Learn ENGLISH (almost) EVERY DAY #4 - LIVE from England / WED 6th APRIL 2022

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English Addict with Mr Duncan


Please double-click on the English subtitles below to play the video.

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I hope you're having a lovely day.
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Wherever you are in the world.
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It's a windy one today.
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We have a lot of wind.
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And I'm not talking about my colon.
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It's breezy.
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We have some blue sky.
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We have some sunshine.
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We had rain here.
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In fact, we're having everything today.
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I think we are getting every single season that exists.
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Here we go, then. Yes, we are back.
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And we are live from the birthplace of the English language.
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Yes, it's myself, Mr.
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Duncan, and hopefully you as well.
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Two at a time.
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Hi, everybody.
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This is Mr. Duncan in England.
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How are you today? Are you okay? I hope so.
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Are you happy?
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Are you as happy as my little lamb?
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Hello, little lamb.
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This is one of the new lambs that has been born recently.
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And I've decided to keep you every time.
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Yes, I have.
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Because you are so cute.
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I hope you're feeling good today.
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Yes. My name is Duncan, and I talk about the English language.
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You might say that I am an English addict.
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I'm quite keen.
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If you are keen on something, it means you like it very much.
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So you might say that I am keen on
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not only English, but also talking about the English language,
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sharing my love of the English language,
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just like I'm sharing my love with my little lamb.
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Lots of lambs are now popping out
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of their mothers
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in the fields around the area in which I live.
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And that's another reason why I love this time of year.
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One of many reasons, but I think one of the biggest reasons
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why I love spring is because at this time of year
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you will see many lambs.
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Oh, I can't resist showing some newborn lambs.
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So there is one of them. Isn't that lovely?
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They are so cute when they are
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so young.
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And you can see that one there.
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That one is not very old
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because it still has its umbilical cord
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The umbilical cord
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is the thing that connects the baby to the mother.
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And you can see that that particular, particular lamb
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still has its umbilical cord.
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And if you look at its tail, you might notice as well,
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if you look closely at the tail, you can see there is something wrapped
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around the lamb's tail
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and that is to make the end of the tail drop off.
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It is a way of shortening the tail.
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It is called docking.
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So when you dock something, you make something less
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or maybe you make something shorter.
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Oh, my goodness. Look at that.
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Look at all those lovely little lambs I'm
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not sure if I want to hug them or eat them, to be honest.
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So I'm getting
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a mixture of emotions as at the moment I'm getting them
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the emotion of love, but also the emotion of wanting
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to have something to eat with some mint sauce.
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So there they are, the little lambs.
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They they are all over the place at the moment as spring continues
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and lots of lambs are now coming out.
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Aren't they lovely?
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Oh, I could sit all day watching them,
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but I'm not going to because we have other things to do.
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We do.
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We have lots of things to do today.
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We are talking all about passports today.
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This is my passport, by the way, not yours.
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This is mine.
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And I remember one time in the past,
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the British passport was the most sort.
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It was the most desired passport.
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In the world. Not anymore.
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Apparently there are passports
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that are more popular than the British passport.
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And we will be looking at that a little bit later on.
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Also, we will be discussing ways of using the word passport as well.
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And there are many ways of using the word passport,
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especially when we are talking about opportunity,
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things that you might be able to get And I suppose that's one of the reasons
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why not only the word passport,
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but also a passport itself.
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Can be very useful from time to time.
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Yes, we have made it all the way to the middle of the week.
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Don't forget, I am with you almost every day during the month of April,
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because today, yes, it is Wednesday
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Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
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You believe video, you edit it.
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If you do it is doo doo.
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How do you do today?
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Here we go.
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I hope you are feeling happy.
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I hope you are feeling good today.
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Definitely.
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I really do.
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So, 25 days I will be with you during the month of April.
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Something special to celebrate the arrival of spring time
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because everyone becomes quite excited.
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In fact, can I tell you a story?
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Last weekend, Mr.
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Steve and myself went into town and we were walking around and everyone.
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Everyone seemed
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happy.
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Not just happy, but very happy.
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In fact, a lot of people stopped to chat to us.
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They said, hello, One, one person
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even shouted, Hey, hey there.
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And we turned around, and it was
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it was the the man who runs the local farmer's market.
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And he said, Hi, guys.
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I thought you'd moved away.
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I thought you'd gone away.
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We thought you had left.
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And we said, No, no, we're still here.
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We're not going anywhere.
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But a lot of people were very friendly, even a cyclist.
