SUNDAY Live English Lesson / 1st September 2019 / USA & British English - 1 language 2 influences

are we on? yes I think we are on

testing testing 1 2 3 Here I am with my little English treat

just for you all on a Sunday afternoon and as you can see the weather is

looking a lot better today yesterday we had lots of rain in fact yesterday I

started off my livestream by getting soaking wet but today we have none of

that because the Sun is out it is a little bit windy but as you can see

things are looking quite nice in the distance look at that and there you can

see in the distance a live view of one of the newly harvested fields looking

over into the distance but the big question is where is mr. Duncan where

are you mr. Duncan we can't see you hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England

how are you today are you ok I hope so are you happy well

are you happy I really hope so here we go it's Sunday everyone a fun

day it's time to improve your English listening for a Sunday afternoon

and my name is mr. Duncan and I am very pleased to be with you on this beautiful

Sunday as you can see the Sun is out today yesterday it was absolutely

pouring with rain I got soaking wet yes it was a very

memorable moment of YouTube history I'm sure at the end of 2019 YouTube on their

epic rewind video will be including a clip of me getting wet probably not

so here we go the first thing we have to do is take a look at the live chat of

course that's the reason why we are here it isn't just me it's also you as well

you have a chance to get involved on the line

chat or you have to do is type something into the chat box press ENTER and then

as if by magic your text will appear in front of me and then I can read what you

have written to the whole world isn't that amazing I love technology I really

do so let's see who was first oh hello to Luis Mendez hello to you you

are first on today's livestream so hello to you and congratulations for being the

first person to say hello on the live chat today

congratulations to Luis Mendez for being first on the live chat today yesterday I

had a problem with my my clapping apparently some people couldn't hear it

so I hope you can get my clap today here we go

so Luis Mendez congratulations you are first also Alamgir hello Alamgir Husein

you are second on the live stream today also chris is here as well Julie hello -

Julie nice to see you here as well Anna is here Mika is also here watching in

Japan Massimo says hello also grace chin I believe you are

watching in Malaysia I think so also we have Tamas here is well hello to mr.

Duncan and everyone yes isn't that nice you might see lots of horrific stories

in the news but can I just remind you that generally speaking most people on

the planet are really nice and we are all here to prove that is the case so

thank you very much to Caesar as well hi to everyone around this small classroom

I'm not sure about small I think this classroom is quite large in fact I think

actually to be honest with you I think my classroom is pretty big because it's

the whole world isn't that nice Michele is here hello from southern

Italy oh now I'm quite interested to find out what the weather is like in

southern Italy now a couple of friends of ours mentioned that they met they

went on holiday to a lovely place in Tuscany an apparently Tuscany is a very

nice part of the world Alamgir says hello to everyone including Julie and

Mika isn't that nice also Chris it is a lovely September

yes of course today pinch punch it's a new month so September the first it's a

brand new month do you have anything planned for September is there something

nice happening in your life during the month of September if so perhaps you

would like to share it with us all today on the live chat ooh hello also - Kunal

nice to see you back again beet trees Caesar Massimo Wow so many people

already on the livestream it would appear that many people are now putting

aside their plans on Sunday afternoon or Sunday morning or Sunday evening and

they are deciding to spend it with us all together on the live chat isn't that

nice by the way for those who are wondering

you can catch the live stream the live lessons on Saturday 12 p.m. that is just

after lunchtime UK time and also on Sunday 2 p.m. UK time which is what you

are watching right now and we have details of how to get in touch with me

you can follow me on facebook if you want you can also email me and if you

would really like to you can also donate as well I received a couple of lovely

donations yesterday on PayPal so thank you very much for your lovely donations

if you would like to send something you are more than welcome to do so I'm not

forcing you to do it but there are some lovely generous people out there who

feel that they would like to make a donation so you can use PayPal if you

would like also we have all hello who else is on here today we also have r SE

m-- on here today Rasim Yousef apparently Rasim is watching in Norwich

over towards it's that way over towards the east

so Norwich is over towards the east of the UK tea

asses here as well it's very windy today by the way I think I should mention that

the wind is very strong I hope I don't get blown away so ts says hello to

everyone and a good evening from Indonesia of course ts is watching a

head of the UK pear thin Cathy Ann or Parthian says hello

also Arash hello to be curious hello be curious how are you today

I haven't heard you here before is it your first time here

also Ana says hello Chris once again is here

Helena hello Helena everybody mr. Duncan we are all here together again to

improve our English language today I am talking about the subject of English and

I'm going to show you some lovely video clips where I talk about the differences

between American English and British English and there are some differences

and this is something that I like to talk about from time to time because I

think it's a very interesting subject it's also a subject that many people get

confused about because some people believe that American English and

British English are completely different languages but this is not true so the

base of both ways of using English is the same so the root of both British and

American English is the same so there is no real difference however as I will

explain later on there are many differences between the way things are

pronounced and also there are some differences between the spellings of

words but to be honest with you English there is only one language when it comes

to the English language just 1 not 2 not 20

so the main differences between British English and American English tends to be

the way words are spelt there are some differences and we will take a look at

those later on also the main difference and this is something that happens even

here in the UK the way in which the language is spoken and by that I mean

accents we are talking all about the way English is spoken with different accents

so when we say American English we don't actually mean a separate type of English

