🌞 Sunny Thursday / looking on the bright side / 26th March 2020 / Mr Duncan in England

so here we are again welcome to another live stream

it's Thursday to be honest with you I'm having difficulty remembering what day

of the week it is to be honest with you it it said Thursday on my phone so I'm

going to assume that it is Thursday hi everybody welcome to England yes this is

a special livestream for those who are wondering what this is I am doing a

daily livestream during these very strange times it is a very unusual

period of time I think it's safe to say that this is a very strange time so the

reason why I'm here is to well first of all it gives me something to do and

hopefully it will give you something to do as well so during this time I will be

giving you some lovely live streams during well the next couple of weeks

maybe maybe even the next couple of months who knows it's nice to see so

many people already joining did you see last night did you see the live stream

last night I was standing at the top of Wenlock edge and I actually stayed until

the Sun went down so if you were lucky enough to catch my live stream last

night I was outside and I did show the sunset live from where I was standing

can I just say when I got home last night I was absolutely freezing in fact

my hens had turned purple that's how cold I was yesterday because I was

standing for two hours yesterday two hours can you believe it so there is the

view for those who want to see what the weather is like we are very lucky

moment because we are having lots of nice weather the weather isn't too bad

although I have to say today the weather is a little cooler now yesterday was

lovely in warm however today is quite cool so I've

decided not to go too far away from the house so once again today I am in the

garden and you can see the beautiful trees I will zoom in so you can see some

of the cherry blossom as I say every day it really does feel like spring is in

the air so the cherry blossom is out and you can see that everything is looking

nice the birds are also very busy today

because I put some food out for the birds so the birds are feeling very

excited at the moment so you might hear the birds singing and that singing will

be the song of gratefulness they are singing thank you mr. Duncan for giving

us some food Thank You mr. Duncan you've put us in a good mood so the birds are

happy I am happy and I hope you are happy as well I hope you are all having

a good time and don't forget as I always say you are not alone don't forget you

are not alone you are not by yourself because we can share this experience

together through the wonders of modern technology but of course the big

question is mr. Duncan where are you we can't see you please let us see your

beautiful handsome face

ok here we go 3 2 1 make mr. Duncan appear oh it's horrible

make it go away it's horrible hi mr. Van Coon nice to see you here hello Helena

nice to see you here as well welcome to the garden it is a lovely Thursday

afternoon the birds are singing and I feel okay not too bad I had a lovely

sleep last night one of the things about doing these live streams is well first

of all it might not seem like it but it is very tiring doing the live streams it

can be very tiring it can make you feel quite tired so I must be honest with you

I was very tired last night when I got home from my late evening livestream so

today I'm feeling refreshed I had a lovely sleep I hope you did as well I

know a lot of people at the moment are feeling worried and anxious during this

strange period of time however you don't have to feel worried you don't have to

be afraid because I am here to help you through this I am here to help you get

through this very strange period of time I might actually go on the roof in a

little while so I'm not sure at the moment we will see what happens because

some of my neighbours are now cutting their grass so it might be a little

noisy but I might go up on the roof in a little while to give you a better view

of the area I think on the on the roof will be too windy maybe maybe so the

reason why I'm doing this from my garden today is because it is quite cold so it

isn't very warm today fortunately it is not hello Belarusian

Belarusian it is nice to see you back and I hope things are okay with your

father as well because you have been taking

care of your father during this period of time hello Noemi

Anna is here hi Anna nice to see you here today hi everybody

my name is mr. Duncan how are you today are you okay I hope so are you happy

wait there are you happy I hope so I really hope you are happy today I'm

feeling okay I am trying to keep myself happy I'm trying to keep my spirits up

by getting a little bit of sunlight on my face I'm just wondering whether I'm

turning brown do you think I might turn brown if I spend enough time out here

maybe I might get a very nice suntan who knows hello

I will hello I will nice to see you here as well I had a lovely sleep I went to

bed last night and I fell asleep straight away I was so hello mr. bird

there was a little bird sitting above my head

hi everyone hello - hello I will again hello - lint boy J s lint boy hello to

you as well where are you watching at the moment what time is it in your

country at the moment I will tell you what time it is it is actually five

minutes away from two o'clock in the afternoon I will show you on my watch so

now you can see it is five minutes away from two o'clock here in the UK and it

is myself mr. Duncan that's me by the way for those who are wondering here is

that strange man talking on my computer screen well my name is Duncan and I

teach English on YouTube and I've been doing this forever such a long time do

you know how long I've been doing this for a very long time indeed hi to all a

live chat nice to see so many people here today I am standing in my back

garden the sunlight is warm on my face however there is also a very cold breeze

because apparently the weather is going to get very bad over the next few days

here in the UK so unfortunately it looks as if this lovely warm spell of weather

is going to come to an end soon so that's some bad news you have a little

bit of bad news there because it looks as if our lovely springtime weather is

going to come to an end they think next week we might get some snow can you

believe it we might actually some snow next week I can't believe it I

suppose I should keep my distance really so I must keep my safe distance from you

