Learning English - Live Lesson and chat with Misterduncan in England - 28th September 2019

it's a windy day here in the UK oh my goodness there is a storm lashing around

me right now as I'm talking to you oh my goodness what will happen during the

next 45 minutes stay tuned to find out here we go then and there you can see a

live view right now it is a very windy day I can't believe how windy it is here

at the moment there is a huge gale blowing all around me and there you can

see the trees in the distance blowing all over the place so here we go but the

big question is where is mr. duncan mr. duncan have you recovered from your

terrible cold the answer is almost almost hi everybody this is mr. duncan

in England how are you today are you okay

I hope so are you happy well are you happy I really hope so it is so windy at

the moment when I came out this morning there was a gentle breeze but but now

there is a terrible gale blowing all around me at least it's not raining

there is nothing worse than the combination of wind and rain at the same

time it's terrible so here we go then it's mr. Duncan that's me by the way

just in case you are new here and you have no idea what is happening on your

internet device at this very moment my name is Duncan and I teach English on

YouTube I have been doing it forever in fact I've been teaching English on

YouTube for almost as long as YouTube has existed as a thing I'm not joking so

my presence here on YouTube is almost as long as YouTube itself we'll be talking

a little bit more about that later on for various reasons of course the big

question is have I recovered from my illness I have been so unwell this week

I can't begin to tell you SiC I've been so I've been pretty ill

over the past few days Tuesday and Wednesday I felt absolutely awful I

can't believe I'm standing here now talking to you I really didn't think I

would be doing this today I really thought there would be no live streams

this weekend but here I am anyway I have crawled out of my deathbed to be with

you but I don't feel too bad I have what they call a lingering cold lingering if

something lingers it means it stays around for a very long time so my cold

has almost gone but I still have some lingering symptoms such as a blocked

nose my throat is very sore and also my poor little chest at the moment is

really suffering for those who know that I do suffer from asthma so the problem

is whenever I get a cold it always goes straight to my little chest so that's

what's happening today I'm here with you and not too bad it's just a short one

today don't forget if you want to know when I'm on here are the times on the

screen right now there they are live lessons Saturday 12 p.m. Bob is of

course midday UK time don't forget to find out what the time difference is if

you are here now well of course it doesn't matter because you're watching

me right now if you want to join me tomorrow yes I'm back tomorrow as well

Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time so you can catch me twice every weekend however

there is something special coming up next month yes October is just around

the corner are you excited because October is

approaching and here in the UK October is going to be a very busy month for two

reasons one well I'm sure you've heard the news from

the UK we will be leaving the European Union on the 31st of October so that's

one thing that's happening next month also next month it's my 13th anniversary

on YouTube so next month I will be celebrating that and there will be

something happening during October something very unusual and dare I say

special ooh mr. Duncan's something special happening I can't believe it my

my cup of coffee is going cold so please excuse me I have a hot beverage here to

keep me going so I'm going to have a little sip a little slurp of my coffee

do you mind is it okay hmm last night I was watching television and sometimes I

like to watch one particular channel a shopping channel and last night they

were selling a coffee machine so it's something that you put in your kitchen

and you can get fresh ground coffee so it makes the coffee for you it does

everything but the thing that I couldn't believe was the price of the machine it

was one and a half thousand pounds and all I could think whilst the presenter

was demonstrating this machine all I could think was who who would spend one

and a half thousand pounds on a machine that makes coffee who I know who

wouldn't me and also mr. Steve we couldn't believe we were we were sort of

so shocked we couldn't believe that someone out there was going to pay one

and a half thousand pounds to make fresh coffee can you believe it some people of

