ENGLISH ADDICT - LESSON 2 - Giving Your Opinion - WAYS OF SAYING 'YES' & 'NO'

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English Addict with Mr Duncan


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it's a lovely day today here in the UK as you can see the Sun is out and
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everything is looking rather nice outside my window today mm-hmm oh that's
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better sometimes there is nothing better than
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the lovely refreshing slurp of water hello everybody welcome to another
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edition of English addict and you are very welcome to join me today
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hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you ok I
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hope so are you happy are you happy I hope you
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are happy today do you know why because it's Friday
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yes it is Friday and you are more than welcome to join in today on addict this
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is lesson number two and I suppose the thought that I want to start with today
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is there are so many English words around so many words in the English
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language how on earth are we supposed to remember them all well that's the reason
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why I am here to make your English learning a little easier especially if
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you are like me an English addict so welcome welcome one and welcome all nice
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to see so many people here today in today's stream we will talk about yes
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and no lots of different ways did you know there are so many ways of saying
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yes and no in English many phrases many ways of showing the way you feel about
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something whether you agree with it or disagree with it
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also today we are talking all about your opinion so we will take a look at an
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excerpt from one of my lessons where I talk all about giving your opinion
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so the two main topics today are saying yes and no and all the different ways of
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expressing it and your opinion coming up a little bit later on now sometimes I
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like to talk about business English business English is something that some
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people like to learn as a specialist field especially if you are learning a
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second language so there are many words in the English language that refer to
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what we call specialist fields areas areas of expertise and here is an
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interesting word do you know anyone have you ever worked for a person who likes
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to micro manage if a person likes to micro manage it means they take care of
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everything you do right down to the smallest detail so if a person who is in
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charge of you at your company or the place your work sometimes they might
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worry too much about the spoiled details of your job they watch everything you do
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even down to the smallest things that you do in your day-to-day activity so
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sometimes you might come across a person who likes to micro manage so when we say
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micro it means small something that is tiny and in this case micro manage means
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a person who wants to take care of the small things so sometimes you can get a
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manager or a boss who who always fusses they always find themselves being
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concerned about the small things they are always watching everything you do
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even the smallest moments of time they will they will watch and they will
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manage those things so micro manage is a very interesting business word and a
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person who does this can be described as a micro manager so they like to take
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care of everything the big things the important things and also the small
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things as well the insignificant things so a little bit later on we are talking
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all about ways of saying yes and no you might be surprised by how
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many ways there are to say yes and no in English so we have the live chat
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oh hello to the live chat nice to see you here
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so let's take a quick look at the live chat oh hello there hello grace chin
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guess what you are first on today's live chat and as usual I will give you a
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super duper big Friday round of applause
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today I am doing something that I haven't done for a long time ok can you
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guess what it is something I haven't done on the livestream for a very long
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time if you can guess what it is I will do it even if you can't guess I will
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still do it so what do you think I will be doing today something I haven't done
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for a very long time on the live stream if you have been watching me for many
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years you will know maybe what it is perhaps so hello - grace what am i doing
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today I'm doing something during today's live stream that I haven't done for a
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long time something we are doing for the first time today we are actually
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broadcasting the live stream in Full HD
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are you impressed so today we we are trying something different we are
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actually broadcasting today in full high-definition at 60 frames per second
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so I am really pushing the boundaries of live-streaming today never done it
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before never tried it before so we are going to see how that works
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hello Darla Darla hello Darla Darla nice to see you here today is it your first
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time on the live chat if it is your first time please say mr. Duncan it's my
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first time on the live chat Louie Louie is here also Luis ping Yeol
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hello Luis pinyon nice to see you here as well
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Caterina is watching in Belarus thank you very much for joining me
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Mika Thank You Mika for staying up until very late in Japan so I do appreciate it
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I know for some people it is very late where you are whilst for others it is
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very early hello - Hiroko nice to see you back again business win watching
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in Vietnam can I just mention something a little bit serious one or two of you
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have been writing to me asking me to make some comments on the terrible
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events that happened a few days ago where a number of people were found dead
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in the back of a refrigerated lorry can I just say I don't really want to start