even though I'm talking you I'm talking to you through the internet Florence

says I love your garden thank you very much the garden is looking quite nice

because it is springtime why were you late mr. Duncan I thought someone had

kidnapped you that's a very interesting sounds around me the sounds of

springtime hello bye Anna thank you for spending your time with us I have a

question which of these two sentences is Right what did you did or what did you

do the second one is correct what did you do what did you do what so the thing

in question is what did you are the subject what did you do what have you

done so you can also say what have you done what did you do sir my connection

is not very good I'm sorry to hear that if you are having trouble with the

connection maybe you can reduce the quality of the picture

so maybe you can downgrade the picture on your device and then maybe the

connection will be better so I hope you can see me and I hope you can hear me

okay Anna asks Oh Anna hello Anna nice to see you here as well is anyone

reading any books is anyone reading any books during this lockdown if you are

what are you reading so is anyone out there reading anything interesting maybe

you have picked up a book maybe just before this happened

you borrowed some books from the library so are you reading any interesting

stories maybe a book maybe you are rereading so if you reread it means you

read something that you've already read so something you've already read is

something you are re reading you re read you do it again re-read hello to

Florence yes I am reading Spanish books because I'm studying two languages at

the same time I mention this the other day do you remember the other day I did

actually mention this and I talked about the difficulty of learning two languages

at the same time and I think it can be hard but if you do it carefully and if

you divide your time between the two languages I think actually you can have

some success I think so Lille hello Lille are there any Bulls or lambs in

your neighbor's field no at the moment if you look you can see the field behind

me look the field at the moment is empty completely empty there are no animals in

the field so sometimes we have sheep in this field and sometimes we will have

Bulls it's true and sometimes they get very angry and chase people around so

sometimes we have sheep and sometimes we have sheep with their lambs

unfortunately this year there are no sheep there are no lambs in the field

what a shame it would have been so nice to have shown you all of the all of the

the nature especially if there were some sheep or lambs in the in the back garden

but there aren't I'm sorry about that sooo cat says I am rereading the power

of intention by dr. Wayne Dyer that sounds very intriguing that sounds like

a self-help book is it a self-help book so when we talk about

self-help it is something that you are doing you are learning something that is

beneficial to your well-being so something that can help you with the way

you live or the way you think so over the past 20 years self-help learning has

become a very big business I think so self-help yes there are many ways of

giving yourself self-help you can read books about thinking the way your mind

works maybe you are a person who gets very anxious about things especially at

the moment and just before I came outside there was a special report on

BBC News about people who are suffering with anxiety problems and how they are

coping with this difficult period of time hello uni Kareena I am studying at

the moment to pass my driving test maybe next year and I am 30 ish so you

are around the age of 30 but I think I am too old no no way you are not too old

you are never too old to learn something new look at me look at me I'm I'm an old

wrinkly man and I'm still able to learn new things I taught myself how to

produce and edit videos I taught myself how to use technology so maybe these are

things that a lot of people would not do because they were afraid that they would

fail however you are never too old please don't say that I think it is the

saddest thing a person can ever say besides I give up

so two things you should never say you should never say that you are too old to

do something and you should definitely never say I give up never say those

things always keep trying you never know you might be very close to your goal

sometimes you might be closer to your goal than you realize so many of us go

through life thinking that we are failing however sometimes you can lose

your own perspective you can lose your own view of what is really happening in

your life so I think that most people at some point in their life lose confidence

or maybe they lose self belief but I think having belief in yourself and

telling yourself that you can do it is very beneficial and I should know

because I use it myself you see never give up never stop because

you might just be on the verge of having success it might be very close and

sometimes it is closer than you realize I think so

hello to Rakesh hello Rakesh I every time I try spinning my pen but I can't

spin my pen very well can anyone tell me how to do that you can spin your pen

there are people who can hold their pen in their hand and they can spin it they

can flip their pen around in their hand I must admit I can't do it I can half do

it so I spin the pen but then it flies away

you see so I don't hello - you win hello new win you win -

trial who I think is watching at the moment in Vietnam hello to you as well I

hope you can see me and I hope you can hear me okay

kübra hello kübra I really envy you well you shouldn't envy me because I'm

in the same situation as you I can come outside into the garden however I can't

go anywhere else I can't go into town I can't socialize with other people so I

have to stay on my own I have to stand in my garden all alone although I will

say that I am lucky because I can stand in this garden and enjoy the sunshine

while it lasts because the snow is on its way yes next week

they think it might be snowing next week they think it might be snowing the sound

is low I don't know why the sound is low because I'm very close to the microphone