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We were sitting down having our afternoon coffee on Saturday,
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and a cyclist came,
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sat down next to us and started chatting away.
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Started chatting to us for no reason.
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So it would appear spring time does bring out
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the happiness and joy in people.
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I suppose when you see colour like this,
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I suppose it is very easy to become excited. Yes.
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Some of the daffodils are still alive.
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Many of them have withered away, but there are some
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that are still surviving.
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Some of the daffodils are still alive
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for the next few days before they all shrivel away and disappear.
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Can you believe there is one town here in the
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UK that has banned daffodils?
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It was in the news yesterday.
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Apparently a local authority has banned daffodils.
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They've gone around the whole town
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and they've cut them all
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They've removed all of the flowers
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because they are worried that people
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will try eating them.
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Are people that crazy?
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Have you ever eaten a daffodil?
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Have you ever felt the desire to eat a daffodil
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What is that all about?
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I have no idea.
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But that's what happens sometimes in this crazy world.
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People do find very strange things.
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Sometimes it makes absolutely
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no sense whatsoever.
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Apparently, they were worried that children
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were going to try and eat the daffodils.
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I don't think that happens.
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I don't think children go around eating everything that exists.
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To be honest, I don't think it happens.
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Hello to the live chat.
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Hello to you.
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Live chat.
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Nice to see you here as well.
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Great to see you here. In fact.
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Who was first on today's live chat?
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Oh, yes. We have
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Vitesse.
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Vitesse, you our first.
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But also we had Luis Mendes.
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You were also first today.
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You all arrived at exactly 2:00.
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And also Paolo as well.
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Hello, Paolo.
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Paolo.
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Paolo.
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You were also first today.
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So congratulations to all three of you.
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You were first on today's live chat
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Are you enjoying my dimples?
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Do you like my dimples today?
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I don't know why my dimples
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are really standing out I don't know why
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Maybe I'm losing weight.
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Apparently, that's what I've noticed in the past.
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When I start to lose weight quite often, you can see
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my dimples much easier.
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Oh, so I'm.
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I'm intrigued to find out what happens next.
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Maybe I am.
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I haven't weighed myself for a long time.
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It's been a long time since I've stood on the weighing scales
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because I was a little afraid that I may have put on some more weight,
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but I can see my dimples, which means perhaps
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I am losing a little bit more weight.
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Hello, also to Sandra Gonzalez.
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Nice to see you here on Wednesday.
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Don't forget, I'm here tomorrow as well.
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Tomorrow and Friday.
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And then I have Saturday off for my rest.
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And then we are back on Sunday with Mr.
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Steve.
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25 days of live English, so not every day.
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All almost every day.
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Hello. Also to Sash.
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Hello.
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Also to New Win Teen.
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Nice to see you here as well.
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We also have galu
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vitoria sud seeker wife, faye.
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Nice to see you here as well. Again.
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We also have a morale.
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Morale
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morale
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with an echo.
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I hope you enjoyed that.
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Richard is here.
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We also have an a we also have.
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Hello, Mick.
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Hello, Mick.
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Yes, hello to you as well.
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Nice to see you here.
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Beatriz we also have Louie Perez,
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who apparently is watching in Ecuador.
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Nice to see you here.
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Yes, we do have quite a few people watching in your part of the world, actually.
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Claudia, hello, Claudia.
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Nice to see you. Back as well.
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I hope you are having a good day.
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Is it a busy day?
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Because I know where you are.
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It is still morning.
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So some people do share their breakfast with me in the morning
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when I start my live stream.
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For some people, it's very early.
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For some it's very late.
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So maybe some of you are preparing to go to bed,
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but some of you right now
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probably preparing your breakfast early in the morning.
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What are you having?
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Are you having something nice?
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What do you normally have for breakfast?
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Do you eat something lovely?
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Do you eat something nice?
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Something healthy?
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Last week, I did something very strange.
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I actually had cheese last week for breakfast.
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I had cheese on a toasted bun.
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So I put two halves of a bun into the toaster
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and then I put some cheese on it.
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But I had that for breakfast.
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So you might say that that was a continental breakfast.
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Continental breakfasts to us
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is something like bread meat, maybe even cheese.
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But of
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course, a lot of people these days are thinking of their health.
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So quite often people will have maybe porridge for their breakfast
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or maybe some yoghurt or something.
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Something healthy cereal,
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something with lots of wheat or bran.
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I'm not sure about that.
