HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020 IS HERE - English Addict Live Lesson - 1st January 2020 - Listen - Learn & Laugh

oh I think we're back now oh hello again I don't know what's going on

something very strange is happening on my computer and also on my internet

connection so I do apologise for that this is going really well I might have

to start this all over again so we are back

are we back I don't know I have no idea what's going on now do we have a

connection are we connected to the Internet I really don't know hello to

sido hello sido nice to see you again mr. Duncan thank you very much

it's nice to see you here as well I hope you can see me I hope you can follow me

this is a disaster this might be the worst livestream I've ever done because

everything keeps going wrong I keep losing a connection are we back

hello shall I just go and come back okay wait there a moment I will go away and

then I'll come back

I don't really know what's going on here something very strange is happening it

would appear that I have no internet connection and I don't know why so what

are we going to do now shall I just stand here and talk to myself hello is

there anyone there I don't even know if I'm broadcasting this is this is the

weirdest thing that's ever happened to me I don't even understand what is going

on let me just see if I can sort this out this is just a disaster the first

day of 2020 and my life steams keeps breaking Thank You YouTube I don't know

what it is you're doing but can you please stop doing it are we back are we

on again this might be the strangest live stream I've ever done because for

some reason I keep losing the internet connection

it keeps disappearing Oh amorita says now it seems okay I think

YouTube is trying to sabotage my live stream I think they are doing this

on purpose just to ruin my fun Thank You Tias oh

hello Tias happy 2020 yes it is 2020 happy New Year to everyone

Wow this is great isn't it I don't know what happened then twice we

got cut off so I'm back again live on YouTube

I think I'm not even sure anymore maybe I'm just standing here in my studio

talking to myself oh hello Mariela hello Mariela Happy New Year mr. Duncan

it's my first time please say hello to me hello maricella and welcome to the

live chat if it is your first time well can I say congratulations

I have absolutely no idea what is happening YouTube is sabotaging your

channel because you are always berating them says Tomic I don't think it works

like that I don't think YouTube would be so so

harsh with me what do you think so this year it's my 14th year on YouTube so in

October 2020 I will be celebrating might win my 14th year I can't believe I've

been doing this for so long Luis is here megha hello did you find

maybe one of your friends has hacked your YouTube channel I'm not sure about

that I don't think I've been hacked as far as I can tell zhuzi care is here

hello to you as well I don't know if this is one live stream or whether there

will be lots of different live streams appearing I have no idea but it is a

very strange event that is taking place right now I have no idea what is

actually happening Happy New Year from Teresa hello to re so watching in Japan

nice to see you here as well I really have no idea what was happening just now

I kept losing the connection Agostino is here hello to you as well welcome to the

live stream I think it's a live stream I'm not quite sure at the moment

hello also Cory nice to see you here as well of course when we think of 2020 I

always feel as if we are living in the future and as we all know we are now

surrounded by all types of technology some of it quite amazing in fact here is

an excerpt from one of my full English lessons where I talk all about

technology

here is a word that might be familiar to you the word technology generally

relates to any complicated tool that has been created to carry out a task of some