can you hear me now is that better the Jo Quinn says you are

something oh I love your channel thank you very much for that mr. Duncan where

is mr. Steve Steve is having to work so during this time Steve is still working

however he is working in the house so he has to carry on working so he can still

do his work on his computer so he hasn't stopped working he is still doing his

job and I am doing my job I'm carrying on doing this in fact I'm doing it more

than I usually do it's crazy I know it is crazy we are living through very

strange times let's have a look at the back shall we for those who are

wondering so we will have a little look at the

back of the house just so you can see where I am so we have some nice

countryside here the day is nice the weather is looking good but as I said

earlier it looks as if there might be snow on the way so in a few days from

now we might actually have snow on the ground so I think that will be very

exciting imagine that if I can actually do my livestream from outside in the

snow so that is what the weather forecast is saying at the moment that

there might be some snow on the way we might be getting some snow and of course

we have a lot of spring sights and sounds as well you have all the lovely

birds coming out on the trees as well right now so this is the damson tree you

can see my lovely dams and tree and there are lots of birds coming out I

will try to show you the birds if I can't I will try to get close so there

you can see I will use my hand so there you can see some lovely little birds

coming out on the trees so those birds are dead from from my dams and tree some

lovely but just to prove that springtime has arrived springtime is here yes I

think it will feel like Christmas when the snow starts falling I think you're

right I think you are definitely right as soon as the snow starts falling I

think it will feel a little bit like Christmas yes I don't doubt it

I think you are right I agree with you entirely so what are you doing at the

moment to pass your time away how are you spending these days these

strange days of isolation what exactly are you doing with yourself

are you doing anything special are you doing anything unusual maybe you are

learning a new skill as I said yesterday during this time you can find something

new maybe a new hobby or maybe you can search for something on the internet

that you can get involved with so one of the things at the moment that many

people are doing they are using their computers more and more what is your

trees name the name of the tree damson it is a damson tree unfortunately i

can't type on the live chat so the word is damson d a m/s Oh n damson ah Thank

You tsukete sue Kat has said mr. Duncan you can make some dams and jam yes you

are right normally mr. Steve does that so that is actually Steve's job

so normally Steve will make the dams and jam that is what he has to do so what

are you doing during this strange time lots of people now are being told to

stay in their house so not only are they big it being told to stay away from

other people we have been told to stay away from other people but also we've

been told that we have to stay at home we can't even go out we can't we can't

Priscilla hello Priscilla at the moment I'm trying

not to become a killer okay well I hope that is always a good idea I always find

that murder is never a good step it can really spoil your day so please don't

kill anyone please don't become a murderer

staying at home with mime oh I know what you're going to say now Oh Priscilla is

your husband watching this is what Priscilla has said at the moment I'm

trying not not to become a killer staying at home with my husband all the

time is driving me crazy

I'm sorry to hear that Priscilla I hope I can take your mind off the stress and

the strain of being kept in the house with your husband so I hope that this

will actually cheer you up and make you feel better oh yes he is

watching oh dear I'm ever so sorry

please don't come round and hit me you can't hit my beautiful face it's my

twinkle so how are you coping now one of the things with relationships is quite

often the people involved in the relationships do not spend time together

so sometimes if people have to spend more time together

quite often you can have a lot of strain and a lot of stress so maybe that is

what you were talking about maybe you are finding the situation quite

stressful maybe there is some stress that you have to deal with because

people in relationships normally don't spend all of their time together quite

often they will go to work they will do other things they will have separate

interests and then sometimes the couple will come together they will spend time

together and they will have a chat how was your day well my day was all right

how was your day well my day wasn't too bad okay then let's go to bed good night

that's it so that is the average conversation and time that most people

in relationships have so that is it however these days people are now being

forced to spend lots of time together and they are finding it very difficult

to cope with I have a feeling at the end of 2020 I think there are going to be

lots of divorces I think people will be queuing up outside divorce law courts

there will be people queuing along the streets all trying to get divorces

because of all the time that they've spent together maybe maybe not what

about you mr. Duncan Thank You Tatiana tatiana says what about you will you end

up killing mr. steve no I can't do that I can't do that because then I won't get

my hot cross buns on Sunday you see so I can't kill mr. Steve if I do that then

how am I going to get my hot cross buns you see I'm always thinking of these

things always thinking ahead yes hello everyone I've just finished eating

and now I am all heard or here I am Here I am all ears so if you are listening

carefully to what someone is saying you can say I am all ears

I am listening carefully to you I am all ears

I am listening carefully to what you are saying I am all ears so that's what that

