UK SUMMER LIVE - Day 3 - Another Gorgeous Day - Streaming from England - English Listening Practise

Oh hello there hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today

are you okay I really hope so so here we go oh my goodness I know it's incredible

this is the fourth live stream that I've done this week and I'm sure a lot of

people are going to be very very surprised to see me here again so for

all those who are asking mr. Duncan why are you here suddenly again we can't

believe it well the reason why I'm here is because

I thought it would be a nice thing to do to do a little live stream on another

gorgeous day this is the third day of summer dare I say so now we have had

three consecutive days consecutive one after another so this is the third

consecutive day with sunshine and dare I say it warm summer-like temperatures so

I really can't believe it is there anyone on the live chat first of all can

I apologize for being slightly late the reason why I'm slightly late is because

there was a woodpecker in my garden there was a woodpecker feeding from one

of my bird feeders so what I did I decided to postpone the live stream

until the woodpecker flew off and that's what it did so it had a little feed and

then it flew off and so that's the reason why I'm slightly late because I

was going to come on it three o'clock but instead I thought how it come on at

about 20 past 20 past 3:00 I'm live in the garden and it's a

beautiful day it's not as warm as yesterday now yesterday was absolutely

amazing it was around about 23 maybe 24 degrees but today it's around about 19

degrees I think 19 degrees so not as warm as yesterday

so lots of people on live chat hello to all Amiga Al Amiga and also soccer or

psycho hello to you I really should have put my reading glasses on I really

should have put my reading glasses on today hello oh hello - also - bye Ann

hello - bye Ann how are you nice to see you here again also - Julie gee hello

Julie nice to see you here again also hello -

shaky MD Oh shake MD hello to you nice to see so many people here already I

wasn't sure how many people were going to actually be here today because I was

on last night with my live sunset and then the day before that I was also on

live doing my my live walk on my mobile phone and also my usual late and live

lesson as well on Wednesday evening so I've been doing quite a few live streams

this week I'll hello mister don't go and am reward he is here now normally I see

you on a Sunday so it's nice to see you here today

yes it's just after in fact it's just coming up to 3:30 in the afternoon my

next-door neighbor's dog is barking yes it's only me I think the dog wants to

talk to me it's feeling jealous hello mr. Jenkin

it's very nice to see you again chinga gee oh hello to you as well

thanks a lot for joining me hey mr. Duncan how are you it is great

to see you poori poori a cadogan I hope I pronounced your name right hello doggy

yes can you see me yes they're worried oh hello I like you

ja zal may jail may where are you watching at the moment I have a feeling

you might be in China or maybe Viet Nam I apologize if I'm wrong hello mr.

Duncan says oh oh my goodness you are alive

yes of course I'm alive why did you think otherwise of course I'm alive in a

moment we are going to share a very magic moment of time you're going to

watch me hang some of my washing on the line because I've been very busy

washing my clothes today so whenever the weather is like this it is always a good

idea to wash your clothes because you can hang them outside in the fresh warm

air it's very nice indeed mr. Duncan have

you got any pets I haven't but my next-door neighbor my next door neighbor

has a little donkey and sometimes it is very curious it likes to have a look at

what is going on next door so no I don't have any dogs I don't have any cats I

suppose mr. steve is like a pet I suppose talking of mr. Steve I think

mr. Steve has just arrived back home from work hmm

why is grammar so hard to learn well one of the reasons why grammar is so hard to

learn so if you are learning a new type of grammar so for example if you speak

Italian or Spanish annual learning English then you have to learn the new

grammar rules so quite often if you are learning a second language it can be

very difficult getting used to the different grammar rules so that's one of

the reasons why it can be different or can be difficult learning English is a

second language the grammar rule sometimes caused a lot of problems many

many problems in fact yes the woodpecker was in my garden and it was feeding from

the bird feeder and I was going to start my live stream at 3 o'clock but but I

didn't want to disturb the woodpecker it looks so happy on the bird feeder

pecking away so I didn't want to disturb it

I am from Bangladesh oh hello Shaykh MD it's nice to see you everyone is welcome

wherever you are watching in the world you are more than welcome to join in ok

I'm going to hang out some more washing because I'm putting some washing on my

clothes line to dry in the sunshine so if you don't mind I'm going to turn the

camera round so you can see my clothes line and then you can enjoy me hanging

my clothing out so please bear with me don't go away

if you've just joined me and you are wondering what is going on don't worry

there is nothing wrong with your computer or your calendar its mr. Duncan

live in the garden I thought I would do a live stream today because the weather

is so nice oh and mr. Steve has just got back from hurt from work as well oh my

goodness incredible there are so many things

going on at the moment around me I can't cope I've got hungry woodpeckers I've

got mr. Steve wanting a cup of tea and I've got the washing to hang out I've

got an aeroplane that keeps flying over me I've got a dog next door that wants

to say hello my life is so hectic

look who's here hello it's mr. steel and I've come back mr. Duncan's working hard

obviously I've been working hard yes mr. Duncan's working hard putting out

washing I've been so busy today I've been busy doing all sorts of things

washing the clothes I've just had I just had my next-door neighbor's dog barking

at me saying hello I've had the woodpecker wanting to eat oh oh look at

that mr. Steve Oh what was that did you were you just holding my underpants I'm

not sure I think they were my underpants or whether your underpants what a lovely

day it's a beautiful day isn't it it feels great to be alive I should in

theory still be working because I've come home early because I've got some

paperwork to do some admin administration getting all my reports

done by five o'clock actually we can knock off at 4:30 on a Friday which is

quite good knock off that means we can finish work at 4:30

knock off if it means if you say you knock off work the time you knock off is

the time you finish word finish work your time you finish work you knock off

so what time do you knock off mr. Steve on a Friday we're allowed to knock off

at 4:30 but I've got a bit of computer work to do few reports mr. Duncan's

moving the microphone closer you better carry on hanging out the washing mr.