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talking about that on the live stream because well first of all the
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investigation is in the early stages and also I don't feel as if it is an
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appropriate thing to talk about but I do thank you for your interest and you are
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also asking for my comments there is not much I can say about the situation
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to be honest except it's a terrible event it's awful and I send my condolences to everyone watching in Vietnam
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palmyra is here hello nice to see you back here
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today as well blues bird Linna or Lena hello to you as well there is a great
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game you can play by the way now I know a lot of teachers watch my live streams
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and my English lessons there is a great game that you can play in the classroom
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and it's called the yes/no game the yes/no game and it's a great game that
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you can play with your students now here is how you play it here is how you play
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the yes/no game what you do is you ask general questions to a student or one
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person in the classroom and they have to answer all of the questions without
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saying yes or no it sounds easy but in fact it isn't and it's a great way of
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improving a student's vocabulary and also getting them to think quickly in
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English so it is called the yes/no game and you can play it with anyone so what
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you normally do is ask them general questions questions where the answer
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might be yes or no but they have to answer the question without saying
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either of these words so it's a great game and it's also a great way of
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sharpening a person's use of English and that's what we're talking about a little
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bit later on flower hello flower nice to see you blooming
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here on the livestream again did you see what I did there
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hello too Babloo also shahriar hello mr. Duncan I am happy to be one of your
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people who love to learn and improve their English thank you very much I hope
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you are okay Mohamed says I have been following you for more than five years
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Wow I hope I hope you are having a good day
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Omar hello Omar Omar I have to tell you something now you are far too smart well
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don't Omar you have guessed correctly the thing that I haven't done for a long
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time hello Belarus er oh nice to see you here as well
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I didn't spot you on the livestream why do you put time on the livestream
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anymore do you mean why don't you put the time I will be honest with you I
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will be very honest with you I've decided to take the clock away from this
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because when people watch it on the replay they think that it's live so I've
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decided to take the clock away completely so there is no clock on the
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screen anymore which i think is a good idea it's also a little bit distracting
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I think so I've taken the clock away even though I can say now it is 19
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minutes past two o'clock in the UK on a Friday afternoon
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but I've taken the clock away so people don't think that the stream is actually
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live whilst they're watching so highly Cuong I hope that answers your question
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sufficiently Oh sufficient sufficient means enough if you have enough of
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something it means it is sufficient it is suitable it is enough for you so I
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hope my answer was sufficient I hope my answer was enough for you Ivan
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let's play Anna Friday is the best day of the week now that there is a mr.
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Duncan live stream yes there are let me just show you if I can find it there are
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some lesson times for those who don't know yet
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English addict live will be with you on Sunday Wednesday and also Friday from 2
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p.m. UK time so you can actually catch my live streams three times a week
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Sunday Wednesday and also Friday as well I will be with you for those three days
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every week right up until the end of the year
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hello mirela hello also to Paula watching in Colombia hello Paula nice to
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see you here hello Katarina
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hello Katarina nice to see you here I love the live lessons me too I'll be
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honest with you I always feel a little bit excited before I do my live stream I
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don't know what it is but it gives me a real rush of adrenaline my adrenaline is
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going all around my body and it makes me feel very excited you might say that I
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am addicted to the feeling just like English so if you are in English addict
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you are in the right place so we have the mystery idiom
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would you like to see today's mystery idiom here it is so this is a simple
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question you have to guess what the idiom is from looking at the picture so
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here is the mystery idiom for today that is today's mystery and there it was
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mystery idiom if you think you know what it is please let me know if you don't
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know what it is have no fear because I will give you the answer at the end of
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the live chat so today we are talking about all sorts of things including and
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this is something that I want to mention today opinion when we talk about a
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person's opinion it is their thought or their idea on a certain subject or about
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a certain topic so when we talk about a person's opinion we are talking about
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their feelings the way you feel so an opinion might also be a point of view so
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your point of view is an opinion and of course you can have a point of view
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about anything and at the moment here in the UK people are making their opinion
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known about certain subjects because we have a very big event taking place next
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month here in the UK hello also to Muhammad again my goodness
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I missed 20 minutes of the livestream I gave it a reminder but it did not notify
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me can I just say if you do want to follow my live streams
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scribe and also make sure that you activate the notifications so YouTube