means in case you were wondering hello to the live chat hello - oh hello we

have a new hello mr. Duncan can you uninstall 2020 because my computer has a

virus

yes there is nothing worse than when your computer gets a virus the only

thing worse than that is when a human being gets one I think so mr. Duncan I

have a hat that is like yours oh thank you very much I hope you enjoy your hat

as much as I do this hat is very useful today because the sunlight is really

coming down quite harshly on my face so my hat is coming in very useful today

blue thunder hello blue thunder I didn't see your message sometimes I don't see

the messages because they move very fast on the screen so I'm not ignoring your

message hello blue Thunder I hope you are feeling okay today can you please

tell us how to prepare Easter cross buns hot cross buns well I'm going to be

honest with you we normally buy ours we buy our hot cross buns from the town you

see so we don't make them ourselves unfortunately I know it's very lazy I

know I know hello to Gail Ann hello Gail and Sabir

and nice to see you here today how are you I hope you are feeling good

on this lovely Thursday

Noemi says it is important to take care of our older relatives my mother lives

next door so it is easy for me it is easy for me to take care because my

mother lives next door unfortunately my mother doesn't live

next door at the moment she is ill so she is being cared for at the moment and

unfortunately because of the current situation I can't even go to see my

mother so I've been told that I have to stay away so this is another thing

that's happening here in the UK in the UK people

are being told they can't visit hospitals anymore

they can't hello I'll share Alice yet thank you for your very intelligent

question what is this who is this why am I here well that's a big question I

would imagine it has something to do with your mum and dad getting together

one night and getting all so that's the reason why you're here I hope that

answers your question hello to Gail Ann again Kurdistan

I am from Kurdistan in Iraq hello to you a big hello to Iraq I have a lot of

people watching in the Middle East I really do hello mr. Duncan

tell us about quite often when we say quite often we mean something that

happens regularly something that happens quite a lot so quite often quite often

we are actually saying many times or something that occurs often quite often

how often do you go to town quite often I quite often go to town quite often

some people say quite often you can say often or often I often go to town I

often go to town hello Damien hello to you as well oh my goodness Damien is my

nephew hello to you it's nice to see family members joining me on the live

chat hello Damien I hope everything is going well where you are a big hello to

Yvonne as well I hope you are both well and happy during this strange time

unfortunately we can't go to see my mum at the moment because we've been told we

can't so yes it's turning out to be a very do

pickle time so the reason why I'm doing this is because I'm trying my best to

keep you company and also you are keeping me company so you are taking

care of me and hopefully I am taking care of you at the same time so that's

the reason why we are doing it quien quien Tran says how old are you you

should never ask a lady her age never Tatyana says I think you should get a

medal from YouTube for looking after us I'm not sure about that I I think

YouTube might be getting a bit bored having to send out my live streams all

the time so maybe not I might get the opposite you are not just teaching us

but you also keep us alive and also mentally stable in such strange times

Thank You Tatiana that's very kind of you to say thank you very much I try my

best all I do is try my best just like you

try your best that's all I can do I can't do any more than what I'm doing we

are both well and healthy I'm house bound now although Yvonne is

still at work oh I see yes I suppose so I suppose so Wow well take care both of

you please take care hello also - oh there is another Damien Damien Trevis

hello Damien Trevis is that your garden yes it is I'm in the garden at home I

haven't gone anywhere I have to stay here in my garden all the time now

because well Boris Johnson told me he said look look look now you must stay at

home during this difficult time so that's what Boris Johnson said he said

it to me he said well come on mr. Duncan got to stay at home you've got to stay

at home okay I know that was the worst Boris Johnson impression you have ever

heard hello mica mica is here watching in

Japan I hope you are feeling good today can I ask you what the difference is

between fatality and mortality normally we use fatality to show the occurrence

of death in a certain circumstance so I'm trying to explain this without

sounding too morbid and depressing so a fatality is the sudden death

normally in certain circumstances mortality is also the occurrence of

death so the mortality and fatality but quite often we use fatality when we are

talking about a certain event or occurrence that is caused the death of

someone so maybe we talk about the fatalities of an earthquake or a plane

crash okay that's that's made me a bit sad now not really so yes that those are

the differences but we often use fatality when we're talking about an

event that is caused death fatality what a wonderful morning hit there Thank You

us well now it is 25 minutes past 2:00 o'clock 25 past 2 here in the UK the

United Kingdom of England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland and Santa Claus grotto

hello also to sue cat has Boris Johnson a little bit of ceasing when he speaks I

don't know if I asked the question very well I've noticed with Boris Johnson

when he talks he sometimes has to think about what he's saying as he's saying it

so quite often he will touch his head or he will stroke his hair when he's trying

to think of what to say so you will see quite often when he's talking he will

think or he's trying to think about what he's going to say next and to be honest

with you it is a very hard thing to do because I do it in my life so I have to

stand here sometimes for two hours just talking so it can be very difficult to

do it's not of it's not an easy thing to do especially if you are the prime

minister of a country and you have all of that responsibility as well all the

responsibility that goes with it so imagine imagine every word you are

saying is being listened to by hundreds thousands millions of people so imagine

all of that stress Xin chào Xin chào a big hello Xin chào - are you in hello

are Xin chào to you as well Xin chào means hello in Vietnamese hello

zeki do you have any pets or animals I do not that was interesting as I said

that the dogs started barking behind me now I don't have any dogs or cats or

pets I don't own any animals however I do have the lovely wildlife all around

me I have the birds and the bees so lots of animals all around me hello - marina

yes Boris Johnson has great responsibilities so imagine imagine for

a moment that you are the leader of a country and you have to make all those

decisions imagine that I don't think I could do it to be honest I really

couldn't do it I don't think I would want to do it it's him he honest I

really don't think I could do that Minh okie hello man lucky ormond okey

hello my hero do you mean me thank you very much that's very kind of you mr.

Duncan how old is the Queen of England Queen Elizabeth is she I want to say

she's 94 she's 93 or 94 I want to say 94 and her husband Prince Philip is nearly

a hundred oh she is 93 can I just apologize to the Queen of England for

making you one year older than you really are but I did think I did think

it was 93 or 94 maybe but her husband is nearly 100 years old can you imagine

being 100 sometimes when I wake up in the morning I feel like I'm 100 years

old hi mr. Duncan hi Lee Kwang how is it

going it is going well it is hanging quite nicely

to be honest mainly to the right hello Anna it isn't simple doing what you do

almost every day talking for two hours without a script yes what I like about

doing this is it is spontaneous so I don't know what is going to happen next

you don't know what is going to happen next so it is almost as if we are just

talking in everyday life koala bear says goodbye mr. Duncan I am very sleepy see

you next time okay then Thank You kweli bee and I hope you have a

SuperDuper sleep and tomorrow you will wake up refreshed and ready to face a

new day I hope so hello esis Alvarez

hello to you as well nice to see you here as well on the live chat is mang

hello is mang hello to you from the Philippines hello to the Philippines I

know I have some viewers in the Philippines as well Boris Johnson I

don't think he has a comb for his hair can I just tell you something I think I

think Boris Johnson is going bald that's all I'm saying

but I think Boris Johnson might be going bald because I've noticed that he he

moves his hair around in a certain way and quite often you can always tell when

a man is trying to hide his bald spot or his baldness so normally they will move

their hair around in a very disorganized way so I think don't tell anyone else

this is our little secret okay I think Boris Johnson might be going bald I

think so I'm not sure it's not official please don't report me for spreading

malicious gossip but yes I am trying to avoid getting taken off hello

Kap Devi hello cap Devi I live in Spain and I enjoy and love so much your

lessons I am getting used to listening to you and I have begun to understand

spoken English you are the best thank you and greetings for all your work

thank you very much to cap devi hello to you in Spain I know things in Spain have

