LIVE English Lesson - 10th Dec 2017 - English Mistakes - SNOW - Christmas Fair - Mr Duncan

so here we are it's a very cold snowy day as you can see yes it's Sunday afternoon here

in the UK and this is a very snowy live English [Music] dooba dooba dooba do oh my goodness

I cannot begin to tell you how excited I feel today because look outside look at that can

you see it there it is our snow cam our little snow camera and that is the view outside today

it is very very cold it is completely white over yes it's incredible we have had so much

snow over the past three days in fact on Friday we had a lot of snow here in the UK and then

last night we had even more snow during the night we have had about we think about 15

inches of snow fell last night and there was already 15 inches of snow on the ground so

needless to say there is a lot of snow around at the moment so hi everybody it's mr. Duncan

live in England how are you today are you okay I hope so are you super super happy I

hope so I really hope that you are warm today wherever you are I'm nice and warm here in

the studio even though this morning I did go live on YouTube for around about 15 minutes

did you see me this morning in the garden it was absolutely freezing cold my fingers

were turning blue in fact they're still hurting now that the cold weather has really affected

my hands so I was outside this morning filming live on my mobile phone and of course we are

live right now five minutes past two o'clock on a Sunday afternoon I don't know what time

it is where you are because I know they're so it's super to be here again it is Sunday

the 10th of December 2017 lots of things going on during December I think of all the months

of ornaments during the year I think December is the busiest month because so many things

take place we have Christmas of course and of course we have the New Year approaching

and don't forget and this is worth remembering I will be here with my life stream on Christmas

Eve yes it's true I'm going to be here live on Christmas Eve and also I will be here live

on New Year's Eve as well yes I will be live with you right here on YouTube on the last

day of 2017 lots of people on the live chat but first of all there is only one news story

that I want to talk about today and that of course is the snow we have had so much snow

and of course at this time of the year when the snow falls nature normally has a very

difficult time as you can see outside at the moment the birds are struggling to eat because

the snow covers the ground there are no insects around and so the poor birds have to struggle

and it is a sad fact it is a very sad fact that many birds do die during the harsh winter

weather it's a very sad fact but there isn't much we can do about it unfortunately sometimes

nature can be a wonderful thing and sometimes Mother Nature can be very very cruel so this

morning I went outside and I have cleared away some snow and I've put lots of bird seed

on the ground so the birds can come down to feed from the ground so I've cleared some

of the snow away and I've sprinkled lots and lots of birdseed so many birds around here

will they will be able to feed so we are seven nearly eight minutes into today's livestream

and outside we have our snow camera there it is there is the view outside it is still

snowing at the moment can you believe it and also joining me for the whole two hours he

is the man that has more fans than me I must admit I'm getting very jealous of course you

know who I'm talking about we are talking all about mr. Steve who appears to be to be

eating what are you doing hello I'm eating a cheese sandwich because I'm starving from

all the activity that I'm having to do outside miss guard mr. Steve mr. Steve first of all

could you please not talk with your mouth full of food that mean our finish later finish

this layer finish your sandwich later because you know what will happen lots of people will

complain I'm absolutely so because we have literally talked about putting this together

quickly today because we've been so active clearing snow from everywhere which will obviously

go into later that I've absolutely exhausted we must have had over a foot of snow but we

must have had about 40 centimeters of snow during the night we have had a mouthful I

think about 14 inches but of course on Friday we had lots of snow as well so the snow that

fell this morning has fallen by the way you're still on camera I thought that would be I

just tried I've got to eat before we go live because I was so hungry and I didn't think

you were gonna put me on while I was eating my sandwich I do apologize to all those who

had to witness mrs. Neely mr. Steve talking with his mouth full and also wiping wiping

all of the food off his face sorry about that who's thinking about the half a sandwich I've

got left here it's making me hungry look what I've got in the studio can you see what I've

got here I actually have some snow from the garden look at that there it is look there

is unreal a genuine English snowball can you see it are you going to eat that mr. Duncan

I'm definitely not going to eat it there is a special rule connected to snow and that

particular rule is you should never eat snow especially if it's yellow it's true so there

it is a real snow ball taken from my garden just a few moments ago there it is slowly

melting in the studio so for all those who never get snow for all those who never see

the snow look at that there is a real genuine snowball go on eat some mr. Duncan there is

no way that I'm going to eat this snow let's just say there are lots of dogs around here

and there is a pretty good chance that that one of the dogs may have taken a pee-pee on

the snow so there is no way in fact that that piece of snow looks very very unappetizing

it has strange pieces of green in it oh I know what that is mr. Duncan what is it because

I've been scraping it we've got it we've got like a flat roof at the back of the house

and I was getting concerned because when I went to have a look at it it was bowing inwards

so the way what do you mean though we going it was it was that the roof is supposed to

be flat and it was bowing like that so it was the weight of the snow on top of it was

forcing the the quite a flimsy flat roof down floozy flimsy yes that means it's sort of

delicate it's not very strong and I don't know I'm trying to describe it so it's sort

of over at like a conservatory but it's like a lean-to root to wall I don't know what a

lean-to is so if that was the wall you've got the roof coming down at an angle like

like that and the the roof is made of clear plastic about that thick so long sheets of

it with the snow on top it's making it bow so there is a danger so there is a danger

that the roof might collapse because of the weight of the snow because the snow on tops

like that it's like that deep if not more so I went to scrape it all off as I've already

explained we've had so much snow and everything well yesterday when we were out walking we

saw lots of trees that had fallen because of the weight of the snow and that those green

bits in that snow they've come off the roof and of course there's moss on top of the roof

so the moss came off as it as I dragged the snow off in fact you wouldn't imagine now

I would never imagine that snow could could actually bring a tree down it's very heavy

very heavy is to know as we'll find out later shall we have another look at the snow here

there we go on there is the snow camera outside look at that isn't that lovely and I was outside

this morning live in the garden but uh I nearly got frostbite in my fingers it was that cold

it's it's only about minus one but it feels like minus ten because it's also very windy

outside so there it is the view this morning and now because it's still snowing mr. Steve

when was the last time we saw this much snow well the last time there was a lot of snow

was about four years ago but I think the lot I don't think I've can remember ever seeing

it this thick literally ever well I was just talking to you before we started and this

much snow I haven't seen this much snowfall since about 1991 maybe 1992 yeah so we're

talking 26 years and I don't think even then it was as deep as it is there that this is

the quite a severe snowstorm I think so do you know what this reminds me of Steve this

reminds me of when I was a kid and and when the snow fell that they would always close

the schools oh yeah you could you could have some extra days off from school I used to

like that and then of course we would go outside to play in the snow wouldn't we we would and

in this country because we don't get snow that often just vote for viewers out there

who might be living in in countries that have a lot of snow we don't get it that much in

the UK so when it happens it's a big event and the whole country comes to a standstill

because the roads aren't used to it the local councils aren't used to handling this in other

countries they have snow tires on their cars and they just get on with it for example we've

got a lady living a neighbour who's from America and she comes from a very cold part of America

and she laughs because she says over there people just get on with it but over here as

soon as we have snow because we don't get it very often we haven't got the infrastructure

in place to deal with it and therefore the country comes to a grinding halt talking of

the United States mr. Steve talking of the United States did you know in certain parts

of the USA you are legally obliged that means you must you must clear away the snow you

have to you have no choice this is in certain parts of the USA certain states you have to

clear the snow away by law and if you don't you get fined can you believe that and talking

mr. Steve of clearing away the snow we have a queer to ask today because yesterday mr.