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I did for a while
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have porridge for my breakfast, but then then suddenly I went off it.
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I didn't want to eat it anymore.
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So last week, I did have cheese for my breakfast.
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I know it is a very strange thing to have for your breakfast, but I did.
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That's what I did. I did.
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I did that.
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Honestly, I'm not joking.
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I really did have cheese for my breakfast last week.
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Hello.
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Also to Beatrice Moniz.
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She is here as well.
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Nice to see you. We have sunshine.
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This is breaking news.
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We have sunshine. Nine.
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The sun has now come out. You can see behind me.
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So that behind me is the garden right now.
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It is windy, but we are having some brief moments
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of sunlight as well, which is nice.
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Or Agenda.
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Hello, agenda or Rajendra Singh says,
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Dear teacher, I am listening to you whilst walking.
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So you are maybe listening to me on your ear buds.
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Can I say hello to Rajendra
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My voice is now getting very close to the microphone.
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I hope you are enjoying today's
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high stream
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Hello. Also to Amrita.
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Oh, apparently
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apparently Florence
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has a new member of her family
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a grandson.
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So congratulations to Florence on your new grandson.
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A new arrival in your family.
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And of course, it is always an exciting time
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when a new little bundle of joy appears.
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So we were talking about lambs a few moments ago.
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But, of course,
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there are lots of new
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types of life popping into the world.
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Not just lambs, but also people as well.
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Little people popping into the world.
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So congratulate Asians as well.
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On behalf of everyone here,
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an English addict.
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Thank you very much for joining.
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Even though I'm sure you have a lot of other things you could be doing, you could be holding your baby,
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your new grandson in your arms,
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but instead you are here watching me.
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Some people might say another big baby.
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Yeah.
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Hello, also to Monisha, nice to see you here as well.
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Thank you very much for joining me today.
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It's good to see you all here.
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Thank you for sticking with me.
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Because I am here almost every day and I know I will keep mentioning it,
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but it is important for those who don't realise
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yet you can actually find me here
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every day.
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During April, from Sunday to Friday, 2 p.m.
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UK time.
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We will spend time together
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By the way, I mentioned a couple of days ago
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that of course we have Easter
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coming up on Sunday, the 17th of April
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and I think we will be with you on Easter Sunday.
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So both Mr.
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Steve and myself, we will both be with you on Easter Sunday.
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Spending a little bit of time with you.
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And for many people, it is an important day.
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And also for me,
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it's a special day because I get to eat
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lots and lots of chocolate.
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As you know.
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I enjoy chocolate very much.
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So, yes, we will be with you on Easter Sunday.
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As well, a public holiday
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and also over the weekend of Easter.
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Quite often it is a long public holiday, so lots of people will be off work.
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Hello also to our Beau Fawzi.
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Hello, Abu Fozzie.
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I don't recognise your name.
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Is it your first time here?
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If it is, well, can I say welcome.
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And I hope you enjoy everything that happens
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Have you ever met a famous person?
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And this is for everyone.
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So this is a question for all of you.
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Have you ever met a famous person?
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In a few moments we are looking at a very strange moment of time
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that occurred last week when some people were walking around their local supermarket.
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All of that coming up a little bit later on.
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We will have a little break and then I'm back.
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We are talking about
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passport for today.
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This used to be the most powerful passport in the world.
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However, these days it is not
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there are many more powerful
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passports than the British passport.
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And we will be looking that a little bit later on.
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But now it's time to take a look at one of my full English lessons.
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And this is full English. 33.
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Here are some excerpts Just to give you an idea,
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to give you a clue to what I do
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right here on YouTube,
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What's it all about?
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As I lie here in solitude, on this giant wall
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hurtling through space on such a beautiful day,
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as I look up at that glowing ball of gas that keeps us all alive
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and well on this little blue pebble, I can't help
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but wonder what is it all about?
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Why are we here?
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These existential thoughts rattle in my head again and again.
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Keeping me from my nocturnal slumber as one by one.
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My brain cells glow white hot with the windows that I behold
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Anyway, enough of that.
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Hi, everybody, and welcome to another full English video lesson.
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Here we are at lesson number three,
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which also happens to be my imaginary age.
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Yes, for today only I am 33
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Anyway,
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I can't lie here all day whispering about nothing,
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as we have a very busy, full English lesson to get on with,
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which will start around about now.
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I love talking about British traditions and customs.
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So today I would like to tell you about one that has been very popular for many years.
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Over time, we often buy things that seem useful at the time,
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but eventually they become unused and unwanted.