sort this task can be a simple one such as adding up numbers right up to the

really complex and difficult ones such as steering a jumbo jet or sending

someone to the moon there are some other words that relate to technology such as

device which is something that uses technology to function such as a

smartphone or tablet they are types of devices the device forms the hardware of

the technology while the programs and applications running inside are the

software they are both forms of technology it is hard to imagine what

life was like before modern technology came along technology is used almost

everywhere now in factories and offices in our leisure pursuits in our cars and

homes and perhaps in the not-too-distant future as a part of the human body it

would be fair to say that virtually all of the great technological leaps forward

have occurred during the past hundred years since the discovery of electricity

our world has been magically transformed into an amazing Wonderland where our

thirst for information can be easily quenched and the human imagination is

encouraged to run free do you like technology would you miss it

if it wasn't around what piece of technology do you use the most a

computer game a mobile device a super-duper talking watch which piece of

technology are you looking forward to using in the future a flying bicycle a

driverless car an artificial brain a holographic TV perhaps

will they ever be reality only time will tell

so there it was an excerpt from one of my full English lessons and of course

all of my lessons are available on my YouTube channel

are we on I don't know what happened there earlier on we had two not one but

two disconnections on the first day of 2020 so I'm not sure if that is a taste

of things to come maybe there will be more problems ahead on YouTube because

there will be some big changes taking place right here on YouTube so I will

also be making some changes this year as I have a new website that I am slowly

building and it will be launched during 2020 so I have 12 months to get it

finished basically hello to everyone do you like

technology did you get some lovely technology for Christmas because I know

a lot of people at this time of year they like to get their new mobile phone

or maybe their new tablet device or perhaps a new computer some sort of

technology for Christmas so I suppose it would be fair to say that a lot of

people will be getting gifts that are related to technology so have you

received something that is a piece of technology that you will be using

forever and ever here he comes then as promised he is

back with us after the Christmas livestream he did cause quite a

sensation and he's back here again you may notice one or two things

different about this person here he comes

it's mr. Steve

hello hello everybody its mr. Steve Happy New Year I must say Happy New Year

happy New Year to you mr. Duncan thank you very much I feel a bit short well

I've noticed this now earlier where we were testing the camera when we were

testing the camera earlier I couldn't help noticing that that mr. Steve was

very short what's happened have you been shrinking possibly possibly it's the

effects of gravity you see over the years as you get older gravity gradually

sort of compresses your bones and you get shorter cuz I am approaching a

middle-age as you all know approaching middle-age well I think I think you've

passed right through it well have you had a good livestream your first live

stream in 2020 no no today's live stream is going very badly because we've been

disconnected well earlier on I was trying to go on the internet and it was

disconnecting me as well yep sort of freezing up hmm

so that's not a good sign says YouTube your new year's resolution should be or

are we and we're not blaming YouTube that are we blaming the Internet well

I'm blame T I'm blaming everyone except for me it's British Telecom Metsu

surprises without internet it's everyone's fault except me but I have a

feeling it's a local problem so I think what's happening lots of people are

going onto the internet today with their new mobile devices and their new

computers and they're all watching films uploading all sorts of stuff from their

phones onto their internet whatever they happen to be watching they are doing it

right now so whatever they are viewing maybe it's a cartoon or maybe they're

watching the latest Star Wars film on torrent or maybe are they've all got

they've all got they've all got satellite television as presence oh I

see they're all connecting up their satellite TV to the Internet and thus

it's sort of sucking all the internet away from mr. Duncan's live stream how

does like TV effect the Internet well not

satellite then maybe maybe cable maybe they've got some new Internet's internet

provider or something okay something that involves them having

to connect well don't you even if you've got satellite you have to connect your

TV to the Internet well no that's an option but maybe

they've taken up that option yes maybe so some I think a lot of people are

using the Internet today because they have nothing better to do because it's a

public holiday it's the first day of January 2020 happy happy new year

everyone

I know I don't know what's happened to Steve I'm sure you are shrinking I can't

be shrinking but it feels like you know oh I can barely you can't even see my

collar yes I don't know what's going on I don't know what's going on of course I

am quite a magnificent specimen of a human being because I'm so tall a lot of

people say mr. Duncan you are so tall in real life now we were with your family

last week we were and a lot of people a lot of members of your family are quite

short would that be fair to say um well I don't want to be unkind okay well I do

they're short basically they're not very tall well not nice well it depends what

you mean by family well family just a general family word the family well my

sister's at my sister's quite tall for a woman she's above average I think for a

woman what what's the what's the average height of a woman I think in the UK the

average height of a woman is five five I think around five foot five that's I

don't know what that is in centimeters five feet five inches I think of five

between five five five five six five five five six

I think she's five foot six and I'm five nine and a half which is actually above

average for a man in the UK the average height of a man's about five eight five

nine I don't think you're five nine and a half I am I think Steve is shrinking I

think he's putting he's got high heels on you see what you can't see is mr.

Duncan's wearing women's high-heeled shoes under the desk I think it's the

way you've got that I think you've got the camera to weird angle to make me

look shorter this isn't right mr. Duncan but your viewers looking at me in a very

bizarre aspect no there's no bizarre aspect it's just you you're short now

let me just show you something now a couple of days ago we had your mother

here pretend we had lovely time didn't we we went to a local

area called I in bridge Iron Bridge is our favorite place and there you can see

the famous Iron Bridge built in I think I want to say 1779 a very long time ago

and there it is let's have another view very old construction and there is

another view across the bridge isn't that lovely

Iron Bridge not very far away from where we live is it Steve

no it was only about four three four miles away something like that maybe not

even that no so it's quite close very local and we

took mr. Steve's mum there in fact oh there there is mr. Steve's mum there she

is oh go on give us a wave give us a wave oh look at that didn't know you

were filming mr. Duncan there's a surprise you're looking directly at me

how can you not know okay so I didn't know that you were going to use it today

oh yes I was going to use it yes I have a feeling I'm going to get into trouble

now that's it no you won't know I know now you won't get into trouble mr.

Duncan no more than usual I know what's going to happen I'm going to suffer the

rough I'm going to suffer the rough of your family I sort of knew that you may

be using that today it's fine it's fine but your mum had a lovely time he had a

lovely time we had a lovely time with her coming to stay as well so just in

case you're watching today hello to mr. Steve's mum we had a great time with you

a super-duper time and we look forward to welcoming you back here again maybe

in the summer when the weather is nice I think there could be a visit before the

summer mr. Duncan oh okay I think my sister's going to bring my mum over for

a day out or a day out to see us and we're going to get out I think and have

a lovely meal at the copper kettle all four of us and sit at our favorite table

and ordered some lovely food yeah and although we won't be walking in no

because well my mother's of a certain age she's fit and active but she

wouldn't want to go up some steep hills having said that sometimes sometimes

Steve's mother has more energy than we do sometimes me anyway well I think

everyone has more energy than you but so the big question is why is mr. Steve

getting smaller I think it's the way you've got the cameras position Lister

don't you your shrink I can't possibly be shrinking that is just not possible

there is one thing we have to do we have to get mr. Steve to stand on something

we need a small box apparently did you know that in some of Tom Cruise's films

in certain scenes he actually stands on a box but because Tom Cruise is very

short I think he's about the same height as you so he's no he's only about 5 foot

6 yes you see I seem short on here but in fact I'm above average height for a

man in the UK I'm five foot nine and a half which is actually above average it

just appears because the way you've got everything angled you want to make me

look short Duncan I cut you've got that big high hat on as well of course that's

the trouble you've got that big thing on the top of your hat well what do you've

actually put the camera higher what about my shoulders how is the hat

changing my shoulders I don't know I don't know but it's the angle it's all

to do with the angle look how the shrunk in a week a new ear says new year I

thought you'd miss spelt it mister well it doesn't say new year it says new era

well I know that a new era so when the new year starts Steve we describe it as

a new era a new period of time yeah a period of time yes so quite often we

will make plans we will look to make a fresh start so when we make a fresh

start it means you begin something from the

start something new that you might want to try or do during the new

yeah it's quite a tradition in the West start-over

is another one it's quite a tradition in the West that we see the new year as

well they probably do all over the world but certainly in in the West it's seen

as a place to make a fresh start forget about all the things that went

wrong in the previous year and start again and look forward to the future and

make I'm sure you're going to talk about making new year resolution yes we looked

at the video earlier I think people saw it I'm not sure if you saw it out there

because I was disconnected by the internet the internet decided to go to

sleep I'm at Internet I'm Internet damn you you could also start over as well

what we're gonna say now I yet know you can fine I was just

going to talk about the fact that we here are celebrating our New Year in the

West I don't be from on the because we follow

these are sort of solar cannot calendar yes from the 1st of 1st of January but

of course most of the other parts of the world in the east follow the the lunar

calendar that's it yes so so because we follow the the phases of the Sun that's

how we divide our year however in some cultures they have the lunar calendar

which relies on the phases of the Moon which is slightly out of sync with with

what with what the with what we do but there but that's fine and there are lots

of traditions aren't there associated with the start of the new year whether

it's the Western or the Easter new year I mean typically because I was reading

about this mr. Duncan because we don't read in the West we don't really

celebrate new year that much it's sort of all over with at midnight then we

have a party the next day and then we're all back to work tomorrow so we're eight