course one of the reasons why they do this is because they want to show off to

their neighbors they want to invite their neighbors

around and then they say oh would you like a cup of fresh coffee and then they

start making their coffee on their very expensive machine just so the neighbours

will be very impressed ooh so enough of that for now do you like my

little flag by the way I have a little flag and being very patriotic today so

there you can see a little flag that is the Union flag it is a combination of

the English flag also the Scottish flag and also the Welsh flag in fact they're

all in there it is a combination of everything but it has nothing to do with

brexit okay so before anyone says Oh mr. Duncan you're being so political today

very naughty I'm not I'm not being political at all I just thought it would

be nice to have a little flag fluttering in the breeze hello Martha hello

everybody Martha guess what you are first on the

livestream so that deserves a super-duper

round of applause

there's one thing you can always say about me

I'm always enthusiastic so well done Martha you are first on the live chat

today also malla Noah hello Malan OA I'm sure I pronounced

your name incorrectly I always do I get emails from people saying mr. Duncan you

keep mispronouncing my name if you don't stop doing it

I will come round and I will do unmentionable things to you Anna cut

Anna Combee hello Anna Coby and also shy Elijah hello to you as well

Mika is here watching in Japan a big hello to Japan I hope the Rugby World

Cup is going well I have absolutely no idea what is happening in the Rugby

World Cup so please don't ask me I don't follow sport so if you are going to ask

me mr. Duncan do you follow sport the answer is no I

don't really I don't follow sport very much it is so windy I can't believe it

hello - Oh dare hello oderno Bauer or no bow or no bar see I probably probably

pronounced your name wrong watching in Spain hello Spain oh you know what I

would like to go to Spain because earlier this year mr. Steve took me to

Portugal thanks to his company ooh very nice and I thought well Spain is just

next door and I really I really wanted to go to Spain

to have a look around there as well so maybe one day I will go to visit Spain

Daniel hello Daniel hello also to dis aunty watching in Indonesia hello to

Indonesia I know I have a lot of people watching there

in Indonesia also to bash my Ibrahim watching in Egypt AB Abdo hello Abdo

watching in Sudan hello Sudan of course at the moment we

have our two members two members of our royal family visiting Africa at the

moment palmyra hello to all the people there hello to the world

isn't it amazing Here I am standing in my garden talking to the whole planet Oh

Vai tests hello to you I can't believe that I'm here doing this I'm going to be

honest with you on Tuesday and Wednesday I felt so ill in fact on Wednesday I

spent the whole day in bed I really felt awful I couldn't stop

coughing and also I lost my voice so I can't

believe I'm standing here now in my garden talking to you but you might be

able to hear that my voice is still a little a little croaky I sound like a

frog mad hello AK mad did I pronounce your name right there a little bit of

mad I think that's how you pronounce it hello also - Dima Dima says something in

Cyrillic I hope you are not swearing at me I always get worried when people type

on the live chat with their native language because I always think maybe

maybe you're saying something rude to me

I'm drowning in my own coffee connell hello colonel hello mr. Duncan

hi nice to see you here today on a very windy day if it's really windy I'm I'm

feeling a little cautious about standing out here today just in case a tree falls

on my head Ahmed nice to see you again mullah Noah

hello mullah Noah what have you been up to mr. Duncan

I've been lying in bed all week feeling very sorry for myself so yes I have been

in bed all week well almost all week the other night I was chatting on Facebook

to one of my relatives and they had no idea that I was really sick I thought my

gazebo was going to blow away then so yes III was talking on Facebook with one

of my relatives then they had no idea that I was sick because I didn't tell

them they have no idea just how ill I was whilst I was chatting with them on

on Facebook hello dong young hello to you Oh apparently here is the

latest from the the Rugby World Cup I'm going to sound like an expert now people

will think I'm some sort of expert apparently Japan has beaten Island in

the world rugby tournament I sound so sure about

what I'm talking about there don't I apparently it's unbelievable so Japan

have actually beaten Island now as I understand it I think Island has quite a

good rugby team would I be right in saying that I have no idea I have no

idea about rugby all I remember about rugby is that at the end of the match

they would all climb into a big bath together I'm surprised that I never took

rook me up Stephen hello Stephen of Jesus of Jesus I am very intrigued by

your name is there some reason for that hello Stephen not mr. Steve he's not

here at the moment he will be here tomorrow by the way he's been away all

week mr. Steve went away and he left me on my own so I had to

look after myself all this week because Steve went away he left me all on my own

can you believe it you upender Italian mr. Haly

Helle oh hey mr. Duncan thank you for your work you have really helped me to

learn this language I'm very glad to hear it

by the way if you want to follow me you can you can contact me on Facebook of

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because I do all of this for free I don't get paid for this so none of my