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However, there is a way of selling your old items in person,
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and sometimes you might make a little bit of money as well.
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You can sell your second hand items to someone who needs them.
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If something is second hand, it means that it has been used.
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It is pre owned.
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It is not new.
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You can sell your unwanted items at a car boot sale.
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This is a place where people turn up and sell
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items from the boots of their cars.
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There are many car boot sales that take place here in the UK.
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They often happen at the weekend
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Then there is a jumble sale.
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Things that are unwanted or second hand
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are sold at a jumble sale
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a jumble sale is often held to raise money for charity.
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The word jumble means old and unwanted,
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as well as mixed up and messy.
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Old unwanted items can be
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described as knickknacks, odds and ends.
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BRIC a brac jumble and even junk.
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There are shops that specialise in second hand items.
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You might buy a second hand car.
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A car that has been pre-owned and not new
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is second hand
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It's now time for another buzz word.
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A buzz word is a word or phrase that is used
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during a certain period of time or is generally popular.
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Today's buzz word is
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shaming.
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This particular word is not new, but it is
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often used in phrases that have become prominent.
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The word shame means to feel upset or distraught
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over some negative aspect of your life, or because of the way you feel about yourself.
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You feel self-conscious about something.
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We often use shaming with the state of being a certain way.
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One group of people might accuse another of shaming them
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by the things they say or do overweight
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people might feel fat shamed because of their size.
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They are made to feel uncomfortable about being fat
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So fat shaming is the action of ridiculing
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or placing guilt on the overweight.
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Another one is poverty shaming, which is the action of ridiculing
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or using a person's poverty for entertainment or exploitation.
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A poor person might be berated or shamed for being poor.
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This form of shaming is seen by some
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as embarrassing and exploitative.
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The suffix shaming can be added to any state
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that is held up as a way not to live.
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Poverty shaming, fat shaming, body shaming,
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parental shaming or Internet shaming are all seen as types
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of social humiliation by those affected by the negative attention
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they bring
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Here are two English words
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that both have positive meanings and can shape a person's life forever.
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The words are inspire and aspire.
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Firstly, the word inspire means to fill someone with the urge or ability to do something.
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Quite often the thing in question is creative.
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Something you see or hear inspires you to do something yourself.
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You feel inspired by the thing you saw
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You feel the urge to do something similar or to go off on your own course
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and create something unique and individual.
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The action of another person might inspire you to do the same thing
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you feel and bold and move.
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I like that word.
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To embolden is to give confidence and encouragement through action.
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You might describe inspiration as a type of enlightenment
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you feel inspired, which encourages you to take action.
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I attended a business seminar last weekend
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and now I feel inspired to start my own company.
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That beautiful sunset has inspired me to start painting again.
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Then there is the word
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inspire which describes the feeling of bettering yourself.
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You see a place where you would like to be in the future
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with a better job, a better house, or perhaps a more comfortable lifestyle.
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These are the things a person might aspire to.
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You might say that the urge which comes from feeling aspiration
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is what pushes us forward to better ourselves.
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You aspire towards a goal
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or an objective ambition, and hope
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can be the driving forces that help you realise your dreams for the future.
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30:19
You can be inspired to aspire.
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30:23
I saw a lovely village on TV last night,
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which is the place I'd like to live one day.
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To dream and aspire is what we all do.
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Sometimes those hopes and dreams are big and appear out of reach.
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But if you can imagine something, then there is no reason why it can't be achieved.
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It all depends on you.
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To inspire is to give someone a spark of creativity.
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To aspire is to think positive, dream big,
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and most importantly of all, never give up
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There was one of my many,
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many English lessons that are available on my YouTube channel.
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They are all there for you to watch.
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31:33
Hmm. Here I am once again.
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And there you are as well.
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Here we go again. Yes, we are back once more.
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Live as live can be on Wednesday.
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25 days of live streams coming up during this month.
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And I hope you will try to join me for as many as you can.
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It would be lovely to have you here.
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It's a windy day here in the UK.
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Very windy, in fact.
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But the good news is we also have sunshine as well.
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Windy, but lots and lots of lovely sunshine.
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Oh, and also, it's not very warm.
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32:18
Mr. Steve went out for a run about 20 minutes ago.
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He came back and he said, it's freezing outside.
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So it is a cold day.
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Hopefully things will get warmer over the next few days
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as spring continues on its on its journey.
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It would be very nice to see some good weather.
