Live English - Learn English - 27th May 2018 - Improve your listening - Embarrassment - Mr Duncan

So another week has gone by so quickly here we are all together again by the

way last night we had quite a dramatic event take place we had lots of thunder

and lightning all around this area and apparently there is going to be some

more later today maybe during today's livestream who knows today's questions

include have you ever been in an embarrassing situation what's the most

embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you sadly there is no mr.

Steve today he is not here but of course I will be here and so will you with the

live chat after all it's a Sunday afternoon here in the UK it's just after

two o'clock and this is live English

here we go again oh my goodness is it Sunday again already I can't believe

that it's already Sunday I really can't believe it it seems actually it seems

completely impossible it really does oh hello there

Hi everybody I appeared as if by magic how are you today?

are you okay? I hope so are you happy?

I really really really hope so here we go again it is Sunday and it is live

English all away I hope you can hear me okay and I hope you can see me I have

had such a busy morning I've been doing lots of things lots of technical boring

things today very boring indeed now I'm hoping that you can hear me because

there is a slight problem with my internet today last night we had a very

dramatic weather event take place we had lots of thunder and lightning all the

way through the night and I have a feeling it may it may have caused some

damage to the internet connection so if you have a problem hearing or seeing me

today it might be because of my internet speed so I do apologise if there is a

problem today but it is out of my hands it is out of my hands that means that I

have absolutely no control over it it has nothing to do with me it is out of

my hands a very murky morning so murky do you want to see the view this morning

out of the window here it is a very murky morning oh my goodness so this is

this morning after the violent thunderstorms and all the other things

happening during the night it was quite dramatic and I'm going to be honest with

you I didn't get much sleep last night I didn't get a lot of sleep

because of the noise from the Thunder and of course the flashes of lightning

as well so it was a little bit riff for weather to say the least and apparently

today we're going to get even more apparently there is even more thunder

and lightning are approaching this afternoon so we might get some actually

occurring during today's live stream who knows we might actually get some thunder

and some lightning during the live stream a little bit later on we are

going to do something different I am going to be talking to you from a

different place oh yes I'm not joking yesterday we went out for a lovely walk

mr. Steve and myself we were out yesterday and the weather wasn't too bad

it was raining in the morning yesterday but in the afternoon it went beautiful

it was beautiful and it was ever so sunny yesterday we had a lovely time mr.

