Learn English and chill - in the autumn sunshine ☀️ Friday 11th October 2024

oh there you are...

You’re over there...

I thought you were here.

I thought you was going to meet me here.

But unfortunately, you are all the way over there.

Okay. Wait there. I'm coming.

I thought you were waiting over there.

As we arranged.

Okay. Don't worry.

I'm coming.

Oh. Oh, there you are. Hi, everybody.

This is Mr Duncan in England. How are you today? Are you okay?

I hope so. Are you happy?

Are you feeling happy today? I hope you are.

Because we are back together once again. Live.

I couldn't resist coming outside today because the weather is so nice.

It really does feel as if autumn is in the air.

The air is very fresh, crisp.

It feels like autumn has arrived.

Some of the trees have already started to change.

You might be able to see behind me over there.

You might be able to see some of the leaves on the trees have already started to change.

It's great to be here with you by the way.

For those wondering, who the heck is this? My name is Mr. Duncan.

I talk about the English language.

You might say that I am an English addict.

Like it says here.

That's what it says on my microphone. You see.

So it must be true.

It must be.

When you think about it.

And I teach English.

I've been doing it for a long time, and I love the English language.

And I like teaching English.

I couldn't resist coming on today. I thought.

Shall I go for a walk?

The answer to that question was yes.

And then I thought, shall I do a live stream, a surprise live stream

once again?

The answer was yes.

So here I am. Only for a few minutes. So I am going into town at the moment.

So town is over there.

So if I continue walking over there, I will eventually end up in town.

The place I am at at the moment is called Much Wenlock.

You can look it up on Google if you want.

Much Wenlock is where I am right now.

And as if you haven't already guessed,

I am standing at a place called Windmill Hill.

Do you know why they call it Windmill Hill?

No. Me neither.

I have no idea why.

No. No idea why they call this place Windmill Hill.

Anyway, if you don't know about this place, this is Much Wenlock.

It is very famous for one reason.

And this is the place that was the inspiration for the modern Olympic Games.

Way way, way, way, way, way back in time.

And can you believe it?

The actual games are still held here in Much Wenlock,

so they still have their own Olympian games here in Much Wenlock.

And a long time ago.

This place was the inspiration for the modern Olympic Games as well.

So that is a brief history.

And I would say the most notable reason why Much Wenlock is famous.

Of course, the other reason is because Mr. Duncan lives here. That's me, by the way.

I hope you are okay today.

Friday has arrived. I hope you are having a good Friday.

I hope Friday is proving to be a rather interesting day for you,

and I hope my appearance here on YouTube has made it a little bit more interesting as well.

I suppose I should say hello to the live chat, because I would assume there are some people watching on the live chat.

Hello to Florence. Hello, Florence.

Nice to see you here. Watching today.

Hello to Ray.

Hello, Ray. Who asks where is the location?

I am in England, a beautiful part of England in the countryside, in a place called Much Wenlock.

It is a beautiful rural location.

So when we say that something is rural, it means it is in the countryside, far away from all of the big cities and towns.

And yes, there is a small town just over there behind me.

So behind me over there is the town. In fact.

In the past I have done quite a few live streams from the town, which is just over there.

One of the main reasons why I don't do it from the town anymore is because there is no mobile phone signal.

I don't know why, but the internet connection through the mobile phone is terrible in Much Wenlock.

Another thing I've just realised is I forgot

to bring some water with me,

so that might be a problem if I start getting a dry throat.

The strange thing is, it really does look as if it's about to rain.

I don't know why.

I checked the weather forecast this morning and it said that it was going to be sunny with some cloud.

Not much.

However, at the moment there are lots of very dark, ominous clouds hanging over my head.

If we describe something as ominous, it means it is bringing doom and gloom.

We see it as a sign of something bad happening.

Something that is ominous can be threatening.

It is coming towards you.

It might bring something bad or negative. You know what?

The live chat is slowly getting busy.

I know that there are.

Not many people on at the moment because I did not announce this.

You see?

What is the time there?

At the moment it is 2:08 o'clock on a Friday afternoon.

Just to let you know, to do.

I don't know if you can see that, but there it is, 2:08 o'clock on a Friday afternoon.

Could you please give me some information about universities and the faculties for ESL?

ESL teachers?

Well, there are many universities of language.

Birmingham is a good one.

If you want to go to a university that is central in the UK.

But of course there are many universities that can give you a diploma or a higher degree in all subjects, to be honest.