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I mentioned a few moments ago a moment of time.
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Have you ever met someone famous?
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Have you ever bumped into someone
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bumping into someone famous?
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If you bump into someone, it means you collide with them.
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So we can use this phrase maybe
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in more than one way to bump into someone is to collide.
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But also we can use it as a way of expressing.
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Meeting someone so you might bump into an old friend.
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33:23
You might meet someone you haven't seen for a long time.
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Maybe a friend, maybe a relative, or maybe a famous person.
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And this happened a few days ago when a group of people
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were walking around their local supermarket and they met
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John Travolta
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as you do
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Yes, it can happen.
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You might be walking around your local supermarket
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in Norfolk
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and suddenly
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buy the baked beans.
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You see John Travolta from Hollywood
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doing his shopping.
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And that's what happened a few days ago.
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Lots of very eager people, very excited.
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So they wanted to have their photographs taken.
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In fact, I think these days
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people prefer to have a photograph with a famous person
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instead of their autograph.
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34:34
So in the past, you would often ask
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a famous person to write their name
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on a piece of paper or maybe on something else.
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34:44
Maybe on your T-shirt, you ask the person
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to sign something for you.
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34:51
But these days, I think when someone meets a famous
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person, I think quite often
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they want
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a photograph because we all have our mobile phones in our hands.
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So it's much easier these days to do that.
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It's much easier to say, oh, hello, John Travolta.
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Is it okay if I take a photograph with you?
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And apparently he was more than willing to spend time
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35:18
with people in the supermarket
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and have lots and lots of pictures
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taken with many different people, which I think is fantastic.
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It is.
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So we often think of celebrities as being distant.
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They quite often don't want to communicate
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35:37
with the general public.
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35:40
Like me and you.
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35:43
But apparently everyone was saying John Travolta was so nice.
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35:48
He spent so much time talking to us and he didn't mind.
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35:53
He stood with many people having his photograph taken with them.
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36:00
And it was no trouble whatsoever.
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36:02
So I get the feeling that John Travolta
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is one of those nice celebrities.
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Of course, we often hear of stories of people
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meeting celebrities who turn out
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36:17
to be not very nice.
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Maybe they don't want to talk to the general public.
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36:23
Maybe they don't want to have their photograph taken with anyone.
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36:27
Maybe they just walk away.
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Maybe they shout abuse
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at the public.
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It can happen sometimes.
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So, yes, if you are lucky, you might meet someone famous and they might be lovely.
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They might actually be very nice in real life.
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I have met some famous people.
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36:52
I remember a few years ago,
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36:54
I was in London many years ago.
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36:59
And the premiere of a film called
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37:03
12 Monkeys was taking place.
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And I was outside the cinema And lots of famous people
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37:10
were arriving for the premiere of the movie.
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37:14
And one of those people was Bruce Willis.
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So I actually managed to say hello to Bruce Willis.
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He stood right in front of me, and I said, Hello, Bruce.
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37:25
And then he was gone.
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37:27
It was a very fleeting moment of time.
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37:30
But yes, I have met famous people.
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I suppose the most famous person must be Bruce Willis.
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I think so.
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I've met other famous people.
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But maybe people that you haven't heard of.
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We actually have a famous person
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living here in much Wenlock.
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We have a very famous TV celebrity
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living here and much Wenlock
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I might talk more about that tomorrow.
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Hello. Live chat.
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Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you.
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Hello.
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Also to Vittoria. Very nice.
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Oh, apparently Victoria has met
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Rudolph New. Yes,
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very famous.
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Ballet dancer. Sadly, no longer with us.
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Very good.
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So, have you ever met anyone famous as a famous person?
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Have you ever walked down the road and suddenly
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you meet a famous person?
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You weren't expecting to see you them.
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But there they are in front of you.
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I admire somebody,
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and it is nice to have the occasion to meet them.
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Palmira met the famous footballer, Renaldo.
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Yes. Well, as you know,
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a couple of years ago, I was actually staying in Portugal with Mr.
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Steve because he he won a holiday.
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And the place we were staying at was also
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where a wedding reception was being held, a wedding party.
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And one of the guests was Ronaldo
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It's true.
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So Ronaldo was having a party.
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He was having a disco
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just a few metres away from where I was trying to sleep,
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because unfortunately that party was happening at night
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in the very early hours of the morning,
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So can I say thank you very much, Ronaldo,
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for disturbing my sleep one night with your loud party
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Apparently all of the Portuguese players were there.