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will tell you when my livestream will be on however you can also make a note of
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these days and also time Sunday Wednesday Friday 2:00 p.m. UK time
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English addict live with me and Who am I I hear you say my name is
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mr. Duncan and I live in England and have been teaching English on YouTube it
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feels like forever however it has only been 13 years shall we have a look in
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the garden because the birds are very busy today even though at the moment
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they're not there because I think they might be camera shy but earlier the
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birds were all on the bird feeder however now the camera is turned on
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they've all gone away so we'll check in with the birds a little bit later on
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meanwhile we are now going to have a look at an excerpt from one of my
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English lessons where I talk all about a subject that I think is a good subject
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to actually examine closely a person's opinion so when we talk about an opinion
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what we are actually doing is asking a person what they think about something
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their actual opinion so here is part one of my lesson all about giving your
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opinion
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hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you ok I
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hope so are you happy I hope so
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in today's lesson we will look at a major part of our way of thinking which
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has the ability to both join and divide societies around the world from small
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groups of people to whole nations in this lesson we will talk about giving
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your opinion
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what do you think the world opinion means the individual or personal view
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about something it is your own thought and because of this it does not have to
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be based on any fact or knowledge opinion is usually based on your own
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idea and how you view that particular subject or situation an opinion is
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normally based on two things what you know and the things you have experienced
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of course knowing something does not mean that your opinion is correct the
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thing you think you know could have come from someone who is also wrong so saying
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that your opinion is right because you heard it from another person does not
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necessarily mean that it is correct when expressing what you think about
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something you give your view you offer your opinion you tell us what you
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believe you tell it as it is you tell us what you think you give your two cents
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this expression is mainly used in the USA
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when two or more people are sharing their opinions we call this a debate or
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a discussion of course in this situation the people involved will not have the
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same opinion each person will disagree and challenge each other with their own
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personal view sometimes discussions or debates can become charged with strong
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emotions and the people involved may at times become angry we call this a heated
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debate the subject or topic they are talking about may be hard to accept or
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agree on the subject can be described as a hot topic there are many hot topics
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around things which people find difficult to agree on in some situations
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we may not agree with each other while in others we may share the same opinion
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and all agree unanimously if we cannot agree on something then we may end the
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debate and simply agree to disagree
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there are many ways of defining opinion it's your opinion your point of view
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your angle your belief your conviction your feeling your idea your sentiment
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your standpoint your take your thought your viewpoint the way you see it hmm
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this chicken is dead sometimes the opinion of a professional person will be
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needed for example during a criminal court trial this person will give
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evidence based on their professional experience they are usually referred to
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as an expert witness experts are very useful because their opinion can be
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trusted a doctor may be asked to give their medical opinion especially during
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an investigation into a suspicious death
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who dma where has that chicken gone
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jazz hands we're talking jazz hands wave those happy jazz hands
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all day long hello there and welcome I hope you enjoyed that part one of our
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two-part look at giving your opinion and part two will be coming a little bit
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later on would you believe that there are many ways of saying yes and no in
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English there are many ways of saying it you might not believe me but it is true
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so for example let's take a look at yes first of all there are many ways of
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saying yes in English and we are going to look at them right now here's an
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interesting way of saying yes yep yep so this is a informal way a very informal
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way of saying yes so you might agree with someone you might say yes you might
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allow someone to do something you will say yes you can also say yep yep instead
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of yes so this is informal it isn't formal so never use this if you are in a
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formal situation such as a job interview so something where you must show your
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best side so yep is often used informally
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sure sure we also can say sure no problem
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yes yes sure so you might ask a person if you can borrow their car or maybe see
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them tomorrow or maybe you want to do something with them at a later date
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would you like to go to the park with me next weekend sure yes
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so that is a great way of giving a lively polite response when we want to
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say yes we can say sure I am sure no problem
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yes abso lutely I wonder if anyone got that reference I wonder if anyone got
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that little reference I made them absolutely absolutely
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yes another way of saying yes agreeing with something maybe you allow a person