One of the most famous universities around here, and it might be one that you've never heard of, is Keele University in Stoke on Trent.

It is very close to Stoke on Trent, but a very well known university,

and they do have a lot of very good teachers, lecturers.

In fact,

two people, two people from my family have actually been to that university.

So there you go. So that is my recommendation.

But to be honest with you, there are many universities across the country.

Some people prefer to go to London to have their higher education.

Some people prefer that they like the sound

when they say, oh yes, I'm at university in London.

It sounds better.

It doesn't really matter as long as you get a qualification at the end,

and as long as you work hard for that qualification, then I suppose it doesn't really matter where you go.

So I hope that answers your question all the time here.

Yes, I think I've already said what time it is here. I hope the live chat is still working because it is

a little quiet.

Suddenly on the live stream.

Florence?

Florence asks, where are you, Mr. Duncan?

Can you please tell me where you are?

I am on Windmill Hill.

Florence also says, I went to Cambridge a long time ago, but only for three months.

Well, of course Cambridge University.

Well, when we say Cambridge, there are actually many universities in Cambridge and also Oxford.

So they have many different types of university in these places.

But once again, people do like to say, oh yes, I studied at Oxford

or I studied at Cambridge because it sounds better.

It almost sounds as if your education was much better because you went to a place like that, but it doesn't make any difference.

To be honest, if I was honest with you, it doesn't make any difference at all.

It would be nice to see a few more people here joining me today.

I know I did not announce this, so I might not stay for very long if no one is here to watch,

then it's pointless standing here talking to myself.

If I was completely honest with you.

I've had a really busy week this week, Mr. Steve.

By the way, can I just say poor Mr.

Steve is not feeling very well at the moment.

I think

he has caught a little bug from last weekend because we went to see a show,

and also I was there filming the show, as well as a special favour for this particular operatic society.

So I did that.

But I think Mr.

Steve has picked up a bug, a little fever.

How am I?

I'm perfectly all right. You know why?

Because I have such a strong community, such a strong body.

That's what I keep telling myself anyway.

So I am okay. But Mr. Steve, unfortunately, is not very well.

He's actually taken a couple of days off work, so he is at home at the moment, resting.

Just in case you are watching Mr. Steve.

I hope you feel better soon.

Don't worry about Mr. Steve. He will be all right.

He's just under the weather at the moment.

He's not feeling too well, but I'm sure he will be feeling much better soon as well.

I woke up this morning and I felt something

that I haven't felt for a long time.

Can you guess what it is?

Can you guess what

I felt this morning when I woke up?

And here it is.

It's.

I will give you a clue.

It has something to do with all of this.

It is something to do with this.

Why did I wake up with an unusual feeling this morning?

Hello, tower.

Are you speaking at a normal speed now, or speaking a little bit slowly.

Well, normally I speak like this, so I hope you can understand what I'm saying. Well, this is how I normally speak.

When I normally speak, this is how we speak. So I hope you can understand me.

Is that better?

Is that how fast you want me to speak? No. This is my normal voice.

I can speak slower.

Hello.

My name is Mr..

Oh, I can speak much faster. Hi, everybody, this is Mr. Duncan. How was it today?

Are you okay? Yes. Today we're talking.

You see? You see? So this is how I normally speak.

If you've never listened to my voice this morning

or before,

ever in your life, this is how I normally speak.

So I'm not speaking in a strange way. I'm not speaking slowly.

This is how I normally speak.

This is my voice. It's coming out of my mouth now.

My normal speaking voice.

I don't know why, but people seem to think that I change my voice for this, but I don't.

This is how I normally speak.

If you've ever met me in real life, and I know some of you have, you will know that I speak in exactly

the same way in real life as I do here.

So everything I'm doing now is as I normally speak. I'm not slowing down.

I'm not doing anything different. As long as you can understand me.

That, of course, is the most important thing of all.

So I hope that answers your question.

My normal speed is this.

Of course, a lot of people say, Mr.

Duncan, your voice is very nice to listen to because it's very clear. It's clear.

So it isn't just about how fast you speak, but also how clearly you pronounce the words.

Some people are very lazy when they speak.

They can't pronounce the words clearly because they are a little bit lazy.

So I hope with my English lessons I will give you lots of motivation

to improve your listening, but also your pronunciation as well.

Do you teach anywhere?

I teach all over the internet right now.

This is taking up all of my time.

I get the feeling I am starting to think maybe toe are.

