English Addict Live Lesson 15 - Learn, Listen, Chat - NEIGHBOURS - SUNDAY 8th December 2019

yes you better hold on to your hats because it is very windy here in the UK

batten down the hatches if of course you have any hatches to batten down hello

everyone and welcome yes can you believe it here we are again it is another live

english addict coming to you from the birthplace of the english language that

is of course england

hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you ok I

hope so are you

happy well are you happy I really hope you are here we go then

oh my goodness what a week how is your week being my week has been a little bit

hectic to be honest I've been doing all sorts of things going all over the place

not only with myself but also with mr. Steve as well because we have a new

project that we are both working on I can't talk about it because mr. Steve

now has made me sign a piece of paper so I've had to actually sign a piece of

paper that says I can't talk about this thing so it is like a non-disclose

contract or clause so so mr. steve isn't letting me talk about it which i think

is rather unfair to be honest because i really want to share it anyway guess

what everyone it is officially the weekend I hope you are having a good

weekend here we are coming towards the end of the weekend for some people it

might already be the end of the weekend however here in England it is still sunday

we have a lot of things to talk about today I'll be honest with you there are

so many things that I have to discuss I have a feeling I might not have time to

do it all so many things coming up first of all did you see me yesterday

I was live in the center of much Wenlock and I was at the local Christmas Fair it

was interesting some very interesting moments here is an interesting moment

that I would like to share with you right now and this is something that

happened yesterday at the local Christmas Fair whilst I was broadcasting

live on YouTube lots of Christmas items gifts lots of toys for sale for children

of course when we think of Christmas we always think of children don't we

because I suppose it would be fair to say that I think it would be fair to say

that Christmas is for children isn't it really I suppose hello hi there you want

to say hello there's something a young lad has just come up to me and he's

given me this so this is mr. pelikan hello mr. pelikan hello how are you I'm

very well thank you now you have to go back now okay bye bye

bye did you see that a little child came up to me and and gave me his toy sorry

about that I have a feeling that might happen a lot I have a feeling that might

happen quite a few times today so it's English addict but slightly different

because I am surrounded by other human beings I think the kid has just come

back he's trying to he's trying to appear on my livestream hello

that's nice I have a child who keeps running around me and it's very

distracting well this is great isn't it this is wonderful I'm enjoying this live

stream mr. Duncan how are you today you are so funny and a great person thank

you very much I have a young child who won't leave me alone okay

you can go now bye bye well they always say be careful who you work with they

always say that you should never work with children or animals that is so true

so that was yesterday whilst I was out in the middle of Much Wenlock during the

Christmas Fair that is held every single year and yes it is true I was bothered a