really where you don't have that many really celebrations it's all all at once

we also have a mass together lots of fireworks we're all kissing each other

and clapping at midnight as the New Year rings in singing songs sound

horeb getting drunk and then we've got one day off which is today which we

normally spend with families going out for meals and going out for walks okay

and then on the second we're all back to work and I say where as in in the east

of course that it's it's it's a much longer tradition isn't it yeah it has

more time off well the Chinese New Year and I suppose you could say the Lunar

New Year because many Eastern countries celebrate the Lunar New Year so yes it

normally goes on for several days and it's a big celebration however here it

comes and then it goes very quickly as I said earlier before we were rudely cut

off I did mention the fact that last night around here where we live people

didn't seem that interested did they know last night I would say this the new

year ringing in we say ringing in the New Year you ring in dong ding dong ding

dong what I was gonna say now mister don't and you've distracted me yes

normally there's lots of fireworks everywhere but there was nothing nothing

this year nothing not hardly a firework at all here we can see in the distance a

town called Shrewsbury and we can normally see all the fireworks going off

but we couldn't this year it was quite disappointing yes we went for a walk

that was I think because we've had quite a it's been a difficult year hasn't it

even worldwide but certainly in the UK we've had a very difficult stressful

year with all this brexit nah no no I wasn't doing everybody well I'm only

mentioning in passing mr. Duncan I think everyone feels a bit stress and they

don't really want to celebrate Qatar and I think that's part of it yes but anyway

there we go and of course in Australia there they did have fireworks but they

nearly didn't because they're having all the bush fires so everything doesn't

everything feels a bit well it doesn't feel like there's much to celebrate at

the moment it's a bit like the world's largest New Year's celebration at the

moment in Australia isn't it I mean that there are wildfires

everywhere I know and they've got their hottest months to come apparently and

then last night they decided to have fireworks going off as well so is if

there wasn't enough fire already they were letting fireworks off at midnight

they were going to stop it weren't they but but they went ahead because well to

be honest with you they they put all the fireworks in place they were there so

what were they going to do just leave the fireworks all undetonated then so

they would have to detonate them or else those poor people would have to go

around and take all of the fireworks off now I think I think they just wanted to

celebrate you know I think you've got to it's probably nice just to celebrate

have some fireworks if they stopped that it would have been you know what would

there have been to celebrate you've got to ring in the new year you've always

got to do that yes but I think it is going back to what you just said it has

been a difficult year 2019 here in the UK has been very strange and don't

forget at the end of this month we will be leaving the EU so it's all happening

there is there is no going back it's happening we are going to sever all of

our ties and relationships with the European Union oh dear well the legal

ones anyway yes somebody's mentioned about mr.bruno fireworks are cruel to

animals well it is they they do suffer when all the fireworks go off on the 5th

of November when we celebrate Guy Fawkes night as well everyone with dogs have to

keep them indoors otherwise they get very scared and of course here in the

countryside we often we often launch our fireworks off the backs of cows No thank

you very much since Adia says mr. Steve looks so attractive but he has no hair

on his head otherwise he'd be more handsome Bob thank you very much you

feel better now that feels so much better

what a wonderful start to the new year I think you're joking I'm not sure if

Steve is actually pleased or not I'm never coming on here again mr. daga

I've never been so insulted yes we've got to get that's right that's a Torino

says tomorrow is a normal day so we've got to get over yesterday night's

hangover hmm and I've got even well mr. Duncan you don't know this I

spoken to my sister today because it's her birthday today how strange is that I

know her birthdays on the 1st of January she's a new year baby a new year baby oh

she's not so new now but but yes that's very you've got a birthday on the 1st of

January that's quite something and in the West anyway and so it's my

mother you don't know this yet cos she normally goes to bed very early she

doesn't celebrate New Year I guess let me guess your mum got drunk last night

she had two glasses of champagne apparently oh my goodness whoa your

mother doesn't really drink she doesn't drink at all I can't believe her and

apparently she was persuaded I think because her grandchildren were there but

she would partake in a in a beverage I am shocked alcoholic beverage and

apparently she was very tipsy wobbling all over the place and we had they had

to carry her back to the car tipsy I love that so if a person is tipsy it

means they've had too much alcohol so they they have consumed too much alcohol

so mr. Steeves mother last night was a little tipsy she was slightly drunk or

we can say inebriated oh I like that word or pissed that's let's say your

word that people tend to use him that used to be very rude if you said that 20

30 years ago that would have been a very rude word but now it's just it's

slightly rude but no I'm just imagining your mother drunk

I thought hello everybody this is mr. Steve's mum and I'm completely pissed

greetings went at that see if I can pronounce this correctly

Tangra Tinga in Brazil well greetings to you as well

Marisela maricella greetings to you too and it marries every saying they love

our interactions mmm so thank you very much for that tag won

t go wonder why that that sounds very exotic Brazil is it near the coast

oh you near the sea oh you knew the forests or the ocean power Mira says

that she's using a new samsung tablet ah you see

it's so awkward I have to return to iPad oh okay interesting so what it might be

the other way round yes a lot of people do prefer the

Android devices in fact if you look at the figures for people who use the

mobile devices you will always find that there are many more people using Android

devices than iOS which is the Apple operating system if you used to one then

you swap to another it's going to be difficult

yeah you know but Satya says it just kidding I know I know we were going to

wear wigs today won't we mr. Duncan just to be different yes I thought we might

have a new style for the new year because it's 2020 can you see it's 2020

because I have it on my head now I did print this out it wasn't supposed to be

this large but unfortunately I printed it at the wrong size so that's why it's

so large it was supposed to be small and nice and petite but unfortunately it's

it's too big lots of people wishing as a happy new year and Beatriz says I've

only just woken up oh I wonder what time it is there yes

Happy New Year from Besant Happy New Year from lots of people hello hello

Besant lovely messages were getting from people today there is a soft breeze it

says Pedro interesting a soft breeze there is a soft breeze in Brazil hands

very nice to me sounds very relaxing I have a soft breeze Vitas says happy

birthday to mr. Steve sister yes but I won't be seeing her

today because she lives quite a distance but she'll be going out from me and I no

