little too bitter they're very bitter they're very sour I just said that okay
well here we go then irony here's the word that a lot of people misunderstand
now irony is often used when we want to show the opposites of an action or a
situation so when something occurs that reflects the opposite or the opposite of
what is being done we can use irony irony for example you might go along to
a place where someone teaches people how to stay fit and healthy but the person
giving the lessons is fat that can be irony
so the ironic thing is that the person who is telling you to stay thin and
healthy is fat so we have the opposite thing occurring so we can describe that
as irony mr. Steve I believe you have an example of irony
yes actually as you were talking about teaching then I thought of it I thought
of an example of irony say for example mr. Duncan who is an English teacher why
to show that word irony written on a piece of paper and it was spelt
incorrectly then well aside from the fact that we'd all laugh probably you
could describe that as irony because he's supposed to be good at teaching
English but then he would show you the incorrect spelling so that would be
ironic is that correct I never spell words incorrectly spell
sometimes okay sometimes I spell words incorrectly but this word is not
incorrect it is spelt perfectly irony so maybe an English teacher might be
teaching people how to speak English well but their English is terrible we
could say that it's very ironic so that is another example of irony you might of
course go along to a funeral and you go along to say goodbye to someone who has
recently died but you do it on your birthday we can say that that is sad
irony so sad irony is something that happens with an opposite but it is also
emotional as well quite often negative emotions are connected with sad irony
for example going to a funeral on your birthday because the two things are
opposites yes so life and death yeah so you could go to a funeral but on the
same day the person who's died son or daughter has a baby on the same day that
would be slightly ironic as well I think or another one yeah you go to your
doctor and he tells you to stop smoking because it's bad for your health
and then you see him out and about puffing on cigarettes that would be
irony as well it would also be there's another word for that what would he be
what would he be if he was telling you if a doctor was telling you to stay
healthy but he was smoking he would be a hypocrite hypocrite hypocrite yeah so a
person who tells you to do something but the thing they are telling you to do
they do the opposite so someone who is telling you to stay healthy
might do something that's unhealthy we might describe them as being
hypocritical or a hypocrite so that particular example the doctor was
telling you not to smoke he was he was being it that's an ironic situation and
he's also being hypocritical at the same time and we all know I know doctors that
tell you tell you to lose weight and they're about twenty stone themselves
over that's ironic not very good and not setting a good example but any more
examples of irony that's it I think we've used irony now so if you don't
understand what irony means now I don't think you ever will really thanks a lot
mr. Steve is that it for me we were going to talk about guardians of the
galaxy but we've only got ten minutes left
but are you coming back next week would you like me to come back I would love
you would you like mr. Steve to come back next week would you I can't hear
anything nobody's saying anything I can hear something
it sounds like it sounds like no no we don't want mr. Steve anymore no make him
go away oh well we all look at the reviews of
this lesson to see whether they're good or bad as to whether I come back next
week now there's a link is that a link that's going back to something that we
just talked about was reviews it is a sort of link I suppose maybe we can have
reviews at this lesson anyway we will say stars for me please
I'm sorry mr. Steve we have to cut you short because we've only got nine
minutes left and then I have to go right goodbye see you next week what what are
we eating tonight salmon salmon tonight everyone we're having salmon for supper
fish I can't wait gonna defrost it first bye bye bye bye see you later I'm going
back to the studio now
ah I'm back in the studio now goodness me
that was that was rather chaotic don't you think I hope you enjoyed that
something different we had mr. Steve in the studio and also we went outside as
well I'm a little out of breath because I've been running around so today's
mystery idioms I will give the answer in a few moments the mystery idioms there
is the first one and there is the second one - mystery idioms would you like a
little bit more of mr. Steve because mr. Steve has one more flash phrase one more
flash phrase to show us so here is mr. Steve now with his third flash phrase
you can never have too much mr. Steve
a chip on one's shoulder a chip on one shoulder is an informal English phrase
the phrased chiffon one-shoulder means an ingrained feeling of resentment or
bitterness created by a sense of inferiority we might say that a person