few times yesterday even though it didn't really disturb me too much I am

of course the consummate professional if you are a consummate professional it

means nothing can disturb you nothing can break your concentration when you

are doing something that is your occupation so here we go then hello to

the live chat I suppose I should say hello right now to everyone on the live

chat hello especially to grace chin guess what grace you are first on

today's live chat

very good I think grace has a very fast finger

grace has a very quick finger when it comes to clicking on her mouse I think

so also Chris Morales is here and also

Vitesse a man Rafi Rafi has written a very long

message here hi everyone hello mr. Duncan

I am religiously watching you from the Dominican Republic as every Sunday since

you started this project called English addict yes this is the name of my

livestream and you can catch me on YouTube every Sunday Wednesday and

Friday from 2 p.m. so every week Sunday Wednesday Friday I am with you live on

YouTube from 2 p.m. UK time so that is when you can catch me here on YouTube

although I have a feeling during December you might see a lot more of me

as well did you see the other thing that I did last week I showed you rather sad

moment of time and this little video will show you what we all said goodbye

too so on Friday we said goodbye to these they are the local cooling towers

at a nearby power station and on Friday we said goodbye to these cooling towers

at the local iron bridge power station now the power station stopped generating

electricity way back in 2015 and they have been waiting to be demolished so

there you can see them and now we will have a look on the screen as we say

goodbye to the cooling towers and there they are awaiting their fate

they are about to be blown up oh dear any second now here comes the Big Bang

Wow very dramatic and the thing I love about that is how quickly the chimneys

or cooling towers to give them their proper name how quickly they fell to the

ground however we can always make them come back up of course we can always

bring them back up back Oh they've gone again no they're

back no they've gone they're back no they've gone they're back no they've

gone definitely gone sorry about that so lots of things happening last week with

the cooling towers being demolished and also I was live with you on Friday

afternoon and also I was live yesterday from the Much Wenlock Christmas Fair by

the way I'm going to show you one of my older videos a little bit later on where

I visit the Much Wenlock Christmas Fair and that was recorded in 2013 so that is

another video that we will watch a little bit later on so we can see what

really happens at the Much Wenlock Christmas Fair thank you very much for

your company today it's nice to see so many people here also flower Espoir nice

to see you Luis Mendez Cristina Jackson did you have a good Saturday night my

Saturday night was okay after I got back home I was freezing cold and a little

damp but we had a lovely afternoon mr. Steve sat down and also I did as well

and we had a lovely meal a lovely Christmas meal with some turkey and no

we didn't have Brussels sprouts there were no Brussels sprouts with our

Christmas meal yesterday however apparently there is going to be another

Christmas meal in a few days time and that will have all the traditional

vegetables with it as well so that's something I'm looking forward to eating

so yes we did have a nice time yesterday thank you Christina for your inquiry

hello to Japan hello also to Palmyra massimo vin raj of

vin rouge hello to you watching in Pakistan also Marella and Hyderabad

hello Hyderabad watching next door to Pakistan watching in India

hello mr. Bruno Eric also Lina is here and for dosa hello to you as well so

many people are already saying hello I do love seeing you here with me every

single week and I suppose I should mention the big events there are many

big events taking place this month in December 2019 we have Christmas of

course are you going to celebrate Christmas I know many people don't for

various reasons but I kind of I will kind of celebrate it even though I don't

really follow any religion I love the feeling the celebration of Christmas

time because everyone seems very happy that is the thing I noticed yesterday

if the Christmas Fair everyone was in good spirit so the feeling yesterday

amongst the crowd at the Much Wenlock Christmas Fair was lovely and I love

this time of year people tend to be a little bit more friendly and

kind to each other at this time of year so I quite like that really also the

other big event not so friendly and not so pleasant is the general election

which is taking place this Thursday so this Thursday the United Kingdom will be

voting for a new government and to be honest with you it has been driving me

crazy we've had lots of political messages on television people coming to

our doors knocking on the door and saying hello I am your local

representative from the party I'm not saying which one will you vote for me on

the next general election which is taking place on the 12th of December and

my answer is I haven't decided yet I am a floating voter I love that expression

so we normally describe a person who hasn't made up their mind or if they

haven't decided on who they are going to vote for we often describe them as a