Steve he's always willing to get involved with my live streams even

though today mr. Steve is not here today I'm very sorry about that so for those

who are missing mr. Steve here he is from yesterday

here is mr. Steve going for a walk he will see him in a moment wandering

around and look you can see all of the lovely blossom on the trees everything

is looking quite amazing at the moment I must say everything is looking quite

superb

let me just do some work here oh that's interesting

doo doo doo I'm just getting rid of something there that's good I love

getting rid of people on the live chat when they think they can cause trouble I

have the power so there you can see the blossom yesterday and you can see some

of the beautiful yellow rapeseed but where is mr. Steve where is mr. oh there

he is there's mr. Steve but where his he going

where is mr. Steve going where are you going Steve please show us the way ah

there he is oh we're taking a window through something called cow parsley cow

parsley it is a definitely definite beautiful beautiful kind of plant that

grows at this time of the year so there is some cow parsley and after filming

this I actually had a very bad attack of hay fever

so after filming this sequence I was sneezing my head off I felt so unwell

look at the things I do just to entertain you on a Sunday I even make

myself sick with hay fever so there is mr. Steve going off into the distance

sadly there is no mr. Steve today I'm ever so sorry about that

there's no mr. Steve here today however we will be showing you mr. Steve in his

Spanish pirate costume a little bit later on so there is something to look

forward to so sadly today there is no mr. Steve did it get colder in here

or is it just me I think it's just you Steve

hmmm I think I was a bit late today wasn't I did I did I actually start late

today I think maybe I did I'm not sure I think I was a little bit late so I do

apologise for that lots of technical things going on today I thought I would

try something different that coming later on mr. Steve is not

here but he is withers on video a little bit later on

he is currently rehearsing for a musical play that he is appearing in and that

will be starting next week so he's very busy with rehearsals I really can't wait

for things to get back to normal to be honest I can't wait until

everything is normal again until mr. Steve is back with us regularly on the

live chat talking of which oh yes we have the live chat don't forget you are

welcome to say hello on the live chat and there it is the live chat is now on

the screen so let's have a look who was first on the live chat today who was

first here today let's have a look Shirin hello Sharon congratulations you

were first on the live chat today so well done congratulations also Belarus

series here Pedro Belmont hello Pedro hello from

France a big Bonjour - Patricia hello to you thanks for joining me today it's

live English every Sunday every Sunday you can catch the live English stream

and of course I'm also with you on Wednesday as well

Tomek hello Tomek I didn't see you last week were you here last week I don't

remember seeing you hi everyone and hi mr. Duncan thanks a lot Mika watching in

Japan Mina is here watching an Egypt hello to you as well

seem to have a lot of people all around the world watching today John qing says

hello from China a big knee how to China lots of people watching as I said all

around the world yes Belarusian we had quite quite a violent

storm last night lots of rain and lots of thunder and lightning as well and

apparently we're going to get some more later today as well so I'm not sure

what's going to happen there but during today's live stream we might get some

some live thunder and lightning Sanj am hello to you is it your first

time here hello also to Anna hello Anna the view is fair look very melancholic

today melancholic means slightly sad so if something is melancholic the feeling

of melancholy is the feeling of sadness the sense of something sad taking place

or occurring melancholy hmm that's a great word Thank You Sergio what

beautiful nature thank you Silvana as well is it your first time if it is your

first time please let me know hi mr. Duncan I was attending when the two

minutes arrived in 30 seconds before starting I didn't have any internet

unfortunately well I'm glad that you have the internet now I'm glad you have

managed to join us Luis Luis welcome welcome to the live chat and also Lena

is here watching in Algeria hello Lena nice to see you as well

Han Pham I think you are watching in Vietnam if I'm not mistaken tan guy

hello tan I do you really have a Tanner have you

been out in the Sun that's interesting I like your name by the way tan guy Blasi

an am says hi mr. Duncan and hi to you as well Maria Maria I haven't seen you

for a long time I'll see you later because my intern internet connection

doesn't work well isn't that strange because my internet is also having

problems today because we had a very bad thunderstorm last night very violent

storm you can describe a storm as being very violent a storm can be described as

violent so if the wind is strong or maybe the lightning strikes the ground

or maybe there is damage to property we can describe that particular storm as a

violent storm very violent it causes a lot of disruption or even damage or in