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to do something borrow something maybe you agree with someone's opinion
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absolutely absolutely so something you hear that you agree with absolutely I
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agree with what you say yes yes you are right
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absolutely so you are saying yes you are giving your agreement you are saying
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absolutely
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another one a very useful one of course of course may I borrow your car may I
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use your pen of course of course yes you can it's fine of course so if
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you want to say yes if you want to agree with something if you want to allow a
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person to do something maybe you agree with them you can say of course of
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course now sometimes you can start a sentence with of course I do that quite
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often so sometimes you will hear me say of course the Sun doesn't come out every
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day of course it isn't always raining here in England so in that respect of
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course means obviously something that is obvious of course it doesn't rain here
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every day of course I don't go to bed late every
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night it is something that is obvious something that happens and most people
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are aware of it of course yes you can another one which is very useful
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that's fine that's fine that's okay I agree that's fine fine so quite often
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we will use the word fine to mean good maybe a person will ask how you're
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feeling today are you ok today I'm fine I'm fine
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things are fine and if you agree with someone or maybe you say yes to
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something then we can say fine that's fine no problem no problem at all if you
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say yes to something
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you give your approval if you approve of something you give your approval you say
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yes you give it your approval so to say yes to something to agree to something
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or agree with something you give your approval so this is a way of describing
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the action of saying yes if you allow something to happen if you say yes to
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something you give your approval sometimes when a girl meets a boy quite
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often they will go to visit each other's parents and quite often they are looking
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for the parents approval they want to make sure that the parents like the
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boyfriend or the girlfriend they need their approval so the go-ahead so we
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often say go ahead approval you allow something to continue you give your
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approval you say yes okay that's fine I agree yes your girlfriend seems rather
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lovely your boyfriend seems rather polite I give my approval when we
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approve of something we give it the green light so this is something you
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might hear used in business again in business English you might hear that a
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project or something that is planned has been given the green light so if you
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give something the green light it means it has been approved someone has said
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yes okay go ahead no problem they will give it the green
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light they have said yes to something this can also be used as a verb as well
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so you can green light something if you green light something it means you give
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it your approval you say yes so that is actually the action so green light can
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mean the action of approving or the actual approval itself so you green
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light something you give it the go-ahead you say yes sure you can build that new
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apartment over there we have given it the green light and finally with the yes
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go ahead you give something the go-ahead you allow something to happen you give
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it your approval once again go ahead no problem I agree you are fine
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I approve go ahead no problem so if you say go ahead or maybe you will give
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someone the go-ahead so that is a phrase that means to allow a person to continue
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with what it is they are doing you say go ahead go ahead you can go ahead with
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your plans you can go ahead with your vacation you can start your holiday go
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ahead I approve it is fine by me back to the live chat as we continue today by
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the way if you want to get in touch you are more than welcome to get in touch
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there are many ways to get in touch with me and on your screen right now you will
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see some of those lovely magical ways of getting in touch with me
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so now there is no excuse whatsoever
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there is no reason for not knowing how to get in touch there are many ways of
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getting in touch with me for those who want to see the mystery idiom if you
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missed it we are now having the mystery idiom in our live streams and here is
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today's mystery idiom there it was hello - I've earned hello also - Jeremy hello
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Jeremy Smith it's very nice to see you here today
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Louie Louie you can give a thumbs up to mean yes so this is actually an action
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that shows your approval and this is something that's been around for many
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years it's school me and my friend we used to
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go around saying you're right are you all right as a joke so that always
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reminds me of my school days where when my friend
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and also I used to go around saying you're I a you I are you alright so yes
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it is a great way of showing your approval or maybe you can use it as a
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friendly greeting as well like I did its school are you alright hello professor
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Duncan oh I'm not sure about professor but I do appreciate your your kindness
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and also my sudden promotion in the world of English this is English addict
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every week you can catch me and I will be with you for those who aren't sure
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because this is something new I've started Sunday Wednesday and Friday
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so I will be back with you on Sunday from 2:00 p.m. UK time for those who are
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wondering what is going on Christina hello Christina you are late but it's ok
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better late than never that's what I say Oh Rafi hello Rolfie I see Rafi is also