floating voter a person who hasn't made up their mind who to vote for now this

is my theory and this is only my opinion I believe that many people don't decide

who to vote for until they are about to put their cross on the paper so I think

that many people go along to vote but they really haven't made up their mind

up until the very moment that they put their big cross on the ballot paper so

that's my belief and I've spoken to some people who say the same thing they say

that they didn't know who to vote for until they were about to put their cross

on the paper right up until that point they had no idea who to vote

for so I find that rather amazing franceska hello to you as well

Ralphy that kid and the drunk man made my day says Rolfie can I just mention

the guy that was behind me and I accused him of being drunk now I've watched the

video again and I can safely say that that man was not drunk even though I

thought he was in fact he was reading the tombstone that was behind me so I

didn't realize until I watched it again that he wasn't staring at me he was

actually looking at the tombstone in front of him he was actually reading it

and I thought he was staring at me so that's why I felt a bit a little bit

nervous but of course I also had a young child come over and bother me with his

little toy by the way some people said Mr Duncan that toy was not a pelican it

was actually a stork well I can tell you now that stork

identifies as a pelican so there I'm getting very trendy with 2019 so either

than though that was a stork I can tell you now that that stalk

actually identifies as a pelican so there and there's nothing you can do

about it hello Julie hello pal Mira again Christina says the little child

running around you was very funny hmm no that wasn't my child a few people

thought it was my kid I don't have any children trust me even though for some

reason I don't know why children like me I have no idea why no idea hello Lois

again hello you win to watching in Vietnam hello Lois

Belarusian hello to you as well nice to see you here today so now we are up to

date with the live chat a demolition of an important monumental building is as

if a piece of history has been erased yes

on Friday the local landmark it happens to be a power station was demolished

well part of it was and many people in the area were trying to save the cooling

towers I'm not joking they were actually trying to save these things so that

sadly is no more those buildings have now gone they were demolished like well

like this there we go hope they come down they go up they come

down up down I know that's very annoying I'm sorry about that I couldn't resist

you know how I like twiddling and playing with my controls hello also

satury No hello mr. Duncan today is the Immaculate Conception day my mother said

that about me when she had me that's what she said

that was her excuse Jacy Jordi hello you forgot to mention me

JC Jordi watching in Brazil I haven't seen Pedro has anyone seen Pedro Belmont

he must be around here somewhere we are talking about a lot of things today we

have a few subjects to discuss we are talking about being a neighbor neighbor

I love this word by the way it's a lovely word even though it has

two spellings so you might sometimes see this word spelt like this so the reason

why you might see this word spelt this way

is because that is American English so they often spell words differently and

that is British English so we often spell it like this and in America they

will spell it like this the word is neighbor neighbor so I'm

always fascinated by how people get along with their neighbors

do you have neighbors do you live next door to someone do you have a person

living nearby maybe you live in a house and perhaps you have someone next door

or maybe you live in an apartment and maybe you have neighbors living next

door above you and maybe also below you as well so neighbors also we are going

to play a little game today it's called uh-oh

and so when we talk about something in particular where we talk about an

article or a thing and we often call it an indefinite article we often use AA or

an however when you use these depends on the word that you are saying or the

thing you are naming so that's something we are looking forward to doing later on

is it aa or and so later on I will show you some words and I want you to tell me

if you use a or an oh very nice

what a day we have some violent storms on the way so there is the view outside

the window at the moment and you can see it doesn't look very windy however it is

it is blowing a gale at the moment even though the weather at the moment isn't

even bad apparently tonight we are going to get

lots of very strong winds they are going to batter the UK so we have a tropical

storm coming our way now I have been very lucky to get hold of some satellite

footage that shows this storm so here it is here is the storm that is now on its

way and there it is storm attea I hope I pronounced that right so

storm attea is now approaching the UK and

tonight it will hit the UK and there you can see some very strong winds so there

will be winds approaching 75 miles an hour so it's going to get very windy

where I live over the next few hours as the storm approaches storm at here is

approaching the UK and can you believe it we are actually in the worst area so

where I live is actually going to be one of the worst affected areas so I'm going