Steve was outside and he was clearing away the snow can you see mr. Steve there he is

working away very busily he is shovelling I love that word shovelling if you shovel

something it means you are clearing something away using a shovel in fact the thing you're

using there is is a special kind of shovel isn't it yes it's a snow shovel especially

for clearing snow away so the reason why I'm showing this is I want to ask you why do you

think mr. Steve is clearing the snow there is one particular reason why mr. Steve is

doing this now so don't say anything Steve because this is a little thing for later so

there is mr. Steve working away very bitterly look at that and is it easy to clear away

snow Steve it's it's it's because it's quite heavy it's quite hard on your back and that

what you're that's no I'm clearing away there was from Friday night snows yes that we've

had double that amount yeah so the snow that Steve is clearing now is actually Friday's

snow it snowed all day so what is the reason does anyone know can you guess why mr. Steve

is actually clearing away the snow can I just say something here okay you will note that

you will not see any footage whatsoever of mr. Duncan clearing the snow wait a moment

as I was doing the filming that's why yes you were are you were doing the filming and

guess who was doing all the work but in all fairness later on I did help after I stopped

filming after I finished filming I did help you with the snow shovelling I love that word

shovel usual bit but I would say I did 90% to it mr. Duncan did 10% and of course we

mustn't forget that that our lovely neighbours also came out they did it was it was great

everybody came out people you don't normally talk to we all came out clearing the snow

away and then one of the neighbours said all come round for a cup of coffee so we all went

round to her house for a cup of coffee after clearing away all the snow it was a lovely

morning wasn't it it's that feeling that you're all in it together that feeling that you're

all helping each other out that community spirit suddenly comes alive if you know what

they call it they call it the British stiff upper lip though it's it's when it's when

we all get together and we work together what at whatever the difficulty is we all get together

I suppose the word I'm looking for is camaraderie yes camaraderie or that a bulldog spirit that's

it where is everyone's getting together for this sort of community effort helping their

neighbours particularly if you've got elderly neighbours like we've got a few quite a lot

around here so you want a knock on their door make sure they're safe if they need anything

we were walking into town yesterday so we asked the neighbours if they wanted any bread

or milk or basic essentials like that because people get what I think we're going to be

cut off for a number of days luckily the electricity's stayed on let's touch wood there's another

expression touch wood have you used that before probably so yes so you've got to look after

people you're going to come together and there we were around a neighbour's house drinking

coffee and and just having a chat yes it was a lovely feeling we all we all helped each

other out and I think that's a great a great sort of thing to do I'm sure it exists everywhere

but but a lot of people in England we always say that we have the the the British spirit

the stiff-upper-lip I believe that the the expressional well I think the stiff upper

lips more about you know not showing emotion that's it you get stuck in you don't get you

don't get worried or upset by it you just get straight in so let's have a look at some

scenes shall we let's see if we can have a look at some scenes of the snow so first of

all let's have a look at the snow falling and here it is this is the snow actually falling

look at that mr. Steve we couldn't believe it could we no we couldn't it was it's an

unprecedented event and I think in our lifetime that we're gonna go on about this all day

we're gonna make no apologies for this I hope you find it interesting because it's a big

thing for us well then how does everyone else know don't forget mr. Steve there are lots

of people watching at the moment who don't see snow ever they never get snow in their

country so how so for those people it's very very fascinating and in in parts of America

at the moment they're having the complete opposite of what we're having they're having

fire storms out well that's in California that's it exactly they don't get snow in California

I know but I was just making the the comparison that some parts of the country are having

of the world are having fires and we're having snow yeah so last week we had the volcano

in Indonesia and then a few months ago we had typhoons in hurricanes and today we have

lots and lots of snow falling so not just one snowfall not just one we've had two we

had one on Friday and also one early this morning but it is quite exciting there isn't

it Steve it is it is it's a distraction away from from sort of daily normal daily events

and you can go out there and talk to people and clear the snow right it's all good fun

it's fun actually we all end up to the point where it destruct disrupts what you're going

to do for example I won't be able to go to work tomorrow ah I'm in a choir and we were

going to do a concert Christmas concert tomorrow night that's been cancelled so I won't be

able to go there either after lots of you know weeks and weeks of rehearsals so that's

disappointing but yes it does cause disruption but I think it's all going to be gone within

the next two three days and then life will return back to normal until the next time

in twenty or thirty years but it's brilliant I mean well the last time it snowed here was

was the day that we moved to much Wenlock and that was probably not even half as much

snow even if in fact so it's the water asthma so it's been five years since we've had proper

snow and at least 26 years since we had really really really heavy snow so I I think this

is quite an amazing thing a few people on Friday were wondering oh sorry no was it Friday

or Saturday I did a live stream also a very brief live stream and a few people were saying

why are you talking about the snow so much because snow is exciting don't you think if

you think we don't have it that often I know it's very rare but when it happens it is very

magical it always takes me back to my childhood I have to be honest and I've noticed mr. Steve

you have to to visitors to the studio yes behind you to to visitors that thrive in the

snow their natural habitat in the wild is the snow and ice and cold and we've got a

penguin over here hello and we've got a oh I'm not sure what that is it's a polar bear

polar bear that's it all a bear a polar bear which she wouldn't normally have standing

right behind you because it would bite your head off but this is a friendly one there

we go and he's made friends with the penguin although normally the polar bear would probably

eat the penguin I would say but today they're friends because they're enjoying the snow

like we are you know I'm always amazed because because polar bears look so cute don't know

they're lovely and lots of people associate polar bears with cute animals and furry things

but they're actually quite violent creatures aren't they oh yes they that though I think

I think penguins are one of the things they tend to eat a lot yes I don't etre and if

there are any human beings nearby they will tear a human being to pieces so we'll see

so don't be fooled by the appearance of polar bears they might look very cute and lovely

but they will rip your face off I'm gonna keep an eye on this one although with you

it might be an improvement thanks a lot mr. Duncan shall we have a look at something we're

going to have a break now we're going to have a look at one of my lessons and this is from

one of my December draw pins we are now going to take a look around the local fair what

at what else have we got coming after that coming up later on we also have more snow

more snow and more snow and even more and also later we are going to talk about idioms

we are going to talk all about idioms to do with snow and ice and mr. Steve has a lovely

list and also we are talking about mistakes in English what are the most common mistakes

that you make in English and mr. Steve will be talking about this with me later on but

right now we are going to have a look at one of my English lessons as I mentioned we are

going to have a look at one of my English lessons and this was filmed right here in

the place I live much Wenlock and this is a very special event that is held every year

at the beginning of December this is the Much Wenlock Christmas Fair oh hello there hi everybody

this is mr. Duncan in England Here I am again with another December dropping how are you

on this fine day are you okay are you fine and happy I hope so well Christmas is definitely

on the way and as if we needed reminding here I am in my hometown of Much Wenlock and can

you see what's happening behind me it's all going on today because here they are holding

a Christmas Fair

well the crowds are out today for the Much Wenlock Christmas Fair during any special

festival or time of year fairs are held the tradition of holding village fairs goes back

hundreds of years these events give local people a chance to get together and it serves

as a great opportunity for farmers and other traders to show off their produce and wares

the local fair also allows money to be raised these days many charities can be found collecting

for their causes at local fairs it is interesting to note that the word produce can be used

as a verb or a noun to make something is produce the thing grown or cultivated is produce the

spelling of fair is the old-fashioned spelling of fair these days the word is rarely used

in its archaic or old form except during these occasions

there are many things on sale here today tea and sandwiches burgers and hot dogs and other

hot refreshments are on sale here today these hats caught my eye and you know how much I