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a little bit late you are however don't worry because you can watch all of this
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again later on at your convenience when you have time I am late I wish that
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there was an app that could slap me in the face every time there is an English
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live stream instead of just the notification yes I think YouTube's
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notifications don't always work very well I agree with you there
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definitely hello AJ AJ pan ciao hello AJ please sir can you say my name
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I will say your name and also I will give you a round of applause because I
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think it might be your first time here so well done AJ
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I imagine when you woke up this morning you didn't realize that some strange guy
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on the Internet was going to give you a round of
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applause did you I don't think so no in the garden let's see if the birds have
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arrived yet are there any birds what are you kidding where were the birds they've
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all disappeared I don't know why come on birds
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wellyou're where are you I have my lovely live camera but there's no birds
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oh well maybe later well that was a big fat waste of time wasn't it
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Hindustani says hello to you thank you very much also to highly Kwang John Sena
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says I am also new here hello John nice to see you here as well
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this is a lot of excitement for a Friday afternoon I have to be honest with you I
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rarely though so we have the mystery idiom please show us the mystery idiom
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again okay then here is the mr. mystery idiom it is a mystery idiom all you have
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to do is say what you see and that's it so there it is the mystery idiom for
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those who want to see it there it was we are now going to take a
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look at part two of our lesson all about giving your opinion and this is
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something that we like to do sometimes we like to give our opinion we like to
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express what we are thinking up here in our brains it may seem strange to some
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people but there are times when an opinion must not be given a good example
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of this is the way in which news is reported on television personal opinions
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and views must not be expressed by the news reader the news must be reported in
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an unbiased way and the people who edit the news stories must be impartial they
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cannot make any personal comment or express their opinions at all
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there are many situations where a debate or an exchange of opinions can take
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place in government there are many debates which are held in order to allow
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people to have their opinions and points of view expressed openly this is
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commonly known as politics the basic principle of politics is to express
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these different points of view in an organized way each group is called a
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party and in turn they represent the various opinions of the population in
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politics the main division between these different opinions is normally very
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clear to simplify this we divide political opinion into two areas left
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and right on the far right you have the extreme opinions and ideas far-right
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politics tend to be brutal and tough as we move to the middle then these
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opinions soften and as we move to the left then the ideas and opinions become
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more open and less harsh of course it would be fair to say that over the years
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extreme views and opinions have existed on both the left and right generally
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speaking far-right political thinking is no longer viewed as acceptable history
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has shown that this form of opinion achieves very little most politics these
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days can be described as moderate especially when talking about the right
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wing these days we tend to use the words conservative to describe the right and
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liberal to describe the left in the USA the Democrat Party is seen as liberal or
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center-left and the Republican Party is seen as
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being conservative or center-right here are some words connected to giving
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your opinion discussion to talk about a particular subject you discuss something
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topic a subject the thing you are discussing the theme of the discussion
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debate a conversation involving people with opposite or differing opinions
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stalemate when both sides of a debate or discussion cannot reach any agreement
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dialogue the words spoken in the debate the words which have been said or those
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that must be used the action of talking common ground the parts of a debate that
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both sides decide to agree on having an opinion about something is what makes
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you and me the people we are we may not always agree with each other but the
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fact that we are talking is an important one communication and dialogue help to
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break down the walls that divide us the English language gives us a chance to
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share our opinions and put forward our thoughts and ideas we may agree to
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disagree but at least we are talking as I always say the one thing we all have
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in common on this planet is our individuality and as long as we keep
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talking and sharing our opinions then there is hope for all of us
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what do you think there it was part two of giving your opinion it's live English
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addict for a Friday I hope you will have a good weekend we are coming towards the
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end of today's livestream we have around about 15 maybe 10 or 15 minutes left
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quite a few people I want to say hello to mr. Duncan
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if mr. Duncan won't show it again or won't answer your question you can watch
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again and catch it oh I see Ivan says in Russia the left are the Communists and
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the right are liberal I suppose it depends where about you are in the world
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now in that video I did mention left and right politics and also center politics
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however I do remember when I first published that lesson I had a lot of
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complaints from people who said that I was giving my opinion in fact I wasn't I