to be honest with you I feel a little worried about this

already some of my Christmas lights have been damaged can you believe it I've

only put them up a few days and already some of my Christmas lights have been

slightly damaged so this afternoon I will have to go onto the roof and repair

some of my Christmas lights because the wind already has blown it away hello

ell Cory hello L Cory nice to see you here today

so yesterday I was at the Christmas Fair in Much Wenlock and I thought it would

be interesting to take a look at one of my old lessons and this was a lesson

that I filmed during December 2013 but I hope you find it interesting because in

the video I am walking around and taking a very close look at what happens every

year had the Much Wenlock Christmas Fair

oh hello there hi everybody this is mr. Duncan

in England Here I am again with another December drop in how are you on this

fine day are you okay are you fine and happy I hope so

well Christmas is definitely on the way and as if we needed reminding here I am

in my hometown of Much Wenlock and can you see what's happening behind me it's

all going on today because here they are holding a Christmas Fair

well the crowds are out today for the Much Wenlock Christmas Fair during any

special festival or time of year fairs are held the tradition of holding

village fairs goes back hundreds of years these events give local people a

chance to get together and it serves as a great opportunity for farmers and

other traders to show off their produce and wares

the local fair also allows money to be raised these days many charities can be

found collecting for their causes at local fairs it is interesting to note

that the word produce can be used as a verb or a noun to make something is

produce the thing grown or cultivated is produce the spelling of fair is the

old-fashioned spelling of fair these days the word is rarely used in its

archaic or old form except during these occasions

there are many things on sale here today tea and sandwiches burgers and hot dogs

and other hot refreshments are on sale here today

these hats caught my eye and you know how much I like hats

the focal point of today's fare will be the switching on of the Christmas lights

many people will gather in the square for the switching on ceremony

there are lots of interesting things to do in see here today this man is called

a town crier a crier is a person who is employed by a local council to make

public announcements these days the role of a town crier is mainly ceremonial

they are only present during special events in the past a town crier would

announce local events and court of law decisions in a very loud voice that is

why they are called a crier to cry can mean to shed tears and weep or it can be

used to express shouting yelling and calling out this man is busking a busker

is a person who performs in a public place this busker is playing several

musical instruments at the same time he is performing as a one-man band quite

often people will give money to the busker as he or she performs that is how

a busker makes a living small donations are given by the audience

these days buskers also helped to raise money for charity they are also known as

street performers

many festive events are taking place during the run-up to Christmas the word

festive refers to a happy celebration a jolly time a joyous occasion the events

are described as festivities today's festivities are connected with Christmas

the Sun is setting over Much Wenlock and people are gathering in the main square

where the Christmas lights are about to be switched on

normally a countdown will take place before the switches thrown and the

lights come on

so the lights are on and everyone is happy there is no escaping the fact that

Christmas is on the way of course not everyone celebrates Christmas there are

other faiths besides the Christian one Christmas is just one of many religious

festivals that take place during the year some religions do not observe

Christmas while others do with slight variations it is not unusual for those

with no religious beliefs to join in with the Christmas celebrations it is a

joyous time for all a time for people to join together and be happy

well I hope you have enjoyed today's December drop-in it's been a little bit

different with me out and about at the Much Wenlock fair

this is mr. duncan in england saying thank you for joining me today and of

course on behalf of everybody here in Much Wenlock sitar for now

don't worry I'm not going anywhere

I hope you enjoyed that something a little different something different for

you to look at the Much Wenlock Christmas Fair that took place yesterday

and that was a lesson I made way back in 2013 but to be honest with you the

Christmas Fair here in which Wenlock is pretty much the same every year so

similar things happen no matter which year it is to be honest so I was there

live yesterday as well a very busy week and I have a feeling this month is also

going to be very busy as well so when do we use ah and when do we use and when we

are expressing an indefinite article so for example here is one word that I'm

going to show you now Apple Apple Apple so when we say Apple and we are naming

one Apple do we say ah or an apple which one is it which one do we use the

answer is

and we actually say an apple an apple an apple not at Apple so quite often with

vowels we were up we will often use an an apple I am eating an apple an apple

so that is what we use when we say Apple as an indefinite article we are saying

one thing something we are doing with that here's another one

horse horse so which one do we use do we say aa or an AA or an which one do we

use I will give you a moment to answer Christine says who was the man who was

shouting at the people waiting for the lights to turn on

he is the town crier and that particular town crier is the tallest town crier in

the UK apparently and he is very tall he's taller than me and not many people

are taller than me so which one is it is it a or an the answer is if I can get

the piece of paper it is ah a horse I am sitting on a horse a horse a horse now I

suppose it's fair to mention why there is a difference so I will put it on the

screen so you can look at it closely and carefully now the reason why we do this

well first of all they a lot of arguments taking place and they

have been taking place for many years especially amongst English aficionados

and people who really are quite strict when it comes to the use of the English

language so it is a historical document or is it an historical document a hotel

or an Hotel there is still some diversions of opinion over which form of

the infinite indefinite article should be used before words that begin with H

and have an unstressed first syllable in the 18th and 19th centuries people often