doubt to celebrate she doesn't like to celebrate birthdays when you get over a

certain age she's younger than me okay but I'm nearly sort of further than

years old so when you start to a certain age you probably don't want to celebrate

very much I think you go when you're younger you want to celebrate and then

in the middle in your middle years you want to forget that you're getting older

but then when you start to get into your 70s and 80s you want to celebrate again

because it's actually an achievement to get to those age I think so in fact I

heard somebody told me the other day that they've got a relation and they

know somebody who's who who is 88 Wow but they keep saying that they're nearly

not there 90 because they want that actually adding years on to make it

sound more impressive Wow yes so any younger you like to celebrate in your

middle years you take years off and then eventually you just give up and say well

you you you want a boast that you've got to a ninety or a hundred hmm so you know

oh oh I don't remember seeing you without your hat mr. su can I think that

might be mr. Duncan I know how many joking soft breeze in my face where is

that coming from Pedro yes maybe Pedro has a window open and there

is a breeze coming into the house or maybe he has hope opened his back door

and there was a gentle breeze blowing in maybe somebody's blowing soft breezes in

Pedro's face oh yes like that unfortunately that particular breeze is

a bit stinky Thank You mr. Duncan you're welcome oh so today we're talking about

New Year's resolutions here's an interesting thing so we have the top

five New Year's resolutions the top five New Year's resolutions those who didn't

hear it the first time hardly mr. Duncan what did you say so here we have the top

five New Year's resolutions and this piece of paper is so large it

covers both of us so and so there are two good things about this do you know

where the origin of New Year's resolutions mr. Duncan no I don't well I

look this up apparently it also it's all sort of has religious connotations it's

people wanting to to make resolutions or to promise things to their gods

from years ago so but yes so yes carry on mr. Duncan just thought I'd insert

that little piece of information let us pray he used to say today God's I

promise I'll do this I promise I'll do that be a better person

plant more crops or something the hundreds of thousands of years ago as a

strange resolution and apparently in America they didn't you didn't used to

be new year resolutions weren't only became a big thing after the Great

Depression in the nineteen thirties and then it became a much bigger thing in

people's lives yes well I suppose I think people become more desperate to

make changes when things are bad when circumstances do not go there well

that's it mr. Duncan I think that's exactly it okay carry on that's good so

we have the five top five New Year's resolutions now can I just point out

that this is not an official list can I stop you again mr. Duncan now I get

confused it is should you say new year resolutions or new year's resolutions it

depends if you are using it in the possessive form so in this particular

sense it is used in the possessive so it's the resolutions that belong to the

new year so it is New Year's resolutions because you are using it in the

possessive sense however you can just use it as the general term New Year

celebrations so the celebrations or the resolutions for the new year the New

Year celebrations or the new year resolutions however in this sense we are

using it possessively so because it belongs to the new year

you have the apostrophe it's almost as if we are teaching English well mr.

Duncan thank you for that because I was thinking upstairs sometimes I say new

year resolutions sometimes I say new year's resolutions but I can see what

you mean there both are correct so the resolutions

belong to the year so it's possessive so you put the apostrophe that's it so

anything that's possessive always has an apostrophe so I've learned something

today I'm like I don't know the cats food so the cats food will have the

apostrophe because it's possessive you are talking about something that belongs

to the cat so once again how many times am I going to say this the top five New

Year's resolutions this is not an official list this is my list so this is

mr. Duncan's list however you are welcome to use it anywhere on the

internet maybe you want to share it with your friends or run around to your

neighbor's house and post it through their letterbox you are more than

welcome to do so top five New Year's resolutions what do

you think is at number five number five number five I think it would be in

opening it and run it opening a new business so yes okay

number five no this is your list don't forget this is your list this is my list

and you are welcome to use it if you want to use this list you can you are

more than welcome to use it it's okay you can take it you can print it you can

make copies of it you can maybe fly through the sky in a small airplane you

put a well ahead of its here by the way and it's trailing through the sky and it

says top five resolutions according to mr. dunk according to mr.

dung not an official list in at all it's not official number five contact a

person you have lost touch with mr. Duncan I've already done that this year

have you yes well I did it I did it a couple of days ago

okay I've done that so mr. Duncan I'm really excited yes as I'm a friend that

we send I send Christmas cards to every year every year we said we'll meet up we

haven't seen each other for 15 years I actually saw them two days ago then you

can add the effort so I've already started mr. Duncan so yet next one so

number five contact a person you have lost touch with maybe a friend that

you've lost touch with so to lose touch is to cease or stop contacting them you

have no contact but perhaps maybe the New Year arrives and you think oh I

would like to get back in touch with that person I would like to contact them

again so contact a person you have lost touch with interesting mr. Duncan as

well I'd like to comment here there probably is a reason why you lost

contact with that particular person and you probably forgot the reason why and

then when you say oh I'm going to re contact this person again and then you

start talking to them you sit there and you think yes oh yes I remember why I

stopped seeing you and I now regret actually having made contact with you

because time of course you forget time heals all wounds is a phrase we commonly

say mm-hmm and you forget all the bad thing tend to forget the bad things that

happened all the arguments and then you get back and see that person again now

I'm not saying I regret recounting that contact in that person I saw the other

day but you know maybe maybe you know I'm begin to think oh yes I remember now

you were and you were a bit annoying hmm actually yes I remember why I stopped

seeing you know haha so bad anyway family members you've already been

seeing your family members again haven't you mr. Duncan so you already started as

well that's it good if you keep just fine just give a few more fuzzy got just

just give a few more of my private and personal things away well all your all

your social life is conducted here okay number four travel to a place you have

always wanted to visit Brazil do you still want to

Brazil even though even though it's now a right-wing country

yes but the people are still the same but then having said that we are living

in a right-wing country here now you see so we are we are also on the right

whatever government is in charge the people stay basically the same so even

though there might be some lunatic in charge in a country somewhere ok I'm

saying any particular country mr. Duncan before you say that I didn't say that he