some cases loss of life not very nice hello to Mohammed I'm delighted to see

you again well so am i Martha hello Martha how are you today I hope you're

fine Sipho is here as well also cool man staying cool in India at least I hope

you are staying cool because I know it's very hot there at the moment

Edmilson mr. Duncan I'm here again I follow you every Sunday thank you very

much ed Nilson you are welcome no problem den man is

here as well hey I've been learning English for

almost a year and I've reached upper intermediate is it good that is very

good excellent in fact Wow well done that is

I I can't I can't complain about that and you've done very well to get to that

level in just a year well done to you you must have put a lot

of hard work into that Maria is in Colombia

Maria Paola hello to you as well I went to a river to take a walk and I enjoyed

the cool air and the clear stream Thank You Meeker for sharing that with us

today what type of internet connection do you have and what is the download and

upload rates do you mean me are you talking to me barman my download speed

here is around about 70 megabytes and my upload speed is around about 25

megabytes per second so I do have very fast internet here my internet speed is

actually quite fast but unfortunately last night as I mentioned earlier we had

a very big storm so I think there might be some damage to maybe the power lines

or the phone lines or something because I had a slight problem with my internet

this morning which is very rare it doesn't happen very often but it did

today so I hope you can see me and hear me ok hello my clever and my Idol

teacher do you mean idle like lazy or do you mean idle like someone or something

that is admired I think it might be the second one

phatu MS here Thank You Fatone for joining us today

tan guy says mr. Duncan thank you for all the things you've done it's a huge

amount of work can you speak a little faster for training please well I can

tell you now that on Sunday we normally have mr. Steve we

others and mr. Steve his pace of speaking is much faster than mine so if

you want to see mr. Steve you can find him on some of my replays of my previous

my past live streams so mr. Steve does speak a little quicker my rate of

speaking is natural so to be honest this is how I normally speak so I'm not

slowing down just for you this is how I normally speak so when I'm talking to

people this is how I normally speak in my day-to-day life oh so many people on

the live chat so let's go back to it shall we

and then we will take a look at one of my full English lessons as Sona says

hello from London Oh a sonal man you are now watching in debenhams department

store in Oxford Street thank you very much I am very happy today but I'm very

tired as well I didn't get much sleep last night

because of the thunderstorm there was a big storm last night and it kept me

awake I couldn't get to sleep barman says how fast is your internet oh yes I

think I've just answered that haven't I yes I have very fast internet speed

around about 70 megabytes a second and my upload speed is around about 25

megabytes a second it's very fast internet which is very unusual because I

live in the countryside so it's actually very unusual to have such fast internet

in the countryside very unusual indeed oh I think we have someone watching in

Thailand very interesting hello to Thailand poon Watchi I hope I pronounced

your name right Preeti is here hello mr. Duncan what would you suggest

to improve my writing skill well just like speaking it

is a good idea to read and also copy so if there is a style of writing that you

like or a way of using grammar in writing you can read books you can get

some helpful suggestions from thesauruses some thesaurus is and also

some dictionaries will also give you some very good tips on grammar in

writing Lin is watching in Korea it is my first time here what do you usually

teach well Lin I normally teach English English grammar ways of using English

and of course I'm here to help you improve your listening skills as well so

I think I will show you an example of one of my lessons this is one of my full

English lessons and this is an excerpt from full English number three

can you see what I'm doing today I'm preparing to light a fire I have some

old wood and garden debris to dispose of to start a fire you need some dry

material this will light easily paper is the most common material used or small

pieces of wood will also do the job the material used to start a fire is called

kindling you use kindling to start the fire

kindling establishes the fire there is also the word Kindle which means to

start a fire kindling is a noun while Kindle is a verb

I will use a match to start the fire I will strike the match and light the

paper this will start the fire the paper will ignite the word ignite comes from

the Latin word for fire we sometimes use the word pyro to describe something

related to fire for example a person who is addicted to starting fires can be

called a pyromaniac the most obvious part of a fire are the flames and smoke

can you see the flames the movement of the flames cannot be predicted flames

move randomly we can use the word lik to describe the movement of a fires flames

the flames licked around the doorframe a flame flickers we can describe the flame