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All of Portugal's famous football stars
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were all attending this party and I was sleeping
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not very far away
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or at least I was trying to sleep.
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Let's just say
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hello to Vitoria.
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Hello. Also, can I say hello to Alessandra?
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Hello, Alessandra.
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Nice to meet you here as well.
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Have you ever met any of your student or viewers?
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Well, I haven't met anyone accidentally, but of course,
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there was a time
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when some people thought
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that I was famous, and that was when I was living in China.
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So when I was working and living in China,
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I don't know how it happened,
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but I did appear quite a few times on television.
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And then a lot of people
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started to recognise me when I was walking around the streets.
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It was
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a little embarrassing at times, but yes, for a short time
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I was almost famous
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in China, and that's it, really.
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I would not describe myself as famous anymore.
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Definitely not.
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So have you ever met anyone famous?
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Please let me know.
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We will continue that conversation if you wish.
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By the way, I have some junk mail has come through my door.
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Some more junk mail.
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They are trying to sell some furniture.
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Would I like to buy some lovely furniture?
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Let's have a look, shall we?
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Do I need a new bed?
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Do I need a new chair?
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Oh, look at that. That chair looks very comfortable.
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I do like the look of that chair.
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It looks like a chair. You can really relax in
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I think I have enough chairs at the moment.
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What do we have here?
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Oh, this is a company that will come
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and take care of your garden
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and also your grass as well.
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So I think this is quite nice.
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I might keep this because sometimes when Mr.
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Steve is taking care of the grass, sometimes it starts to die.
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So we might need this.
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So I'm going to keep this somewhere safe just in case.
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And finally, what do we have here?
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Some more junk mail that's come through my door.
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Oh, this is interesting.
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Would I like to have a personal alarm
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just in case I fall over and I'm unable
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to get back up
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I'm starting to worry about living around here.
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Everyone seems to assume that I am
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about 95 years old, but I'm not.
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So this is another thing that I've received through my letterbox.
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Would I like a personal alarm?
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So actually, as you get older, this.
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This could actually be useful.
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My mother used to have one when she lived at home
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before she went into care.
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She used to have a little alarm that she would wear around her neck.
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And if she fell over or had any difficulty, she would press
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the button and then someone would actually call the house
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and if she needed help,
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they would come round and help her.
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So my mum was very stubborn when she was still living at home.
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She was very stubborn.
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She used to say, I am never leaving this house.
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So even though she had difficulty walking
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and moving around, she still wanted to live at home.
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So she had one of these little personal alarms.
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But as far as I'm concerned, I don't think I need one.
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Just yet, but maybe in the future.
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So I might keep this somewhere safe just in case.
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Maybe in the future I will need one of those as well.
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We are looking at passports today.
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This is my passport.
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It is
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Would you like to see my passport?
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Photograph
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oh, dear.
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I'm trying not to reveal my details, but there it is.
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There is my
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passport. Oh, dear.
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I look dreadful.
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I don't like my passport photograph on here.
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It looks awful.
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Passports can be very useful things.
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Almost every country has its own passport.
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That it will issue.
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And apparently, around the world,
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each passport has a different power.
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I know it sounds strange, but apparently powerful passports.
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So the more powerful your passport is the more countries
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you can visit without needing any other documents.
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So I thought it'd be interesting to have a quick look at the top ten.
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The groups of countries that have
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the most powerful passports.
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Am I going to do that right
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now? Global passport power rank.
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20, 22.
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So this has just been announced.
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In fact, it's just been announced.
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Which countries have the most powerful passports?
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So we're going to go through a number ten all the way to number one.
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You might be surprised to find out which one is the most powerful.
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Which passport in the world is the most powerful,
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the one that you can use without needing
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any other documents.
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Here we go.
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At number ten,
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it is
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Monaco.
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Monaco is number ten
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and number nine.
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Bulgaria
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at number eight.
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Oh, we have a few countries here all sharing the same position.
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Cyprus, Croatia, Liechtenstein
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and also Romania as well.
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At number eight.
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At number seven,
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just one Iceland.
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Apparently, if you have an Iceland passport,
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there are many, many countries that you can visit without needing a visa.
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Estonia, Latvia and Slovenia.
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Oh, yes, I've heard of all of those countries.
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And they are number six.
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At number five.
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You might recognise is one of these countries
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We have Singapore, Greece,
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Lithuania, the United Kingdom,
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and also
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Slovakia and Canada as well.