pulled still stay the same so the people that want to get into power get into

power and but everybody else stays the same

ok people good happy new year everyone travel to a place you've always wanted

to visit I mentioned last night we were watching a TV show and I've always

wanted to go to Japan so one place I would like to visit is Japan very

fascinating place I'm intrigued by Japan a lot of mystery surrounding that

country the way society works is very different from here Belarus yes says

that this is a very this is a very this is quite funny

hello Belarus a this is very funny she said someone said that her new year

resolution was to lose 2 kilos the next year the resolution was to lose 5 kilos

and the year after that it was to be happy with her weight hmm so that person

kept on putting on weight and then eventually gave up and said that's

correct that's funny that is she decided to be happy with her weight it's a true

story or did you say that as a sort of a humorous statement I think it's I think

it's kind of a joke that's what I think by the way Belarus here I hope you are

feeling good in the new year I know you've had a pretty rough couple of

weeks but I hope you are feeling better and you can join in of course with the

live chat where everything is always happy until mr. Steve arrives

ok number three number four then so well this is number four we're still talking

about how travel to a place you have always wanted to visit I think mr.

Steve's resolution is to concentrate more on what is happening

around him Paden what's happening now miss I wish I was joking that's actually

a real one stay in the moment stay in the moment stay in the moment Steve

where are you now I'm in your studio even though I'm shrinking and we're

doing a live stream you're almost right we were we were not live a few times

today because we got cut off number three number three you could read this

learn a new skill or take up a new hobby learn a new skill or take up a new hobby

something that a lot of people would like to do in the new year take on a new

challenge so do something that is that is challenging it will push your

abilities to the limit and also beyond well interesting I was watching

something last night on the television and they were interviewing various

people and they asked somebody what your watch one of your what you want to do

this year and they said I want to face up to the things that frighten me and do

them so I thought that was interesting I mean you could take this too far I mean

I'm frightened I would be frightened for example of bungee jumping but that

doesn't mean I want to go and do it I don't think you should necessarily face

all your fears but some of the things which you think oh I don't want to do

that and somebody said oh oh I don't I'm last year I have the first time I some I

did some singing so that scares a lot of people singing and it is a scary thing

so something like that it's safe but if you do it it's challenging but I don't

think you know doing doing dangerous things I mean I wouldn't want to do

skydiving I don't don't you'd necessarily do all the things you that

scare you you know put your head in the lion's

mouth or cutting off your right arm yes see that scares me but I'm not going to

try it this year exactly so but you know some of the things that are safe but

that you feel as though you couldn't do it

it scared you to do yes public performance yes so standing up in front

of people and performing maybe a song or a poem or a speech is not very easy to

do so maybe you will try to do that as a way of pushing your limits so you might

learn a new skill or take up a new hobby maybe you want to collect something

unusual maybe you want to collect I don't know

toenail clippings so maybe you will go around to your friends and they are

cutting their toenails and you've decided that in 2020 you want to collect

toenail clippings so when people cut their toenails you you collect them and

you put them into the picture frames on your wall and underneath it says whose

toenail it comes from and which toe it was so for so for example you might have

a toenail framed and it says Julie big toe left foot you see so I think that's

a pretty good pretty good hobby to get into during 20 20 some people I've heard

of some people collecting bodily fluids and bits of their bodies their hair I

know something I know somebody actually who when they had their hair cut they

collected they never throw it away they've got it cut leg or in bags can I

just say you have some weird friends I know well this particular person is a

little strange but apparently they keep whenever they've other haircut they've

kept it for years in banks that's a bit odd Theo says mr. Steve I met somebody

I'd lost contact with and we did in fact we discovered that we've got nothing in

common oh that of course is true because if

time passes and then you suddenly meet that person again you've all you're all

doing different things and suddenly you might have been friends or might have

had a lot in common years ago but now times have moved on and you've grown

apart and there's no real need or desire to really communicate that sounds like

moats like most marriages time puts its own

obstacles yes so you grown apart in time what maybe

maybe you could rekindle some of the things that you've you've had in common

so we are looking at five things five common things that people do I Pedro

Pedro's off and the states belong now does it mean notice that Pedro hat Pedro

has an appointment busy life yes number two I had a lovely number two this

morning I had a feeling and I have a great

feeling in fact I had a great feeling earlier that this year is going to be a

good year for me because I had a wonderful poop this morning what a great

way to start the new year by having the best poop that you've had in a long time

I don't want to know about your bodily functions mr. Duncan Oh talking of

horrible things Pedro is going so I just saying happy

birthday because yeah Happy New Year this is going Happy New Year and happy

birthday I'm sure at some point this year it will be Pedro's birthday let me

guess No wasn't that at number two get rid of

a bad habit such as smoking or drinking or both a bad habit so maybe something

you do that you want to stop doing so number two get rid of a bad habit I

think a lot of people do this they say I am going to stop my terrible habit of

smoking and drinking completely in 2020 all sorts of bad habits telling people

about your poops for example is a bad habit you do that's a lot but never mind

sorry that's a very useful thing to know

the length shouldn't exceed more than 20 minutes so people take more interests

okay the length of what I'm not sure I didn't see the food do you mean the

length of the livestream no I don't think it's that oh yeah if you're making

videos hmmm yes I think so well I think

actually you're you're referring to the livestreams but we always try to give

good value now a lot of people who post videos on YouTube are very lazy so they

might just make a 2 minute or 3 minute video and that's it then they go off and

have have some fun however we don't have a chance we never get the chance to have

fun do we because we're always here helping you that's why we do it we do it

we do it for you so sir Lilia Jordi says you are welcome to visit Belo Horizonte

in Brazil okay thank you very much I would love I do want to go to Brazil

Bond I don't know why no particular reason I just do I just do all right

backing off from things like skydiving is not fear of but simple wisdom yes

exactly so when you when you you get these motivational speakers sometimes

and they say face your fears face your fears but you know you've got it you

don't have to face all your fears and as I've said you don't what's the point of

doing the ones that are dangerous that's it you know it is wisdom hmm just but

just because you think I'm frightened of bungee jumping or or what other

dangerous but like like a rock climbing would be another one yes I like walking

walking along a railway track with headphones whilst blindfolded see that

that's a very dangerous thing to do yes yeah a lot of people do that it's the

new pastime for 2020 there's lots of viral videos already of people wearing

headphones blindfolded walking along railway tracks appareance the new thing

is called tracking it's called tracking it's the new we've just made that up mr.