like hats the focal point of today's fare will be the

switching on of the Christmas lights many people will gather in the square for the switching

on ceremony there are lots of interesting things to do in C here today this man is called

a town crier a crier is a person who is employed by a local council to make public announcements

these days the role of a town crier is mainly ceremonial they are only present during special

events in the past a town crier would announce local events and court of law decisions in

a very loud voice that is why they are called a crier to cry can mean to shed tears and

weep or it can be used to express shouting yelling and calling out this man is busking

a busker is a person who performs in a public place this busker is playing several musical

instruments at the same time he is performing as a one-man band quite often people will

give money to the busker as he or she performs that is how a busker makes a living small

donations are given by the audience these days buskers also help to raise money for

charity they are also known as street performers

many festive events are taking place during the run-up to Christmas the word festive refers

to a happy celebration a jolly time a joyous occasion the events are described as festivities

today's festivities are connected with Christmas the Sun is setting over Much Wenlock and people

are gathering in the main square where the Christmas lights are about to be switched

on

normally a countdown will take place before the switches thrown and the lights come on

so the lights are on and everyone is happy there is no escaping the fact that Christmas

is on the way of course not everyone celebrates Christmas there are other faiths besides the

Christian one Christmas is just one of many religious festivals that take place during

the year some religions do not observe Christmas while others do with slight variations it

is not unusual for those with no religious beliefs to join in with the Christmas celebrations

it is a joyous time for all a time for people to join together and be happy

well I hope you have enjoyed today's December drop-in it's been a little bit different with

me out and about at the Much Wenlock fair this is mr. duncan in england saying thank

you for joining me today and of course on behalf of everybody here in Much Wenlock sitar

for now

we are walking in a winter wonderland yes welcome back it's mr. Duncan and mr. Steve

live on YouTube and there it is the view outside it is still snowing it's Sunday afternoon

here in England and it's mr. Steve also joining me today hello how did you enjoy that that

was a short lesson that I did in December I think it was a couple of years ago and I

was walking around the local fair every single year here in Much Wenlock we have a special

Christmas Fair so I hope you enjoyed that I've just realised Steve we've neglected the

most important thing of all and that is our viewers we have it we haven't said hello to

anyone yet so let's let's go to the live chat we are we are 35 minutes into our stream and

we haven't said hello to anyone so hello to Olga hello Olga I'd also hello to Xena Xena

hello Gina hi Xena and also Eleanor is well hello Eleanor and Eugene is here oh by the

way mr. Steve we've we've made a big mistake already we meet her early we've really screwed

up here Oh Oh Deary me let's have a look here we go Eugene has said is it about the polar

bear penguin it's about the polar bears and that penguins there it is look Eugene says

polar bears live in the North Pole and penguins live in the South Pole they have no connection

in the wild I think so we might need to fact-check this we might need to do a bit of fact-checking

perhaps we stand corrected so maybe we're wrong but we might still be right so Eugene

says that penguins and polar bears do never do never do not meet we're talking about mispronunciations

we're having difficulty with our English - there I think the reason is because my mouth is

still warming up I went outside this morning and III think I've got frostbite in my fingers

so penguins and polar bears never meet they never meet each other apparently so there

we go if they did I think the polar bear would eat the penguin I think it's fair to say that

the polar bear would would just go the penguin down in one go maybe with all this world travel

they'll end up meeting you know that want to get on a plane I think Ingrid would be

like an appetizer South Pole one at one will travel to the north of the south get on a

plane and then they'll meet talking of the South Pole and the North Pole it looks a little

bit like that today look at that there is the view outside at the moment would you like

to have a look at the view after the snow fell on Friday let's have a look shall we

so here is a selection of views now after the snow fell look at that oh my goodness

what an absolute beautiful view it's scenic very scenic very lovely so there it is winter

scene so that is actually the view on well actually we filmed this yesterday from the

house and there you can see in the distance all of the hills are covered with snow as

well so there is the view out of the window after the snowfall but of course at the moment

we have even more snow and that's the reason why we are getting so excited about this because

we didn't just have one snowfall we had to within 48 hours so it is very unusual isn't

it Steve to get this much snow very unusual so the shots you can see now this was taken

yesterday on our walk so we were walking along into town because of course we couldn't drive

in so we walked along and look at that oh look at that look at that view looking across

the Shropshire hills into the distance everything is covered with snow Oh mr. Steve well I don't

think there is any any better view than than a snow snow-covered landscape I snowscape

look at that so there it is you can see the snow covering virtually everything and this

was filmed yesterday so a lot of this was filmed yesterday but today we've had even

more snow so here is the live view right now this is the view right now outside lots of

snow and talking of snow mr. Steve was shoveling he was moving a lot of the snow yesterday

but why was he doing it why were you outside shovelling the snow there is one very important

reason why mr. Steve was doing this a very important reason you thought it was very important

didn't you well yes I did so that's all we're going to say for now so what was mr. Steve

up to why was he clearing away the snow yesterday he he looks as if he's he's really really

eager to get rid of all of that snow and I've done my back in as we say here I've done my

back in have you hurt your back yes because it takes quite a lot of effort to move snow

so my back's aching so you can say or we say in English I've done my back in so if you

do your back in it means you've injured you're back in some way oh yes and I don't understand

here for two hours I can tell you mr. Duncan so I've got a seat by the side of me here

so when we have little breaks when you show some some clips good we'll sit down I'm sure

this information is completely useless to everyone except you all my back is your back

hurting and I'm exaggerating a little for that for the effects of the camera but yes

it's aching a bit because all that shoveling oh and I'll have to do a lot more tomorrow

lots of people on the live chat today we have flea via hello Flavia I've never spoken to

you before from Bolivia or Flavia Amanda is here also English my English with Sultan hello

English with Sultan and tow is here also sui sui' says mr. Duncan so that is Santa Claus

oh yes we saw Santa Claus earlier on the the Christmas lights being turned on in Much Wenlock

and of course if it snows how well father Christmas deliver all of those presents I

have no idea Patricia is here Patricia says Bonjour Bonjour Bonjour to France is it snowing

in France at the moment that's the big question is it snowing where you are maybe in France

or somewhere in Europe I know they've had snow in Amsterdam really that was on the news

today because they closed the airport in Amsterdam as they have closed Birmingham Airport in

the UK do you know what annoyed me the other day mr. Steve because because the snow only

fell in in this area on Friday virtually all of the news ignored it all of the news BBC

completely ignored the snow but today because it's falling everywhere the news is talking

about it all the time so so they would they weren't really bothered about it on Friday

but today because many many more people are being affected they are talking about it all

the time and just like me London yes if they have any snow in London I I think I think

they will have probably they will close down all of the TV stations just to cover the news

you see so because if it snows in London everyone's going to be interested but because it snows

here in Shropshire nobody really cares and that's the reason why we are covering it today

Raber Cordy hello Reba nice to see you today also tony is here what is the temperature

there today it's about 1 below zero but if you go outside it's very windy as well so

there is a bit of a wind chill so it feels about well you're outside earlier Steve how

it must be about minus 10 because of the wind blowing yes there's a strong wind you get

two temperatures that are listed under weather report you get the actual temperature and

then you get the wind chill factor as well so it's about as you say about minus one degree

centigrade out there but with the wind it feels like more like minus six seven ten something

like that so Jack Frost is nipping at your nose and I will explain that expression later

it's very very cold out there I went out this morning to do a live stream and III might

my hands well at least that the tips of my fingers are still hurting now they're actually

hurting her I think I've got a bit of frostbite in my fingers we were happy and long enough

mr. Duncan we were hoping to go outside in the snow weren't we we were to have a live

lesson out in the snow but we weren't expecting the snow to be quite extreme we did we didn't

realize that the snow would still be falling during the live stream so we've had to abandon

that plan unfortunately what a shame now because it's cold and because it's snowing we are

going to talk about snow and ice idioms to tell expressions yes but first of all we're

going to look in another video and this is another one of my December drop-in videos

and this is video that's all about the secret that is locked inside the box what is mr.