on a candle as a flickering flame a flame can shimmer flicker glow dance

the fire I'm lighting today will be safely contained this container is

called an incinerator you burn things in an incinerator the inside of the

incinerator will become very hot to keep the fire under control I must put this

lid on it now the fire will burn steadily and remain safe the small hole

in the center of the lid allows the smoke to escape in a controlled way

just like the chimney on a house wood

fires are fun to watch but they can also be very dangerous especially if they get

out of control after the fire has gone out there is normally some debris left

this gray looking substance is called ash this is all that is left of what was

burned you can also put out a fire using water this action can be described as

extinguish you extinguish the fire you put the fire out

you have extinguished the flames the fire has been put out

live is live can be on a Sunday afternoon and it's live English all away

look I've moved I'm in a different place now I thought it would be nice to have

all of this strange weather behind me today so I thought we would use the

weather as a backdrop so there it is you can see the weather is a little calmer

than it was last night although apparently we are supposed to get even

more thunderstorms later this afternoon so that's the reason why I thought I

would also set my camera up here set to set something up to arrange something in

preparation for an event oh yes did you hear that I just gave you a definition

of the word set mr. Steve will be so pleased about that would you like to

have a look at mr. Steve now here he is now

this is mr. Steve we're going to have a look at a couple of clips of mr. Steve

here is mr. Steve giving us a little taste of what he will be doing in his

show next week hello mr. Duncan and all your lovely

viewers all around the world today I met earlier sir so unfortunately I cannot be

here to teach English with you today hopefully on a Wednesday or next Sunday

I will be back and then we shall teacher the English to everyone around the world

but today I am a Carl Sanders the pirate from the Caribbean island of San Marino

goodbye had yours so there as promised because I did promise this last week I

did say that we would have a look at mr. Steve in his costume and what do you

think of his accent I'm not sure if it's a good accent or

not I have noticed that sometimes the Spanish accent and the Mexican accent

has some similarities so I think mr. Steve's accent is more than one accent I

think so the live chat is up in running I don't want to ignore you the live chat

is very busy we are of course live on a Sunday afternoon so let's have a look

shall we oh there it is there is the live checked roaster says hello mr.

Duncan what does it mean to get around if you get around it means you appear in

many different places maybe you travel or maybe you tend to visit many

different places so lots of people get to see you you get around you get around

a bit we also say yes he certainly gets around so to get around is to be in lots

of different places over a period of time you are a person who is seen in

public quite a lot you get around Sergio I can watch the fire forever did

you enjoy that yes there is something strange about fire when you watch the

fire flickering I don't know what it is it makes you feel as if you've gone back

to Stone Age times well that's what I think anyway Dima hello Timo he reminded

me of Giovanni in mind your language ah yes of course Giovanni was was the

young he was he was the young guy who was always trying to get Suzanne Daniele

yes I know who you mean do you like mind your language do you like it I used to

watch that program when I was a kid because it's very old so I used to watch

mind your language when I was just a young boy it's true

because that program has been around for many years let's have a look quite a few