Toe are.

I think you might be a new viewer,

so I will quickly give you a story of what I do.

I teach English on YouTube.

I've been doing this here

for nearly 18 years.

So I hope that answers your question.

In fact, I was the first ever English English teacher.

The first English teacher on YouTube.

Way back in 2006. It's true.

You can ask ChatGPT

about that because apparently, apparently I don't know why, but artificial intelligence seems to be recommending me.

As an English teacher on YouTube, maybe it's because I've been doing it for such a long time.

Perhaps that is the reason.

That's a good question. Florence.

Where are you at the moment?

Where are you? Please let me know.

That would be a good idea.

Hello to Hannah.

Hello, Hannah.

A large hello to you as well.

I hope you are all right on this Friday.

It is Friday already. We are.

We are nearly halfway through October.

I can't believe it.

Only a few weeks left of this year.

So I think it's about eight weeks.

Eight weeks until the end of the year.

Am I right?

Yes. About eight weeks, maybe nine weeks before the end of 2024.

Already I've started to think about what to do next year.

I would like to do something different next year.

We all do this whenever the new year approaches.

We always like to make plans for the following year.

And of course, one of the things we will be doing next year, we will be doing the rendezvous next year.

And that will be an opportunity for you to meet me

in real life.

So we've done this twice already.

We did it once last year.

We did it once this year and we are going to do it again next year.

So in 2025, we are going to have another super duper English addict rendezvous.

So I hope you

will be doing that as well.

Maybe you will be meeting up with us.

Are you available on

split?

I've never heard of that. I'm not sure what split is.

It might be Spotify. Do you mean Spotify?

I'm not on Spotify.

Everybody else is, but I'm not.

You see, I'm different.

A lot of people go on to sites like Spotify and Tik Tok because they want to just make lots and lots and lots and lots of money.

But for me.

It isn't quite as important as that.

Uzbekistan.

Hello to her as Becca. Stan is watching. Hello to you.

Nice to see you here.

If it is your first time, please let me know.

So, have you seen me before?

Have you watched any of my live streams or my English lessons before?

Because on my YouTube channel, there are many, many English lessons

that you can listen to for as many times as you want.

Oh very interesting.

We have Luis Mendez is here today.

Hello, Luis.

Nice to see you here as well.

I hope you are having a lovely sunny day where you are because at the moment here in England,

can you see we're having a rather beautiful day?

It is so lovely.

And in the distance some of the trees are already starting to turn.

As autumn begins.

So that is the view we have today.

Looking rather nice. Lots of trees.

Some of them are changing their colour.

Some of them are starting to

turn gold or red depending on what type of tree they are.

So it is nice to see you here, Luis.

I hope you are having a glorious day where you are as well.

By the way, I suppose I should mention that I normally here live every Sunday,

Sunday and Wednesday in my little studio.

Nice and warm.

So what was the strange thing I felt this morning?

I will tell you.

I felt cold.

I felt really cold this morning

I woke up, I was freezing cold.

So I got out of bed. I looked out the window and everything

was white

with frost.

It was so cold.

All of the moisture on the ground had frozen.

So everything outside my house this morning was white.

The grass, the roofs of the houses and

well, everywhere basically.

So that is the reason why I woke up this morning with a very strange feeling.

My feet were cold and I wondered why.

So I got out of bed and there it was.

Beautiful Frost everywhere.

Really really nice.

Hello, Javi. Hello, Javi.

Javi! Valin.

Tiene is here.

Hello to you.

Thank you very much for joining me again on this Friday.

I am coming to you live from Much Wenlock at the top of Windmill Hill.

Do you know why they call it Windmill Hill?

I wonder why.

Why do they call this place windmill Hill?

I suppose it's a little bit ironic

that the wind has dmaged the windmill.

Because you wouldn't imagine that the wind would damage the windmill.

Because the windmill is designed to withstand the wind.

But there you go. You can't have everything in this life.

Hello there.

This is Mr. Duncan in England

on a Friday afternoon. Having some fun.

Do you know what

a lot of people ask me?

Mr. Duncan, what is the meaning of life?

What is the meaning of all this?

What is the meaning of all this? Gone. And all this for

and everything around us.

What is the meaning of it?

And I always say the meaning is.

To be happy. To have fun.

Sometimes you just have to have a little bit of fun.

You have to have a smile on your face and.

A spring in your step.