Duncan doing hello there as you can see I have my hands full today this means that I

have a large job to carry out I'm very busy right now I have my hands full I wonder what

is in that box do you ever feel proud of something have you ever felt pride to feel pride or

to be proud is a great feeling it is the uncontrollable joy you get from achieving something pride

is what you feel when you pass an exam you are proud of what you have done and how well

you did but pride is not always seen as a positive thing there is a saying in English

pride comes before a fall sometimes being proud can make you overconfident this can

lead to mistakes being made of course pride is not a negative thing but being too proud

of something might be taken as arrogance or big headedness a person who is too proud might

be called a show-off or a big head they may find themselves being labelled as arrogant

conceited and smug

whenever we look back over our lives there are times when we did something we are still

proud of we remember those glorious moments with pride a proud moment from my past was

when I had some drawings I had done put up on the lobby wall at my local cinema that

was way back in 1980 when the second Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back was released

here in the UK that was a very proud time for me because I knew that many people would

be able to see my pictures as they entered the cinema it was a very exciting time for

me and one I will always treasure with pride pride can also mean a feeling of self-worth

you feel as if you have something to offer the world pride can be the feeling of equality

you are as good as anyone else you are not a second-rate person you have pride in yourself

and you will not let anyone take that pride away of course it is possible to lose your

pride someone might make you look foolish you might have to apologise for something

you said we can say that you lose face your pride has been knocked you have lost face

having to admit you are wrong in front of other people condemned your pride but of course

it is not the end of the world it just seems like it at the time there will be many chances

for you to pick yourself up again there will be plenty of chances for you to redeem your

pride if you have the will to do it dooba dooba do mr. Steve did you enjoy that look

so what is in the box a lot of people have already guessed I think many people have actually

seen that video before that's true that's strange what's happened to mine oh there I

am hello there so mr. Steve did you guess what was in the box of course many people

have it was of course a Christmas tree hidden in the box and there is mr. Steve mr. Steve

had his feet up just he was really relaxing himself weren't you I was and you were talking

to me and you suddenly realised that the video was ahead finished I suddenly realised we

got us so deep in our conversation because we are feeling very excited I got when I when

I opened the window this morning and the curtains i-i-i-i I pulled back the curtains and it

was incredible it was a winter wonderland because we have had a lot of snow just in

case you've just tuned in there is the view outside with our snow cam it has been snowing

overnight and also we had snow on Friday as well so why is mr. Steve shovelling why is

he taking the snow away we will give the answer to that in the second part of the live stream

we are here for another hour so don't forget after 3 o'clock we are still here and there

is mr. Steve poor mr. Steve he's injured his back slightly because he was working so hard

yesterday yes I was working hard moving all of that snow and of course many other neighbours

came out as well to help and it was a lovely lovely atmosphere we what we were talking

about this earlier weren't we Steve we were yes when something happens in the local local

area like snow or an event that happens it could be is usually weather-related or something

something that that causes problems or trouble or discomfort people will forget past grievances

that they've got with neighbours past arguments that they might have had and they all come

together to help everybody else out we all forget our differences forget our differences

because we sometimes have little grudges against neighbours over petty silly things and suddenly

something like this happens everybody snowed in so we all go out and help everybody and

that helps to sort of sort of mend any sort of bad feeling that you've got between neighbours

because suddenly you're helping out can I just point out you cannot can I just point

out Steve that we have no bad feelings with our neighbours because I it sounds as if we're

all we're doing is fighting with our neighbours all time I'm just talking about I'm not talking

about open bad feelings but you know what it's like when you talk about your neighbour

or something happiest and you put it out of context or you over exaggerate all she didn't

she didn't look at me when she got into a car and went to work yesterday all why is

she ignoring me those sort of little things that then they build up and build up in you

sort of create this feeling about a neighbour which is probably fictitious or a bit of a

fantasy yeah and then when you suddenly all come out and start talking you think oh they're

all right they weren't ignoring me after all everything's all right and balls suddenly

come back together and and sort of almost reset everything I think one of the biggest

problems with living anywhere quite often is the neighbours we often have disputes or

maybe you might find a situation where your neighbour won't talk to you so I think I think

neighbourly relations or relations with the neighbours is is often a very difficult thing

to deal with on a daily basis but can I just say all of the neighbours that live around

here are so lovely because yesterday we were all outside clearing the snow away and we

went round to one of our neighbours houses and we all had a lovely hot cup of tea so

it was a great great feeling so after three o'clock mr. Steve is staying with us for the

whole two hours and we have some snow and also some ice idioms coming up courtesy of

mr. Steve and of course me as well don't forget me because I know a lot of people are fans

of mr. Steve in fact I think I think you get more fan mail and more emails that I do now

I'm getting a bit jealous I haven't seen any bye you're probably keeping them all to yourself

I'm not telling me about it I probably yes got all these fans out there and you're telling

me now but you haven't told me before so mmm interesting maybe I'll have to give out my

own email address so that they can come directly to me oh I see so we have the live chat we

seem to be ignoring the live chat today so let's say some hellos Alberto Alberto says

hello from the Canary Islands it's Lau lucky to see you today very lucky we ever had anybody

from the Canary Islands we have actually we have that's incredible cut where which one

which which are the Canary Islands I I don't know it's just the whole of the Canary Islands

Tenerife I think that's one of the Canary Islands is it Tenerife I believe it is might

be proved wrong again I'm frightened to say anything now in case in case I'm corrected

but I think Tenerife is one of the Canary Islands is it I don't know you're telling

me maybe someone can tell us I've never been you see to the Canary Islands never been there

Connell says why don't you try to roll the snow instead of shovelling well yes you can

do that you can roll the snow and create a really big snowball but of course as the snowball

gets larger and larger so pushing it becomes more difficult so yes shovelling is much easier

you might end up blocking the whole pathway because you've got this giant ball of snow

that would be nice if we could go live towards the end of the lesson it won't be good if

those know if the snow stops today if it stops before we finish we might we might go outside

live but I can't promise that because I've just looked out the window and it's still

snowing in fact as if we needed reminding there it is look there is the view it's still

snowing there is snow everywhere and we have had so much snow in fact I think where we

live we have been very badly affected by the snow that fell on Friday and also the snow

that fell this morning so we have had to lots of snow I'm not joking but in a lot of that's

a lot of snow let's have some votes how many people would like to see me throw us a snowball

at mr. Duncan live well we have a snowball here right now look at that that is a real

genuine snowball can you see that that is a snowball from the garden and and strangely

enough it's not even melting I don't know why it's not melting so there it is it's super

snow it's SuperDuper snow yeah I think so if I say something incorrect you will throw

that snowball at me won't you I will so that there is a snowball already in the studio

we will be talking about snow and ice idioms after three o'clock we are coming up to three

o'clock right now and this yeha is live English right here on YouTube with mr. Steve and me

mr. Duncan and you oh my goodness it is a snowy day here in the UK we have had so much

snow here I never get bored with snow in fact yesterday whilst walking with Steve I kept

saying oh look at that oh look at that isn't that beautiful oh look at the view and and