Duncan so I'll have to go inside otherwise I get into trouble from the

boss if he catches me live at what time is it about 330 340 I've got that means

I've got 40 minutes to get all my work done

okay then off you go so I'm going to toddle off up into my room type away on

the computer and I shall see mr. Duncan later for a cup of tea maybe sitting

outside maybe with a cake hope he's got a nice cake there isn't any kind okay

he says you know there isn't and I shall see you all look forward to seeing you

all on Sunday how about that mr. Duncan it's very good bye yeah what I love is

where mr. Steve tells you exactly what's happening uh mr. mr. Duncan is adjusting

the microphone mr. Duncan is scratching his bottom mr. Duncan is now very

strange okay bye Steve what what are you doing

Steve

he's never right in the head there's something wrong with him I heard his

back it's coming back why did you do that for you've dirtied my shirt now

you've made my shirt dirty that's it put it back did you see that he threw my

shirt on the ground what what's wrong with him

I think I think mr. Steve might have sunstroke on his brain I think so

I think he's been sitting in the car for too long I think the heat inside the car

has boiled mr. Steve's brain that's what I think

okay I'm very sorry if this is boring you but is there anyone still there

maybe

know there isn't any cake I don't know why mr. Steve thought there was cake but

there isn't that definitely isn't any cake at all

so as goodness knows why he thought there was cake I don't know what type of

cake do you like asks Julie well Steve will eat anything anything cake shaped

but one thing we do like are our scones or of course hot cross buns because

recently it was Easter and at Easter we normally eat hot cross buns so mr. Steve

likes those but he's not very fussy not like me I am a very fussy eater yes did

you see that mr. Steve through my lovely white shirt on the floor terrible yes

Steve is a bit a bit crazy you're right I agree with your wall yes yes and also

why were you why were you waving my underwear around Steve why I want to

know terrible look mr. Duncan's a d-des cap yes I I'm

washing my cap can you see it hanging up over there on the line so I'm actually

washing my my famous cap that I normally wear on Sunday

so for those who have just tuned in and the and you were wondering maybe what is

going on what is this craziness my name's mr. Duncan and I live in England

and I teach English on YouTube normally I'm in there in the studio but

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

also washed my adidas hat don't work so hard mr. Duncan ah I love being busy

there's nothing worse than being inactive or lazy so so I'm not a lazy

person I always like to be doing something in my daily life

hello mr. Duncan it's a very sunny day thank you mutti mutti Otto Muto

your your name is lovely by the way yes we are here watching you mr. Duncan oh

thank you very much for that so on Sunday I will be here live I will be

showing you exactly what I've been doing this week in the house because I've been

very busy indoors as well as outdoors so I have had a very busy week also talking

to mr. Steve on Sunday as you just saw I hope by Sunday mr. Steve will have

calmed down a little bit I hope so it's very hot in Italy and there well here in

the UK it isn't very hot today it isn't as hot

as it has been it was very hot yesterday about 25 degrees yesterday here

are you hungry mr. Duncan yes I'm very hungry I'm looking forward to eating

tonight because tonight we have curry mmm curry got a bit of curry tonight so

as usual on a Friday night we will be eating curry for supper

or tea or evening dinner I'm so hungry says Allah mica

I'm so hungry please don't talk about food I will try not to talk about food

oh I wanted to say that mr. Steve looks very handsome don't tell him that don't

tell him that please it will go straight to his head hello mr. Duncan the weather

is very nice today there it is very windy where I am Nazrin hello nazrin how

are you today of course if you have been following the news you will know that in