people now wanting to say hello and the live chat so let's just have a look

shall we yes that is a Spanish accent oh thank you very much for your support

there mr. Steve is in this costume yes and you will see a little bit more of

mr. Steve later on your English is very easy to understand do Mimi oh thank you

very much for that Sergio says I can watch the fire forever yes I think so

as I mentioned just there is something strange about watching a flickering

flame it always feels as if you want to sort of reach into it I don't know what

it is I think it must come from our ancestors when we were all living in

caves so I think fire always holds a certain type of fascination for us I

really really do I like the movement of the flames says Sheriff thank you very

much for that let's go down a live chat just to see who else is on because I

know there are lots of people today wanting to say hello fire out is it one

word no that fire out isn't one word it is two words if you put the fire out

it means you extinguish the fire the fire is no longer burning you have put

it out Swan says hello mr. Duncan long time no

see I was very busy oh I see okay Swan if

you have a good excuse there now I don't worry too much about it Carlos Carlos

makes a very good point and this is something I want to talk about today in

Brazil at the moment there is a large national strike taking

place and all of the truck drivers or lorry drivers are now on strike they are

refusing to work and as a way of protesting they have blocked all of the

main roads around Brazil so because of that lots of the food and goods and

things that people need they can't be transported or they aren't being

transported at all so there is a very strange situation where Brazil has

almost been brought to a standstill so everything has ground to a halt the word

Holt means stop helped stop barman says what's the difference between Gulf and

Bay they are relatively the same thing to be honest although a Gulf tends to be

a stretch of land by the sea but normally over a very large area and a

bay is a little bit like a Cove yes mr. Duncan mr. Steve did very well

his accent was perfect as a pirate from the Central American Islands Oh oh I'm

very pleased to hear that I will pass that on to mr. Steve he will be so

pleased to hear that he will be very very pleased to hear that I think so

it's live English today and it's mr. Duncan Here I am yes I am live until

well I'm not sure how long I'm going to be on today maybe another half an hour

maybe another forty minutes because mr. Steve isn't here

are you missing mr. Steve are you missing Steve as much as I am I'm really

missing him he's an interesting phrase do you ever

English people or people who speak English use this expression yours truly

yours truly if a person says yours truly they are actually referring to

themselves it is a fun way of referring to yourself so maybe I could say hello

welcome to live English with yours truly so that means me yours truly so you

might hear this used in a fun way so it is a fun way of saying me or I so yours

truly is here today that means me I hope that was interesting

another thing that I want to mention is quite a few people are getting confused

with these two words we have live and life so they are different words of

course this particular word can be pronounced in more than one way so we

can say live or live whereas this word can only be pronounced in one way life

life live live so sometimes people confuse life with live I like to see

your life English when in fact it should be live English so when we say that

something is live it means it is happening at the moment it is happening

at the same moment as you are experiencing it so something is live

something is happening spontaneously it is happening at this very moment just

like this live stream so a live stream then of course you can live live of

course is the action of being alive you do things to

fill your time you do things on a day-to-day basis you live you live and

life well life is the thing that you live and of course life can also refer

to anything that is alive so we can talk about life on Earth and life will live

so if something lives it has life it lives a life I hope that clears things

up for you shall we have a look at something else well here is something I

want to show you now and it is something that well I've already mentioned that I

do lots and lots of different things on a Sunday but now I'm going to show you

today's mystery idioms now normally we have mystery idioms every Sunday and

normally I give you to guess what today I am going to give you two mystery

idioms and here is the first one so here is the first mystery idiom but what is

it do you know what it is so there is the first mystery idiom and here is the

second mystery idiom just say what you see say what you see and the first one

again but all you have to do is tell me what you see on the screen they are well

known English expressions I'm sure a lot of you will know this one I have a

feeling and here is the second one but what is it what is this mystery idiom

and also this one as well if you think you know please

let me know on the live chat talking of which we mustn't forget about the live

chat because lots of people are now joining me and it's so nice to see you

here I do appreciate you giving your time to me on a Sunday because I know

for many people it is a rest day so I know many people like to take a rest on

a Sunday so I do appreciate you giving your time to me live chat let's see

what's going on on the live chat because I have a feeling a lot of people want to

say hello and I'm right you are the best thank you and anise for that Martha

Martha is made a guess on the mystery idiom also Belarusian as well Holt is a

German word I believe it is yes I I think the word Holt originated in German

I think you are right there thank you swallow for your guests Louise says the

second is yes the second mystery idiom thank you for your guests also Nicole

says do you have a little toy train I don't have one now

but when I was a child I used to have a toy train I actually did have one and it

used to go round and round on a little track so yes I actually did in the past

I I have had a toy train it's true Holt is also used in French French yes I

believe it is as well it's amazing how many words in general language are used

in more than one language so yes I think so

mr. steve is natural in his costume is he really thank you for for your

lovely lovely comment there Majella says I read my first book in English every

day and when I wake up I immediately take that book in my hand and I read it

for at least 10 minutes learning must bring joy

well I won't disagree with you there mark Murray gel my reach laughs I don't

disagree with any of that you are right I just need to do something here just

give me a moment I read my first book in English oh I see so recently you started

reading in English oh I didn't realize that oh that's good

thank you very much for your comments today and now we are going to have a

look at another one of my live English lessons but first of all you might know

that mr. Steve is a man of many many talents and this is true he definitely

is but did you know that mr. Steve can also play the piano and he plays it so

well would you like to see mr. Steve playing the piano okay here we go

mr. Steve mr. Steve you're not exactly you're not exactly playing the piano

there are you this is how you practice you don't practice with the keys you

practice with the lid down I don't think that's true

yes it's true yes you see with the lid up well

we often use the phrase easier said than done when discussing a possible venture

or goal it would appear that it is easier to say something that actually do

it but why is that I'm sure you have done it in the past I know I have we

come up with a big plan or idea that we intend to do at some point but sadly it

never comes to fruition the word fruition means be made real or completed

it would appear that it is much easier to say you'll do something than to

actually do it the effort needed to start doing something is immense the two

things you really need are determination and motivation you must be determined

and motivated to be determined is the feeling of being resolute and

strong-willed motivation is the force that pushes you into doing something to

feel motivated is to be encouraged and spurred on the driving force that gets

you to your goal is motivation without determination and motivation it would

appear to be true that some things are easier said than done

can you see what I'm doing here I'm in the process of unboxing something to win

box is to take something out of a box or package normally something new is boxed

or packaged it comes in a box or package a large bulky item will often be boxed

so as to make it easier to carry and protect the contents

I will now unbox this item I will remove the contents from the box we can also

say the time and packing or taking the item or items out of the box can you

work out what this box has in it this is my new patio table it is made of metal

and painted so it won't get damaged or go rusty

from the rain I need to assemble the table it has to be put together I need

to construct it before it can be used

before I can take the table out I must undo the seal at the top of the box I

need to cut through these pieces of sticky tape and then I can remove the

disassembled table from the box

these are the instructions for building the table but to be honest with you I

rarely ever look at the instructions I like to put things together or learn how

to work something without looking at the instructions at all it's more fun that

way

the table itself is very heavy and is not easy to remove from the box after a

little pulling and tugging I managed to get it out

the next thing I need to do is unpack the parts from the packaging

so these are all the bits and pieces I need to make my lovely table how well

will I do constructing it find out later

as you know I love receiving your comments and questions and today I would

like to answer another one of your questions

this question comes from Xavier who lives in Spain and asks what are the

differences between the words across and through both of these words relate to

movement to move across means to move from one side to another as a

preposition across shows the position of movement she ran across the street as an