Steve was getting really really annoyed because because I know I was getting very excited

and sometimes when I get excited I also become quite annoying and I think I was annoying

you yesterday wasn't I you you were you are acting a bit like a child that's never seen

snow before I don't know why I just do love I love looking at the snow I love it I love

being out in the snow I love watching the snow fall it it is just one of the most magical

things and yes you are right it takes me back right back to my childhood I just feel as

if I'm eight years old and I want to run outside and build a snowman so you're right yes it

does it brings out the child in me and I think lots of people even though they won't admit

it lots of people feel the same way about snow and don't forget everyone gets a day

off work tomorrow eventually they calm down a bit but you were just all day filming everything

that had snow on it I couldn't stop I couldn't stop getting excited I don't I just felt as

if I was experiencing the most amazing moment of my life look I mean how how can you not

how can you not get excited by that look at that how can you not get excited by that sort

of scenery it's just amazing see so we are talking about eventually idioms today we are

talking all about them and we are talking about idioms to do with snow and ice and the

cold in general generally being cold yes so I believe mr. Steve you have some idioms that

you've prepared and we are going to go through them very slowly and steadily by the way if

you have any of your own out there in YouTube land don't forget you can also let us know

as well so mr. Steve the first one which I think is very relevant and topical getting

straight into it to be snowed under oh I like that that is a very good under very good expression

and that means to be very busy with work to be overwhelmed with something you've got a

lot to do too much to do you're snowed under for example since we took on the new clients

at work I've been snowed under there is so much work to do to be snowed under so that's

for example if you've got a lot of work to do to prepare your lesson you were looking

a bit busy this morning you were trying really to get the lesson ready you were trying to

get the computer to work you were trying to film things edit things you were really snowed

under I was snowed under literally this morning I was snowed under outside and also snowed

under as an expression because I had so much to do I I think this morning was the busiest

morning I've ever had during my live streams it was crazy so you've got too much to do

and you feel overwhelmed particularly at work this expression is used a lot at work you

can say that you are snowed and note under overwhelming weight of work to do okay another

one place once another one okay another slow rates no related one this is more more of

an expression really a blanket of snow oh yes a blanket of snow so that might Express

what well that what that means is just a thick covering of snow on the ground that looks

like looks like a blanket it looks like the ground is covered in a thick white blanket

a blanket being something you put on your bed of course to keep you warm at nice at

night so when you when we say a blanket of snow we mean a thick covering of snow and

the appearance it gives the appearance that someone has put a big white blanket all over

the ground so it's a very common expression to use so really in a heavy snowfall so if

the ground is covered completely it as far as you can see you can say that the snow is

covering the ground the snow is covering the landscape or you can say there is a blanket

of snow blanket has connotation connotations with B so when you've got snow outside you

want to be warm inside a blanket keeps you warm and it sort of gives that a sort of impression

that it's cold outside but it's warm inside so yes a blanket of snow but I think it's

more to do with the appearance yes just just just the fact that it's covering the landscape

right another one please women a thick woolen blanket now this is what we are at the moment

we are snowed in to be snowed in which means literally you're trapped in a building for

example your house due to the amount of snow outside sometimes you can't even open the

door because the snow has been blown and drifts against the door so to be snowed in means

you are literally trapped in a building because the amount of snow so a little different to

the one we had earlier earlier we had snowed under snow now we go and now we have snowed

in snowed in it that's literal so you are a rat meaning you are trapped in your house

you are trapped you cannot get out or your way or a way yes yes it doesn't it also mean

not that you can just get out of your house but also you probably can't get down the road

so you would maybe try to go out to the shops try to drive the car you can't you're literally

you can't go anywhere because the snow has prevented you from really venturing very far

away from your house or you could be trapped at work for example as well because that's

happened to me I've gone to work in the morning and it started snowing in the morning and

then by five o'clock I can't get out because there's it's been snowing all day and it can

literally happen in a matter of hours you can get such heavy snowfalls that and particularly

it's windy can drift against the doors and you can be snowed in and that happened to

us on Friday because you tried to go to work you tried to drive off in your car you couldn't

get anywhere I so so UK so you had to come back and that's it you see so yet you we were

snowed in for quite a while and yesterday of course we walked into town although we

normally walk into town anyway but we had to because many of the roads were blocked

and lots of vehicles were broken down because we can't cope with that in this country we're

not prepared because we don't have it enough to have to spend all the money that's required

to be as prepared as people are in cold countries like Sweden or parts of America or Russia

we don't tend to get a lot of snow that's the things that's why so so generally speaking

here in the UK our infrastructure the the way in which the roads and the trains everything

that runs normally it runs smoothly but sometimes when the weather is bad for example when we

get lots of snow everything stops it all grinds to a halt does because because in order to

be able to deal with a lot of snow you have to have spent the local councils and the government

will have had to spend a lot of money on equipment to clear that away and we we don't we just

don't do that in this country yes well it wouldn't be worth the money because a waste

of money so today we are snowed in okay so let's have another one we are looking at snow

and ice idioms today that is one of the topics of course the other topic is the real snow

that is taking place the the snowfall that is occurring right now outside okay mr. Steve

another one please so this is the last one that is related to snow and that is the word

snowflake oh yes this is describing a person so a snowflake obviously is something that

falls from the sky when it snows and so if you describe someone as a snowflake that means

that that person a person who is easily offended a snowflake is a person who is easily offended

or upset for example I told Mike that his hair is going gray and he got very upset with

me and walked off a snowflake a person who is emotionally fragile or easily offended

yes ly offended so so this is this if this is in fact a very current word so of course

in the United States you have you have those that voted for the right and those that voted

for the left or the liberal side and a lot of people on the right accuse people on the

left of being snowflakes so that is in fact a very very useful phrase in fact it's one

that is used a lot so as an idiom snowflake can mean a person who is easily offended or

upset and in the United States a lot of people refer to it when talking about liberals it's

true I'm not joking so yes a very good one there so if somebody sent you a a message

today a live message and said mr. Duncan I think your live English lessons are rubbish

and you started crying I get lots of those yeah if you started crying I might describe

you as a snowflake yes how did you know that how do you know that I normally cry when I

get bad emails he cries after the show I have to console him I'm normally crying I'm normally

crying before the show during the show sometimes and definitely after the show oh don't be

such a snowflake mr. Duncan I'll try my best good one okay another one please right there

we've gone we've coming onto one data that are related to ice so here's the first one

be careful what you say mr. Duncan you're on thin ice oh I like this one you're on thin

ice so a person who is on thin ice in my stand oh here's a person who is on the verge of

an unfavourable situation to push the limits your health for example you're on thin ice