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was just stating the basics of giving your opinion and I suppose the political
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spectrum as we often see it so that's it really I was not giving my opinion for
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those who are wondering rocky burr is here hello Raqib apparently it is
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thundering and oh it is actually light rain at the moment so not heavy rain
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light rain I like light rain I don't like heavy rain do you think it
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is good if we have an English addiction I think English addiction is pretty good
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because then your English will improve very quickly so look at me I have been
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an English addict for over half a century and look how good my English is
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every day I like to use my English Shh Pat choo is here oh hello it looks
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like you are a little bit late today Ralphie says I do like the USA political
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debates the less debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were very
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interesting I think political debates can be interesting as long as there is
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some substance however what I've noticed these days with many political debates
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is that people say very little so a lot of it has no meaning we call that
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rhetoric so a lot of politics nowadays is just about making pot making promises
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that you won't keep or making the future look brighter than it will be and quite
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often we will talk about the quest being worse than it actually was
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so I think sometimes politics is a good thing I think it is very good and
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healthy to have the ability to express your opinions I think that is a very
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good thing whatever side of the political spectrum you happen to sit
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Christina says I do like the freedom of expression unfortunately nowadays it is
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easy to watch TV and understand sometimes that reports are manipulated
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if you manipulate something it means you change the appearance or the meaning of
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something you do things that make one thing seem like another thing so it can
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happen quite often in television you might see things being manipulated I
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like that word yamato is here hello yamato nice to meet you nice to see you
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here as well is it your first time yamato i have a
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feeling that it is can i say congratulations and welcome to my live stream
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another very surprised viewer did you think that you would be getting applause
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when you woke up this morning bib larper are there any chicks out there do I
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count I'm a bit of a chick at least I was maybe maybe a chick magnet hello
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Louie Louie politics nowadays is more communication than opinion I suppose so
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here in the UK we are preparing for a general election so lots of politicians
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at the moment are wandering around trying to get us to vote for them hello
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said ji said ji asked can you say hello to my girlfriend a big hello to surges
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girlfriend what is your girlfriend's name so I can
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say hello to your girlfriend personally hello to yamato again Mohammed says my
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country has a presidential election this month in Sri Lanka I think so yes there
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are many elections taking place around the world as I mentioned a few days ago
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in October I mentioned that politics and the political situation around the world
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is very chaotic at the moment so we have some words that mean no and that is what
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we are talking about today we are talking about uses of the word yes and
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no so here is one way of saying no if you don't want to do something if you
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disagree with something if you want to show that you do not agree you can say
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no way no way if you say no way you are actually saying no no way
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I'm not doing that no way so quite often we will put forward our feelings in a
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very strong way when we say this we are saying no strongly no way there is no
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way that you're over 50 mr. Duncan no way so you might say also that this is a
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way of showing that you refuse something or maybe you don't believe something you
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say no way I'm sorry my answer is no definitely not no way no way another way
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of saying no is I don't think so I don't think so again you are putting your
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opinion across quite strongly I don't think so
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do you want to marry me I don't think so shall we get together
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and have a relationship and be together for the rest of our lives I don't think
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so so this is a very strong way of getting across your refusal to do
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something or maybe a very strong way of saying no I don't think so if you are
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very sure you can say definitely not definitely not so again you are putting
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your feelings forward strongly definitely not would you like to go out
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with me maybe we can go for dinner tonight at a beautiful restaurant and
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then maybe you can come back to my place and we can have a cup of coffee together
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definitely not so that is a very blunt way a very blunt way of saying no
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definitely not here's a good one this is often used in a humorous way not
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on my watch not on my watch so in this sense the word watch means whilst I am
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around whilst I am involved so the thing I am doing if I am connected to this
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thing in some way not on my watch that is definitely not going to happen not on
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my watch so maybe I am working at a supermarket and I am the guard in the
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supermarket and someone might come up to me and say excuse me have you ever let a
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shoplifter out of the shop without catching them and I will reply with not
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on my watch it never happens I always catch them I always catch the
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shoplifters if you are thinking of coming into my shop to steal things
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my advice is think again think again that means reconsider your opinion
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reconsider the thing the you are you are thinking about doing reconsider your