it is still English it's a little bit like going to Scotland and hearing

people in Scotland speaking with their accent and then saying that they're

using Scottish English there is no such thing as Scottish English there is no

such thing as Welsh English there is no such thing as Indian English so that is

what I want to express first of all because I do get a lot of people getting

confused about this they think that the two types of pronunciation and spelling

are actually completely separate languages but they are not the base of

all of these languages is the same there is only one I repeat there is only one

English language there is only one I mentioned earlier on my live streams

don't forget also next Wednesday there is a new recorded lesson as well a new

full English lesson so lots of things to keep you entertained and hopefully I

will also help you to improve your English as well back to the live chat

because there are so many people here today thank you very much now I know I

don't say this enough so I'm going to say it now I really do appreciate the

fan that you are willing to give up your

Sunday so some people are just waking up some people are having their lunch

whilst others are getting ready for bed so I really do appreciate the fact that

you are here sharing some of your time with me

I I think it's fantastic to be honest Ricardo says hello it is a long time

since I said hello hello Ricardo I must be honest I don't remember you maybe you

could say something to remind me maybe you could say something to jog my memory

that's a great expression isn't it if you jog someone's memory it means you

help them to remember something so maybe something that happened a long time ago

in the distant past something that happened many many years ago and perhaps

I have forgotten about it but perhaps you still remember you can say something

to help me remember you helped me to jog my memory so something that helps you

remember a thing from the past we can say that it jogs your memory so jog

means to move suddenly or to move suddenly or quickly it jogs your memory

it helps it to work and speed up hello from Irene Carmen Aileen join me today

on my livestream also hello to Michelle mr. Duncan I can see behind you the

trees are moving it is very windy you are not kidding let's have a look yes

you can see in the distance the trees are really blowing because it is windy

it is a very windy day I will be honest with you already it feels a little bit

like autumn because today can you believe it is the first day of

the meteorological autumn so all of the weather forecasters all of the people

who's specialists field is the weather are are today studying the forthcoming

autumn season so technically today is the first day of autumn so happy autumn

to everyone and it does feel a little bit like autumn because the wind is

blowing quite often during autumn you will get strong winds you don't normally

get a lot of rain during autumn or at least you're not supposed to so who

knows Martha is here hello Martha in Poland

thank you for joining me today hello also to Julie Belarusian Masud

also Maya hello Maya nice to see you here today a lot of

people were admiring my tie yesterday now this particular tie represents what

we call the Union Flag some people also call it the Union Jack did you know that

that is actually the incorrect phrase to use the Union Jack is only called the

Union Jack when it is being flown on a ship and normally in times of distress

they will actually put it upside down so it will actually be reversed so the

Union flag is what it's normally called but a lot of people also call it the

Union Jack even though that is incorrect mmm and very bossy today have you

noticed I seem to be very bossy today potage ask grandmother for details

please mr. Duncan say that you don't support brexit while you're asking me

well 60 days there are just 60 days to go before we leave

before we leave the European Union 60 days from today we will leave Europe now

this is something that was supposed to happen way back in March on the 29th and

this has been in the planning for over three and a half years I'm not joking so

it would appear that we will as far as I can tell we will be leaving the European

Union on the 31st of October which also happens to be the anniversary of my

youtube channel can you believe it oh I see

potage asks mr. Duncan please say that you don't support brexit so you are

asking what I voted you are asking what my vote was I see I see what you're

doing now interesting shall I make things controversial today maybe not not

just yet anyway hello Belarus er hi Belarusian nice to see you back look the

Sun has come out just for Belarus yeah so it's very nice to see you here also

Corrie hello Cory or Corey Corey watching in France hello to you a big

bonjour from Monsieur Dan Karn very nice also

Mulla is here what is the difference between shall will and sound and voice

well shall and will are similar they are used in a similar way

I shall go I will go so both of those phrases actually express intention

something you intend to do also the sound and voice well sound is a general

term for anything you can hear so a sound is any

type of noise sound noise and voice is something that normally produces a

speech pattern of some sort so when we talk about voice we can talk about mr.

Duncan's voice we can talk about the voice of a group of people when they are

expressing their opinions so it is anything that is vocal voice anything

that is spoken or vocal you can voice your opinion

you can tell people how you feel about something maybe you want to voice your

opinion about brexit Oh controversial hello Maggid hello everyone this is my

first moment being in live stream is it your first time a gened well can I just

say congratulations and I will give you a special round of applause

I hope you enjoyed those we also of course have some fireworks would you

like to have some fireworks as well because I have a big box of fireworks

right here so let's have some fireworks as well to say a big hello to Majeed

kaboom do welcome Majeed to my SuperDuper livestream on a

Sunday afternoon coming to you live from England my goodness we also have a Zahir

hello teacher how is it going it is going pretty well

I must admit I must be honest with you yesterday at the start of my livestream

yesterday it was raining so much and I got soaking wet yesterday if you would

like to see something funny watch the first few moments of yesterday's

livestream because I got very wet yesterday hello to Palmyra hello Palmyra

hello also - I think tsukete is here hello tsukete I haven't seen you for a

while nice to see you back hello also - satury No hello mr. Duncan you're

British Thai sounds like a hard brexit oh I see so you think because I'm

wearing this that I support brexit oh I see

interesting theory mm very interesting Anna Anna oh thank you very much Anna

Anna for your lovely comment this morning thank you very much I was

waiting for your lesson well here I am today I think I was on time I think I

was actually on time today I can't believe it hello also - Michelle look on

the console again in southern Italy apparently it's very hot at the moment

in southern Italy I want to go to Tuscany I really do

I want to visit to skinny mmm we have some new messages coming up let me just

skip ahead here we go to an to an our dung asks I often make mistakes about

the tents so what should I do to improve it well what you need to do is learn

some of the basic words in the English language and then you can look you can

find out you can study what the tenses are so maybe there are tenses for

certain words something that you have done something that you are doing and

something that you will do hello Chris one mistake that English people tend to

understand is the word Dorian and Jorian oh I see well there is there is a Dorian