John you've been late to work a lot lately and you could lose your job so there we go

you've been pushing the limits pushing the envelope or envelope on the verge of an unfavourable

situation which you've created yourself so if you're late for work in that example their

timer you might get a warning and then the next time you might get another warning and

then your boss might say you're on thin ice if you do that again I'm gonna sack you so

you are in danger of being punished or you are in danger of being in trouble over something

you are pushing your luck yeah you are you are on thin and ice and if you stand on thin

ice there's the risk that you could you could break the ice and fall into the water so you're

taking a risk with your behaviour or what you're doing and you can do that in relationships

of course you can you can you can say too many bad things to your partner and after

a while I begin to get more and more annoying and then you're on thin ice and then you might

cross the limit get a punch in the face that this is is this from experience I'd like to

say okay but yes it can be a come walking or walking on thin ice that's the other that's

the other way of expressing that particular phrase so to be on thin ice means that you

are running the risk of getting into trouble you are pushing your luck you are on thin

ice just as if you were walking on thin ice you could fall through into the water could

be very bad for you apparently in Chinese there is also a very similar expression that

means to be walking on thin ice it means you're in danger of getting into trouble or even

in danger of injuring yourself you are doing something that is very risky or you run the

risk of being punished yes walking on thin ice a great expression friend of friends get

after if you know if you it's particularly know somebody quite well and you start having

a bit of a joke with them start ripping them say oh you're putting on weight you are or

you're looking about 10 years old start rubbing them ribbing them oh risen rubbing you might

be on thin ice if you did that as well but yes ribbing telling jokes for us in in a sort

of friendly way and eventually they might turn around and say you know could be there

might become upset and say look you're on thin ice if you carry on like that I'm not

going to talk to you for a week okay I think stop - I think we've definitely definitely

explained thin ice very very clearly so can we have another ice or snow or being in the

cold idiom please write to put something on ice soul and you see that to put something

on ice that means to postpone something to put something off for example we've been talking

about this project for a while but haven't got anywhere with it I suggest we put it on

ice for now and move on to something else to put something on ice so you've tried something

you've got a project you've tried it for a while nothing's happened it's not working

sometimes leave it alone and come back to it later you put it on ice that mean doesn't

mean you've abandoned it it just means you've put it on it's like putting something in a

freezer it just keeps it where it is and then you come back to it later and address the

situation so you put something like you put it on ice you you I think postpone is a good

one postpone it yes you come back to it it might be next week it might be next year but

it's an expression that's used quite a lot it works let's put that on ice for now and

then come back to it later and I sort it out because sometimes if you're trying to solve

a problem or project you can't you can't get your head round it there and then and sometimes

you need to just put it on ice what what do you mean get your head round get your head

round you can't think of a solution to the problem that you're trying to solve and sometimes

as many people you're trying to solve a problem a project at work and sometimes it's best

as you know - well let's come back to that later because we might have some better ideas

so let's just put that on ice for now and see if we can solve it later very very good

we are going to come back to the idioms a little bit later on but now we're going to

talk about mistakes in English and as a way of moving into this particular subject we

are going to take a look at one of the lessons that I've done on my youtube channel don't

forget there are lots of video lessons on my youtube channel I have been here on YouTube

for over 11 years doing this and all of the videos are underneath this live stream or

of course if you are watching this later it is underneath this video of the video you

are watching now all of the lessons are underneath there so here we go this is a lesson and it

is a lesson about making mistakes in English and then afterwards we are going to talk about

making mistakes in the English language [Music] English just like any other language has its

quirks and idiosyncrasies that is to say the language is not perfect similar sounding words

and odd grammatical clauses not to mention the odd spelling of certain words can lead

to confusion even for native English speakers today I'm going to look at some commonly used

English words that even though speaking English as a first language often get wrong our first

commonly misspelled word is necessary the word necessary is one of the most commonly

misspelled words in English this is due to the use of single and double letters within

the word namely the single c and the double s our second miss spelt English word is definitely

this is a word that catches many people out mainly due to the sound of the third syllable

which sounds like the letter A this leads many people to mistakenly replace the I with

an A remember there is no a in definitely there is definitely no a in definitely our

third miss spelt English word is fascination this word catches many people out due to the

occurrence of the letter S and C being placed together many people leave out the letter

s altogether whilst we are talking about occurrence the word occurrence itself is another English

word that is often spelt incorrectly occur has one R and 2 C's occurred occurring and

occurrence have to cease and two R's another commonly misspelled English word is separate

it is a common mistake to add an extra e to the word by replacing the middle a again the

pronunciation of separate can be misleading especially so in this case is the word can

be pronounced in more than one way two things can be apart or separate you can separate

two things which means to split or divide separate separate

our final misspelled word today is psychology this is a real stinker of a word to spell

because it contains not one but two silent letters the P and H are silent another good

example of this occurrence is psychiatric at the end of this lesson you will see a list

of other commonly misspelled English words how many of them do you get wrong [Music]

you might be surprised to learn that many people make spelling mistakes even I have

been known from time to time to make the occasional faux pas or blunder whilst writing for most

of the time it is due to a slip of the finger on the computer keyboard or at least that's

my excuse spelling mistakes are nothing to be ashamed of as we all make them from time

to time [Music] [Music] [Music] I hope this lesson has been helpful to you and I will

see you again soon for another English lesson this is mr. Duncan in England saying toot

afar now [Music] at a bee do bee do bee do bee do bee boo yes welcome back we are now

in the second hour of our live stream for Sunday and just in case you are not aware

we have had some snow here in the UK and there it is there is the view outside look at that

isn't that beautiful we have had a lot of snow we had snowfall this morning and also

on Friday as well so outside at the moment in the garden there is about maybe two feet

of snow at least two feet of snow that's about 20 about 24 inches of snow in the garden this

morning when I went outside it actually came up to my knees that's how deep the snow is

at the moment of course mr. Steve is also here there he is looking a little happy now

because a lot of people were saying mr. Steve looks very miserable today it looks very unhappy

oh I do apologise but a but but to be fair you were outside this morning doing lots of

little chores and of course we are now going to give the answer to the question that I

asked earlier why is mr. Steve outside this is yesterday by the way yesterday mr. Steve

was outside shovelling clearing away the snow although the snow has fallen again and once

more the roads are blocked so what is the reason for it why is mr. Steve clearing away

the snow okay here comes the answer mr. Steve was outside yesterday and he was very busy

it does appear that I've been lazy but I can just tell you now can I just tell you that

I was not avoiding work I was not trying to avoid helping mr. Steve I was doing some filming

you see yes that's why I'm miserable today Oh oh I see I'm miserable today because I

was doing all the hard work and you were just filming joking but in all fairness I did come

down later to help you I suppose you did a bit I've got to be careful what I say because

I'm probably walking on thin ice I think you are definitely so we are once again literally

snowed in but why was mr. Steve clearing away the snow we are about to find out the reason

for it did you see that mr. Steve was smiling then so yesterday he was smiling but I don't

know why he looks so miserable today poor mal try and cheer up a bit poor mr. Steve

so what is the reason it is coming in a moment we all have to wait very patiently and there

it is there is the reason mr. Steve was actually getting his car his car was stuck on the road

and it was covered with snow so we had to take all the snow off the car and then we

had to dig around the car to actually retrieve the car to actually get the car back up to

the house so that's the reason why we did that so mr. Steve could drive his car back

up to the house because you are very fussy about your car aren't you well I didn't want

to leave it out because I knew there was going to be a lot more snow coming that night because

we'd had some on Friday and there was more coming last night I didn't want to leave it

out covered in snow like that because it's not good for it and also somebody might drive

into it and not see it and so that's why I wanted to move it and that's the reason why

mr. Steve was clearing away the snow so he could get his car back up so all the neighbours

thought I was clearing it all away so that they could get their cars out and walk around

but in fact I was doing it of purely selfish reasons selfish selfish reasons I can't believe

that it doesn't look easy I must admit do you know

mr. Steve that more people die from heart attacks during the winter from from cleaning

this their drives and clearing away the snow because it's it's very hard work so what happens

every year lots of people go outside to clear away the snow and and a lot of people have

heart attacks they do the casualty or accident emergency departments will be full of people