That's what I say anyway. You might disagree with me. You might say that, Mr. Duncan.

Life is not always a bowl of cherries.

Life is not always fun and laughter.

Hello? Suck. Sham.

My question is not academic.

Can you please tell me how to find a person?

A passion as you have for English?

So how do you find the same passion as I actually have for the English language?

Well, I suppose it's all about feeling and emotion.

It is. So anything that you enjoy

is all about the feeling you get from it.

So with me, I've always been fascinated by the English language since I was a child.

I used to love writing stories.

When I was at high school. I used to write lots of stories for my English teacher.

Then I would give them to them.

So I've always been interested in English in the way English is used

in stories, in essays, and of course, in daily speech.

So it is a fascinating thing.

As I always say, the world of English is a fun and exciting place to be.

I'm so glad you could join me for another live stream.

So I suppose the passion comes from within.

It is a feeling if you wake up in the morning and you feel excited

by something, or you feel excited about something

that is your passion, that is it.

I suppose it's hard to create passion inside.

It's a little bit like when you meet a person.

If you don't like someone,

you can't make yourself like them. Really.

You can't.

You can't make yourself like them.

You either like them or you don't like them.

You can't make yourself like them.

So I think that's one of the main things about anything in life, something you have a passion for.

It's normally something that you have a strong attraction towards anyway.

It is already there.

So all I've done, I suppose, is I've.

I've built

on my interest or my passion for that particular thing.

I suppose it's what most people say.

Most people normally say that.

They normally say they have a passion for something.

So my passion has always been communicating using English and of course using

cameras, video equipment, recording equipment.

I've always been incredibly interested in all of these things.

So that is why I do this.

Thank you very much for joining me today. By the way.

I'm so glad that we've managed to get a good signal. Hello.

Hi there.

Hello. Where are you from?

From China. Hello, China. Ni hao.

Or should Dunkirk?

Nice to meet you. I'm an English teacher.

Okay. You are teaching English? I'm. I'm doing it right now on the internet.

Do you want to come and say hello? Okay.

We have. We have some.

We have some visitors from China, and now they're coming to say hello.

Are you excited?

Come on, don't be shy.

Everybody, look, we have some.

Now, this has not been planned, okay? I haven't planned this.

So what?

What is your name?

My name is Chee.

Hello, Chee. And you can call me ash. Ash?

Yeah, that's a bit like Ashley. Yes.

Yes. Really?

Oh, okay. I got it right. I'm doing very well. Thank you very much.

So why have you come to Much Wenlock?

We come here to travel. Guitarist.

Because we know that is a very beautiful, countryside.

Yeah.

It's not amazing.

So here I am now, doing a live stream. Yeah.

Right now.

And another thing. I used to work in China.

Oh, really? I lived in China for many years teaching English.

Do you know a place called Bao Toe?

Oh, I'll tell you. Yeah. Inner Mongolia? Yeah.

I spent a long time there as an English teacher.

So? So I was working very hard there in China.

So I hope you don't mind me interrupting you.

No, no, that's all right, then I was worried.

You see, I said hello, and you said hello, and I said, do you want to come over here?

And I wasn't sure if you were going to.

So what what have you seen in Much Wenlock so far? Anything nice?

Yes. Very nice.

And there are some surprises.

We don't know.

There are even a birthplace of the Olympic modern Olympics.

You see, I said that earlier as well.

This is the inspiration for the modern Olympic Games.

So every time you watch the Olympic Games.

Now, this place, Much Wenlock, is where it all started.

That's amazing.

Its charter run here is the start of the modern Olympics era.

So come on, come to Much Wenlock.

What are you waiting for? You must come here right now.

Would you like to hear me sing a Chinese song for you? Oh, Chinese song, would you?

Would you like me to do it for you? Okay. Of course. Have you ever heard of this song?

I'm sure you have. Okay, here we go. I'm going to sing now.

You went well.

Oh, yeah. Oh, gosh.

Well, I be old.

Tiffin would slippery.

And would I pull in you really? And, Yeah.

One day she that will do that.

Okay.

I actually sung that song on Chinese TV. Oh. Television.

Oh, they asked me to do it, and it's on YouTube as well. Hello, everyone. Oh,

jazzy.

Hello. Jarvis says well, in this song. Yes it is.

The moon represents my heart. Isn't that lovely?

And I will not disturb you any more. I hope you have a great time here in Much Wenlock.

Thank you.

My name is Duncan. The channel is English addict. Okay, you can guess.