that is a type of fruit that smells very bad you see them a lot in Malaysia

hello also to blue thunder hello blue thunder we missed you yesterday everyone

was asking where is Blue Thunder the other question is where is petrol has

anyone seen Pedro Belmont I haven't seen him for a very long time to be honest

with you I'm slightly concerned about Pedro where has Pedro gone Pedro is one

of my viewers in Brazil but I haven't seen Pedro for a very long time what has

happened to petrol does anyone know does anyone know what has happened to Pedro

Belmont Belmont where is he

UNICEF ah I don't know Chris morels thank you very much for your lovely

message just also we have Anna Anna Anna says hello to blue thunder as well of

course blue thunder is one of my younger viewers

I have viewers of all ages from teenage to people of my age yes that's all why

are there so many mr. Duncan's in the thumbnail oh yes the thumbnail is the

picture that advertises today's livestream and you will notice there is

there are lots of me and then somewhere there is a different mean so you'll see

a different mr. Duncan and that is just showing that sometimes being different

is not necessarily a bad thing that is something that I'm going to cover also

on Wednesday in my full English lesson talking of the English language in a

moment we are going to take a look at one of my short videos where I talk all

about the differences between British and American English so stay tuned for

that hello also to be curious again can you

please describe silent words in English when you say silent words do you mean

silent letters now I have made a youtube video all about silent letters so if you

go to my youtube channel you can search my videos just put mr. Duncan silent

letters and the video will come up as if by magic so yes I have made a lesson all

about silent words silent letters so a certain word that has some letters

contained within it that you don't pronounce

in the distance is it idioms in the distance I'm not sure

Oh in the distance I suppose in the distance can be used as an idiom because

it might be something that has happened or will happen in the near distance or

in the far distance we can use that phrase to to say that something is pest

or approaching so it can be an object but also it can be a moment of time as

well Pedro is alive but I don't know maybe he

is very busy yes I think Pedro has other things to do do you remember

Pedro used to disappear during my Sunday life's dreams so I have a feeling that

Pedro has something I think he has something very important to do on a

Sunday instead of watching me on YouTube hello also to know Noemi

hello Noemi Noemi I'll saw says you have pupils much older than you I am 64 says

Noemi really well nowadays I'm going to be honest with you can I be honest with

you do you mind if I'm honest with you I don't think 64 is very old nowadays I

think 64 is still young a lot of people when they are 64 they travel around the

world if they go on cruises they explore parts of the world that they've always

wanted to visit so I think actually 64 isn't very old I think so

thank you very much also to twang again where do you live in England where do I

live I live in the countryside a beautiful place called Much Wenlock in

the English countryside you can see actually at the moment you can see some

views there we go so there is one view that is actually live at the moment and

you can see in the distance many of the many of the fields that have recently

been harvested so you can see many of the fields have been harvested all of

the crops have been collected and just behind me you can see a view of some of

the trees blowing in the wind the answer my friend

the answer is blowing in the wind I think it's trying to rain I think it's

actually trying to rain can you believe it is it really trying to rain I think I

think we might get some rain I don't like that I don't like that at all

hello also to Rodrigues lose a funny Rodriguez hello to you the sun is

shining behind you sometimes so sometimes the Sun is out and sometimes

the Sun goes in it goes behind the clouds yes

neo zero makes a very good point 64 is the new middle age now they used

to say that life begins at 40 so many years ago people considered the age of

40 to be the beginning of your later life so you can have this new this new

feeling of youth and vitality so some people believe or they used to believe

that life started at 40 but I think nowadays the attitude to getting older

has changed a lot and I think one of the reasons is

more and more people of a certain age have disposable income so they are able

to save more money as they get older so they they are more willing to explore

the world that's what I think anyway so I think yes you're right the age of 64

is no longer old so there is definitely hope for me let me just see what's

happening with the weather because I think it's raining yes there is there is

a rain cloud going across so whilst the rain falls we're going to have a look at

the first part of my special selection of videos and today we are talking all

about the differences between British and American English hi everybody this

is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you okay

I hope so are you happy I hope so in today's lesson we will look at one of

the most varying parts of the English language which seems to cause a great

deal of confusion for those who are in the process of learning it today we will

look at the differences between British and American English

you

when we say British English what we are actually referring to is the way in

which English is spoken in the United Kingdom this includes Wales Scotland and

Northern Ireland where English is spoken widely for some people the term British

English is a misleading one but the fact remains that this terminology is the

usual one when it comes to describing the way in which English is spoken here

in the UK these days the terms standard English is slowly being used less and

less mainly due to the realisation that there is no real standard way of

speaking English the basic academic rules of English tend to be the same

wherever in the world it is being used it is a common question and one which is

often posed to me what are the differences between the way English is

spoken here in England and the way it is used in the USA well this is not an easy