did not pronounce the initial H for these words and so an was commonly used

today the H is pronounced and so it is logical to use a rather than an ax

however the indefinite article an is still encountered before the H in both

British and American English particularly particularly with

historical so you will actually say am historical not ah so you don't say a

historical you will say an historical even though there are people who

disagree in the Oxford English corpus around a quarter of examples of

historical are preceded with an rather than aa so there you can see there is a

definite difference in some cases but it does depend on which word you are using

and I think I'm going to mention that in a moment

so with horse we say a horse however many years ago many people would

pronounce words beginning with H and they would leave

out the H sound they would actually leave it out and they would say orce so

they would say a Norse however nowadays we do pronounce the letter H so we say a

horse I'm sitting on a horse so I hope that clears that one up here's another

one which which one do we use though if we

are using an indefinite article which one do we use is it a or an oh I enjoyed

that moment of silence so we say an O ah I am eating an orange I am eating an

orange so there it is an orange I'm eating an orange not orange an orange

I'm eating an orange another one now

tree tree so which one do we use do we say act free or am tree this one's easy

I know it's easy I know everyone is going to have the right answer to this

it is a tree I am climbing a tree a tree a tree I am climbing a tree

and here's the one I mentioned earlier for those who have already forgotten

historic historic so what do we say do we say ah or an a historic or an

historic which one do we use now there is a big argument and it has been taking

place for many many years almost as long as these words have existed ah historic

or an historic so which one is it well I did give you a clue earlier on it

is in fact an historic so many people believe that you should say an historic

even though in modern grammar most people think that it is a historic and

historic and historic moment so am is preferred very strange

I know so a historic moment or an historic moment there is a lot of debate

over which one is correct

here's a good one no I'm not describing myself is it ah oh and is someone an

idiot or an idiot an idiot or an idiot which one is it the answer is

and he is an idiot an idiot he is such an idiot an idiot so again it

might sound as if we should use an idiot he is an idiot he is an idiot an idiot

very nice in a word combination an honest man a man but honest H so the

sound is not pronounced honest is an adjective so in the combination we say

an honest man see yes well that's because quite often the H is also

included included so an honest man even though the H is not pronounced we say an

honest man and that's one of the few words that is still pronounced with

dropping the H so we don't say honnest no one says honnest however we do say

hotel so quite often again in the past people would say and hotel and hotel

however not many people use that nowadays however with historic people do

so people still say an historic moment even though technically it isn't right

and even the oxford dictionary says that it is correct

so yes an honest man is honest and honest because the H is not pronounced

so I hope that I hope that pronounces

that answer the question idiot thank you very much to Noemi

who says mr. Duncan you are not an idiot

dents so which one do we use do we say and dance or do we say a dance I am

going to a dance a dance I am going to a dance so we don't say an dance it

doesn't come out of your mouth very well instead we say a dance I am going to a

dance tonight I am going to a dance not I am going to an dance oh here's a good

one talking of the election taking place

this Thursday independent independent so independent which do we use do we say ah