London at the moment or should I say down the south there is

a big meeting taking place at Windsor Castle and lots of the heads of states

from the Commonwealth all of the countries connected with the British

Empire in the past we call them the Commonwealth countries and they are all

meeting at the moment to decide who will be the new head of the Commonwealth now

at the moment it's the Queen of England and the Queen can you guess how old the

Queen of England will be on Saturday because it's her birthday this weekend

she will be 92 92 can you believe it so the Queen of England will be 92 this

weekend and today it was announced that the new head of the Commonwealth will be

Prince Charles her son which is very interesting because this is the first

time that the Queen has had to acknowledge publicly that her reign may

be coming to an end because of course she is very old now she's 92 so she

might not live for much longer although having said that her mother lived until

she was a hundred so who knows we might have the Queen around for another eight

years

hello from Syria the weather is a little windy here thank you very much for

saying hello and I hope the wind will settle soon I hope the storms in Syria

will ease away hello there mr. Lincoln I'm watching you from Egypt and I wish I

could see you here sir well it would be very nice if I could travel to all of

the places that I've always wanted to visit there are many countries around

the world that I would love to visit I would really love to see but I suppose I

just have to wait I have to wait I have to be patient hello from South Korea I

watched your videos a lot but I never said a word to you in the live chat

Thank You bring freedom thank you very much and I love your name by the way I

am very lucky to meet this livestream anyway hello mr. Duncan hello bring

freedom and a big hello to all those watching in South Korea it's great to

see you here today it's lovely it's lovely I love it

I love it when people say hello for the first time it's very exciting I'm having

difficulty reading the writings because I'm not wearing my reading glasses I

should have my reading glasses on you see thank you very much for your

messages about the lady birds by the way a lot of people saying mr. Duncan don't

worry about the lady birds that they will probably fly away soon and guess

what you are right because most of them have actually gone so the lady birds

were were here last week there were hundreds and hundreds of them all around

the house but now they have all gone because the weather has turned warm and

they have all they have all flown away

Britain does not have large trees because I've never seen any in your

videos well there are places where you can see some big trees in fact here in

Much Wenlock there are some very large trees growing in the center of much

Wenlock some beautiful big ferns and some beautiful big canadian i think

they're canadian pine trees but they're huge huge trees so if I get a chance I

will film some of those trees for you the weather is very snowy in Russia oh

my goodness I can't believe it is it really snowing in Russia let me just

turn my camera around so I can give you a better view just give me a moment

do-do-do-do okay that's the view looking uphill

doo-doo-doo-doo oh that's better I think you can see me a little clearer now and

that's better yes and there are some people walking at the moment at the back

of the house so we do get a lot of people walking up and down the hillside

so there are some people at the moment walking and last year I made a little

joke last year do you remember last year during one of my live streams I said

that people were coming to look at me so but it wasn't really it was just some

tourists who were walking around but I pretended that they were coming to see

me can you tell me which tree is on the left the tree on the left that is a type

of conifer so that particular tree on the left is a type of conifer and the

other one you can see is a cherry blossom a cherry blossom tree so yes

thank you for your agreement Julie you are welcome thank you very much there's

some very nice live chats taking place today

very lovely mr. Duncan from st. Petersburg oh hello there hello to you

as well thanks for your interesting lessons here

there is no snow but it is seven degrees oh that's not very warm at all that's

not very warm at all it is actually about 19 degrees today not as warm as

yesterday yesterday we had a very warm day thanks for your agreement I don't

know what you are agreeing about but I'm very pleased to hear that you are

agreeing about something Oh mr. Duncan I love it when the birds are singing the

birds are very busy at the moment there is a lot going on with the birds

a summer is here hello sama-sama nice to see you as well the beautiful nature

thank you very much I'm so glad that there are people who appreciate this

because I I sometimes get very worried I get a little bit worried that maybe this

is all very boring but I love it I look I love coming outside I love listening

to the birds and I really love sharing it with you just like last night with

the sunset how about your new neighbor do you get along with them my new

neighbors are lovely the neighbors that live on that side they because the

person that lived there before moved away and now I've got some new neighbors

but they are very nice very lovely a few weeks ago when we had snow we were all

outside clearing the snow from the roads and we were all working together so it

was a great feeling a great atmosphere so yes my new neighbors are very nice

it's good to see you live Thank You Lee Bruce Lee Bruce for your message there

and I am live at the moment on YouTube and you can catch me every week live on

YouTube on Wednesday at 10:00 p.m. UK time and on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. UK time

if I seem a bit distracted it's because there is a big bumblebee flying around

so that's the reason why I seem a little bit distracted at the moment so please

excuse me Susan I hope you can hear me clearly hi from

Vietnam who - hello to you as well there is a peaceful feeling in your garden

it's right it's the right place to read a book

or to take a rest well quite not quite often when I'm live-streaming I I like

to stand up but if I'm here in the garden relaxing I normally sit on a

chair and maybe eat some food or have a lovely cup of tea that's what we're

doing soon you see yes the queen is very old yes she's 92 this weekend the Queen

of England is 92 and it looks as if she is going to be taking things much easier

as she gets older and today she officially handed over leadership of the

Commonwealth States so it looks as if the new head of the Commonwealth will be

Prince Charles and that's the first time that the Queen has ever acknowledged

publicly that her time is coming to an end it's the first time it's ever

happened so it's it's quite a historic moment really very historic Carol Gill

is here hello Carol I don't think I've spoken to you before where are you from

where are you watching at the moment fly has just gone into my ear hmm I'm very

worried just in case it sets up home inside my head because there's plenty of

space in there you see mr. Duncan I'm actually trying to learn the British

also I love the British accent can you advise can you give me any advice to

improve my skills well it's all about listening and if you want to change

where you speak you listen you copy you can shadow which is a very popular thing

now where people shadow they listen to the way in which a person speaks and

they try to copy it or they try to get used to using a very similar style of

speech hello mr. Duncan I'm so happy to hear you I think it helps us to learn

English very well thank you hyung thank you very much you are you are welcome

there are many good books out that are available there are many good textbooks

I would always advise anyone who is learning English as a second language to

actually get hold of a dictionary a good dictionary that will give you lots of

very useful words but also translations as well so maybe you can get a

dictionary that will translate words from your language to English and of

course from English to your language but never be without a dictionary that's one

of the best pieces of advice I will ever give you we are very glad that you are

here every day online oh thank you and Ernesto I'm not sure if I'm going to be

here every day but as long as the Sun shines as long as there is the Sun in

the sky and there isn't an evening oh there isn't even a cloud in the sky

today do you want to have a look shall we shall we point the camera up so you

can see just how how little cloud there is there's no cloud in the sky today the

sky is cloud free cloud free there is not a single cloud in the sky you might

not be able to tell but the sky is actually blue at the moment I can't

believe mr. Steve through the clothes peg at me it hit me in the face

I've got the evidence here look mr. Steve threw this at me he threw it and

it went in my face I can't believe it that's abuse that is that's abuse hello

from China oh we have someone from China watching a big me how to China I used to

live in China I lived there for over four years what's the degree of your

temperature now it seems very pleasant it's not as warm as it was yesterday

yesterday we had a very lovely sunny day it was about about 2425 degrees but

today it's a little cooler but still very pleasant very nice it's around 19

degrees today Davee asks do you speak Chinese my

answer to that is edy and Ian and Ian which means a little could you please

explain what he was like but does he was like I don't know what you mean by that

can you please explain what he was like does it mean he was like where you can

you can use like to mean similar to so if you are similar sup to something so

he was like a brother to me he was like a father to me so you can say he was

very similar very similar so like is often used to mean similar teacher do

you have a school that teaches English in your village well we have schools but

we don't have any English language training centers nothing like that but

there are some schools here in this area I am from India and I used to see all of