students have to pay for my lessons everything I do is free so all donations

will be gladly received

hello also to ana hi hi Ana nice to see you here today it is just a

short live stream today because it's Saturday hmm my coffee has gone cold

yeah

there's nothing worse than cold coffee nothing nothing

you pendra says mostly the practice of your initial clap classes and blessings

to you throw your success in the moment thank you you pendra that's very kind of

you I need all the look I can get it at the moment because I'm recovering from a

horrible cold that mr. Steve gave to me

Palmyra high Alamgir hi to everyone else hi palem pal Mira nice to see you here

as well Menno shea white hello to my favorite

teacher hi to you thanks a lot for joining me hello mr. Duncan and

everybody I hope you don't fly away with that windy day me too do you want to see

it look at look at the weather at the moment that is actually the live view

behind me and you can see it's really windy I can't believe how windy it is

and apparently next week the weather is going to be terrible here in the UK it

is going to be a pretty horrible week so I'm not looking forward to that if I was

honest not looking forward to it meanwhile Belarus ear is here hello

Belarusian nice to see you here don't forget to send my greetings to your

family you pendra you are loved you are the loved one of several people well

thank you very much for that Helena I'm pleased to see that you've almost

recovered mr. Duncan yes thank you very much by the way for all of your lovely

messages I did receive some very nice messages so thank you very much to those

who wrote to me saying get well soon mr. Duncan we wish you a

speedy recovery so I have a little bit of my cold it is lingering

linga it's a great word that so if you linger

it means you stay you stay around you don't leave straightaway you linger

linger hello Alamgir hello also too mad again I

hope I'm pronouncing your name right I like the flag it is always moving yes

I think this flag is very suitable today because it's so windy so I thought it

will be a good day to fly my little flag nice to hear nice to see you here today

to all of my lovely friends thank you very much again is the UK flag in your

garden for brexit no it isn't it has nothing to do with brexit so please

don't think that this is some sort of political statement it's just something

I've decided to put up because it's windy can I let you in on a little

secret can I tell you something some of my neighbours have flags in their garden

they have flag poles and they actually fly flags it's a little bit like the

United States if you go to the United States you will see that many people

have the American flag hanging outside their house to show just how patriotic

they are so here it's not so common you don't normally see people flying the

British flag or the UK flag or the English flag the only time you normally

see it is when there is a football match taking place maybe during the World Cup

something like that do you drink your coffee black no I don't I don't have

black coffee I find it a little bit too strong and bitter so normally I have

milk and also some sugar as well in my coffee so no I don't have black coffee I

always like to have a little bit of milk or cream Valentin hello earth

Ling's mr. Duncan do you plan to sing the national anthem today

no Valentina I don't I'm not singing anything today I am i voice is not very

good unfortunately because I'm still

recovering I'm recovering from my terrible cold poor mr. Duncan Rakesh

hello mr. Duncan it's nice to see you long time no see where have you gone

some days I have waited for you well I'm normally here every weekend you

can catch me every weekend on Saturday that's today and also tomorrow as well

so I am here every weekend on Saturday and Sunday mr. Duncan from Egypt you

look awesome in the red t-shirt and cap do you like my t-shirt shall I stand

back and let you see my t-shirt there we go there is my lovely t-shirt are you

enjoying it yes a lot of people seem to think that that red is a very suitable

colour for me I don't know why but a lot of people seem to think that the colour

red suits me I have no idea why I don't know hello from Turkey hi Turkey I have

been to your country twice I've actually been to Turkey I even made an English

lesson in Turkey hello also two rose bush hi rose bush nice to see you back

here today I'm singing I can't believe it

I am actually singing mica I need three cups of coffee

in one day one for the morning one after lunch and also one for the afternoon tea

time three cups of coffee now normally I only have one so my my that the most the