and so which one is it is it ah independent or an independent which one

is it the answer coming up in a few moments time ah independent or an

independent and when we talk about independent in politics it means that

you don't belong to any political party you are standing quite often alone so

you don't represent any political party you just represent yourself you are

standing as an independent candidate in fact I just gave you the answer there so

it is in fact and you are standing as an independent candidate an independent

candidate so the answer is an an independent candidate the word candidate

by the way means a person who is standing

for election a candidate someone who is standing for election they want your

vote they will be representing your area if you vote for them

bicycle here's an interesting one so a word beginning with B is it aa or an a

bicycle and bicycle which one is it a bicycle or an bicycle thank you very

much to Eric and Anna for your answers there do you represent yourself or your

voters thank you Valentin yes quite often a person who stands as an

independent candidate it means they are representing themselves however they

will often stand for four different issues so maybe an independent candidate

who doesn't belong to any other political party mites but might be

standing for particular issues bicycle so is it an or AA the answer is a

bicycle I am sitting on a bicycle so we say ah not an we don't say an bicycle we

say a bicycle I am riding a bicycle I am riding a bike finally we have one more

and then we are talking about being a good neighbor what about you are you a

good neighbor do you have good neighbors nearby so here's the last one you know

ah or am game so is it a or an is it a victim or an victim he was a

victim he was a victim which one do you think it is the answer is Harold says I

want to ride my bicycle well that's a different thing altogether and it's

possessive of course we say evict him he was a victim of crime a victim of crime

so we say a victim he was a victim she was a victim victim so we say ah

evict him he was a victim a victim of crime a victim of assault a victim of

the Second World War a victim so I hope you enjoyed that a few examples there

there are many others in fact I could probably stand here for two hours giving

you lots of examples but now you get the idea so quite often if we have a vowel

quite often it will be M such as an apple and if it isn't quite often it

will be ah a bicycle a boy a love letter I just thought of that

JM rich says yesterday mr. Duncan was a victim of a child yes I don't know why

there was a child yesterday that wouldn't leave me alone even though the

parents were watching the parents were standing right next to me

and they were laughing they thought it was hilarious that their child was was

coming up to me and bothering me whilst I was trying to do my lovely

livestream yes this dynamic is great mr. Duncan

Thank You Erik it's very kind of you to say I always like to do something a

little different during my live streams I will be going in around about 10 or 15

minutes so I will be going but don't worry I am back again on Wednesday and

also Friday I've also noticed s-- that in December Christmas Day is on

Wednesday so Christmas Day this year is actually

on Wednesday don't forget also next Friday it is the 13th Friday the 13th

next Friday are you superstitious we'll have to wait

and see so here we go the word is neighbor we are talking about being a

good neighbor do you have good neighbors or do you have bad neighbors the

spelling of this word depends where you are in British English we say neighbor

and we spell it like this in American English

they also say neighbor but they spell it differently British English American

English so the meaning of neighbor it's very simple and I will show you on the

screen so you can get a good look to be nearby or next to close proximity or

alongside so if you are nearby or next to something or a person or a thing you

can be described as the neighbor you are nearby quite often when we are talking

about things that are related or very close to each other

so to be in close proximity or alongside so quite often if you live in a house

quite often there will be another family or other residents living in close

proximity nearby or next to and we describe those as your neighbors they

are your neighbors the word neighbor by the way did you know that the word

neighbor originated in Old English and means nearby peasant so nei is an old

use of near and boor originally spelt be O R means peasant hence the word

neighbor so a nearby peasant someone close to you who is a commoner can be a

neighbor and that's where the word comes from did you know that well you do now

quite often we will describe our neighbors as the people next door so

when we talk about those who live very close to us but not with us so they are

nearby but they don't live with you they are the people next door your neighbors

the people who live next door they live next to you or alongside you a person

who is a good neighbor a person who is a friendly neighbor a person who is a

pleasant person and they are always kind considerate and they love their

neighbors very much they love saying hello to them they live to say hello in

the morning they are very neighborly so if a person is neighborly

it means they are kind considerate generous they are concerned with the

well-being of the people who live nearby they are very neighborly we often think

of people in the United States as being very neighborly so we often see

especially in movies you will often see neighbors waving to each other morning

neighbor good morning neighbor I'm not sure about here in the UK I think here

in the UK we are not so neighborly a lot of neighbors like to keep to themselves

they don't like to talk to other people and sometimes maybe they will pretend

not to see their neighbor so maybe they are outside in the garden and perhaps

you go outside as well the neighbor next door will pretend not to see you they

will pretend that they didn't see you because really they don't want to talk

to you so neighborly means to be kind and

considerate to those who live nearby however you can also be unneighborly so

maybe you ignore your neighbors

hello also to Mohammed nice to see you here hello also to Erik I have very good

neighbors who show solidarity in bad times I think it's very good I think you

are very lucky if you have good neighbors I think you are lucky and you

should keep them happy that's all I can say keep your good neighbors happy I am

living in this flat for two years and I never see my neighbors next door I never

see them at all says flower Espoir I don't think that's unusual I will be

honest with you so next door to me

there there are some new neighbors next door now and they are really nice

so my new next-door neighbors they moved next door about two years ago and they

are lovely they're very friendly very active and quite often we will we will

have a chat in the garden together so I'm very lucky that we have good

neighbors next door however the neighbor that lived there

before wasn't very neighborly he didn't want to speak to us at all he would

pretend not to see us in fact one day I caught him going through the back of his

garden he was squeezing between two trees because he didn't want to speak to

me so we used to have a neighbor next door who really did not like talking to

me I don't know why I can't believe it Satur Eno says I live in a building and

in this building there are a hundred and ninety seven families as well I hate the