Yeah, yeah. Or just put Mr. Duncan.

Okay. Put Mr. Duncan into YouTube and you will find all of my stuff, okay?

Including you. You will be on there as well, though. Okay. Thank you. I take it and have a super day.

Absolute pleasure. Pleasure to meet you.

Thank you. Nice to see you. My hands are very cold. Yeah. That's it.

Oh, he's got a nice camera as well.

I'm jealous.

He has a lovely, lovely camera.

I've had fun. Thank you. This is, Chinese product action.

Oh. Well, of course it is.

You know, every everything is made in China, though. No, it's it's very, very good.

Okay. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Have a good day.

You too have a good day and has a good day and of course, Xinjiang.

Thank you. And they did. Bye.

See you on YouTube.

Well well well I wasn't expecting that.

Well, you know, I hadn't planned that.

Just in case anyone says Mr. Duncan. Mr. Duncan, that's fake. No it isn't.

I had no idea.

I had no idea that someone was going to meet me today and talk to me.

So I hope you enjoyed that.

The live chat has now gone into stunned silence.

I think the aeroplane is going to land.

They found me.

They are super friendly.

Of course. Yes. Very friendly.

How lovely.

What a lovely moment of time. I was not expecting that.

I thought I would be standing here at the top of the hill talking to myself.

But we had some special guests from China. It's not lovely.

How strange. How?

How bizarre is fact.

I will be going in a moment.

I'm going into town because I have to buy something for Mr.

Steve because he's not feeling very well.

Unfortunately, he's feeling a little poorly.

So I have to go into town to buy something nice for him.

I will go in a moment and I will be back with you on Sunday.

Don't forget Sunday from 2 p.m.

UK time.

Hello to video Biko.

Hello, I'm happy to see you.

I am David from Mexico.

Can I say a big hello to Mexico from England,

which is where I am right now with some special guests as well.

Wasn't that strange?

Wasn't that nice?

Something nice, something unusual?

Even so, I quite enjoyed that.

I can watch it again later. Just like you. Can you see?

Thank you very much. Video. Biko says I love you.

I love you too.

I love all of my viewers, I love this, I love the English language and I love.

All of this.

When I say all of this, I just mean everything.

Everything.

The experience of waking up in the morning, in the morning

with a smile on my face.

You know the one thing I can't believe?

I can't believe they didn't know who I was.

I have to say I'm a little bit disappointed by that.

I was expecting them to say, oh, look, it's Mr.

Duncan from the internet.

But they didn't.

They didn't say that, unfortunately, because they've never heard of me.

Well, they have now, just like you have.

Thank you very much for your company.

I will see you on Sunday from Sunday, 2 p.m.

UK time is when I am back with you.

Thank you. Train, train.

New Nguyen says the background of your outdoor videos are always lovely and poetic.

Thank you very much. I'm glad you like it.

I will see you on Sunday.

We are live on Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time.

It is myself and also Mr.

Steve as well.

On Sunday the two hours so I know my live stream today is very short, but on Sunday I will be with you for not one hour

but two two hours on Sunday.

So I hope you will join me then.

And if not, you can also catch me on Wednesday from 2 p.m.

UK time with another live stream.

Thank you very much for your company. I hope you've enjoyed this. It's been very interesting.

We had special guests, we had an aeroplane flying over.

We even had me singing a Chinese song.

What more could you ask for?

And of course we had the windmill as well, which I found now.

I didn't know it was there, but today I discovered it.

To be honest with you, I'm slightly disappointed.

I was expecting more of it, to be honest.

Thank you very much for watching.

See you on Sunday.

Don't forget the time.

2 p.m. UK time is when I'm here with you.

And of course, until the next time we meet.

Thank you very much for watching.

Thank you very much for joining me today.

And of course, until the next time we meet.

You know what's coming next. Yes you do. We all know what's coming next.

Take care of yourself.

Keep that smile upon your face

as you walk amongst the human race, and I will see you on Sunday.

Hopefully Mr.

Steve will be feeling better and we will all join together once more for another English addict.

And of course, until the next time we meet, you know what's coming next.

Yes, you do.

Take care of yourself and until the next time we meet, you know what's coming next.

Yes, you do.

I'm going now.

I have to go.

I'm afraid. I'm sorry, but I do have to go.

I have to, I have to do something very important.

I have to get some lovely medicine for Mr. Steve.

Ta ta for now.

Have a good day.