question to answer quickly it would be better to break the differences down

into sections differences between nouns differences between spelling and grammar

differences between pronunciation

when it comes to word usage there are quite a large number of words which

differ between British and American English now we will take a look at some

of these words this list is not exhaustive but many of the words here

are in common use general words flat apartment building block pavement

sidewalk road route motorway freeway Junction fork roundabout traffic circle

phone box phone booth these days payphone is used in both British and

American English film movie headmaster principal caretaker janitor photo

snapshot public school private school state school public school marks grades

term semester when it comes to actually speaking English then the slight

differences between British and American English become more obvious American

English tends to put more emphasis on the consonant sounds especially the

letter R this is very apparent in words beginning with r such as red red really

really robert robert and rich rich vowel sounds such as those made by the letter

A are also emphasized the letter T is a good one to look closely at occasionally

in American English the T sound is not pronounced the same as it is in British

English for letter letter better better bottle

bottle throttle throttle metal medal more general words tap for sit power

socket power outlet power cut out inch tin pan shopping trolley shopping cart

shop store food shop grocery store corner shop convenience store sellotape

scotch-tape tippex wite-out Ceti sofa couch holiday vacation maths math iced

lollies popsicle crisps potato chips sweets candy candy floss cotton candy

cash point ATM till cash register estate agent real tall there are many ways of

finding out the differences between American and British English

most English dictionaries now point out these variations within their word

definition listings normally with the alternative spelling being placed next

to whichever word is being defined parts of a car or an automobile bonnet hood

boot trunk petrol gas windscreen windshield number plate license plate

gear leaver gear shift exhaust pipe tailpipe lorry truck fire engine fire

truck caravan trailer police car patrol car estate car station wagon car park

parking lot car journey roadtrip overtake pass clothing trousers pants

slacks pants underwear shorts jockey shorts pumps plimsolls gym shoes

trainers sneakers polo neck jumper turtleneck sweater dressing-gown

bathrobe wellington boots galoshes jumper pullover sweater nappy diaper

waistcoat vest vest undershirt

and there it was so that is the first part of our look today at the

differences between British and American English so I hope you enjoyed that

something helpful now I know that some of you have seen that before but there

are many there are many many people who haven't seen it and there will be

another video clip coming later on yes it just rained and whilst you were

watching that I was busily trying to put the cover over my head so so I wouldn't

have a repeat of yesterday when I got really really wet thank you very much

for your lovely views today and your views on certain subjects some very

interesting questions one or two of you are asking mr. Duncan how did you vote

in the brexit referendum did you vote to leave Europe or did you vote to remain

in Europe and there is only 60 days 60 days left before the 31st of October

when we have to decide whether or not it is going to go ahead oh my goodness

thanks also to Tuan also to Carlos hello Carlos watching in Colombia nice to see

you here today hello to Lionel hello Lionel Lionel

watching in Vietnam as well nice to see you here Cory asks is your town located

in the Cotswolds no it isn't it's a very long way from the Cotswolds it's about

where I live is around maybe 80 maybe 80 miles away from the Cotswolds so I live

quite a long way so the place I live is in the county of Shropshire Shropshire

and the town is called Much Wenlock a very beautiful place very rural very

scenic as you can see behind me when it isn't raining when it isn't raining it's

lovely here

also we have who else is on the live chat Bluebell

hello Bluebell I haven't seen your name here before is it your first time I

wonder blue thunder says I like your hat my hat I'm wearing my red hat because I

want to match this to my tie hello also - let's have a look head in

hello Henan or Henan hello Hanan now you are watching in Tunisia I like to knizia

I've always wanted to go to Tunisia do you know why because Tunisia is famous

for being one of the locations of one of the Star Wars movies in fact the first

Star Wars movie a lot of the scenes especially the desert scenes were filmed

in Tunisia it's true hello Sergio hello to you as for me there is there are much

bigger differences among British accents when I listen to The Archers

do you really listen to the arches now The Archers is actually a radio program

that has been running for I think 50 years on the BBC and it is like a weekly

drama so there are lots of people involved playing different roles and the

archers is actually set in the countryside but it is a radio program

that has been running for many many years

there are many regional accents in the archers it is the second time that I

have joined your live stream thank you very much Bluebell lovely to see you

here today here is a question I get asked so many

times mr. Duncan do you like football I don't follow football at all I think I

should have a t-shirt that I'm going to make I'm going to have a t-shirt made

and on the front it's going to I don't follow football because I don't

I don't really have any interest in football yes it would appear that

everyone in the UK is crazy about football but I can tell you now it's

only a small percentage of the whole population so not everyone is crazy

about football trust me hello - c-czar hello Cesar nice to see you

it is nice to start my day listening to your class although I am working at the

moment as a welder can I just say I wish you could come round to my house because

there are some repairs some parts of the house are actually falling to pieces I'm

not joking talking of which mr. Steve has been very busy this morning would

you like to see what mr. Steve has been doing here we go so this is something

that I filmed on my phone this morning I don't know if you can see that I will

make my camera brighter there he is there's mr. Steve and can you see what

he's doing he's actually repairing some of the small cracks that have appeared

on top of the roof above my studio so you can see there mr. Street mr. Steve

is actually above my studio painting some special it looks like paint but it

isn't it is actually designed to to repair cracks in the roof so that's what

mr. Steve has been doing this morning and as you can see he has been very busy

up on the roof so for those wondering what Steve has been doing today there

you can actually see him on the roof painting he's putting some special

compound on top of the roof to prevent the water from coming through into my

studio so that's what Steve has been doing today he has been up on the roof

mr. Steve has been up on the

there was actually a song called up on the roof there was I'm not joking

for those who would like to see this with captions don't forget you can press

this if you press this button on your keyboard you can actually get live

captions for those who who don't know that a few moments ago I mentioned Star

Wars and last night mr. Steve and also I settled down to actually watch a movie

it's been a very long time since we've actually sat down and watched a movie

together it's been ages so we decided to do it last night and we watched a

brilliant movie called Vanilla Sky has anyone ever seen it it's a brilliant

movie Tom Cruise is the star and it's a brilliant movie I've heard a lot about

the film over the years it isn't a new film it's around 18 years old but

vanilla Skies is is well it's a very interesting film it's like a love story

but also it is also science fiction as well so I thoroughly enjoyed it I can't

remember the last time I actually sat down to watch a movie and I really

enjoyed it and Steve enjoyed it as well and then it

made me think about other things it made me think about when was the best period

of time for movies when was the best decade for movies now in my opinion and

this is just my opinion by the way I think I really do think the 1980s was

the best period for movies some of the best movies ever made were actually made

in the 1980s and I'm going to show you one or two of the movies that I think

are not only the best movies of the 1980s but also the best movies ever made

however ever and they all come from the 1980s so I was trying to think

how many good movies there were during the 1990s and I couldn't think of many

however if I think of how many good movies were around in the 1980s I can

think of lots and lots I can think of five straight away ghostbusters

the original Ghostbusters a brilliant movie really Ferris Bueller's Day Off a

great John Hughes classic yes have you seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off a