maximum coffee that I drink every day is normally one cup so I don't normally

have more than one cup that's all right that is my name oh thank you acmad I I

think I pronounced your name right oh I think that deserves a round of applause

for me finally I got someone's name right

hello too sad hello to you sad says mr. Duncan you are the best English teacher

on the entire or in in the entire universe it is my desire to meet with

you Thank You Saad that's very kind of you

to say hello Ali watching in Iran nice to see you here as well I know I have a

lot of people watching in Middle Eastern countries Iraq and also Iran and

Afghanistan all around there I have lots of people who are very interested in

learning English and there is a big election there is a very big election

taking place very soon in Afghanistan I was watching a documentary all about it

last night on television hello rose you look better today mr. Duncan you look as

fit as a fiddle well I try my best I always try my best if this one thing I

do in this life I always try my best sometimes I fail and occasionally I

succeed hello also to Luis Luis Mendez hi Louis the other night I was watching

one of my previous live streams do you remember when I was standing on a street

corner in Paris and I did a live stream for three hours who remembers that it

wasn't that long ago and that was another trip that mr. Steve treated me

to because his company gave mr. Steve a very special prize

so they gave him two holidays one of them to Paris and the other one to

Portugal hi mr. teacher hi mr. teacher

hi mr. Duncan sorry that's my mistake hello is the hair did you get a cold yes

I did but now I'm okay I have almost recovered

from my cold almost not quite almost

hello also to Sal are watching in Egypt Abbas is watching in Iraq

hello Palmyra I am completely devoted to the English world reading The Economist

I also enjoy mr. Duncan's live stream and reading a book called the darkest

hour about Winston Churchill yes you might not know it but Winston Churchill

also wrote some some memoirs as well hello to Ahmed again Anna hello Anna

Rakesh Ali Castile hello mr. Duncan and hello to everyone

Sally mr. Duncan I've started my conversation course on Saturdays Oh

Sunday and Tuesday Sally hello Sally so you have started a course where where

are you doing the course I'm intrigued to know where you are doing it is it

something that you are doing at college or maybe there is a group that meet to

practice conversation one of the things that is very popular of course and this

is something I'm asked many times it is very difficult to practice English if

you have no one to practice with and I think this is a very common problem but

of course you can find maybe a group maybe a local group that meet maybe you

can find something it is arranged in a college or maybe a

local community centre also you can create your own group so why not try

creating your own group maybe if you can't find other people to practice your

English weird maybe you can create your own group maybe you can put a notice in

the local newspaper or maybe on the local notice board and you can find

other people try to find other people who share your interest in English

Palmyra your medicines were very good I must be honest with you I think I think

the reason why I feel well today is because I rested so on Tuesday and

Wednesday I rested I did very little because I felt quite unwell and on

Wednesday I almost lost my voice so I can't believe I'm here today doing this

it's amazing it is nice to know that my immune system is working well so can I

say thank you very much to my lovely white blood cells for helping me get

over that horrible horrible illness shall we give my white blood cells a

round of applause

congratulations to my lovely white blood cells thank you for fending off yet

another horrible illness would you like to see my channel says cast ill I don't

know is it interesting is your channel interesting do you have something

interesting to show on your channel Vivi hello Vivi here in Italy

apparently the weather is going to get worse and it always happens at the

weekend I know I don't know why I don't know why it happens at the weekend

during the week the weather is often nice but then when the weekend comes it

turns horrible and apparently the weather here is going to be really bad

next week really quite often gel and Jelena Jelena says hello from Serbia

hello Serbia I'm not sure if I have many viewers watching in Serbia but hello

anyway is it really 12 35 is it really 12 35 already Wow it's gone so quickly

mr. Duncan where is your beard ah well this is something that I'm going to talk

about tomorrow because tomorrow I'm going to tell you what is happening in

October so October for me is always a special month because it means that I

will be celebrating my anniversary here on YouTube so October will be a special

one and I will tell you tomorrow what is happening it's quite exciting let's just

say let's just say I think I think it will make you giggle with surprise and

joy I think so hello Layla Layla is also under the weather I don't feel very well