your live streams thanks for teaching us thank you Suresh so

Kumar I recognize your name yes you used to join in with my live streams many

many many months ago by the way this July this July I think it's July the

15th this year it will be two years since I started live-streaming two years

in July and of course I have been on YouTube for over eleven years teaching

English what did you do when you were in China I taught English as a second

language I worked in China I lived in China and it was a great experience

where are you from me where am i from at the moment I'm broadcasting to you live

from England in my garden on a very sunny day you speak English very clearly

thank you very much well it is my job a lot of people say mr. Duncan you speak

English very well is this how you normally speak in your day-to-day life

and I say yes it is this is how I normally speak maybe maybe you think

that I have a cockney accent really ello ello my name's mr. tankard and I come

from land and I come from land and your t-shirt looks like as Emperor it does a

little bit yesterday I was wearing my blue t-shirt with the white stripes but

today I'm wearing my black t-shirt with the white stripes you are still younger

me yes a lot of people ask my age I don't know why people are very very

interested in finding out how old I am I don't know why tarik is here

oh thank you very much for saying hello tarik

hello mr. Duncan no one has more passion as a teacher as you your ability is

beyond any description thank you for for existing Thank You tarik that

very kind of you to say very kind yes I hear they accent I hear it from the BBC

thank you bring freedom and it's great to see you here as I said earlier

everyone is welcome to my live streams

sometimes I want to say things in English but then I have to translate

well over time you you learn to translate in your head so when you start

learning English as a second language you have to do things in stages you

can't rush learning English it's impossible you can't do it because if

you try to rush it you will make lots of mistakes and perhaps you will become

frustrated and maybe even give up learning where did you learn

pronunciation you say oh yes you speak well all the time me well I learned

English as a child so because I live in England

I'm a native English speaker and so I've spoken English for many many years you

are living in a beautiful place that is surrounded by trees and grass I want to

move to your town yes why not why not why not move somewhere in the

countryside maybe somewhere rural surrounded by nature it's one thing that

I've always wanted to do I I loved nature as a child and this particular

area that I live in now I used to visit as a child so it was always a dream of

mine to live in the countryside and quite often dreams do come true

sometimes you have to wait for many years for the dream to be a reality how

much material do you suggest for us to read and listen to every day I would say

an hour or maybe a couple of hours maybe two hours so maybe two hours you

spend over the day so maybe you can learn a little bit of English or listen

to some English for an hour and then later in the evening you can do it again

for another hour so maybe two hours every day but not necessarily the whole

two hours so maybe you can do an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening

but it is very important to do it every day I can't stress it enough you must

practice your English every day what is your country side you mean behind me

this the area that I live in this is Shropshire Shropshire in England

and I am an English man I will buy a property just near to your house and I

will use a camera to spy on what you do every day well you don't need to do that

I have my own camera to spy on me you don't need to have a camera because

because my camera is here you see to spy on me I'm spying on myself and you are

all watching as well do you think it is useful to repeat your words when I

listen to you asks Christina of course yes if you can

shadow or listen and then repeat it's a very good way of getting used to using

English I think one of the hardest things for people learning English is to

actually speak the language and when I say speak I don't mean knowing the words

I just mean having the confidence to do it so don't be afraid to do it never be

afraid to sit at home or maybe if you have some time alone and you want to

just read something read it out loud read it clearly so you can hear the

sound of your own voice so many people are a little afraid to speak out but not

because they don't know the English language it's because they

they lack the confidence to do it in American English

I heard the expression I was I was was all or was like to mean like he said I

don't I don't really know what you mean by that I mean the word like can be used

in many ways anyway so like can mean similar like can also mean to enjoy

something or to admire something so you like watching my lessons or one thing is

similar to another so that is like that they are similar how can we have the

best usage of your lessons on YouTube asks libros well you can use the lessons

however you want and that's the reason why they are there so whenever you get a

chance whenever you get time whenever you have a little moment to yourself you

can watch five minutes of one of my lessons ten minutes you can watch them

in any order as long as you are listening to what I'm saying and also

learning something at the same time so yes I think there are many ways in which

you can use my lessons so they aren't structured they are not structured I

think that's what you are actually asking what about another guy who is the

most handsome gentleman in the world oh I see where is he

are you talking about mr. Steve he was he was here earlier and he was picking

on me can you believe it he threw my shirt on the floor made it all dirty I

listen to some podcasts when I go to work and when I washed the dishes and so

on and I read simplified books yes Julie that is a

very good way of doing it as I always say when you learn something new don't

be afraid to learn like a child because when you learn anything from the very

start you have to learn the simple things so never be afraid to learn like

a child because it's the best way to learn so don't be afraid to repeat

yourself or to repeat things that you hear or to write things down or to read

things that are in a very simple English never be afraid to do that hey it's the

Ukraine is here yes Ukraine is here mr. Duncan you have beauty and it is natural

thank you doe s Sal a doe s la where are you

watching at the moment do you know T s maybe you do phrase our

phrasal verbs the same in British English and in American English

sometimes yes sometimes no but what has happened over the years is that a lot of

American English has has made its way into British English and a lot of

British English has made its way into American English so you will find

nowadays it is very universal so maybe 20 or 30 years ago maybe

certain idioms were only used in one particular place but nowadays because of

the internet and television and movies you will find that all of these things

have become very very universal they are used on both sides of the Atlantic I

sometimes study English for one hour a day that's fine if it feels good if

that's okay if that's all the time you have then one hour is perfect but my

suggestion is maybe maybe two hours a day two hours

yes the birds are singing they are very vocal today Patricia says thank you you

are welcome no problem that's what I'm here for I always try to help you I

don't pretend to know everything in the world but there are things I know and

also things that I don't know so I am here learning as well but when it comes

to English well I've been doing that for many years there is a great big bee

buzzing around me he's over there now stay over there

mr. bumble bee please don't come near me how long have I been on now let's just

have a look you could never tell how long you've been on oh there's only 34

people watching I thought there was more than that that's a shame

let's have another look shall we oh that's better there's a hundred

people I was getting worried then I nearly had a heart attack careful mr.