brilliant movie all about teenagers and some of the difficult situations that

they can get into sometimes so John Hughes by the way was a very famous film

director he had a lot of big movies out during the 1980s we will have a look at

one of those in a minute in fact another movie and one of the first movies to be

released in 1980 Star Wars Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back one of my all-time

favorite movies and also my all-time favorite Star Wars movie so I love the

Empire Strikes Back and most people think that this is the best of the Star

Wars movies and I think so as well so this movie 1980 this was released in

the UK and around the world so this is a 1980s movie it really is The Empire

Strikes Back a classic maybe one of the best movies ever made also another one

also from 1980 here is another movie one of the best movies ever made this is a

biography of a person who lived during Victorian times and his real name was

Joseph Merrick and a movie was made about his life a tragic life the name of

the movie the Elephant Man and this was made in 1980

still one of the best movies ever made I think this movie is incredible if you

haven't seen it I suggest you do because it's fantastic it stars John Hurt

Anthony Hopkins John Gielgud so so many great British actors of

course we can't talk about the 1980s without mentioning this movie you know

which movie I'm on about if I was to say Harrison Ford and lots of robots we are

talking Blade Runner also from the 1980s one of the best movies possibly possibly

the best science fiction movie ever made so the original Blade Runner 1982 this

was released very successful there are many versions of this particular movie

apparently the original version of this movie had lots of narration because the

studio executives were worried that no one would understand what the film was

about so they had this terrible narration with Harrison Ford talking all

over the movie but this particular version doesn't have it later versions

of Blade Runner had all of the awful narration mood removed at the end so

there I am proving my case already that the 1980s the best the best decade for

movies and there are so many Back to the Future Back to the Future the original

Back to the Future released in 1985 right in the middle of the 1980s so

there are so many great movies and that's the reason why I believe in my

own opinion that the 1980s is definitely the golden era of big expensive but also

brilliant movies I think so anyway another movie from the 1980s this from

1982 it is yes robert de niro well then well spotted

there he is Robert De Niro a film called the King of Comedy now this is a very

interesting movie because it talks all about or the story explores the world of

celebrity so even though this was made in 1982 it still seems very relevant now

so a brilliant movie starring Robert De Niro and also the late great Jerry Lewis

as well playing a talk show host brilliant movie one of the best movies

one of one of Robert De Niro's best movies as well before he started making

those terrible dirty grandpa movies why did he do that Robert De Niro why did

you do that why did you make such a terrible movie like dirty grandpa when

you were making classics like this so I really do like 1980s movies can you

tell here's another one from the 1980s another one you may or may not have

heard of this is called national lampoon's vacation

starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo a very funny movie it's a comedy

about a family going to I want to say Disneyland but of course it isn't

Disneyland so in the movie the place they are going to has a different name

but national lampoon's vacation

a fantastic movie very funny so many great movies from the 1980s some

good suggestions here from you as well an officer and a gentleman a brilliant

movie love lifts us up where we belong Richard Gere Richard Gere now I'm trying

to remember who else was in an officer and a gentleman

so there was Richard Gere but I can't remember the lady who was the lady that

he carried off at the end from the factory I can't remember her name isn't

that terrible life is beautiful with the excellent Benini life is beautiful I

have heard of that film and that is on my to watch film list so yes that is one

film I would like to see life is beautiful as I understand it it is a

very serious film but also a very heartwarming film as well I've never

seen it myself Irene is going oh I have to go now bye

mr. Duncan and everyone okay Irene see you later

catch you later hopefully you will be able to watch this later on

Belarusian says I can see you love movies mr. Duncan I used to watch movies

many years ago but nowadays I have no time that's true well the same thing

happened to me and also Steve as well so last night we sat down to watch a movie

that we wanted to watch for a long time called vanilla skies and it's a

brilliant movie starring Tom Cruise Tilda Swinton is in it as well can I

just let you in on a little secret Tilda Swinton really to scare me a bit I don't