adverb a cross can be used as an expression of measurement in length the

bridge is 100 feet across the word cross can also show position he lived across

the road from me a cross word answer that reads horizontally is defined as

being across

the word through means to move in and out of something for example if you go

into a forest and come out the other side then you have gone through the

forest so through describes the action of

moving among something to move forwards among trees means you are moving through

the trees as you move you pass things to move through a forest or through bushes

or through a crowd of people you can move through something such as a doorway

to step from one side to another is to move through to go through or fall

through to look from one side of something out to another is look through

he looked through the window to see if anyone was at home to make a hole in

something means that you go through or you have gone through to inspect or

study something in part or whole is to go through I need to go through these

essays and check them for mistakes to be through means to finish or end something

the thing in question is finished and over I'm going to tell my girlfriend

that we are through in a contest the word through means to be chosen for the

next round or heat mr. Duncan you have made it through to the final so a cross

relates to direction while through tends to relate to movement and objects thank

you for your question Xavier and if you have a question for me to answer then

please feel free to drop me a line at my email address

doo-doo-doo-doo it's a Sunday afternoon five minutes past three o'clock here in

the UK and it's live English all away with me mr. Duncan if it's your first

time here by the way please let me know please tell me mr. Duncan it's my first

time here today and I will be ever so pleased well I was wondering whether or

not we were going to get some thunder and lightning this afternoon but it

looks as if we're not so it looks as if we are safe for the time being safe for

now today's questions include have you ever

had an embarrassing moment now this is something I haven't talked about yet so

I'm going to talk about it now have you ever had an embarrassing moment of time

something that has embarrassed you an embarrassing moment have you ever had an

embarrassment on the live chat Belarusian I love this story by the way

I love I love this so much many years ago I watched a long-haired

child with a woman and I told her what a beautiful girl and she replied he's a

boy I felt very embarrassed yes embarrassment it is something that we

all feel from time to time especially when we do something by accident we say

the wrong thing or maybe we make a mistake or maybe we just do something

very very foolish it is possible to feel very very embarrassed so could you

please tell me what is the most embarrassing thing that has ever

happened to you I always remember on my first day at junior school my first day

at school and we went into the big hall

and we all sat down together but I was standing up and one of my new friends

pulled me to sit down he says sit down Duncan but unfortunately he pulled on my

shorts and my shorts came down in front of everyone so that was my first day at

school my first day it wasn't junior school it was actually

the the primary school that's when it was so my first day of primary school I

actually had my shorts pulled down in front of everyone in the school and that

was a little bit embarrassing but can you beat that

can you can you think of a more embarrassing moment that you've had some

people might say an embarrassing moment might be appearing on the livestream yes

you might be right there you might be right so embarrassing moments please

share them with us I would be ever so pleased to hear about them Nicole says I

am very motivated to learn English and I work at it daily for many years and you

contribute to it Thank You mr. Duncan thank you to mr. Steve as well you are

kind thank you very much sheriff says my face becomes red so many times yes

normally when we become embarrassed normally people will go red yes they

will blush blush is the word you are looking for blush so if you become

embarrassed you will blush blush it's a great expression so it means you become

very embarrassed it is a physical reaction to embarrassment or stress

so that is what it is Antonia says even though my first tea my first language is

Portuguese since I am Brazilian I am also an English teacher in Brazil thank

you and Tonio for that that's very kind of you to say so if you are brassy you

are never embarrassed yes a person who is very bold

they have no inhibitions they can't become embarrassed about anything or buy

anything yes you are right that's a very good word brassy a person who is very

strong-willed and a person who who never feels embarrassed they are described as

being shameless they are very brassy very bold Carlos

says it is embarrassing when you offer your seat on the bus to a woman because

you think she is pregnant but she is not so you are saying Carlos that you are

offering your seat to a fat woman but you think she's pregnant yes that might

be very embarrassing for both you and also the woman as well I think so

Tomic says many years ago I accidentally swore in front of hundreds of people I

wasn't aware that the microphone I was holding in my hand was switched on if a

microphone is active or switched on we can say that it is hot so a hot

microphone means that the microphone is actually working and it will pick your

voice up so you must be very careful if you are holding a hot microphone in your

hand which part of England do you live mr. Duncan Abdul miss it

asks I live in a place called Shropshire that is the area I live in England and

the town is called Much Wenlock it's a lovely place very sleepy very lovely

sheriff says I become embarrassed I will blush when I'm invited to talk in

front of people you are right sheriff because one of the hardest

things to ever do is to talk in front of many many people if you have to give a

speech it can be very very hard to do tn iran says many years ago after school

the history teacher had got on the bus and we were talking about the things I

said your children have all grown up she answered I newly married in other words

she didn't have any children I think yes that might be very embarrassing if you

say to someone that they have children and they don't that might be a very

embarrassing moment root is a female name I once attempted to speak to a man

in a bank where I worked and the names account was root and I said to him I

said to her come here to write her signature and the man answered I am root

so yes sometimes names in English as well can be confused

so some names in the English language can be given to men and women a good

example is Robin Robin so Robin yes I know

Robin is a type of bird but it can also be a name a given name

so Robin can be a female or a male as a name yes it's true Robin I was

embarrassed when an old English lady called out but the girl I am oh I see

I'm not sure what you mean by that did you mistake someone for someone's

grandmother or someone someone's relative I'm not sure I'm not sure what

you mean by that hopefully I will get a clearer answer later this winter during

swimming in the pool I realized that my swimming swimming underwear tore in the

bottom area aah oh my god that is so embarrassing

Oh I must say that is that is really really embarrassing I can't think of

anything more embarrassing than that

that is very very embarrassing I once forgot my zipper I once forgot my

zipper was open on my trousers that is also very embarrassing I tell you what

else is embarrassing what else is embarrassing is when your live chat goes

wrong on the screen and you can't put it right I'm getting embarrassed right now

by this oh come on what's going on that's better okay we're okay now my

computer sometimes has a mind of its own yes I forgot that the zipper was open on

my trousers and I was walking with my daughter to school when a woman stopped

me and said the zipper on your trousers is open we can see your underwear

that is very embarrassing indeed cushy or quak quak see dow says two years ago

I missed my flight because of a misunderstanding with the time zone the

next day I went to our company without being aware and then the travel agency

called the company to ask why I was absent so it sounds as if you got

confused by the time difference I think so so yes it might it might cause a

little bit of embarrassment blush means to go red on your face yes it does

if you blush it means your face will go red because you feel embarrassed you are

right so your face will go very red you will become embarrassed you will become

flushed you become very red you seem

embarrassed it's true I beg my your pardon for my many mistakes don't worry

about that making mistakes is part of life so don't worry about it

not at all my embarrassing moment was talking to a stranger I thought my

friend was walking beside me oh I see so you were talking to someone and you

thought it was your friend but in fact it was just a stranger yes I've done

that I do that sometimes with mr. Steve so maybe if I'm waiting in a queue or

maybe fine waiting outside the bank and I'm talking to Steve and I'm saying Oh

Steve what do you think about this what do you think about that and then when I

look round mr. Steve has gone he's walked off and I've been standing there

in front of other people talking to myself like a crazy person so yes that's

very embarrassing very embarrassing indeed Thank You Meeker for your your

lovely stories so when have you ever been embarrassed about something or by

something have you ever been embarrassed what is the difference between bored

anxious embarrassed and annoyed well to be honest with you they are all very

different things they are all very different so they all mean very

different things so they aren't really connected so if you are bored

it means you feel tired of something if you are angry it means you feel annoyed

by something and what what is the other one

anxious means worried and embarrassed means ashamed ashamed can I just say

hello to JC Geordie oh hello JC Geordie thank you for your

donation on the live chat that's very kind of you

how lovely thank you very much thank you very much also to chair F who asks about