Duncan don't get stung so yes they don't bite bees don't bite they they sting

sting mr. Duncan would you make a short poem on that lovely day well I did write

a little poem a while ago about spring what is it about the season of spring

that makes you want to dance and sing do you know the one I'm on about yes

so a bee will sting you and the past tense is stung sting

stung present sting past stung mr. Duncan your lessons have helped me

understand English you're a professional in your field just like mr. Steve is a

great gardener yes mr. Steve is planning to go out into the

garden tomorrow he wants to do some work in the garden thank you thank you thank

you VK VK for your lovely message there and I will pass your compliment on to

mr. Steve my stomach is now making a rumbling noise is mr. Steve will be

wanting his cup of tea soon so I might have to leave you two I hope you don't

mind please spell your village teacher I am going to you what you're coming here

now you have live lessons on Sunday and Wednesday yes I do

Lee I'm online on Wednesdays late and live at 10:00 p.m. and on Sunday I am

with you at 2:00 p.m. UK time so don't forget both of those times are UK times

10 p.m. Wednesday 2:00 p.m. Sunday what about Friday's well normally I'm

not here on Fridays so I normally I'm only here twice a week so only twice a

week but this week because the Sun has been shining and everything looks so

lovely at the moment I couldn't resist doing another livestream today I want to

practice my English but how could I do that well there are many ways of

practicing your English just like anything so sometimes you can do single

ish theory so you can learn things about English that you store in your head but

of course the best way to learn English is to do it in a practical way and that

is to practice using it yes Pedro is going

see you later Pedro's I think Pedro is going to watch his favorite television

program according to your experience what do you think the reason why

American pronunciation is not attractive and interesting like British English

thank you James for that well some people prefer American English they like

the sound of the accent American accent some people prefer the British accent so

really it's all about personal taste it is very subjective greetings from Cuba

oh hello Cuba hello I noticed a couple of days ago your leader

rowl has has stepped down very big news so so that is the end of the Castro era

in Cuba it's a country I would like to visit one day actually I would like to

visit Cuba it's a very intriguing country greetings from Bulgaria Nikolai

hello Nikolai thanks for joining me today do English people use idioms

frequently not all the time but sometimes they can come in very useful

and it's a very good way of expressing yourself clearly if you want to use an

idiom in everyday conversation thanks for making me love the English language

says Tariq you are welcome no problem that's what I'm here for

I'm glad I can be of service hello mr. Duncan for your light hello for your

light I love your YouTube channel can you help me with the meaning of

this I am up to no good if you are up to no good it means you are doing something

naughty you are doing something you shouldn't you are being naughty you are

up to no good so no good often means bad so something that is no good is bad so

if you are up to no good it means you are doing something naughty or something

wrong or something you shouldn't be doing I hope that helps

you are welcome mr. Duncan I will be happy to help you with your garden care

Thank You Vika for that the birds sing in every country in the same way yes the

international language of bird song all around the world the birds

speak their own language can you show your house by moving the camera why why

do you want to see my house why indeed

hello mr. d'Ancona from M x.25 oh hello M x.25 eh I haven't seen you for a very

long time wherever you be I've missed you we've all missed you private thing

she she she she which means thank you in Chinese yes it is a private thing Lee

Brooks says 10:00 p.m. in the UK is very late for me in Asia you are right

yes but on Sunday you can join me and it won't be so late it won't be so late so

on Sunday 2 p.m. UK time I am Denise oh hello Denise Denise from Brazil I

haven't spoken to you before I think maybe it's the first time for you to

speak to me on the live chat if it is please let me know and if it really is

if it is your first time welcome welcome welcome to my little garden here in

England on a very sunny day I'm a very patient person you know sometimes people

can be very impatient they can't wait but this afternoon I wanted to do my

livestream at 3 o'clock but there was there was a woodpecker on the bird

feeder and I didn't want to disturb it so I waited until the woodpecker

finished feeding and then I started my livestream so I was so worried about

disturbing the woodpecker I just waited for it to finish sometimes you have to

be patient in this world you can't have everything

at once that is one of the lessons that I learned in my life sometimes you have

to wait for the good things to arrive hello from Algeria armed' hello Ahmed

nice to see you here today on the live English chat live in the garden from

England that's where I am at the moment

mr. Duncan has got into the habit of going live every day you were supposed

to edit something I've done that already I did that this morning so that's no

problem mr. Duncan one more time with the unreadable nickname oh dear I the

last time I tried to say your name he was very difficult Peter Peter

Babu Zaire dejay detelj a order tally a I think it's the tally a I bet it is I

bet I bet it ends with yeh

potage babu zeratul yay yes is that is that near am I getting better what is

the difference between few and a few well it's the same meaning really it

means not many a few people or few people so few people follow mr. Duncan

on YouTube or a few people follow so it still relates to the number so it still

relates to a few so not many so you might say that many is the opposite of

few so few many when I'm learning American English

I see many wrong words or poor structure in writing but British English is very

correct why well I suppose it's because England is the birthplace of English

that's it I can't put it any other way although having said that can I let you

in on a secret don't tell anyone else but many children are leaving school now

with very poor levels of English so English writing English spelling for

example and they're very terrible with their grammar and punctuation so

apparently there is a big problem at the moment with students leaving school they

finish school and their level of English is very low so things are changing for

the worse hello mr. Duncan have you been I've seen

your video on YouTube but it's the first time that I see you live I'm excited

thank you bye man hello baman how are you today are you okay

I really hope so do you have any children me do I my

children are all around me flying in the sky running around the fields my

children are everywhere nature I'm talking about nature can you tell me the

meaning of the word murder if you murder someone you kill them on purpose you

mean to do it you murder someone you kill a person

murder I'm from Brazil as well I find it a little difficult to understand the

British accent but somehow I understand yours that's because I have a very

special magic way of teaching my nickname means ask your grandmother for

details oh I see okay then I thought you were telling me to ask my grandmother

it's very difficult because none of my grandparents are alive anymore mr.