I would suspect they would have had a large increase in the number of people who have

had heart attacks sadly trying to clear snow away from their drive or on their car or on

the road so I think it's a good idea before you clear away your snow perhaps you should

visit a doctor yes to make sure yes get a check out before you start shovelling snow

because it's a very intensive physically intensive activity as I discovered yesterday Marcello

says shovelling snow kills more people than war ha ha I'm not sure if that's true I might

have to fact-check that but Marcello says that apparently the hardest thing to pronounce

in English is the th sound in words like this and that and there you are right yes it's

true so that's the answer to the question why was Easter why was mr. Steve clearing

the road so he could retrieve his car yes this fact they're very difficult sounds to

make in English if you are not a native speaker I agree very very good point Swan says why

doesn't mr. Steve put chains on his wheels all right well I have got I have got what

they call all season tires okay on my car which are like winter tires the trouble with

chains is that the main roads tend to be quite well the snow has always taken off the main

roads and once you've got chained unless you're living in a country where the snow is on the

roads all the time then it's very little point in having them because then you can't drive

with snow chains on once you get onto cleared tarmac well basically it damages the road

it damage it and it's well you just can't do it it makes a lot of noise so what we tend

to do in this country is well we don't actually they do on the continent they would tend to

put all season or winter tires on don't get me on this subject that I can talk about it

for hours whereas time for this so I have got them on line we don't have time I know

cuz because the other week you got very excited about tires so we will just say we will just

say that here in the UK most people don't bother they just stay at home so if the weather

is bad most people will stay at home especially today for those who who have missed what I

showed earlier the view outside today so most people when the weather is bad they don't

even try to go out most people just stay at home so tomorrow mr. Steve will get an extra

day off work Oh mr. Steve are you happy about that well not really because I've got a lot

to do I quite enjoy my work so what a lot to do so it's going to be annoying Oh mr.

Steve only mr. Steve could make snow miserable which is probably why I'm miserable as well

because I'm also I'm in a choir so I do singing and we've been practicing for this concert

just tomorrow night for many many weeks now and we can't do it it's been called off so

I'm disappointed about that you can't do anything about the weather mr. Steve I know but it's

still disappointing so I'll try and cheer up I'll put on a brave face for the camera

and for your viewers have a stiff upper lip yes I'll put on a brave face a stiff what

a perfect all right okay night definitely but so what are we doing now we are now going

to talk about mistakes we saw the video just a few moments ago about spelling mistakes

in English but there are lots of mistakes that people make including people like us

native English speakers often make mistakes in English as well so not just people learning

English but also people who speak English as their first language so show is something

now mr. Steve show is one of the common mistakes that people make okay so that's the subject

should we talk about that Oh apostrophe is misplaced oh my goodness apostrophes so when

do we use apostrophes mr. Duncan the apostrophe you can you could put that down now okay the

apostrophe we've seen it okay you've read it the apostrophe is is often confused now

most of the time an apostrophe is used when you are expressing possessive clauses so something

that belongs to a person you will often use an apostrophe for example I might have this

written down already mr. Duncan do you want to show me first Duncan's I've got mine now

Duncan's show so there it is you can see that is the possessive clause there so we are using

the possessive we are showing that this show the show you are watching now belongs to me

it's my show so Duncan's show and you can see the apostrophe at the end saying that

this is possessive now a lot of people do use the apostrophe incorrectly you can also

use an apostrophe if you are contracting a word for example you might say hey I bet I

can guess which word you're going to use you might ask someone what's up once up and you

can see there is an apostrophe there it is a little clearer now an apostrophe what's

up what's up and that means what is up so the apostrophe can also be used to show a

contraction when a word is shortened or a sentence is shortened what is up what's up

I've got another similar example of that here Oh show us please okay so this is a very common

mistake that even English people make and that's the difference between two words that

sound the same but have different meanings so you're so why oh you are or why oh you

' ar e so maybe you do you want to explain that mr. this one this one is common very

very common mistake you could you can actually hold that up if you want and it's a very in

it annoys me that even English people so the first one is your so we can say that your

dog that is your dog that is your kept that is your live internet chairs the next one

is a contraction of you are you are you're you're going to the shops later I believe

you're going out to play in the snow later you're a good English teacher missing thank

you very much you're my best friend you are you are so you can see the apostrophe there

is used to show a contraction of you are you are so there is a difference and they are

often confused I've got a few examples are here of incorrect and correct versions okay

which I hope are correct you're beautiful that's it see that is incorrect that is wrong

yes it should be why oh you apostrophe re meaning you are beautiful so the pronunciation

is relatively similar yes but when you are writing you must get it right so when you

are contracting you are it must be with the apostrophe and the e at the end if you get

that wrong that's a pretty big mistake of a lot of all the ones that stand out the most

when you get these sort of apostrophes in the wrong place this is one of the ones that

just stands out and if you don't get that right people will know that you're not very

good so that isn't it mr. Duncan because you see a lot of English native speakers getting

this one wrong definitely of course what happens is because people are using spellcheck and

things like that that often can't tell the difference so we're often when they will predictive

text or something like that it often puts the wrong one in and this unless you've checked

it then it'll be wrong well it isn't a spellcheck that you need you see it's a grammar check

that you need yes okay spelling won't won't come so because it will recognize your as

being a proper word yes so the spell check won't catch that particular mistake but a

grammar check will okay you've got another one there's another one at the bottom there

do you know when you're coming over wow that's a good one I like that one so again you can

see it's wrong now your finger is in the way ah thank you do you know when you're coming

over that is correct you can see you can see that the apostrophe is in between people don't

usually get it wrong the other way do they know I don't normally put the apostrophe r

e in the wrong place you wouldn't people wouldn't normally right why are you apostrophe re beautiful

they'd normally get it this way round as the incorrect version that's a yes so many people

actually do it without the apostrophe they get it actually incorrect Isabella Isabella

says you're welcome ah yes and yes I can see that you've got it right there Thank You Isabella

it's easy to remember because if you see it just means it's too you just gotta think that

it's two separate words okay another one please another one how about this I've done that

one haven't I okay how are you yep coming very fast here mr. Duncan we only have 15

minutes learn that we've got more of the cold related idioms I want to do those there there

and there again three words pronounced and exactly the same way but all are used very

differently there th ER e for example look at the snow out there or th e IR the second

one the other work that once again is possessive possessive can we use their boat can we use

their car would be an example of that or th e AR apostrophe r e again that's two separate

words which I can what do you say contraction it's a contraction so when you shorten a word

or a sentence and you use the apostrophe we describe that as a contraction we we shorten

it and we often use or we normally use a an apostrophe to show that that is the case so

they're there for example they're going to be here soon there are going to be here soon

that's it so it's very similar to the last example yes good so the first one there the

second one their possessive and the third one is the contraction of they are there the

top one is relating to a sort of a place isn't it and you'll be amazed you won't believe

how many people actually get those wrong I'm not talking about you can put it down now

Steve okay not just people who are learning English as a second language but also people

like us native English speakers often get it wrong as well not us not us even we do

sometimes nobody's perfect they're not do you have another one I think we'll have one

more mr. Steve you've got one more the difference between again it's can be pronounced in within

two separate ways at least that I know of mm-hmm i TS that means belonging i believe

an IT apostrophe s again is a contraction meaning it is yes now this is very interesting

because the reason why this is confusing is because the possessive doesn't have the apostrophe

yes you see it's reversed its back to front so quite often when we show possessive clauses

it has the apostrophe but in this case it doesn't so it's I've got some examples here

I've got oh please yeah then it says snowing outside it is snowing outside so that's it