owner of the dogs because their dogs will crap everywhere and also they will

go for a wee-wee everywhere it is revolting Thank You satury no I did

mention this yesterday during my live stream in Much Wenlock there is a game

that I play when I walk into town and the game is try not to step into the dog

poo a lot of people round here have dogs and they allow their dogs to do their

anywhere they poo all over the place so there is nothing more annoying than

stepping into dog poo so I agree with you it is one of my dislikes as well and

I'm sure there are many arguments between neighbors over maybe the dog

barking or

the dog pooping so I can imagine that there must be lots of people who get

very annoyed at their neighbors if they own a dog I think so hello dev dev good

ara hello I'm new here welcome dev to my live chat for a Sunday

and I'm live in England

don't worry that applause wasn't for me it was for you dev so welcome nice to

see you here today great to see you Mohammed Mohammed II says I have a lot

of neighbors and I never speak to them so I see my neighbors but without

speaking so quite often we avoid speaking to our neighbors I always find

that very strange now when we first moved here too much Wenlock I decided

that I was going to be friendly to everyone so I really did try very hard

to be friendly to everyone who lives here in my little village sometimes it

worked and sometimes it didn't so there are some people who live in the village

who who ignore me when they see me but that's fine I don't care I'm not all

that worried Sally says I live in the building with my neighbors and we are

all busy with our lives but in general they are nice good for you

I'm glad to hear that Sally so you have nice neighbours so your neighbors are

very neighborly so to be neighborly means to be nice to the people who live

nearby however not all neighbors are good neighbors you can have bad

neighbors as well maybe you have a nosy neighbor nosy hmm they are always prying

into your private life maybe they watch you when you go out in the morning maybe

they are always watching you behind the curtain

they are watching what you are doing uh-huh where is mr. Duncan going Oh mr.

Duncan is going again he's going out I wonder where Duncan is Duncan is going

oh there's mr. Steve oh what's mr. Steve doing oh he's

out as well oh oh they're not going out together oh maybe there's a problem oh I

better tell my other friends so there is nothing worse than a nosy neighbor a

nosy neighbor is someone who will often try to find out your private business

what is going on in your life so yes I know in the past I have had nosy

neighbors mr. Steeves mum is always complaining about one of her neighbours

because apparently one of her neighbors is very nosy here is an interesting

action do you know this one so here is an interesting phrase pop in if you pop

in it means you will suddenly appear you will pop in or we can also say pop round

so if you pop in it means you go to one of your neighbours houses and you knock

on the door even though you haven't been invited so you just pop in or pop around

or pop round so if you pop in to your neighbor or pop round to your neighbour

it means you go there without being invited or without being asked so you

just pop in or pop round you call on your neighbour but quite often without

being and VAR invited you pop in hmm so are you friendly with your neighbours

here is the most worrying type of neighbor I don't know about you but two

years ago when we had new neighbors well in fact to go to the beginning of

the story when we first realized that our neighbour was moving we felt very

worried because you don't know what your new neighbors are going to be like

maybe your new neighbors will be nice people maybe they will be noisy maybe

they will be horrible maybe they will make your life very miserable

so having new neighbors can be a very stressful thing even before they arrive

because you worry just in case they are not good neighbors

so if you have new neighbors it can be a very stressful time I think so

Julie G says a person who is always looking through their curtains is called

a curtain stretcher a curtain stretcher is a person who is always looking from

behind the curtains they are watching very closely here we

call them a curtain twitcher so a curtain twitcher is a person who is

always looking from behind their curtain they are very interested in what is

happening with the neighbors they are very nosy almost all people in the USA

are afraid of their neighbors says Eman I've never heard of that I always get

the impression and one of my neighbors is actually American so one of my

next-door neighbors here where I live is actually American she comes from the USA