know why whenever I see her in a film I always feel a little afraid do you know

who I mean Tilda Swinton she has bright red hair and she has a very stern

looking face but yes a brilliant movie called vanilla skies it's a love story

but it's also science fiction as well Alexandra says my favorite movie is The

Green Mile now I don't think that's from the 1980s

I think the Green Mile was the early 1990s maybe 92 or 93 I might be wrong

but I don't think the Green is from the 1980s but it's still a good

movie hello also to sue Kat says I am also

afraid of Tilda Swinton good thank goodness for that

so it's not just me so other people feel slightly afraid of Tilda Swinton have

you watched Harry Potter well of course Harry Potter is not from

the 1980s so sadly he doesn't make it onto my list

I'm afraid however this movie does one of my all-time favorite movies it's also

from the 1980s made in 1985 this particular movie pee-wee's big adventure

starring pee-wee Herman so I absolutely love this movie very funny movie have

you ever seen it and did you know that this is one of Tim Burton's first ever

movies that he edited so this is Tim Burton's he produced he directed it and

it stars the ever young pee-wee Herman and it's a very funny movie as well

hi mr. Duncan oh that looks like is that Korean or Japanese I can't tell the

difference sometimes I'm sorry about that koto says I want to watch movies

during the week or at the weekend but I have no time either I know I don't know

what's happening at the moment I seem to have no time to actually sit down and

relax because I'm always busy I'm always preparing or filming or editing or

presenting like now so I always seem to have very little time to sit down and

watch a movie yes tsukete Tim Burton has made some

very good movies Edward Scissorhands is one of my favorite movies

also from the nineteen eighties you see it is so easy to to name a good movie

from the 1980s because there were so many there were so many who remembers

this movie and also its sequel as well this is a movie that makes you feel both

happy and a little sad as well cocoon who remembers this movie cocoon and also

the sequel as well so there was actually a sequel to this movie cocoon and this

is also a science fiction movie all about some aliens that come back to

rescue their friends that have been under the ocean and these elderly people

find these they look like shells or eggs and they are actually in a swimming pool

and all these elderly people from a nearby elderly care home find these eggs

in a swimming pool I think in the movie they call them pods pods and it makes

them young again so they become young and lively and they have lots of energy

but it also has a very sad story as well that is definitely a film that will make

you cry a little bit I think so so as you can see there are so many great

movies from the 1980s classic movies we've already mentioned Back to the

Future in fact there were three three Back to the Future movies there was Back

to the Future one where he goes back in time then there was Back to the Future 2

where he goes forward in time to 2015 can you believe it

2015 was four years ago I I don't remember seeing Michael J Fox running

around on his hoverboard to be honest so yes there are so

many great movies ET the extra-terrestrial a great movie starring

Henry Thomas as Elliot I will be right here sorry

that was terrible although I do look a bit I look a little bit like et don't

you think so right we're gonna have a look at another clip from one of my

English lessons and this is talking all about the differences between British

and American English and then after that we are back with the live chat the

British slang word for a cigarette is fag while in American English this word

has a very different and offensive meaning it is a derogatory and insulting

word for a gay man or homosexual so asking an American for a fag may at the

very least cause some confusion and at the very worst a great deal of offense

past simple past participle the following verbs have two acceptable

forms of the past simple past participle in both American and British English

however the irregular form is generally more common in British English and the

regular form is more common to American English burn burnt or burned dream

dreamt or dreamed lean lent or leaned learn learnt or learned smell smelt or

smelled spell spelt or spelled spill spilt or spilled

spoil spoilt or spoiled in present perfect

temps there are some slight differences for example I've lost my wallet I lost

my wallet possessive clauses there are two forms to express possession in

English have or have got do you have a car have you got a car he hasn't got any

friends he doesn't have any friends she has a beautiful new home she's got a

beautiful new home while both forms are correct and acceptable in both British

and American English have got have you he hasn't got are generally the

preferred forms of British English while most speakers of American English use do

you have he doesn't have they don't have the verb

get the past participle of the verb get is gotten in American English for

example he's got much better at playing tennis he's gotten much better at

playing tennis there are some words which are unique to American English a

good example of this is the word busboy which means a person in a restaurant who

collects the dirty plates and cutlery from the tables not to be confused with

a waiter who takes the orders and serves the food there are some differences

between the spelling of British and American English words for example words

ending with E are such as centre and meter and words ending with C II

such as license and defense words ending in i sv such as minimize patronize prize

recognized specialize there are some differences in the way prepositions are

used for example at the weekend on the weekend in the team on the team

write to me soon write me soon some words are pronounced differently between

British and American English for example aluminium aluminium basil basil data

data duty duty oregano oregano process process tomato tomato

tube tube VARs vase

and there it is part 2 of our look at the differences between British and

American English and it is a Sunday afternoon live English with myself mr.

Duncan and there you can see a beautiful view of the English countryside live on

a Sunday afternoon and it's myself mr. Duncan as well I hope you're having a

good time today we have talked about so many things we are talking about classic

movies from the 1980s and also American and British English as I said at the

start of today's live stream the main differences between British and American

English are in the spelling of certain words and also the pronunciation of

certain words but generally speaking the root of both languages is exactly the

same there is only one there is only one English only one English apparently the

co-star in officer in the gentlemen was Debra Winger how could I not know that

of course Debra Winger whatever happened to Debra

Winger it appeared that she was going to be one of the biggest super actresses of