Duncan how is life in Britain Suresh life in Britain isn't too bad sometimes

it's difficult sometimes there are problems sometimes there are

difficulties and quite often there is adversity to overcome but I would say

that life isn't too bad but it's not perfect

I am going to go in a moment unless you would like to enjoy the scenery whilst I

go to make mr. Steve a cup of tea so I can leave the livestream on and you can

just enjoy the nature whilst I make a cup of tea and then I will come back or

I can just say goodbye now and end the livestream it's up to you really can you

pronounce my name I want to check if I wrote it correctly oh I see but I can

read ba ba man by man Noura Mandy by man Noura Mandy is that

okay Noura Mandy by man Neera Mandy and that is what your name

sounds like when I sing it what a nice day yes it's a lovely day

I couldn't resist coming outside to do a live stream it's so gorgeous it's a

beautiful sunny day it really does feel as if summer has arrived mr. Duncan

where is that place what region of England this is a part of England called

Shropshire Shropshire it is the county the large area that surrounds me is

called Shropshire do you plan to live somewhere else or do you want to live in

much Wenlock forever well I I would like to stay here for as long as possible

because it's lovely it's very nice I like the nature I love the weather I

like the feeling of being here so yes I think I will probably stay here for

quite a long time until they carry me away

hello from Tenerife Dave David Calero hello David I think I've said hello to

you before it's nice to see you here again yes isn't that nice

mr. Duncan my name is FF and it is written in the Arabic language you don't

have to apologize though there's no need to apologize it's all right

hi mr. Duncan I'm very glad to see you I'm from st. Petersburg have you ever

been there have you ever been to Russia no I've

never been to Russia but again it's another country that I'm very intrigued

by very intrigued tarik asks is it common in English to use the expression

you are a pain in the ass I'm shocked well yes we do use that expression but

we don't say ass we say ass it's a nice place by profession you are a teacher

Thank You trend yes that's what I do I've been teaching English on YouTube

for over 11 years I started doing this way back in 2006 whilst I was still

living in China so way back in 2006 I was living in China teaching English as

a second language and I started making YouTube videos so yes I've been doing

this for a long time a very long time indeed ah yes thank you very much to

Vika yes a lot of people have given me the answer to the question I asked the

other day when I was doing my livestream in the garden on the mobile phone yes

the flower hello Boris yes the flower that I showed you the other day the pink

flower that stays awake during the the early

months of the year is the hello Boris I think it's also called the Christmas

rose as well I think it has lots of different names so I think the

particular flower you were talking about and the one I showed you the other day I

think also it's called the Christmas rose as well or winter rose I hope to

visit England one day it looks great it's not bad it isn't bad yes it's

alright it's okay I can't really complain even though sometimes we do

like to complain that is one thing that English people do very well we really

love complaining especially mr. Steve he looks complaining so much how is your

Chinese now mr. Duncan can you still speak or understand Chinese I can

understand some Chinese when I was living in China I had to learn certain

words and phrases so I could survive mr. Duncan a lot of people have gone to stay

a long time in Britain from my country why I don't know why but III know that

Britain is a very popular country for people who want to emigrate who want to

go from their country to this country so there are many attractions I think the

weather might be one of them I don't know because here we have a very

temperate climate so we have lots of lovely seasons so we have the cool and

refreshing spring we have the warm but rarely too hot summer we also have the

beautiful colorful autumn and to end the year we also have the very

cold and sometimes scenic winter so I think one of the reasons why I like

living here is because of the seasons I think the seasons are great how long

does it take each of your live lessons it depends normally on Sunday I am here

for two hours so on Sundays I'm normally on for two hours and on Wednesdays from

10:00 p.m. UK time I am on for normally about one and a half hours and today

today I am on for goodness knows it's up to you really

hi sir how to find an English girlfriend any tips oh I see mx6 is looking for a

girlfriend maybe there is a beautiful girl out there watching now who would

like to go on a date maybe a blind date with MX I think I think you will have to

show some sort of photograph though you know before anything happens to be

honest mr. Duncan you are like a candle you consume your life to light the path

of the students Thank You Tariq for that I just love doing this I enjoy it I get

a lot of satisfaction I find it very interesting I love talking to you I love

sharing my experiences I love listening to you sharing your experiences with me

so it's a great experience most people who teach in their life find

that the job is very rewarding and by that I mean from the experience of doing

it not from the financial gain

oh I see so the H is not pronounced I see okay then bye man

so it's baman baman okay then thank you bad man for correcting me sir how much

do you earn per month Zakariya that's a very private question to ask

I'm going to sneeze in a moment wait there there we go there is something you

didn't expect a live sneeze from mr. Duncan I think I might have hay fever

today because I was sneezing this morning

how much do you you how much do you how much do you earn from YouTube every

month

not much bless you sir thank you very much ah isn't that kind I just had a big

sneeze and someone said bless you thank you very much I'm not sick I just have

hay fever because all of the flowers and the pollen is going up my nose at the

moment how old are you mr. Duncan why is so many people interested in my age some