been difficult just like many parts of

you Europe including Italy as well so can I

say a big hello to my viewers in Italy we are all thinking of you during this

time in fact I suppose I should say the

entire planet we are all going through a very strange period of time although it

would be fair to say that some people are going through a much worse situation

than here in the UK however that can all change I can all change very quickly we

have noticed how quickly things are changing at the moment blue thunder says

can you say hello to my girlfriend oh I see so that's why you haven't been

attending my classes now a girlfriend eh ok I will say hello to your girlfriend

your girlfriend she's watching with me will you say hello if you say hello she

will kiss me I wonder what she will do if I wave so what what will she do if I

say hello and wave I window I made myself laugh then it doesn't happen very

often hello sir annek many regards mr. Duncan

from Serbia you are perfect hello also - Ana pica nice to see you

here mr. Duncan I think a black bird just passed behind you

quite likely I think so there might be a black bird or maybe some others oh I see

so my girlfriend will give me two kisses okay then what if I wave with both hands

and say hello hello to blue thunder and his girlfriend so maybe you will get

three kisses hello duck Tran who says I will win $20 if you say hello Vietnam I

big hello to Vietnam and I hope you are feeling good today this is a special

livestream during this very strange time Arianna Arianna Grande hello to you I

love your songs especially the one where you go love love I like that one so it's

one of my favorites hello - Ariana Grande who says I am Groot I am Groot I

am Groot it looks as if we have a few fans of guardians of the galaxy watching

very nice isn't that lovely hello Amer mr. Duncan I'm happy to see

you again I will share this live string with my best friend please say a big

hello to my friend riad Azote al hello riad riad as a towel

nice to see you here and also Amer as well nice to see you back on the live

chat we have all we have istanbul istanbul not constantinople istanbul

hello to you hello Vetter or vedat hello verdict a batchi nice to see you

watching in Turkey that is a country I've been to twice so

why I have in the past beam to Turkey and I've had a lovely time there can you

share with me the experience of communicating in English please

thanks a bundle thanks a lot Cheers well communicating in English

just like any language is a big part of everyone's day

so whatever language you speak you will find that it becomes a very important

part of your day especially when you are going out or maybe maybe if you are at

work or maybe if you are socializing but I hope by using my lessons and using my

live streams you will be able to become

comfortable I think that's a good word yes I think so

I hope you will become comfortable with English and using it in your day to day

life kübra says wow you have been to Turkey I

have not only that but also I made an English lesson in Turkey so I've been to

Turkey and I also filmed a special English lesson in Turkey as well and

that is available on my youtube channel going on holiday it was a lesson all

about going on holiday Noemi hello Noemi again I have a little lizard

I have a little lizard on my balcony it is there because my cat has gone he was

a perfect predator I love having it and they catch mosquitoes so you have a

little lizard

lizard I love lizards I always remember when I

went to Madeira many years ago and there were lots of lizards on one of the

beaches that we visited and they would crawl onto your hand and they would bite

they would bite your hand it wasn't painful but they would do it they would

crawl onto your hands and they would they would bite your your skin very

strange so yes I love lizards I live amphibians I love animals that are wet

and slimy although having said that many lizards and many snakes are not wet they

look wet but they are not wet their skin is actually quite dry when you touch it

hello - sedin hello fed in' you have a garden but we are in quarantine yes I

have a garden and that's the reason why I am outside today I am getting my

exercise and that is the reason why I am outside I am exercising my vocal chords

I am exercising my mouth my tongue and also my eyes I'm exercising my eyes

because I'm reading the live chat you say hello Anna mr. Duncan from Spain we

love your lessons they are funny and we can learn and practice English well that

is the reason why I do this I do this so you can study English learn English

listen to English and hopefully eventually eventually

you will become proficient I like that word to become proficient if you are

proficient it means you are good at doing something you have gained the

skill you are proficient Mika says quite often I will see a gecko gecko that is

another type of reptile isn't it isn't it green geckos I'm sure geckos are

green I might be wrong maybe I'm thinking of chameleons chameleons now

they are very clever because they can change their colour depending on where

they are chameleons have you ever been to Pakistan I haven't I've never

traveled I've never been to that part of the world to be honest yes you must if

you want to can I just have a look at this message here because I'm trying to

read it but unfortunately the sunlight is blinding me please can you help me in

the next year I will choose English in the university but they've told me I

will have to study English orally also and my level of listening is weak so

what must I do well first of all that is a good question Thank You Mara

that is a good question what I find when you are trying to learn something

sometimes you have to identify the things you can't do and the things you

can do so maybe if you are trying to learn something especially if you are

learning it from the beginning you have to workout you have to understand what

your weaknesses are and what your strengths are so the things that you can

do well and the things that you don't do very well so

people who are learning English quite often they will have to identify the

things they can't do well so you mentioned listening well listening is

something you do slowly and gradually so that is one of the reasons why I do this