the 1980s and then she sort of disappeared Debra Winger whatever

happened to her hello also to Blue Thunder Oh blue

thunder apparently feels a little bit tired today slightly tired by the way I

will be going in 15 minutes so if you have something to say or ask do it now

please another classic movie from the 1980s all

I can say from my own point of view the 1980s was the best era the best period

of time for great successful classic movies and here is another one I

mentioned John Hughes earlier because John Hughes was a very prolific director

sadly no longer around unfortunately but John Hughes directed

many great movies including home alone as well which I think I might be wrong I

think home alone might be from the 1980s but I think it was the late 1980s so I

think home alone the first movie was was the late 1980s it might even be the

early 90s but I think home alone the original one was in the 1980s and it was

directed by the late great John Hughes here is another movie that John Hughes

directed one of my all-time favorite movies trains planes and automobiles

starring Steve Martin and John Candy I absolutely love this movie released in

1987 this movie stars two comedy legends as I've already mentioned and the story

concerns two businessmen trying to get home for Thanksgiving and it has some

great moments of comedy also some very sad moments as well it is a brilliant

movie one of the best movies of the 1980s but then most movies from the

1980s were really good John Hughes also directed another one of my favorite

eighties movies Ferris Bueller's Day Off and also The

Breakfast Club as well so he often directed movies all about teenagers and

the problems they face in life but sadly no longer around unfortunately hello

also 2ts once again Pedro isn't here as I mentioned earlier what has happened to

Pedro where is he Pedro we are all missing you so much

where are you what are you doing over there in Brazil grow up grow up oh hello

there apparently home alone ah home alone was made in 1990 I thought so

you see I thought so I thought it was the late 80s or early 1990s so yes sadly

home alone is not from the 1980s but it is still a good movie it is still quite

a good movie another one and this is the last one no I've just made a mistake

here I was going to show you this movie I was going to mention this but of

course this is not from the 1980s it isn't from the 1980s a lot of people

believe that Groundhog Day is from the 1980s but it isn't Groundhog Day is

actually from the 1990s it was released in 1993 but even I sometimes forget that

Groundhog Day is actually from the 1990s I always think that this is from the

1980s I don't know why I really don't know why and once again a very good

movie though so even though it's not from the 1980s it is still a really good

movie starring Bill Murray and also and the McDowell what is Andie MacDowell

doing nowadays the last time I saw Andie MacDowell

she was advertising moisturizer for your face I think I should do that

I think I would be a very good spokesperson for for male cosmetics I

think so I would be brilliant at that that's what I think anyway home alone is

a fantastic movie they show it every year at Christmastime can I just mention

something while we're talking about Christmas can I mention something to you

there is a TV channel here in the UK and at the moment you might not believe it

but during September they are showing Christmas movies I have no idea why why

are they doing that so there is a movie channel here in the

UK so we can actually get it on television here and during September I

don't know why they are actually showing Christmas movies and one of the movies

they are showing is home alone but I don't know why why are they showing them

during September it doesn't make sense tsukete says oh my husband and I watched

ground OCH groundhog day a thousand times and we'll be watching it all over

again ah I know what you did there yes very clever I like that so to watch

Groundhog Day over and over is very similar to the actual plot of the movie

because Bill Murray has to live the same day over and over again I like that very

good yes very good but have you ever seen vanilla skies

it's a brilliant movie if you haven't seen it please see it it stars Tom

Cruise can I just be honest with you here I I don't mind Tom Cruise but there

are certain things certain movies that he's been in where he's being terrible

yet in other movies he's really good if you haven't seen another brilliant movie

from the 1980s starring Tom Cruise do you know which movie I'm on about in

fact it's the first movie he was ever in risky business if you've never seen

risky business starring a very young Tom Cruise you have to see it it is a

brilliant movie and in fact it is the movie that made Tom Cruise famous so one

of his first-ever movies called risky business also made in the 1980s you see

so it would appear that there are many good movies around in the 1980s talking

of acting there is a person that I know in my life

who enjoys acting very much do you know who that is

it's mr. Steve yes he likes acting very much and today I was wondering whether

mr. Steve was going to show up because I thought maybe he was but it would appear

that he's not here at the moment so I don't know earlier he was on the roof

fixing the roof but I don't know what's happened to him before we leave we will

have part three of our observation our close look at the world of English the

differences between British and American English in fact more differences between

spelling the most well-known difference between British and American English

appears in words ending with oh you are such as color favor flavor honor

neighbour and of course words such as coloured favorite dishonor neighborhood

when it comes to word definitions there are not that many serious variations

between words used in England and those used in the USA it is not as if you are

having to learn two new languages I know that when someone says mailman they mean