did is it's already happening we're only in the new year for 15 hours and already

there is a new dangerous trend that people are doing that'd be silly

so yes I mean I would be of doing rock-climbing but I'm not going

to do it because if I'm frightened oh because I don't like going up ladders so

chances are I fall off I'm not going to do things that could potentially harm me

no I don't I never do anything that might leave me as a smear on the

pavement or sidewalk so maybe tightrope walking you see very

high up you are walking along a tightrope so you are you are going along

yeah but you see that would be that would be acceptable that would be

something that you could say it's frightening to do but if you there was a

big net and there was no chance of of you dying if you fell off then you could

potential they've done this at work with us we've been on motivational sales

trips and they've got everybody to climb up ladders and and and and go into you

know like a hundred foot up and swing on ropes and things like that it's safe

because you there would be a net there but they've got us to do that but but I

think if you were to just say I'm gonna go rock climbing or Bund

I wouldn't do a bungee jump I know it's safe okay Judy Zhi Zhu Li Jie has said I

saw a Kingfisher yesterday for the first time that's why I think this year will

be a good one so for Julie for Julie it's a good sign so today I had a lovely

poop that's my good sign it feels as if is if everything is going to move

smoothly perhaps the Kingfisher saw you Julie and

thought it's also going to be a good year for me as well because the

Kingfisher saw you it could be the other way around you know yes I like the I

like West I like your style Steve always positive that's me this is that is sheer

madness as tetra or tantrum lovely yeah do you know miss what have you got - are

we on number two now first I'm still on my number two you're on number two

earlier I was number two get rid of a bad habit so have you got a bad habit

you want to get rid of mr. Duncan I've got quite a

you bad habits anyone in particular you want to share with your your viewers I

think sometimes maybe sometimes I don't know maybe I don't change my socks as

often as I should I think you need to wash your slippers as well that's it

sometimes maybe I don't concentrate on things sometimes I lose concentration

maybe my attention span is getting shorter and shorter so perhaps I should

improve that and I know someone else who should improve that as well I wonder if

you can guess who it is moving on mr. Duncan moving on Joshua says mister

you've been invited to a lunch or a dinner whereabouts are you and I hope

I'm invited as well because mr. Duncan can't drive so I'll have to drive him

there so that's two lunches thank you very much just a rioter ayah and and

Jamila says that you've made an interesting point there meeting people

you haven't seen for a long time can be awkward mmm it can be because because

you start to ask questions like Oh what job are you doing now where are you

living and then suddenly they might have a better job than you and you feel like

you've been left behind or they could be having this wonderful life or you might

be having a wonderful life and you'll make them feel mad so it can be awkward

yes I know what you mean by that I think that is a big challenge as you get older

when you you lose contact with people you went to school with and then maybe

they decide that they want to have a reunion but your biggest fear will be

will they see me as a failure or maybe they have better jobs or maybe they've

had more success in their lives so yes that can be a big thing to face

hello sue cat haven't seen sue cat for a long time sue cat hello how is your

garden mr. Duncan bought me a calendar with lots of car

vintage cars on it so a different a different car for every month of the

year so thank you very much for that well are we up to number one well we are

about to do number one again let's remind everybody this is your unofficial

personal list of top five resolution yes so we go down a list so number five

contact a person you have lost touch with maybe not though maybe not number

four travel to a place you have always wanted

a visit yes like that one number three learn a new skill or take up a new hobby

number two get rid of a bad habit such as smoking or drinking let me guess what

number what mr. Duncan's number one resolution will be I bet it's something

to do with wanting lots of people to watch him haha on his live stream I bet

it's something to do with that well I cut I can't make people watch me

how do you do that I dunno but I bet it's something like

that use everything I bet it's I bet it's erm losing weight you'd better

while getting fitter you'd better watch my live streams in 2020 you had better

watch them or else I'll come round okay that sort of thing I bet it's something

to do with exercise losing weight something like that yes I'm absolutely

certain that's what it is you are so annoying sometimes number one in my

opinion for what what that counts for I have no idea number one is lose weight

and become fitter and more healthy I think that is a common one it is not

that I have to do that no certain well maybe maybe not in your body anyway well

people were commenting weren't they when we did the live stream on Boxing Day

yeah people commenting about the roles of the roles of let's say fat around

your middle region wasn't fat I was wearing a

lot of clothing that day because it was cold it was the clothing I was wearing a

lot of layers and also I had a very thick jumper as well so that just made

me look a little bit more chunky but isn't fat insulating you didn't you

need that jumper on at all did you mr. Duncan but oh I'm being a bit cruel I'm

being a bit cruel there isn't any in fact I'll paren says hello guys what

area what are ya - what are ya - what we are up to today is doing a live stream

if you want to get in touch you can also don't forget please however desperate it

sounds I know it sounds very desperate and pathetic but please like us can you

please like us that would be very grateful if you would like and subscribe

to our YouTube channel thank you very much yes if you're watching me the first

time subscribe and then you'll be regularly updated when mr. Duncan does a

live stream mr. Duncan I was reading about resolutions apparently this is

something that a lot of people are thinking about doing as a new year

resolution hmm is spend less time on their phone on their mobile devices and

social media hmm and all that sort of thing because people are spending a lot

of time in the phone oh it's becoming a bit of a concern so I think I I think a

lot of people will put that on their top list of things to do or not to do in

2020 so spend less time on the phone but more time on the internet watching mr.