one of the reasons why I do these lessons is to give you a chance to

listen to English being spoken and because these are live so you are

watching a live stream not recorded this is all live it is spontaneous so it

gives you a very good chance to listen to the English language being used

naturally I hope so anyway hello to Zeki

vedette a bat G that the bat G from Istanbul is my friend could you please

say hello to my friend hello to vedett a ver a bat Chi

I hope I pronounced your name right and a big hello also to Zeki

as well watching in Turkey new Shar says we miss mr. Steve I know it is a shame

we can't have mr. Steve here because he is working so he still has to work

during this time Thank You Mara wha you have to identify the things you can't do

before you can try to do them I know that might sound confusing but sometimes

identifying the things you need to improve is a good way to prevent

yourself from wasting time I have done it myself in the past how is the

situation with going in your country well things at the moment are not great

I can't put any positive light on what is happening at the moment here in the

UK I really can't so things aren't great the moment they are not good things are

slowly getting worse in certain parts of the country especially in the southeast

London that area there are many new cases of at the moment

can you speak German I I don't speak German I must be honest with you

nein would be my answer to that I am reading word power made easy oh so

is that some sort of exercise book hello to Legion lee joong-gu

is that an exercise book that you're using is it a text book to help you with

your English maybe it is Lala hello Lala nice to see you here as well I love to

sing your name especially when I can't remember the words to a song I go la la

la la la I have followed you for a long time I hope one day I will meet you

please keep healthy you will be pleased to hear that I am healthy I am not sick

I am not unwell I am feeling pretty good one of the most important things and

this is something I'm saying seriously please make sure that you get enough

sleep I know it seems like a small thing it seems like something that maybe you

can miss and then catch up with later but however however this is what I'm

going to say make sure you get enough sleep because this is the thing that I'm

working on I'm making sure that I get plenty of sleep a long rested relaxing

sleep you must make sure that you are having a lovely comfortable sleep don't

force yourself to sleep but you must try to get your mind into a state where you

can relax once you relax you will find that you

can sleep could you do your classes with more informal English a topic extra for

your livestream well normally when I'm in the studio I have in the past done

many lessons live lessons about certain topics and subjects however at the

moment because of the situation that is happening I am trying to broaden these

live streams so the subjects in these live streams can be very wide so our

discussions can go on and on hello also - oh hello Mavi thank you for

your for your suggestion again thank you very much

very interesting please don't forget to give me a thumbs up a lot of people

forget they often forget to give me a lovely thumbs up so please don't forget

thumb there it is give me a thumb and also share to let me know that you love

me and you care that would be very nice that would be lovely

I have been sleeping too much says Cecilia well yes maybe you can't sleep

too much too much of anything is bad for you I think you're right so yes my point

is making sure that you get plenty of rest

now when I say rest I mean actual sleep you are actually having nice relaxed

deep sleep you are really feeling refreshed so that's what I'm trying to

do at the moment I'm trying to make sure that I am getting a very good night's

sleep hello - Liz Liz Chung hello to you I

have a soft spot for all your videos sometimes I found I mix up British

English and American English in writing well especially when you are

spelling words yes you have to be careful if you are using British English

you might have to spell the words differently then when you are using

American English in writing so speaking isn't so important so when you are

speaking it doesn't matter if you use American words it doesn't really matter

because you can't see the words because you are not spelling them you are saying

them I think so 10 yeah is here hello Tanya sorry mr. Duncan I am a bit late

don't worry as I always say it is better to be late than never

so yes it is only important to know the differences between American English and

British English if you are writing to be honest with you normally it will make no

difference if you are speaking if you are speaking yes please give me a thumbs

up I love to see the thumbs it is what keeps me going it is what keeps me

smiling during these tough and difficult times so please give me a lovely thumbs

up go on you know you want to

Zardo hello or Darrow hello Darrow what do you think about the

perfect participle do you often use this structure as a native speaker well again