and she came here many years ago to get married so yes one of my neighbors who

lives very nearby is from the United States and she always says that the

neighbors in the United States are very friendly they will often pop round they

will often inquire to make sure that their neighbors are okay and happy which

i think is quite nice mr. Duncan I would like to hear one lesson with the

pronunciation of young people in London because I found it very difficult to

follow what they said to me thank you Liliana

Liliana Beatriz hello to you thanks for joining me well

when we talk about London when we talk about different parts of the UK we are

actually talking about accents so yes you might find that in London some

people speak very quickly or maybe with a very strong accent you might even find

that certain British people might have difficulty understanding other British

people even though they both speak the same language however their accents will

be different yes if you pop around if you pop round or pop around it means you

go to your neighbours you will drop in that's another one you you can use drop

in so if you drop in it means you suddenly appear you haven't been invited

you haven't been asked you just go round to your neighbor without them realizing

that you are coming round you drop in you pop round you suddenly appear Tran

new Winn is here hello to you as well yes you are right

people in the US are quite friendly maybe more friendly than people in the

UK yes I would say so I would agree with that this is something I mentioned

yesterday quite often in the UK we are very suspicious of other people we are

quite wary of what other people are doing and that happened to me when I

first moved here into this area because I'm a person who likes filming the

nature and also making my lessons outside so when I first moved here many

neighbors were very suspicious of me because they didn't know what I was

doing so yes it did cause a lot of problems I must be honest

dev says I always give candy to my neighbors to make them stop being noisy

I like that that's a good one I like that idea always stay friendly with your

neighbors because you never know when you will need them that's what I believe

anyway hello Anna hello pachu I will often see my

neighbors outside in the garden and at Christmas we always meet up and

sometimes we have a meal together so we have had quite a few meals with our

neighbors we will join them for a meal sometimes we will have a curry or maybe

something at Christmastime we will go round to their house so quite often some

of the neighbors around here will will join each other especially at this time

of the year so around Christmas time people will normally join together they

will join together in groups because it's the period it's the season of

goodwill apparently I'm going in a moment as we come up to quarter past

three on a Sunday afternoon Thank You pal Amira thank you also to Belarusian

Belarus you is going see you later and I will be back with you on Wednesday 2

p.m. UK time and also on Friday Friday the 13th is coming what about you are

you superstitious do you think that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day Chris

Murrells says some people say that foreigners love to live in the

Philippines because Filipinos make friendly and kind neighbors I think you

are right yes especially in Asia I noticed this also in China so in China

it's the same thing because I lived in China

and I I did notice that many neighbors are very kind and considerate and there

are many rules that exist in China for example if you go round to one of your

neighbours houses you must always take a gift quite often

some fruit may be something very small an item of food so quite often when one

neighbor visits another neighbor they will often take an offering quite often

fruit so that's something I did learn when I was living in China thank you to

Luis Thank You sweetness Thank You Marta

thank you mr. Duncan thank you also Mohammed thanks Pat to Nabil nice

to see you here as well today thanks for joining me thank you very much to

everyone in fact it's been a very busy one so many things to talk about today

at the end of a very busy week I wonder what next week will be like well I have

a feeling that next week is going to be very busy because here in the UK we have

a general election so I will see you on Wednesday

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so now there is no excuse

before I go here is another word that I didn't mention but I'm going to mention

it's a very big one look at the size of that word it's a very big word

neighborhood so the neighborhood is the area in which you live so if you live in

an area and you are surrounded by people living in their houses we will often

just describe it as a neighborhood so the neighborhood or you might also hear

it described as district so the district or the area is the neighborhood the

surrounding area in which you live the people that live around you so this is a

very general term used to describe the area in which you live and that is

definitely it bye bye flower bye vocabulary list bye sweetness bye

Lilliana thank you very much

apparently Liliana has been staying in London very nice I hope you had a good

time there thank you very much Anna Alamgir

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