very personal questions today how old are you what does your house look like

how much do you earn unbelievable

very nicely spoken thank you thank you very much for that yes I I have some

very nice compliments today I do appreciate that a lot of people asking

if I have pets I don't have pets I suppose mr. Steve is a little bit like a

pet mr. Duncan when you start live-streaming most populated countries

like China in India will not see you because the time is not suitable well I

can't be viewed in China anyway because YouTube is blocked it is blocked in

China what is the best moment that you got that motivated you to go strongly

into teaching on YouTube asks trend I think the thing that attracted me was

just the fact that I could reach people who might not normally have the chance

to listen to English being spoken so that's the main reason why that's the

reason why I started doing it in the first place on YouTube so the reason why

I started doing it was to give everyone the same chance why do you think you

have given this gift of having good English despite your former teacher

doing self-study do you think I'm not quite sure what you mean by that

s Tezz I will try to read that again later and hopefully answer the question

sir how can I remember words Oh a very common question the best way to remember

words is to write them down and try to remember them by repeating them so if

you repeat something if you repeat it eventually it will stay in your head by

man says you are a generous person you're not only famous English teacher

I'm not sure if I'm famous I never think that I'm famous to be honest I don't

think I don't see my self as famous but you share your videos

for free and communicate with your students live thank you very much yes

I'm the only person that does this and the only person it spends a lot of time

talking to you live there are many English teachers who record their

lessons and maybe they record maybe two or three lessons in one day and then

they put them on YouTube but I am the only person it spends a lot of time and

a lot of energy life mr. Duncan have you ever visited any Arab countries I

haven't I've never visited any Arab countries although I would love to go

maybe maybe not an Arab country but maybe a North African country I've

always wanted to go to Morocco and very interested in Morocco I don't know why

maybe it's the food I think so I think mr. Steve wants his tea just a

moment I will be back in a moment don't go away

did you see that did you see the person walking by them up there that is the man

who owns this field so the field behind me isn't mine that doesn't belong to me

so the man that you just saw going by he owns all of that land can you believe it