postman I know that a freeway is a motorway and I know that pence are

trousers when it comes to basic grammar British and American English are almost

the same it is also worth remembering that word usage can vary even in one

country a word used in one part of the USA may not be used in another the same

rule is also true here in the UK

more general words property or land real estate supermarket assistant clerk bank

cashier teller postman mailman chemist pharmacy drugstore label tag helicopter

chopper injection jab shot rubbish garbage trash waste bin garbage can

trash can mobile phone cell phone TV erial antenna wardrobe closet curtains

drapes mortuary morgue coffin casket prison

penitentiary child kid mum or mother mum pew line believe it or not English is

one of the easiest languages to learn but it can also be one of the most

confusing the differing uses between British and American English may appear

to make the language very complicated but in oral English the differences are

far fewer if I were to visit the USA I would have very little trouble

understanding what people were saying in fact when it comes to speaking the only

real difficulty may come from the misconception or negative thinking that

there will be a problem I may imagine that there will be difficulties when in

fact there are virtually none the real differences tend to exist within the

various regional accents rather than the type of English being spoken when it

comes to speaking English be it British or American

there are many accents around that subject we will save for another lesson

there is one important word which I have left up for long lives and I have

decided to leave it to last in British English you go to the toilet all of the

lavatory in American English you go to the washroom men's room or bathroom

the British slang words for toilet are FARC or loot why are the American slang

words for toilet are jar and though it was I hope you enjoyed that so I hope

things are a little clearer now the differences between British and American

English and there are many many different types many differences indeed

you are watching live English and it is Sunday afternoon with myself mr. Duncan

and maybe perhaps I'm not sure maybe joining me very soon maybe mr. Steve

will be lurking around after 3:00 everybody shout where is mr. Steve 1 2 3

where is mr. Steve where is mr. Steve where is mr. sir oh there is mr. Steve

he's lurking around behind me mr. Steve has returned once more with his

wheelbarrow his wheelbarrow your wheelbarrow and now mr. Duncan hello

well hello to everybody what have you got in your wheelbarrow Berbera can you

smell it I stink I smell I smell of fumes nothing new

there different lives on today Mister Donut then these gloves are very

interesting yes now it looks from these gloves it looks as if you've been

handling as material what is true hazardous

hazardous if something is hazardous it means dangerous or harmful

I need them when I'm near mr. Duncan because he's contaminated yes so what

have I been handling mr. Duncan what have you been doing I've been on the

roof on my knees well what you what you don't know Steve is earlier I was

secretly filming you what calm down secretly filming me mr. Duncan

I don't like being spied on oh so that there was Steve earlier I will turn the

light up on the camera there there was Steve from earlier he was actually on

the roof doing some repairs so what what are you actually doing there Steve well

mr. Duncan this is the flat roof the flat roof as opposed to a pitched roof

this is that this is a flat roof so a pitch roof is pointed and a flat roof as

its name suggests is flat covered in felt and that felt

unlike the tiles on a pitched roof probably only got a 20 25 year lifespan

okay I've noticed and this flat roof is above mr. Duncan's studio yes we don't

want rainwater coming into my studio exactly so I've been monitoring this

very carefully okay over many years and I've noticed a deterioration a

deterioration a deterioration yes cracks have been appearing and the top coating

is as withered away in the Sun I know the feeling and yes and so what I've

been doing is I've been scraping all the moss off okay all right and then I

thought well I'll give it a coat because it's too expensive I don't want to have

it repaired yet by a ruthless pastor somebody who repairs your roof is a

roofer we call one okay and you know I are there's no short stories with me mr.

Duncan well other is because we've got like four minutes before we go right

okay I'll speed it up so yes basically I found

this compound that you can put onto the roof to extend its life so it's very

clever it looks like paint but you actually paint it onto the roof and then

magically it fills all the cracks yes it's got like fibers in it and some kind

of sort of a DS if the other thing I know the other thing I know Steve it

absolutely stinks I'm on a high mr. Duncan I've been breathing in fumes all

morning it's taking me back three hours up there I've been working hard as you

know well the roof the roof is only just above my head so so for the past hour

and a half I have also been breathing in all of the fumes a very messy job stinky

as well fully we'll get another five five or six years life out of that roof

but you have to have it let's have a look before we go then because we are

going soon there we go look you can see by the outside of this cam and it's

absolutely horrible stuff to use it sir it stinks it stinks of solvent oh I

wasn't going to give the name lots of products like this on the market this

one's called roof fix so this I love the name of this because it's called a roof

fix so it really does tell you everything that it does it's used to fix

your roof to fit fix your flat roof and just keep it going for a bit longer

because it's only around the edges that where the water collects that the

deterioration in the felt have taken place so if something deteriorates it

means it becomes worn or damaged something deteriorates over time it

becomes damaged that's the problem with flat bruise and many people if you've

got to if you work in buildings or live in buildings with flat roofs they're

always prone to leaking and you've got to take the moss off and you've got a

repair that'll keep them going well in some countries they have nothing but

flat roofs so the roofs don't look like this they look like this they're flat so

yeah I think having a flat roof is not is not necessarily a good thing because

you can get leaks you can get more to drip

being through water pools in areas and then the felt rots away and then you get

a leak and we don't want a leak in mr. Duncan's studio because he won't be able

to continue doing his important work teaching English to you lot around the

world as I think now there will be people on the roof of my studio drilling

holes in the roof to sabotage everything because the rain if the rainwater goes

through it will damage all of my lovely equipment yes and I can turn my and all

types of work okay then I don't know why why do you announce everything like

you're on a stage applause applause for you

I'm is Alexandra Watson aleksander been doing that deserves applause well awes

for you so here are some applause for mr. Steve I deserve it

yes as usual working very hard unlike some of us

now you're working hard in a more intellectual way I'm working hard in a

manual way manual labor hmm and of course I'm fighting fit as we know

because I'm doing all these jobs however I'm hoping not to get liver cancer from

all the fumes in 20 years time okay that's so so if you've white spirit or

Terps white spirit to take all this off my gloves you should have seen them and

I came down I was covered in this goo it's got all over my clothes

it's disgusting it stings you act you absolutely stink of this stuff it says

that to me all the time even when I'm not on the roof there

can I go mr. dent okay they we are about to wrap things up what does that mean

well if you wrap things up it means it's time to end well I meant what happens

after you've finished the live stream Oh after we finished the live stream we are

having a cup of tea and the tea cake we are everybody saying oh everyone saying

hello hello and good night please we're going to bed of course I haven't seen

Jeff on here today Jeff yes Jeff is here and hey anything to me yes he did he

said yeah it's mr. Steve there it is I've got at least one fan

yayyyyy I think Jeff really does like you I've noticed one thing that Jeff

only says something when you appear mice most my things falling down technical

problems but mr. Duncan is clever he can fix all those technical issues I heard

him coming inside earlier because it was raining it started raining I was

panicking earlier I thought I was going to have a repeat of yesterday when I got

soaking wet we can't have rain because because father was no forecast for rain

and I did the roof because you've got to leave it 12 hours without any rain

before it dries mmm so we don't want that right I'm off to make the tea cakes

bye to everybody lovely to see you all and hopefully see you again next week

with some mystery object in my wheelbarrow I wonder what will be in mr.

Steeves wheelbarrow next week Oh to be you ha that was mr. Steve of course he

likes to drop in and relax too he likes to drop in and say hello and that's it

that's almost time for us to say goodbye it is almost time to say goodbye to

everyone I hope you've enjoyed it yes it is a very interesting there he goes

it is a very interesting type of paint so it looks like paint but apparently

apparently it has lots of fiber inside like almost like material that you make

clothes out of so you paint it on and then it seals everything up so the water

doesn't go through so it's actually quite good thank you very much for your

company today we've done quite a lot of things a very busy 90 minutes today I

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