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Number five and number four
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Norway, Malta, the Czech Republic,
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Switzerland, Hungary, Ireland
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and the United States of America.
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So I would imagine that many people might be surprised
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to find that the USA is not number one.
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So the United States of America does not have
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the most powerful passport.
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There are
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countries much higher up.
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I can't even read that.
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The writing is so small
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you have to just trust me.
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Denmark, Spain, France, Netherlands,
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Belgium, Portugal,
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Japan,
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Finland, New Zealand and Australia
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are all at number three.
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At number
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two, there are quite a few countries that number two, including Germany,
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Sweden, Finland, Italy,
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Austria, Luxembourg and South Korea.
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You might be surprised to see South Korea that, but yes, number two,
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sharing the list with many other countries
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and a number one, the most powerful passport in the world,
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the one that will get you into almost
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every country in the world without needing a visa. Is
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wait for it.
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The United Arab Emirates, the most powerful passport.
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It will get you into more countries around the world
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than any other passport.
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So I hope you enjoyed that.
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Something a little different.
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So if you are watching in the United Arab Emirates, guess what?
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You have the most powerful passport in the world.
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You can get into almost any country.
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Talking of
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passports, we have some words coming up now connected to passport.
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Quite often we use the word passport
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as a way of describing opportunity.
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So maybe one thing can lead to something else,
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something you desire, something you want,
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something you've always wanted to have
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your passport.
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Can be anything.
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Something you do, something you learn,
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something you study.
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They can all be described as your passport,
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your passport to
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freedom.
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So learning something new, maybe having a good education,
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maybe an opportunity that comes your way
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can be your passport to freedom.
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And we often think of this when we look for work,
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a certain type of job, maybe
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a certain job can be your passport
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to freedom, especially if the salary is very good.
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So we can say that something can be your passport
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if it is something that is useful in your life.
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Your passport to opportunity
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51:23
So again, when you think about things
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that might give you a chance to do something,
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we can describe it as your passport
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51:33
How about your passport to employment?
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You might think of education qualification
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51:42
as being your passport to employment.
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So if you have a certain qualification or a certain ability, something you can do
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We might describe those things as your passport to employment.
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Those are the things that are allowing you
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to move forward with your life.
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And that is why we use the word passport
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You might also say fortune.
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Oh, so this particular word can be used in many ways the word fortune.
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Soon can be your luck, your good luck,
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your opportunities as
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far as having a good job or maybe a career or maybe money.
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So your passport to fortune
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can be anything that leads you towards good luck
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to having good fortune.
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And then, of course, I suppose another one we can look at is
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52:46
quite obvious
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health.
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Your passport to help.
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Can you think of anything that might be your passport to help?
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Well, maybe having a good lifestyle,
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maybe staying healthy and fit, maybe having a good diet.
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We might describe those things as being your passport to health.
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53:13
So if you follow those rules,
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then they can lead you to having good health.
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53:21
So the passport in this case is your opportunity
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to have a healthy life.
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53:28
Talking of which,
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you can have your passport
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53:33
to life.
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To having a good life, to enjoying your life again.
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53:41
It can refer to your career.
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53:44
Many your status in society.
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In fact, many, many things.
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53:50
Your passport to life, the opportunities that might come
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53:55
your way, that will allow you to live.
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53:59
And finally, on our list,
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you can have your passport to education
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54:06
So as you go through your school
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54:08
life from your early years
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54:11
and right up to the point where you go to university city
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54:16
education can also give you many opportunities.
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54:19
Education can be your passport to a good career.
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54:25
Or a good life.
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54:27
Your education can decide what your destiny will be.
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54:34
So that's the reason why we often use the word passport
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as a general term
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54:40
for anything that can bring you opportunity
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54:45
But of course,
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when we talk about an actual passport like this,
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this is my passport
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54:55
It's not the most powerful passport in the world.
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54:58
And fortunately, it's it number five
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55:04
not number one.
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55:07
Are you surprised by that?
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Maybe not.
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55:12
So when we talk about passports,
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we often talk about the ease of entry.
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55:20
How easy is it to get in
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to a place your passport So when we talk about your passport,
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it is the document that allows you entry.
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55:34
It gives you ease of entry.
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55:37
It is allowing you to go into a certain place
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55:43
or into a certain country.
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55:47
You might also describe a passport
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55:49
as the requirement for entry.
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55:53
And of course, quite often you need more than a passport.
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55:58
So sometimes you will need a passport, but
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also you will need something else as well.
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You might find
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that you also need a visa as well.