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intention think again I don't think so no way think again so maybe you have the
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wrong opinion or the wrong answer I will ask you to think again
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not on your Nelly I love this one so this is one you might hear in British
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English a person who is saying no quite often in a humorous way so this sounds
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funny doesn't it it sounds funny so not on your Nelly it means that's never
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going to happen no way I'm not going to do this not on your Nelly would you like
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to come with me to a beautiful tropical island for a long vacation we can spend
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all of the time together and you might reply not on your Nelly no way it's not
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going to happen another reply might be not in a million years this is never
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going to happen no way no it's not going to occur it's never going to happen
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anything you ask I will always say no it will never
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change my opinion will not change and I will never say yes to anything that you
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ask not in a million years it is never going to happen
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another strong way of saying no not a chance in hell not a chance in hell
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no chance no definitely not I am sure that it won't happen there is not a
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chance in hell that I will ever marry you oh here's a good one I like this one
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no way Jose no way Jose definitely not so this again is humorous it is a
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humorous way of saying no definitely not no way Jose it's definitely not
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happening so when we say no we will turn down something quite often if you have
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something offered to you you might say yes and you will accept or you might say
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no and you will turn down the offer so when you turn down something it means
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you say no you refuse the offer you turn down the offer
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maybe someone offers you a job at their company but you think that the salary
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isn't very high so you turn down the offer you turn down the job interview
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you turn down their offer you say no
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sometimes when you say no you have to be very harsh or blunt but sometimes you
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have to say no in a polite way and one way to say no in a polite way is
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I'm afraid not I'm afraid not so this is a polite way a
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nice way a kind way gentle polite sometimes being polite is very important
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so here is a very polite way of saying no I'm afraid not sorry mr. Duncan I
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don't want to go on a date with you I'm afraid not it's never going to happen
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so there are some ways of saying no and earlier you saw some ways of saying yes
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we will be going soon although we do have just enough time to give the answer
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to today's mystery idiom so here it is so the mystery idiom to give you a clue
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this is something that is positive so even though the picture looks negative
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it's actually a positive phrase and here comes the answer right now are you ready
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I wish I had a drumroll but I don't I have a chicken roll and a cheese roll
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but unfortunately I don't have a drumroll here it is the answer to
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today's mystery idiom
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in the pink ah you see so the man is in the pink
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so you see you you just say what you see on the picture so the phrase is in the
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pink and the meaning of this phrase is to feel healthy and fit a person who
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looks well and in good spirits can be described as being in the pink so there
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it was today's mystery idiom and on Sunday there will be another mystery
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idiom coming your way as well it is almost time for me to go thank you for
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your company today I hope it's been useful sometimes we have to use our no
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power to protect our integrity hmm I think so or maybe your honor
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so sometimes saying no isn't easy it isn't easy to say no sometimes saying no
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can be one of the hardest things to do I think so it can be very difficult to do
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thank you to Rosa thank you also to my farts tastes like latex says hello hello
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to you as well very nice I am feeling in the pink thank you very much - mica
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Thank You mica that's lovely thank you pat chew thank you also to
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Maria not on your Nelly I don't understand the word Nelly
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then the word Nelly is actually a word that is used as a name for a lady so a
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lady can be called Nelly it is actually a very old-fashioned name so there
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aren't many women called Nelly anymore however there is a rap star a
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rap artist called Nelly so there and also there is a song
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about an elephant called Nelly the elephant and Nelly the
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elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the jungle off she went with a
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trumpet e Trump Trump Trump Trump and the song goes on and on...
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I'm going now thank you know Amy Thank You Khaled Thank You Hiroko thank you
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very much for your company today I am back on Sunday here are the lesson times
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Sunday Wednesday Friday 2 p.m. UK time those are the times where I'm on YouTube
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I will be back on Sunday I hope you've had a good time I wonder if the birds
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have arrived let's have a look oh there is one bird a nuthatch hello mister
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nuthatch oh he's gone and that's it it's almost time for me to
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go thank you hi thank you my mag Ilya thank you also to grace thank you very
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much for your company today this is mr. d'Ancona in the birthplace
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of English saying thanks for watching me it's been lovely having you here today I
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hope you've enjoyed it and I will be back with you on Sunday as well so don't
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forget I'm back on Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time and I think also on Sunday
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mr. Steve might be here as well so mr. Steve might be here I'm not sure at the moment
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but mr. Steve should be here on Sunday and of course you know what's coming
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next until we meet again here on the YouTube
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ta ta for now 8-)
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