I have the flu hmm yes there is a lot of stuff going around at the moment here in

the UK it's the same everyone seems to have a count or

fever what a beautiful job mr. Steve has my company never sends me somewhere says

semi well to be honest with you this these two holidays were actually prizes

because mr. Steve did very well in his company so they gave him these lovely

prizes two holidays and they let me come as well van is here watching in Vietnam

can't can't knee he'll Academy hello Rakesh mr. Duncan my writing is

not very good could you give me some advice for improving it

thank you Rakesh well writing is just as important as speaking and also

remembering words so I always think that writing is something that a lot of

people forget about now this is something that I mentioned two weeks ago

if you want to improve your writing maybe you can find a book or something

that you are interested in so maybe an exercise book or a text book or any book

about a subject that you are interested in and my advice is to sit down and

write some of the paragraphs write them down get used to writing in English so

even though you're copying the words those words will still go into your head

because it's a very good way of getting things to stay because you are using

your brain in a very special way so when you write something down when you copy

something you are not just writing it down you are also using your brain as

well to do it so it's a very good way to get used to the way sentences are formed

and the various types of grammar that exists in the English language I think

so I guess hi mr. Duncan I am a Cass and I'm from Indonesia

please help me to speak English well you are in the best place because every

Sunday you can watch me and also every Saturday that's now you can watch me

here on YouTube Alamgir says I have injured myself and I haven't noticed

that I was overexcited watching your lessons are you saying

that you injured yourself before you watched me or are you saying that you

injured yourself whilst watching me what were you doing I don't want to know I

don't want to know Connell says yes I remember you were in Paris and it was

very dusty and noisy that is all I remember from your Paris live stream I

actually did two live streams from Paris I did one with mr. Steve in front of the

Eiffel Tower and I did another one where I was on my

own standing on a street corner with all of the Parisian traffic and people all

around me and I stood there for three hours doing a live stream hello Mohamed

from Somalia nice to see you here as well I will only be here for about

another six minutes so today it's a short one because in a few moments I

will be going into town to have my lunch today we are having cottage pie so I'm

feeling very excited about that as you know if you watch me regularly you will

know that cottage pie is one of my favourite meals

lots of potato lots of beef lots of gravy lots of vegetables very nice hello

girls is here shall we start the lesson well the lesson has started I'm here now

talking to you where have you been mr. Duncan I have

missed you so much well I've been ill this week I haven't been very well I've

been under the weather I've had a cold but I think I think I've almost

recovered now I'm almost better Lewis mr. Steve gave you two treats last

summer and you are always accusing him of giving you his cold well he did he

did give me his cold mr. Steve made me sick although he normally does that so

how come you said in your 6th lesson that you must take the rough with the

smooth thank you very much you are using my own

words at me so yes I think Lewis you are right sometimes in life things don't go

the way you want them to go so now and again you have to take the rough with

the smooth you have to take the difficult things and then you can enjoy

the nice things you have to take the rough with the smooth act bad hello to

you as well Francesca hi mr. Duncan turned is it like became

yes you can turn into something you can become something so maybe a gradual

change you can turn into something so you change from one thing to another you

become something else we can say you turned so certainly as the past tense he

turned into a frog if you are reading a fairy tale

so maybe tutored he turned into a bitter person so in the past he was happy and

joyful but later in his life he became bitter and unhappy

he turned he turned bitter so yes you can use the term turn or turned to mean

become you became you become something you turn or you turn into something he

used to be so nice but then he turned into a monster

he became very unpleasant hello William William Xavier watching in Colombia it

is my first time here is it really well I think that deserves a round of applause

it is Williams first time here shall we have some fireworks as well we haven't

had fireworks for a very long time so here some fireworks kaboom Thank You

William and thank you for telling me that it is your first time here hello

mom ed more med where have you been I haven't been anywhere I haven't been

away but I have been ill but I'm feeling much better thank you very much

thank you mr. Duncan for teaching us how to speak English

your videos are excellent greetings from Cartagena de Indias in Colombia hello to