it really depends on what the situation is certain types of speech platon depend

on what you are trying to say whether you are saying something in the perfect

tense or maybe you are using a certain time period maybe you are using Future

past or present so it really does depend on what you are actually talking about

and the structure of the sentence the live chat is going by very quickly I'm

sorry if I miss your messages but there are many messages tsukete says I find it

easier to watch British channels than American channels hello Timofey hello

Timofey I like your name by the way that's a very interesting name

Tim Oh Timofey interesting you are really interesting and I only watch you

on YouTube thank you for letting me know thank you I'm glad that my videos are

useful I'm really glad to hear that I will be with you for about another about

another 20 minutes about another 20 minutes I will be with you can we say

that Boris Johnson has messy hair messy yes if something is untidy if something

looks and pleasant to look at so a person's hair so if the person doesn't

comb their hair and make it look neat and tidy we can say that it is messy it

is messy so if something is messy means it is unkept or unkempt or untidy

something that's being neglected can be messy messy can you speak with an

American accent well I don't see the point

really I don't see the point of speaking with an American accent really to be

honest with you Irene is going Thank You mr. Duncan and

everyone I have to go now Thank You Irene I hope you have enjoyed this

livestream and I hope you have a good day a good evening and a nice rest as

well li'l is going as well a lot of people have things to do maybe you have

a family to take care of maybe it is late at night where you are and maybe

you are thinking of going to bed in which case I hope you are having a nice

sleep Connell oh hello Connell we are watching you on

our TV my nice pavana and nephew car car Gunny car Gunny I

hope I pronounced his name right or else I'm going to get into big trouble hello

- pavana and also car Ghani hello to you and I

hope I pronounced your names right and I hope you can see me clearly on your big

television look at that Wow Wow mr. Duncan we can see all of your wrinkles

on your face I'm getting very close to the camera so hello to you I know I

should be keeping my distance you are right mr. Duncan you have to keep your

distance I will I will go over here

my neighbor's dog is getting very angry I don't know why it's not my fault

nothing to do with me for those who've just joined me hello my name is Duncan I

teach English on YouTube I live in England and this is the view at the

moment that I'm looking at there it is so there is the view right now in my

garden and it's a sunny Thursday it's a very nice day today so I thought I would

come outside again and share a little bit of this fresh air outside it is

rather nice and you can also see there is a lot of blossom on the tree and

let's not forget the daffodils as well there are lots of lovely daffodils

growing as well Meeker is going see you later

and also Belarusian I am leaving now because I have lots to do nice to see

you until the next time I can watch the live stream be healthy thank you

Belarusian that is very kind of you to say thank you thanks a lot also Mika is

going as well I would imagine it's very late where you are so I hope you have a

nice rest and I will see you tomorrow I will be back with you tomorrow I will

try my best to be with you every day I will try my best to do that

Oh

your eye colour is brown yes that is true my eye colour is brown I have brown

eyes everyone in my family has brown eyes I don't it is just a thing it is

just the genes it is our genetic makeup it is the thing that makes us what we

are

I'm back there I am so now we will move a little bit further around the corner

oh by the way can I show you something can I show you something that it really

made me happy this morning look what I found this morning can you guess what I

found this morning I found something very useful can you guess what it is I

will give you a clue it is something that I haven't had or something that I

have been running short of can you guess what it is I found it this morning mmm

just a moment

yes look what I found this morning oh I've got some toilet paper everyone I

found some toilet paper this morning I found it in one of the cupboards in

the house in fact this roll of toilet paper was

actually downstairs because I have a toilet downstairs in the house so there

is a toilet upstairs in the bathroom and there is also a toilet downstairs so I

found this this morning and can I just tell you how pleased I felt I have never

in my life felt so pleased to see some toilet paper I can't begin to tell you

how pleased I felt I really did feel quite happy so there it is I have a roll

of toilet paper now and I have to make sure that this lasts for at least

another week so maybe another week I have to make sure that this lasts

talking of Japan I just mentioned meeker it would appear that the Olympic Games

the 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed they have been called off

until next year but the strange thing is they are still

going to call it the 2020 Olympic Games next year so even though next year will

be 2021 they are still going to call the Olympic Games next year the 2020 Olympic

Games which i think is a bit confusing would it be easier and this is just a

suggestion can I just suggest that maybe we just call next year 2020 so maybe

this year we will just forget about this year we will pretend that 2020 didn't

happen we can just pretend it didn't exist so maybe next year we can just say

that next year is 2020 we can just cancel this year we can just pretend

that it didn't happen so 2020 is next year okay

not this year this is nothing I don't know what this is this is crazy time

that's what this is so so next year I think we should just say that 2021 will

be 2020 and then the year after that will be 2021 so we will just pretend

that this didn't happen have you ever done that in your life

have you ever had a bad situation and you wish it hadn't happened but then

what you do is you pretend that it didn't happen you put it to the back of

your mind so maybe everyone in the world can just

forget that this happened so next year 2021 can be 2020 which means that we can

have the 2020 Olympics and then everyone won't get confused so keep it simple

that's what I say just change next year to 2020 and this this never happened

hmm apparently at the moment Portugal is

also now under control says ro sir III haven't heard anything

about Portugal it is strange some countries I haven't heard about I

haven't heard what the situation is in certain countries including Portugal so

I haven't heard what is happening in Portugal what is happening because I

don't know I have no idea hello waise lat oh hello waise lawa

thank you very much for your SuperDuper sticker and it looks as if something

very romantic is happening on your super sticker thank you very much for your

lovely live donation isn't that nice thank you with la Wa and thank you very

much for your lovely cute and funny yes I think that is a funny thing to send

thank you very much that's cheered me up that's made me smile look at my smile

it's so wide I am beaming beaming in the Sun hello hung Pham hello to you I have

a feeling that you might be in Vietnam are you in Vietnam

maybe maybe yes sir I like I would like to see you

personally maybe one day we will meet who knows one day we might meet in the

street you might say hey hey I recognize your face I've seen you somewhere before