does anyone recognize this it's the shirt that I wear on Sunday so I'm just

washing it or I've just washed it and now I have to hang this on the line so

you can see this t-shirt on Sunday during my Sunday livestream but now I

must hang it on the washing line

I'm back don't worry I hope you didn't get too worried there mr. Duncan you are

a generous person you are oh I'm and getting so many lovely

compliments today I'm very moved thank you very much it's very kind of you why

my greeting isn't showing in the screen insomniac gossip insomniac gossip I can

see your message now on my phone it is right in front of me

why is my greeting not being shown well I can see it anyway so hello from

Azerbaijan again and hello to Azerbaijan as well wikipedia says you are

well-known so it must be true am I on Wikipedia am I really I didn't know that

am I really on Wikipedia I don't think so now me tell us about

one of your most beautiful countries you have visited well I've been to quite a

few countries in the past I think one of the most memorable must be I suppose

Turkey I did enjoy my time in Turkey I went to Turkey twice and I had a lovely

time there mainly because of the scenery and just how beautiful the place is and

how friendly people were it left a very strong impression on me in my opinion if

you were a chosen actor you would have been better than mr. bean Thank You

tarik you sound a little bit like the students in China that I used to teach

they used to say the same thing they used to say mr. Duncan you reminders of

mr. bean I don't know what you mean by that

Semmy says I am from Turkey well a big hello to you I've been to your country

in the past other places I visited in the past I've been to Malaysia many

times another lovely country I've also be to friends and also to the

Netherlands and also of course China I've been to China as well and another

place I've been to the Portuguese island of Corfu Madeira oh and Greece as well

I've been to Greece actually I've been to so many times so many places Mustafa

see you later mr. Duncan I will go to the mosque see you later

Mustafa so I have a question for you mr. Duncan oh dear this sounds very

important what is your recommended regional dish

or home cooking in your house well I like all different styles of food for

example tonight we are having curry fish curry tonight

very nice do you know mr. Duncan you are famous Allen gia

I'm not sure I never think I'm famous people don't stop me in the street and

say are you mr. Duncan from YouTube no one has ever said that

here no one why don't you move to Vietnam to teach English well I suppose

I could but then I would be so far away from from my family my friends and how

would mr. Steve survive on his own which city did you go to in Turkey was it

Istanbul no I didn't go there I I went to a couple of places one of them is

called cash and the other one is called Fethiye fethiye well I actually stayed

on a very small island a very small Island had no roads called Chevalier

have you ever been to Indonesia no I've never been there but I'm very glad to

see that you are here today watching from Indonesia so it's very nice to see

you here what would you recommend to improve my listening skills well just

like learning to speak or learning to remember words it's another thing that

you have to practice over time so spend some time when you are rested or when

you can concentrate on the thing you are listening to so don't try to try to do

it too quickly don't do it when there are other things going on so when you

are learning English when you are listening to English being spoken or

used make sure you are doing it during a relaxed period how much English

how many English words should I learn this is a great question how long is a

piece of string there there is no real figure for how many words you need

because it depends on what you want to say it depends on how much English you

want to understand on my own or by myself Carlos the difference is between

on my own and by myself well again they can be used in various similar ways if

you are on your own you are alone if you are by yourself you were also alone I

did it alone I did it by myself both of those things mean the same thing

Andre says hello mr. Duncan I am communicating right now and watching you

I will reward you with the title of ambassador of English language oh that's

very nice thank you very much do I get a medal maybe I can have a big medal that

I wear around my neck anyway I think I'm going to go in a moment because I've

been hon goodness me I've been on for over two hours have I really been on for

two hours that doesn't seem right have I really been on for two hours I'm

starting to lose my voice just a moment I'm going to get a drink of water

ah that's better my throat was becoming very dry

I can't believe have I really been on here for two hours

surely not why don't you get married mr. Duncan because I like staying happy

hello mr. Duncan I've just joined this chat it's Lena hello Lena nice to see

you welcome back it's nice to see you on the live chat lots and lots of people

are here now my regular viewers and some people who are joining for the first

time if it is your first time watching hello there my name is Duncan and I

teach English on YouTube and today I'm doing something slightly different

because I'm doing it live outside in my garden what time is it there at the

moment it is five minutes to five o'clock five to five five minutes away

from five o'clock in the evening so now it's kind of late afternoon early

evening so normally five o'clock we say that

it's coming coming towards evening my phone is about to die I will see you

later I'm going to get some to give it some oxygen okay thank you trend see you

later the place around you seems very quiet is

it the same all over the UK and are you far from London asks Mina I am very very

far from London that's probably the reason why it's so quiet so yes I live a

long way from London about a hundred and sixty miles from London a long long way

away and around here is very quiet because there aren't many people

hello hello from Mexico I love your lessons Thank You Rodrigo Oh a big hello

to Mexico I bet the weather is nice there but the big question is is it as

nice as this is it I don't know because I'm not there I took a locked up long I

took a lot of time to make a sentence how to improve that well again the more

you use something the better you become at doing it and the more you do it the

more you enjoy doing it so it is a process it's quite often learning

something is a process mr. Duncan which city are you in now well I'm not in a

city I'm in a very small town very small place I can actually hear just behind me

I can hear the woodpecker and I think it's the same woodpecker that was in the

garden earlier in fact that woodpecker caused my live stream to start late it's

true have you ever seen an alien well I've seen mr. Steve on a dark night that

that very similar to an alien very similar

thanks a lot for your messages it's very very nice to hear from you so many

people I've learned over 2,500 words and $0.12 forms and I still can't talk well

you might need more than 2,000 words it also depends on what you are trying to

express and that's what I said earlier so you might have a thousand words or

two thousand words but maybe those words are not the words you want to express

yourself with so never stop learning new words that's my advice so even if you

know a thousand words you you carry on learning even if you know a million

words just carry on carry on learning never stop learning even I learn new

words and I'm English hello everyone its 12:52 from Flavia or Flavia it's time to

go to the hospital where I work okay then Flavio but my big wish is to stay

here and enjoy the wonderful picture and listen to the most beautiful language in

the world see you next time see you Flavio or Flavia and have a safe and

enjoyable time at work and see you again soon

does it rain for most of the time in the UK now that's not true it doesn't rain

all the time sometimes but not all the time

hello mr. duncan nice to meet you my name is seeker Quan and I am from South

Korea oh okay then nice to meet meet you Sika Sika yes very good we have a few

people on now watching in South Korea so it's great great to see you as I

mentioned earlier the Queen of England is 92 this weekend and

on Sunday I will be talking about that also I will be talking about ladybirds

as well because recently there have been lots and lots of Lady birds around here

being a pest so we'll be talking about that mr. Steve will be here also on

Sunday as a special guest as usual every single Sunday and maybe perhaps I'm not

sure we might get around to talking about uses of the word set but I don't

know how long does it take to speak English fluently for a hardworking

person well again it depends it depends on how much time you have to learn it so

if you only learn a little bit every day you will learn it slower if you learn a

lot over a week then again you will learn it quicker so it really depends

there are people at the moment on YouTube who promised to teach you

English in just a few moments or a few hours it's not it's not possible you

can't do that you can't learn English in just a few hours you can't it's

impossible like I will call it a day now thank you tarik and I will see you later

I will also be going soon so don't worry you won't be missing anything can you

speak Chinese as I said earlier IDI and II am a little

just a little so that's it I am going I think that is it from me I am going to

make mr. Steve a cup of tea and I am going to have one as well a lovely cup

of tea and I will say goodbye I will see you on Sunday is there a schedule for

your online episode yes I will be here on Sunday this Sunday 2 p.m. UK time

two o'clock in the afternoon don't forget UK time so you have to work out

what the time difference is between the UK and your country 2:00 p.m. UK time

Sunday and 10 p.m. Wednesday UK time I think England has the best climate in

the world yes I love the seasons I love the English seasons I love the spring I

love the summer I love the autumn and hmm yeah I kind of

like the winter but not a lot especially the winter we've just had because it

it's been a very long winter we've had such a long winter

hi mr. Duncan I like your way of teaching the first time I didn't

understand what you said but now I can I'm very happy the woodpecker is sitting

in the tree it sounds like it sounds like the woodpecker is is scolding me

he's saying hey mr. Duncan go back in the house I want to eat some more

peanuts enjoy your cup of tea thank you Belarus yeah nice to see you here by the

way oh and I can see your face now I can see a picture of you on the icon oh very

nice thank you very much mr. Duncan and I

like your way of teaching and enjoy your tea Thank You Carlos Thank You hyung

thank you for Breezy Oh Thank You Julie Kristina thanks for joining me and I

will see you on Sunday 2:00 p.m. UK time this is mr. Duncan in his garden in the

birthplace of the English language that is of course England saying thanks for

watching me today and I will see you very soon and until then you know what's

coming next yes you do of course you know what's coming next

ta ta for now and you can enjoy the sound of the birds for a few moments

oh hello there hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today

are you... no not really did you think I was starting all over again no I'm just

joking Oh what happened there what's going on

Maradini asks what's going on? what do you mean what's going on? I'll tell you

what's going on... what's going on at the moment is I am going that is what's

going on or should I say going off

ta ta for now again

hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today

are you still here? I thought you'd gone what why are you still here?

haven't you got anything else to do? go on go and do some housework I know

what you should be doing right now you should be practicing your English go on

why are you still here in my garden? don't you know this is private property?

would you like a cup of tea?