Duncan's livestream yes so don't talk to people on the telephone

you don't need to telephone anyone you can always send them an email and whilst

you are typing your email you can also watch my live streams by the way you can

catch me on YouTube on Sunday Wednesday and Friday so I will actually be back

with you on Friday do you know what the success rate is mr. Duncan of

New Year's resolutions I would guess failure if I if I was

looking at the failure of people sticking or keeping their New Year's

resolutions I would say probably because it's very common isn't it I would say 8%

it's easy to and with all good intentions so you you sit there way of

saying this today we've got all good intentions this is what we really want

to do we want to lose weight we want to take up a new hobby see somebody we

haven't seen for years whatever Oh start a new business

but what happens is that you go back to work and then all that works but tasmat

at work all the everyday chores and work all takes up all your time and you

gradually forget about these resolutions the success rate unfortunately is very

low it's only about 5% oh I wasn't far off I said late I said a test and the

main reason is is because people set usually apparently they set unrealistic

goals unrealistic resolution so they say something like you know I'm going to

lose to stone in a month or something like that or they say I'm going to start

change my job and start a whole new career and that's a bit vague so when

apparently the people that have most success with New Year's resolutions the

goals are realistic and then they break them down into smaller little chunks or

smaller little goals and then they work up to those and they spend a little bit

of time on it every day so if you've got a big resolution or something quite that

you think might be difficult to achieve that apparently you will have the most

success if you break it down into little chunks and then into little goals and

you just work towards them in that way so you

carry out will you carry out your big goal in small steps small little chunks

and that's what they advise you to doing because I'm in sales we get this sort of

thing all the time is that if you've got a goal it's got to be very specific

you've got to be able to measure it you've got to have a time period that

you want to do it in things like that so that you were like if you just set it

if it's too vague you'll never do it your mind doesn't lock on to it so

you've got you've got to have something very specific and then work towards it

in little chunks would be my advice for 2020 you ought to see what mr. Steve got

me for Christmas mr. Steve got me something ever so nice for Christmas but

the only problem is I have to I have to take them off because I'm wearing them

now but would you like to have a look shall I take them off it was only what

this is one of the things I got you for Christmas just one less like a stocking

filler a small present that a stocking filler is like a small present that is

just you want to get several but you got one big present then you get two or

three smaller ones just to fill that stocking up but it's probably of low

value hmm oh it's it's definitely of low value no oh I thought you were going to

I got mr. Duncan some socks but he's going to show something yeah these are

my my pyjama trousers have you just taken them off mr. Duncan I now have no

trousers on is that okay you can't see anything that camera doesn't drop mr.