has a chip on their shoulder if they act aggressively over what they view as
unfairness or inequality for example most of those shouting about their
mistreatment seemed to have a chip on their shoulder instead of complaining
they should each do something about that chip on their shoulder the phrase itself
is often seen as offensive and is often used as a form of provocation a chip on
one's a Shanda Oh mr. Steve you do that so well so there was today's final flash
phrase from mr. Steve I don't know about you but mr. Steve seems to be seems to
be popping up in my live English streams more than I do
do you ever use prepositions this is something I'm going to talk about next
week as well we're going to talk about prepositions next week but how easy is
it to spot prepositions how easy is it to find prepositions well now it's time
to play spot for preposition
yes it's the quiz show everybody loves to joining with sparked the preposition
and here's your host the guy who never takes no for an answer
George bangles
hi how doody doody dipped Aboudi to you oh it's great to be here again shall I
do my catchphrase shall I do my catchphrase it's nice not being dead not
being dead it's okay it's great to be here with another edition of spot the
preposition where you the viewer has to spot the hidden prepositions within
sentences if you guess right you will win this amazing star prize which this
week is this beautiful stainless steel dining set consisting of a fork and
spoon so are you ready to play it's time for our first spot the preposition here
is today's first sentence can you spot the preposition the cat sat behind the
sofa the cat sat behind the sofa can you spot it quickly quickly quickly can you
spot the preposition it's hidden in there somewhere quickly chop-chop time's
up the correct answer is behind so did you get it right
No ah that's too bad maybe you'll have more luck with the next one they all
stood at the bus stop they all stood at the bus stop
can you spot the preposition it's hidden in there somewhere
time's up the correct answer is at did you get it right were you correct
if so well done and now here comes our next spot the preposition I can tell you
feel angry from the look on your face I can tell you feel angry from the look on
your face quickly quickly the clock is ticking I
can tell you feel angry from the look on your face here comes the answer the
correct answers are from on did you get it right I hope you did here comes our
next Spa the preposition I learn English throughout the day I learn English
throughout the day here's the answer the correct answer is throughout so how well
did you do did you get it right
prepositions preposition yes you've got to have prepositions to
make the sentence flow to make it really go to give it some jazz to give it some
pizzazz you got to how preposition thank you
very much
so did you spot the prepositions well did you did you spot them all I hope so
that is almost it from me for today oh my goodness we are coming up to four
o'clock already the past two hours has gone by so fast don't you think and
we've we've missed many things out today we haven't had asked mr. Duncan we
didn't have the live eclipse in the studio so we will do that next Sunday
don't forget next week it is September I hope you have a great day enjoy the rest
of your weekend before we go let's have a look at the mystery idioms shall we
here they are the answers to today's mystery idioms first of all turn over a
new leaf turn over a new leaf so the picture represents the words turn over a
new leaf the meaning to start to act or behave in a better or more responsible
way you turn over a new leaf the second mystery idiom but what is it
there it is a lot of people got this one right congratulations if you got it
right this particular mystery idiom will now be revealed as walk on eggshells
walk on eggshells the meaning to do something cautiously so is not to cause
a fence or create problems you don't want to upset someone so you must walk
on eggshells there they are today's mystery idioms the solutions have been
given the answers have been revealed it's time for me to go can you believe
it four o'clock has arrived I hope you've enjoyed the past two hours don't
forget this will be available later on YouTube you can watch this live stream
as many as you want and if you want to get in
touch of course there are many ways of getting in touch with me you can write
to me via my email address or of course you can follow me on Facebook the
addresses are coming very soon thank you for your company thanks a lot for
everyone who has said hello today thank you very much I hope you will join me
next Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time goodbye to Valentin goodbye to Nishant
good bye to everyone Olga good bye to you
Olga says goodbye to mr. Steve as well I think mr. Steve is saying thank you I
will see you next week this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of English
saying thank you very much for watching me teaching you today live across
YouTube and of course you know what's coming next
yes...ta ta for now 8-)
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