where have I seen you before I think maybe you are a teacher on YouTube is

your name Duncan is your name mr. Duncan and I will say no no I'm not mr. Duncan

definitely not toilet paper is very popular and famous at the moment

think you are right Helena it is a lot of people are crazy about toilet paper

they can't get enough toilet paper kinase kinase says please stay home and

stay safe I think that is great exam that is really good advice so yes stay

at home please stay safe stay well and don't forget to keep your distance from

people who you don't know of course if you are all living in the same house

maybe with your family I suppose it's very hard to escape them as I mentioned

earlier I did mention earlier that some people are finding it very difficult to

live in the same house together

husbands and wives with their kids all having to live together some people are

finding it very hard to cope with they can't cope with the situation I think so

new Shar asks do you believe that the number of people who have died is true

well I suppose in those situations we have to just trust what we are told

because there is no other way of finding out so I would imagine and this is just

my own thought that with something so serious in something so drastic in

something that is changing so many people's lives I think it would be very

difficult to start making things up or to say fake things so I think so so I

think you have to be careful in these sorts of situations I don't think it is

a good idea to mislead people so I I would like to think that I trust what is

happening so the information that I'm getting I would like to think that I am

trusting that information and certainly most of the advice that we

are receiving sorry I was did you hear that can you hear that strange sound

then there are two birds and they are doing a little mating dance there there

are two birds they were in the tree behind me and they were doing a little

mating dance they were both trying to attract each other so that sound you

could hear then was actually a mating call

two birds were saying hello to each other hello

very nice so it was two - I think it was two maybe blue tits or maybe great tits

beautiful birds so lots of birds at the moment are preparing to mate they are

building their nests and they are going to lay their eggs and raise their young

I think so a lot of people on the live chat hello -

hey den who says everything is closed in Turkey I think you are right yes

everything is closed in many parts of the world not just Turkey but everywhere

including here in the UK and that's the reason why I'm here with you now because

I've been told to stay at home as well so I'm having to stay at home so to keep

me company I am here with you I'm talking to you

because I want you to keep me company and I'm hoping that I will keep you

company so we are actually taking care of each other during this time and I

hope you are enjoying it I will be back with you tomorrow

tomorrow of course is Friday yeah we have almost made it to Friday almost

we will see what happens tomorrow so I will be back with you tomorrow around

about the same time 1:30 UK time 1:30 p.m. UK time and that's all I will say

for now about that because there are some changes happening this weekend

because we are actually changing the clocks here in the UK this weekend but

tomorrow I will be with you at 1:30 p.m. UK time the same time as today even

though I was a little bit late today I'm sorry about that

I was slightly late today for which I apologize before I go can I just say

what I say every day this is something I've been doing every day while I'm here

don't forget you can always make the best of a bad deal make the best of a

bad deal so whatever is happening in your life if something is happening and

if something is troubling you maybe there is a bad situation you will always

try to make the best of a bad deal sometimes you have to try and find

something positive to think about something positive to distract you hello

waise lawa oh hello where's Laura thank for your good vibes I am going to take

some sleep because I will start work at 7 p.m. have

a good afternoon thank you very much whizz la Wa and

thank you for your lovely donation on the live chat thank you very much it's

very kind of you I do appreciate it because everyone is going through

something at the moment so I I really do appreciate your very kind donation look

on the bright side it's what I'm doing at the moment I'm literally standing

here looking on the bright side and that's what I'm trying to do here today

so always look on the bright side always try to see the positive side of

something I know it's not easy to do but sometimes you have to try and look on

the bright side of life here's another one every cloud has a silver lining

every cloud has a silver lining something that appears bad might

actually be good maybe there is something good

hidden in the bad situation as I said before you can always find something to

do during this time maybe you can find something to occupy your mind perhaps

you can learn a new skill something you haven't tried before especially if you

have a computer a computer can help you in many ways this is the one I really

like there is light at the end of the tunnel don't forget there is always

light at the end of the tunnel however bad things seem always remind yourself

that there is light at the end of the tunnel even if the light is very far

away in the distance it is still there there is always light at the end of the

tunnel and finally before I go remember

you are not alone you are not alone I will try to spend as much time as I can

with you during this very strange peer I will try to be here every day if I can

I will be here with you tomorrow definitely from 1:30 p.m. UK time and

don't forget you are not alone I will be with you as much as I can and

that is it for today I am going to go into the house I am going to make a cup

of tea for mr. Steve because he is busy working in the house

and then I will find something to do I might go back to my computer and do a

little bit more I'm trying to clean all of the files and arrange them in my

computer in fact I have a lot of hard drives from all of the years from all of

the years that I've been making my English lessons I have lots and lots of

hard drives full of videos and full of lessons so I want to try and rearrange

them and look at some of the stuff that I haven't looked at for a long time we

are strong together don't forget that thank you fed in' so

that's what i'm doing this afternoon i will try to clean up some of my files

and rearrange some of my old videos that i have stored away thank you for your

lovely lesson mr. duncan you are very precious thank you very much i try my

best that is all i can do as i said at the

start of today's livestream all I do is try to do my best

just as you do see you tomorrow thank you Anna thank you also Helena

Thank You Reba Thank You Palmyra it's lovely to see you all today I will be

back tomorrow so please take care of yourself you will have one last chance

to say goodbye to each other and of course goodbye to me don't forget

thumbs up I want to see some more funds go on give me a big super duper like

before I leave I want to see your big happy thumb on my screen Thank You

tennis Thank You beta thank you also miss ad is Thank You ro sir

thank you also Luis Mendez thank you you unicornia thank you very much for your

time by the way Luis did you get my message

did you get my email I did try to answer one of your questions thank you very

much for your company Thank You connell thank you also Susi care Oh

zhuzi care I didn't know you were on the live chat oh I didn't see you

hello fed in also Florence knew sure Wow so many people are now saying goodbye

yes please give me a lovely thumbs up because if you do that then YouTube will

show my videos to more people which i think is a good idea stay healthy stay

alive have a nice brew yes I'm going to have a nice cup of tea with mr. Steve

when I go back into the house Thank You Norma thank you also tennis grace Singh

you are not alone and do not waste your last roll of toilet paper I will not I

will not I will try not to waste my toilet paper because I only have one

roll left unfortunately yes I got it mr. Duncan

and I understood your message well Thank You Luis thank you also to Tanya Syed I

wish I could say good bye to everyone I really do I really do I want to say

good bye to everyone hello NH a NH TV goodbye I will go to

sleep and I hope you have a sweet dream wherever you are watching in the world

Thank You mog mog it's very nice I must admit I am always overwhelmed when I see

so many people watching my live streams I am a simple man I am one person out of

seven billion and so are you but together we can make a difference that's

what I like to think anyway thank you also Dan Thank You Blue Thunder Olga I

will see you later I am going now it is time to say goodbye

yes my voice needs a rest I think that's that's a that's a very good suggestion

mr. Duncan we think your voice needs a rest well that's what I'm going to do

now this is mr. Dan Cohen in the birthplace

of English saying have a good day stay safe stay happy keep your distance and

of course until the next time we meet here on YouTube you know what's coming

next I hope you do until tomorrow

ta ta for now 8-)