the zipper this is a problem that many men have to be honest this is a problem

that many many men get when they are putting their trousers on sometimes they

will forget to zip up the fly on their trousers so sometimes they will leave

the fly open the fly it's the thing that you zip on your trousers and some men

leave it open it's true and it might be very very embarrassing very embarrassing

indeed so you have to be very careful very careful what you're doing with

Oh Deary me Thank You JC Judy for your lovely lovely donation on the live chat

thanks a lot that's very kind of you I'm overwhelmed thank you very much lots of

people want to say hello and they want to give me their embarrassing stories

it's okay no problem you are welcome anna says we can learn

from our mistakes and also we can learn from other people's mistakes as well the

most embarrassing situation for me is being abroad and not being able to

communicate with people yes Carlos I do understand that feeling I understand it

very much because when I was living in China sometimes I would get into a

situation where I was with lots of people who would only speak Chinese and

I didn't understand what they were saying and sometimes I would feel very

embarrassed by it very embarrassed indeed so yes it's true

if you are in a place where you don't know the language it can be very very

embarrassing you are right I was embarrassed to know

that I was one stupid person who paid for traveling by trains in Italy oh I

see so what what do you mean do you mean it's free can you travel on the trains

for free in Italy that sounds very interesting I'm very interested to find

out more about that TGN says in primary school I grew up early

or earlier than my my lover and I grew very tall and I told him we can't be

lovers anymore because I'm taller than you it is very strange if you see two

people together and especially a man and a woman if they are in a relationship

and you see them together if the woman is taller than the man I

think sometimes it looks a little weird a little unusual or maybe a little bit

embarrassing so men quite often and I know what I'm talking about here men can

be very very obsessed with their height now I'm lucky because I'm very very tall

so I don't have that problem but I know that some men some of my friends they

have a little bit of a problem with the fact that they are not very tall they

are quite short so yes it can be a big problem

it really can when she says she loves you or when you say you love her but she

doesn't love you oh yes that also can be very

embarrassing as well yes you are right I

don't know what's happening with my live chat today it seems to have a mind of

its own I don't know why one day I saw a lady with her skirt lifted on her back

not his hers I saw a lady with her skirt lifted on her back and she was walking

along showing her underwear I stopped her and told her I bet she was very

embarrassed by that I think so in primary school oh yes this is the one

that I read just so yes in primary school III became taller than my

boyfriend so I told him that we can't be lovers anymore he must have been very

very embarrassed I think so hello mr. Duncan from Cindy chan hello Cindy

Dinesh is here where were you watching at the moment Dinesh this is my first

class is it really thank you very much how tall are you mr. Duncan I am just

over 183 centimetres 183 just over six foot tall

or six feet tall Jeff her says I just talked with the

wrong person and it is not such an embarrassment I have told a girl I have

held a girl's hand and I thought it was my girlfriend but then I realized that

it wasn't and I felt very very embarrassed and when I looked back my

girlfriend was laughing thank you Jeff for sharing your embarrassing moment

we'll have some more of those later on if you want to share your embarrassing

moment with me feel free to do so but right now we're going to have a look at

another one of my lessons and then after that we will see a little bit more of

mr. Steve dressed in his costume for his upcoming show this is full English

number 23 hello my name's George Clooney and you're watching mr. Duncan's full

English you'd better not have a problem with that or I'll get the missus to sue

you then this is their wife

they say that eating fruit is good for you there are so many different types of

fruit to choose from however for me my favorite fruit has to be the mango it's

sweet aromatic juice contained within that soft and succulent flesh is

irresistible to me I first started eating mangoes regularly whilst I was

living in China the mangoes there grow in the southern region which has a warm

climate a perfect place for them to grow sadly here in England the climate is not

suitable for mango plantations they have to be imported from warmer climes this

particular mango has come all away from Ivory Coast in northwest Africa mangoes

are available in most supermarkets here although their quality can vary this

particular mango is nice and ride it is ready to be eaten

if you want to know how ripe a mango is just give it a squeeze I can tell that

this mango is perfectly ripe and is ready to be eaten do you like eating

fruit which type of fruit is your favorite can you see the pink flower

behind me it is called a rhododendron whenever I think of this flower I always

find myself remembering my time at school not because we grew them there

but because whenever we had to sit in English spelling test they would always

ask us to spell the word rhododendron as you can see it is not a very easy word

to spell and I always got it wrong still the rhododendron does look nice

when it's in full bloom it's nice to look at but not so nice to spare

here is another lovely plant however unlike the rhododendron this one is

still growing I've put in this particular plant for two reasons

first it has a lovely appearance and second it has a special name that caught

my eye for those who don't recognize it this is

a Senora carbuncle Asst I like the fact that Dunc is in the name

this plant is also known as an artichoke thistle as its name suggests the flowers