Colombia I know I have a lot of people watching there also we have pal Mira who

says the way mr. Duncan teaches us is very unusual common chitchat about many

things and it is very interesting and not boring I'm very pleased to hear that

don't forget you can also have live captions as well so if you are watching

me now live you can actually have live captions oh it's raining it's just

started raining everyone oh dear so the big question is will we be

walking into town will we be walking into town because now the rain is

falling the garden is so cute who takes care of it thank you very much for your

lovely comment there the garden is rather nice mr. Steve Steve is the one

who does the gardening not me by the way something very unusual

happened the other day it was very warm the Sun was out so I decided to open one

of my big those in the dining room and can you

believe what happened a bird came into the dining room a little Wren came into

the dining room and flew around and can you imagine the chaos that it caused one

little tiny bird came into my house and it caused so much chaos because it was

panicking it was starting to panic not only that it also did a very big poo on

my carpet so I had to I had to open the that the large door in the dining room

and then I had to try and get the bird to fly out but it took ages it really

did take a long time who cleans your garden asks Castille it is mr. Steve

here's the one with the green fingers so Steve has green fingers I I don't have

green fingers unfortunately I don't Amin Amin asks bear with me equals to be

irritated by if you bear with someone it means please just wait please understand

what's happening please understand please don't react too quickly please

just bear with me please accept what I'm doing so please bear

with me even though the thing that is happening might be a little awkward or

unpleasant I am asking you to bear with me please bear with me please

go along with me don't make your judgment too quickly

hi mr. Duncan who is your favorite British character wow that's an

interesting question I'm not sure there are so many I suppose maybe Charlie

Chaplin off the top of my head something that

I'm just coming up with straight away without thinking too much so if you do

something off the top of your head it means you do something spontaneously

without thinking so you think of something very quickly you do it off the

top of your head so off the top of my head I would say that I like Charlie

Chaplin so he was born in Britain some people think that he's American but in

fact he's British hello mr. Duncan from Palmyra Thank You

Eman thank you also to Connell yes to bear with someone is to be tolerant to

go along with someone yes so if you bear with someone it means you go along with

them you accept something for a period of time so sometimes people have very

little patience they will lose their patience they will lose their temper

very quickly so maybe one of their friends is being difficult so you have

to bear with them you have to tolerate you have to go along with their their

bad mood sometimes we have to bear with people to bear something means to

tolerate so to tolerate something is to bear with something Maria

hi mr. Jenkin you live in a great country are you aware of that yes I

think so I do quite like living in England

I must admit one of my favourite things about England is the countryside and

that's the reason why I live in the countryside

now Palmyra Boris Johnson is he one of the characters of these days in Britain

you are trying to get me to talk about politics maybe tomorrow maybe we will

talk about that tomorrow

Valentin says yes everyone has his own cross to bear something you have to put

up with something you have to tolerate so maybe a thing that you have to

tolerate Charlie Chaplin was born Charles Chaplin and he was born in South

London in 1889 so long ago Wow incredible thank you very much for your

lovely messages today I am going in one minute I've been here for 50 minutes 50

I can't believe it the red colour with the light with your light skin makes you

attractive off thank you very much for that I was getting a lot of compliments

last week even even though last week during my live stream I felt terrible but

I still carried on I was able to bear my cold I was able to tolerate it true HD

says hi mr. Duncan a good job oh thank you very much for your approval there

very nice I think the rain has stopped because I can't hear it yes we we had a

little shower so when we say shower it means that the rain falls for a very

short time a very short time Jamelia says cover up mr. Duncan by the way the

garden is looking unbelievably beautiful a big thumbs up to mr. Steve yes

mr. Steve is the one that does all the gardening not me I can't take any

responsibility I can't take any credit it's all mr. Steve's work everything

he's very good thank you for your Thank You mr. Denker

and have a nice meal yes I'm going now I will see you tomorrow don't forget

tomorrow I'm back tomorrow at 2 o'clock 2 o'clock there it is you can see it if

I can get my fingers in the right place there so tomorrow I am with you from 2

p.m. UK time tomorrow on YouTube make it a date don't be late

I will see you later this is mr. Duncan saying thanks for

joining me today I hope you've enjoyed this I feel a lot better just by talking

to you so thank you very much I think my cold has almost gone Thank You Martha

Thank You pal Meera thank you also to Belarusian thank you

to Anna thank you to everyone in fact who has joined me today

I will see you tomorrow from 2 p.m. UK time

this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of English saying thanks for following me

today thanks for watching thank you for your

lovely messages wishing me well how lovely I am so lucky to have viewers

like you and of course until tomorrow 2 p.m. UK

time you know what's coming next

ta ta for now 8-)