Duncan because she was not it's not the only thing that might drop a viewership

could tumble or it might actually go through the roof well I think I think a

naked teacher would be brilliant I think more people would watch imagine that if

I if I mean in my next live stream I was completely naked

imagine all the viewers mr. Duncan likes the slob around the house because of

course the camera is only showing us from the waist upwards

I think we could be wearing anything underneath yes I'm sure

mr. Steve might be wearing fishnet tights and suspender belt I am no it's

exactly what I'm wearing and in fact I've just got a pair of

jogging bottoms on so I've got this smart shirt not that you can see because

the cameras positioned so that nobody can see me mr. Duncan you're just small

that's why I know I'm gonna step look mr. Duncan whatever you are planning to

do don't do it oh I was going to do it carefully mr. Dunn mr. Duncan has some

very big Oxford English dictionary's here and I was going to put one on the

floor and stand on it yeah that's not gonna work

you might destroy my lovely expensive dictionary I've never seen you use the

mr. Duncan well what do you mean you've never seen me use but I don't carry it

around with me all the time it's like blocks of wood mr. Duncan that's all

they are they're very thick heavy no you can damage a book by standing on it did

you know that I'm only light I'm just a lightweight I'm only I'm the same rate I

was when I was 18 I'm trying to show these so these are my lovely pajama

bottoms that Steve gave me yes on they lovely they're very warm there the

finish on those they're made of cotton but they're brushed cotton or wool at

flannelette physical they feel see they feel fleecy flannelette it's sort of

brushed cotton hmm that makes them very warm no bit stink you know I said I used

to have wet went but when I grew up in the 70s houses were cold them allows was

and we used to have flannelette sheets on the bed they were as I say it's like

cotton but it's sort of brushed and quite thick so it used to keep you very

warm I'm just putting me I'm just putting my clothes do I'm putting my

trousers back on mind you nothing I haven't seen before

Oh mr. Duncan we're having a laugh here let's see what the comments are saying

thank you for that mr. Steve I'm not quite sure what that was but thank you

for thanking me how can I improve listening score in international exam of

English I'd say you yeah just keep listening to us yes this is the best

place to improve your listening skills don't forget baked English part of your

life do it every day if you are having an exam you should

already know what the exam will be testing you on so you never go into an

exam without knowing what it is you will be tested on so that's my biggest piece

of advice so find out what it is you will be tested on or the types of tests

that you will be given but normally they will test your reading ability your

general speaking and your understanding of the English language

Oscar is going to from Argentina hello Oscar is going to learn to play

the electric guitar with a 14 year old daughter well there's a good there's a

good thing to do that's good that's a very you know gets your brain going and

music is it's an excellent way of staying young as you get older it's it's

a very good stimulant for the brain like learning a language learning a language

playing an instrument anything like that is it's very good for your brain

stopping your going senile as you get older hmm well there we go lots of

comments coming up mr. Duncan yes so we're not going to share our our

particular but I could share one of mine okay maybe I could share one of my new

year's resolutions we are talking about new year's resolutions because it's the

first day of 2020 how do you say 2020 there are many ways of saying it and

really it's all about new year resolutions are all about

self-improvement aren't they because that's what you want to do you want to

start the year and think how can I improve myself because most of us want

to be the best that we can be we've all got different talents and abilities and

it's making the most of what we've got that's important and if we don't do it

we tend to feel a bit guilty or we feel ashamed that we're not making the best

of ourselves and that's always a very worthwhile goal isn't it to make the

best of yourself to be the best that you can mmm as a human being

lovely okay that's very good mr. Steve fantastic so I hope you've enjoyed

today's livestream at the live chat Eric I love it

nice I love the live stream as well and a live chat the live chat is my main

reason for being here because without you I would have no one to speak to can

you explain the difference let's get some English in do you know we haven't

got you know what we haven't got today after the live stream what haven't we

got well I guess we've got no tea cake exactly so you have no tea cakes for me

you will not be giving a tea cake to me so you have something for a person it

means you are going to give it to them you are going to present it to them you

have it for them but to someone if you give it to them it means you are giving

it directly to them you give it to them you go to them you are there for them so

if you are there for a person it means you are there if they need you if you go

to another person then it means you go towards them these are going or you go

to where they are I've got something for you mr. Duncan what's that I've got

something for you mr. Duncan yes I think you just said that it's a cheese grater

yes I know this is go this is my star of the show at the start of my first

attempt at doing a live stream today my lovely cheese grater this is a

well-known English musical instrument and in many parts of the country you

will see people sitting on street corners and they are often it's a new

year today how do you feel today are you feeling happy I hope so oh that is well

done mr. Duncan cheese great tonight what did I get for Christmas is you

gee well well mr. Duncan should I say what mr. Duncan bought me well I think

we'll keep those things private if you don't mind well I can think I know all

right then I got some lovely gifts my mother gave me some money which was very

nice and I bought a new pair of shoes with that and mr. Duncan brought me a

nice calendar I can say brought me a nice calendar to put on the wall and for

some strange reason some bedsheets yes well you you do you do often soil

the bed sheet that's true that is true but it's his age yes i-i've gotta wear a

nappy I think he's he's at the age now where we're you know little leaks appear

from various orifices out with the old in with the new yes that's what we tend

to say yes out with the old and in with a new person I think anyway I don't want

to upset mr. Duncan trust me I'm not upset by that you've been praying about

I think my new my new year's wish will come true

I was hoping of course for a Ford Mustang for Christmas but that is yet to

materialize yes well that's a conversation killer are we going mr.

Duncan was getting dark and we've got to keep up the tradition in the UK of going

for a new year walking on New Year's Day yes because if it gets dark it's going

to be well not really worth it well you can still walk I don't think darkness

prevents you from walking but you want to go in the light I don't think my legs

are solar panel solar-powered you know what we missed today mr. day we missed

something this morning yes I know because we were late that we missed the

concert from Vienna we did however it is available again on BBC iPlayer so we can

watch a laser later but it's not the same if you don't want you in its live I

mean it's not live but I'd like to watch it in the morning and we forgot all

about it can I say for is benefit or Target

and to is direction for its benefit or target hmm well for is something that is

available so if something is for it is available or it might be something that

could be available if it is needed so I am there I am there for you if I'm there

for you it means I'm always ready to help you I

am there for you and if you need me I will come to you which means I will go

to where you are Rosa says everything can be an instrument as long as air

exists yes that's true actually I was I was the only reason I picked that

statement out it's because I read something on the internet about which is

one of those sort of questions that people sometimes ask if you play a

musical instrument in space could you hear it the answer of course is no

because there aren't any air molecules unit you need you need a physical you

need molecules to transmit the the frequency so no so yes exactly so as

long as there's air to vibrate a string or read or something like that and then

you will and then you will get or then you will get sound of course you can

bang something as well if you want that's it you might get a scream though

from that oh I'm being a bit too risque there mr. Duncan I have no idea what you

mean yes and Ana said she missed the concert

as well so we can hopefully you've got sort of a play again facility on your TV

or to be on the internet somewhere and we're going to watch that later okay

hopefully there'll be some ballet dancers as well some belly dancers ballet Oh

ballet I thought you said belly dancers I normally have a bit west

section where the ballet dancers prance around and it's all very

it's all very highfalutin and all very very cultural

hi culture is what it is it's the only bit of culture we ever get to be honest

right are we going yes he keeps saying that many up you keep saying that but

then you start talking about something else and then rambling on I could talk I

could be on here for hours mr. Duncan I think we have so thanks for watching us

today we did have some problems technical problems I don't know why the

internet kept cutting off and we were we were both severed from the internet

unfortunately well I was anyway Steve wasn't here so thanks Steve for joining

us today thank you and I just want to say happy new year to everybody that

watches mr. duncan hands and obviously sometimes myself i wish you all a

wonderful new year and see roar soon and hope that your resolutions actually come

to fruition hmm which is a word i used at the very start of my first attempt to

live stream today come to fruition is that the phrase you

that's it something comes to fruition it means it means it occurs or it's

completed or realised so what do you want me to do stay here or sort of slink

off if you slink away and put slowly slink away and then we will get ready

for the war because we're going for a walk in fact I can let you in on one of

my new year's resolutions right now which is to exercise every day I'm going

to have a walk every day right now you've heard that Mr Duncan say that you

have to hold him to this which means that you have to keep reminding him to

take exercise every day and to to get a bit fitter and healthier because our

food bills are going skyrocketing okay anyway what does eating food have to do

with walking but if you I thought you were doing it for weight loss well I'm

doing it just generally to keep keep the heart healthy to keep my lungs supple

and to keep my joints loose you can join me on one of my runs

I go running through heaven can I just start first of all can I start with

walking guys before I start running anyway I like going on my runs on my own

okay so okay mr. Duncan see you later ta ta and see you all soon he's gone mr.

steve has left the studio and I'm about to leave as well thank you very much for

sticking with me because we had some problems today unfortunately with the

live stream the internet connection kept disappearing and because of that so did

I thanks for joining me today thank you very much for your lovely company on

this first day of 2020 I hope you've had a good time I will be back on Friday so

you can catch me on Friday this Friday it will be just a normal lesson nothing

special just me I'm afraid - p.m. UK time I will be back with you

Thank You Beatrice Thank You Julie Thank You Reggie

thank you also AM a moot watching in Turkey Thank You sassy Thank You pal

mirror and also Belarusian Anna satury no Anderson thank you very much for

following me today I hope you've enjoyed today's livestream from England

this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of English saying thank you very much for

watching me see you on Friday 2:00 p.m. UK time and of course until

the next time we meet right here on YouTube

happy new year and

ta ta for now 8-)