formed on this plant are large and thorny the main flower itself is a

majestic purple I really can't wait to see this plant come into bloom not least

of all because bees butterflies and birds are attracted to this plant

mr. Duncan what are you doing I'm watching this part I'm waiting for the

water inside it to boil but why haven't you got anything better to do I want to

see the pretty bubbles and the water as it comes to the boil you bonehead

haven't you heard of that well-known proverb which proverb do you mean many a

Mickle makes a muckle a stitch in time saves nine look before you leap don't

look a gift horse in the mouth no mr. Duncan the proverb is a watched

pot never boils if you wait for something to occur it

will take longer for it to happen or at least it will seem to oh I see so in

fact it is better for me to walk away and leave the pot to boil in its own

time let whatever is happening happen when it's ready exactly sometimes

waiting for a thing to happen can be frustrating it is much better to forget

about it and let it happen in its own time remember mr. Duncan a watched pot

squeeze squeeze squeeze no matter how much I squeeze this tube of toothpaste

nothing will come out it would be safe to say that this toothpaste tube is

empty do you notice how I pronounce the word tube the first part of the word

sounds like chair it is common in British English to pronounce the T you

sound as two other words include tune tutor tuba there are of course

exceptions to this the word Tunnel is still pronounced with the hard T sound

in American English the hard T is often used in most words beginning with T u

words such as tube toon tutor tuba are all pronounced with

the hard t this is one good example of the subtle differences that exist

between American and British English pronunciation

take a close look at this branch can you see what's happened here

it looks as if it's being pecked at by something well it has these marks were

made by a woodpecker a great spotted woodpecker to be precise this branch has

been adopted as a feeding area by the bird

it picks nuts from the nearby bird feeder and brings them to this point

where it places the peanut into a small hole so as to make it easier to peck at

the spectacle of a woodpecker feeding this closely is nice to watch however

over time this feeding routine will erect Li be damaged the tree the branch

will eventually die as the bird digs deeper and deeper into it so there is an

upside to this in that I get to view something that is very unusual in my

garden while the downside is that my lovely dams and tree will end up being

severely damaged I don't blame the woodpecker after all it's got to eat

as we come towards the end of May June is just around the corner yes this is

the final Sunday liveing this stream and well it's been a good one even though

today I'm suffering from hay fever yes my nose is very itchy I have been

sneezing all morning and also I've been preparing this livestream so lots of

things going on today even though I'm feeling under the weather with my hay

fever

Belarusian asked how is your card uncle Asst well I have some bad news

now my lovely card uncle Asst sadly at the moment is not very well because we

had lots of snow you might remember we had three lots of snow fall over

different days and unfortunately the the lovely card uncle is all crushed and

squashed and broken so now it is trying to grow again

unfortunately so my poor my poor little card donk Ulis is suffering at the

moment so thanks for asking about it I do appreciate it when you ask about my

my my flowers I do appreciate it let's have a look at the live chat let's see

what's going on on the live chat shall we

okay here it is

I like the watermelon says Nicole I love mangoes as I mentioned just in my full

English lesson I really do like mangoes very much very delicious quite delicious

and very very fruity so now I'm not a big fan of watermelons I don't like

watermelons I don't like them I don't know why I think it's it's all of the

seeds because watermelons have lots of tiny little seeds inside and you have to

spit them out you have to spit them out and I don't like that durian

oh yes the jury in order a durian or jurian the durian is good for you thank

you kuku oxy yes I remember from my days in Malaysia when I used to visit

Malaysia the Morean was was on sale in many places but the only problem is it

has a very bad smell they smell terrible it smells like rotting flesh so no I'm

not a big fan of the smell of the durian but I do I do like the taste of the the

flesh inside it's very lovely Deepak says where are you from mr.

Duncan the one who is teaching live you mean me

I am from England I am in England right now talking to you live unfortunately I

have an allergy to mango Oh Mika I'm sorry to hear that

if I if I eat mango that I will have a strange feeling in my mouth Virginia

says congratulations mr. Duncan I like your lessons very much thank you for

Genea Virginia trove oh thank you very much for that sheriff says are those

your pets do you mean the birds no the birds

aren't my pets they are wild animals and did you see the baby woodpecker a little

tiny baby woodpecker taking a bath in my garden wasn't it lovely so cute so let's

have a look before we go we will be going soon I will give you the answers

to the mystery idioms in fact we'll do that right now

here come the answers to the mystery idioms so there is the first one but

what is the answer this is an expression that's used quite a lot especially in

politics especially in politics gravy train gravy train the meaning is to make

a lot of money for doing very little a cushy or easy situation where little

effort brings great reward the BBC gravy train very controversial

and the second mystery idiom there it is many people got this right well done

walk on eggshells the meaning to do something cautiously so as not to cause

offence or create problems you don't want to upset someone so you must walk

on eggshells open-minded says what does it mean what does it mean when you say

to no avail it means the thing that you try to do or the thing that you tried to

change was pointless pointless you weren't able to succeed or you weren't

able to achieve it you tried but it didn't happen you did it but it all came

to nothing to no avail you have very nice pronunciation thank you very much

thank you Vitus for that is very nice of you let's have another

look at one of mr. Steeves I'm laughing here because I can see Steve on my

screen at the moment here's mr. Steve with another one of his short videos

showing us the character that he'll be playing next week one of them not just

señorita and signora I am a carla Santas unfortunately mr. Steve cannot be with

you this afternoon and mr. Duncan's alive unless soon he has been taken over

by the character Carlos enters from the Caribbean island of San Marino hopefully

he will be back to normal in a few days for a week's time and then he will be

able to help out mr. Duncan in the live lessons so from now I bid you all

farewell adios oh my goodness so there is mr. Steve and he will be

appearing in his show next week playing a Spanish pirate I hope you enjoyed that

Steve was in such a hurry this morning and can I just say thank you very much

to Steve because he's had such a busy day to day he was busy getting all of

his costume ready because he had one of the big rehearsals today so he went

along for that and he recorded the messages just before I came on that's

one of the reasons why I'm slightly late today so I was late today because of

that it's been a very very busy day today so the weather outside well I'm

looking outside now but there is no rain there is no thunder and there is no

lightning so I thought we were going to have a storm this afternoon because last

night the weather was terrible I woke up this morning feeling so tired because

I didn't get much sleep last night because of the noise from the Thunder he

kept waking me up so so I woke up maybe five or six times last night because of

the Thunder so was it very good really I am going now it's time to say goodbye

and I hope you have enjoyed today's livestream I hope you have enjoyed

everything in this particular livestream I will be back on Wednesday don't forget

I am of course here twice a week you can catch me on Sunday and also on Wednesday

on Sunday I'm here at 2 p.m. UK time and on Wednesday I am here at 10 p.m. with

my late and live English on the live chat JC Jordi says you didn't get much

sleep or any sleep I did get some sleep but not much I feel very tired today

oh no teacher I want more no it's time to go it's time for mr. Duncan to go and

blow his nose because I'm suffering from hay fever today very badly in fact have

you ever been to India if not I will welcome you Thank You Deepak for that no

I've never been to India never I've never been there thank you for today

your effort and your time you are welcome no problem it's my pleasure as

usual so I will see you on Wednesday don't forget I will be here late and

live on Wednesday and you can catch me during the week also you can also if you

want to you can follow me on Facebook and also you can also send a live

donation on PayPal as well if you feel like it if you can I will be very very

grateful thank you very much so I'm going now this is mr. Duncan in

the birthplace of English saying thanks for your company and I will see you on

Wednesday don't forget ten o'clock UK time very

late and very live and of course do you know what's coming next yes you do as

usual every time I finish my live stream I always say these words...

ta ta for now 8-)