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So if you have to have a visa, that is something that you have to have
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as well as your passport.
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So many countries do require
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not only your passport, but also another document as well.
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Visa.
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I remember when I went to Turkey with Mr.
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Steve, and they have a very interesting rule
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in Turkey If you ever go to Turkey
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and if you are travelling from the UK,
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apparently there is an agreement between the U.K.
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and Turkey.
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You have to have a visa.
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However,
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you can pay for the visa when you get to Turkey
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and it costs £20.
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So there is a small arrangement
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that has been agreed on
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between the United Kingdom and Turkey.
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So quite often if you travel to Turkey, you will need to have your visa already.
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But if you come from the UK, you don't.
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All you have to do is give them £20
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and then they will give you a visa.
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Isn't that strange?
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But apparently it's well known
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It's true.
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I'm not joking.
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Another thing you might need, of course, is your proof of identity.
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Yes. Well, you might say that this is your proof of identity,
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but nowadays, of course, you might find that this is not enough.
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You might have to have perhaps a driving licence
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or maybe some other way of proving
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that you are who you say you are.
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So I would imagine that a passport for most countries will be enough.
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You will be able to use just your passport.
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However, you might also need a visa,
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and you might also need some other proof of identity.
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As well.
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And there are some countries that have their own identity card.
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A few years ago here in the U.K., people were trying to
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to get identity cards here in the U.K.
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But so far it hasn't happened.
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But we do have our passport, and some people do say that
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your passport is
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very similar to an identity card.
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It is a very good way of proving that you are
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who you say you are.
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So it will be very easy for me to prove that I am Mr.
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Duncan because I have my passport,
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even though my passport photograph is not very good
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It is a horrible passport photograph,
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to be honest with you.
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So what about you?
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Do you have a passport?
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Do you have your own passport?
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Is it easy to get a passport?
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I know from my time living in China,
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it is not easy to get a passport if you are a Chinese citizen.
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It's very difficult.
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It's not easy.
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You have to do lots of certain special things.
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Sometimes you have to bribe people to get a passport.
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So I know from my experience in China
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for people who are actually Chinese citizens, it is incredibly difficult,
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very hard to get a passport if you live in China,
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Hello.
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Oh, hello, Tomic.
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I didn't see you there. Hello, Tomic.
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Thank you for joining me.
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I will be going in a few moments.
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It is almost time to say goodbye for today.
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But don't worry because I am with you again tomorrow.
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I will be back with you tomorrow.
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And we will do this again.
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But it won't be this.
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It will be different.
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The subject will be different tomorrow.
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We'll be talking about something else.
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I hope you enjoy today's live stream.
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I hope you've had a nice time
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Do the citizens of the EU
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not need a Turkish passport anymore?
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Well, I suppose I should explain briefly
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that since Brexit, the United Kingdom is now separate
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from everywhere else, so the rules might be different.
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But I do know that if you travel from the UK
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and I suppose also maybe the United,
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the European Union, it's very confusing,
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then maybe you don't need a visa as well.
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But yes, it has been
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an agreement
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that apparently has been around for many years and we were quite surprised
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because most countries are very strict
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when it comes to visas.
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They require that you must have
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61:31
the visa with your passport.
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61:34
But it would appear that Turkey
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has come to some arrangement
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where you can just pay for your visa when you arrive.
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It seems like a bit of a risk to me, but there you go.
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Thank you very much for your company today.
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61:54
Apparently in Lithuania,
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the immigration officials are very busy
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because there are many people from Ukraine coming in.
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Yes, I would imagine if you are living in one of the countries
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near to Ukraine, I would imagine that there are many people now
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going into your countries and looking for
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some sort of shelter.
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I think so.
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And of course,
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there are many other countries now taking in people who are looking for
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refuge from Ukraine as well.
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Florence.
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Thanks, Mr.
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Duncan, for this live stream and see you all soon.
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Yes, I am with you tomorrow.
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I am back tomorrow.
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I hope you will join me then for Thursday.
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Thursday.
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Another live stream coming your way.
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This is Mr.
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Duncan, in the birthplace of English, saying, thanks for joining me.
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See you tomorrow from 2 p.m.
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UK time.
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63:02
And we will do this all over again.
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63:08
And of course, until the next time we meet here.
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63:11
You know what's coming next?
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Yes, you do.
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63:16
Stay happy.
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Stay safe.
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Keep that smile upon your face as you walk amongst the human race.
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And of course,
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ta ta. For now.
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