ITU Prost repeat s and the other one which I can't read the other way around the centre

looks great with its new cover that's it the sofa looks great with its new cover so that

is showing the possessive quality so it shows that the thing belongs to that object or the

person capable am i right in saying that when it's when they're sort of inanimate objects

it's it's that's when you don't use the possessive is that it no you still use it how do if it

relates to something or belongs to something or is connected with it it still has the the

actual possessive clause but but then you will use you will use it you will use the

apostrophe so for example you might say December's snow that will have the apostrophe so why

doesn't that have an apostrophe there on that on the second example because that's belonging

to it so that no no December's has the apostrophe that's talking about it's now I'm talking

about belonging to a sort of thing that's not related to a person yeah yes okay probably

best to put that piece of paper down there I think we've covered that one yes almost

so it's without the apostrophe is possessive and with it is the contraction of it is okay

so let's have a look at the I believe we've got some more snow in ice idioms but let's

have a look outside first of all because it is centering we've had lots of snow today

lots and lots of snow falling is it still snowing mister still snowing and it's getting

dark well we can see it is look there it is there is the the snow cam and now we're going

to have a look at some more snow idiom right I I actually feel as if there's something

else we should be showing I don't know why I really feel as if there should be something

else happening but I don't think there is because we don't need anything else because

we have lots of snow today and of course we have mr. Steve on the livestream and of course

we have the live chat thank you very much for staying with us today sec estar says hi

mr. Duncan and mr. Steve you're my perfect teacher Oh or teachers yes it should be you're

my perfect teachers but I think I think they were just referring to me - yes Tia says my

misspelling is often or will often catch me with Court instead of court yes I can't really

show that because it's on the live chat Swan says native English and native French make

more misspellings yeah then then second language learners it is true in fact on a serious point

you'll be amazed how many people now are leaving school with very poor spelling and grammar

that they have very little understanding of their own language and this is a thing a big

problem that's happening at the moment in the education system here in the UK a lot

of people are leaving school with very little in the way of understanding their own language

it's bad it is bad so yes that that is a that is a very fair point to make I I agree with

you Swan so let's have a look at some ice and snow idioms before we finish because we

only have ten minutes right well rattle through these meaning we'll go through them very quickly

to rattle through something means to get through something very quickly yeah so we want that

so this one is another ice related one and it's ice breaker uh-huh ice breaker I didn't

I I keep looking over the top to see ice breaker right so an ice breaker is a thing or activity

or a game that serves to relieve tensions or inhibitions between people might stall

starts a conversation so a thing or activity a game that relieves tension between people

so for example if you're in a large group of people in a meeting and maybe a lot of

you haven't met before you want to you want an icebreaker to get things going so that

people start talking and interacting so you could do something there are lots of these

examples of how to do this but you might play a simple game or you might ask everyone in

the group to go around and say something about themselves or even between two people don't

forget just a conversation starting so you might just have a subject or something to

say just to start the conversation off so you you you have an icebreaker or of course

we can say you break the ice as well I've got that one coming up there's a slight difference

between that don't these two in meaning an icebreaker isn't is normally an activity or

a game that relieves tension between groups of people starts a conversation going whereas

break the ice is starting a conversation with somebody in the first place in for example

in a difficult situation for example if you're attracted to somebody maybe at work how do

you break the ice and speak to them maybe your boss at work you're a bit afraid of them

there's an office party or you end up sitting by them on a plane or in a car and you don't

know what to say to them so you've got to break the ice you've got to make the silent

stop that's it so what you often do is maybe say something that complements them or talk

about the weather so if you're sort of sitting there you don't know what to say to somebody

oh oh wait it's it's the weather's nice today isn't it or oh I haven't seen you in that

suit before that that's that's a nice it knew just something to get the conversation going

so you're breaking the ice and of course you make a bit maybe if you're going on a date

with someone maybe you're a date and someone you or maybe a blind date and you have to

start the conversation and you have you have to have something to start with because you

might be really nervous you need to have something ready something prepared to break the ice

it could also be used it can be used in a different way as well if somebody does something

for the first time so for example if somebody suddenly there was a party and nobody was

dancing though all the all the dance moves it was going but everyone was still sitting

around the outside and they were too afraid to get up and dance the first person that

gets up and does that you could say that they've broken the ice things going on get things

going whereas icebreaker is is more about an activity or a game that starts people talking

often used in large groups for example at work particularly if you've never met people

before we often do that at work we've got a new team somebody will say what let's everybody

go around the table and say something about yourself where do you live what do you do

at work and that sort of gets people going it's an icebreaker very good but often play

games as well and do outside activities so I hope that that's a bit of a subtle difference

there is that is that very similar to sort of team-building as well so when they're team

building they're trying to get everyone working together so you need you need to start off

at a point where yeah everyone feels relaxed and comfortable so so maybe you could say

that that it also is is a way of breaking the ice you need an icebreaker very good an

icebreaker and activity okay we've got time for one more so right showcase your choose

your final one carefully okay that's loads here oh how disappointing right I won't do

that one we can always carry on for three hours okay we could do yes jump of the iceberg

we're not going to we're not going to continue for three hours oh my good manager scrape

some more snow off the flat roof yes tip of the iceberg oh okay then okay so icebergs

are huge chunks of ice floating in the sea but you can only see a small part of it above

the water most of it is hidden so when you say tip of the iceberg you're referring to

only a small part of something much bigger and mostly unknown or unseen so that's when

you say tip of the iceberg for example oh maybe that's out there because I've got some

examples underneath the homeless people you see in the shelter is just the tip of the

iceberg there are many more out on the streets or you could say what was the name of that

Hollywood producer that's recently been caught doing an appropriate things was it Harvey

Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Ivy Weinstein may have been caught behaving inappropriately

to women but that is just the tip of the iceberg so the problem is much larger than it first

appeared yes a few little signs appear that there is a problem but there's a much bigger

problem that you can't see hidden underneath just it the same way as an iceberg you can't

see the huge mass of ice under the sea so all you can see is the tip the tip of the

ice the part of the iceberg that's sticking out of the water what you see here today in

these lessons is just the tip of the iceberg that's true of what mr. Duncan has to do to

prepare it all do you want to see a lovely lovely picture I've just had a picture sent

in oh I love the screen there I love it when we have pictures and things sent in by photograph

I think this is from Ollie Ollie and and there it is a photograph taken in the garden I don't

know where you are but there is a lovely picture of a garden with some snow on it yes isn't

that lovely lots of snow around at the moment in the UK we had lots of snow here on Friday

and we had lots of snow in the early hours of this morning look at that look at all of

that snow we had so much snow we are going to finish today with some lovely views of

the snow so I thought we would do something different today because lots of people have

been asking about the snow they've been wanting to see lots of pictures and video so I did

go out this morning live and also I have done a lot of filming over the past couple of days

we've been so busy haven't we today physically I'm exhausted I can't believe it I have never

had such a busy Sunday I can't remember the last time my Sunday was so busy we are going

to finish but we will be back next Sunday apparently a lot of people are asking if the

snow is going to stay it looks as if the snow will disappear by Wednesday because it's going

to get very warm again in the UK so it looks as if all of the snow will will melt away

and disappear by Wednesday so I don't think the snow will be around for very long mr.

Steve is about to go and we are in fact we're all about to go I feel a little sad really

I wanted I wanted to go outside you see him play in the snow but it's still snowing outside

as you can see the snow is still falling so we can't really go outside unfortunately which

is a shame because I was hoping to do it but we do have some snow here in the studio we

have we have a snowball which is slowly melting so there it is there is the snowball can you

see it if he's still melting slowly oh I was going to pick it up but I don't think that's

a very good idea with all of this electrical equipment nearby so we won't do that we're

going to finish with some lovely scenery some lovely scenes from the snowy countryside in

the area where we live so I hope you'll enjoy that thanks a lot mr. Steve for your help

today thank you for inviting me and goodbye to all your lovely viewers and hope to see

you again very soon and of course next week we will have the Christmas set here in the

studio so everything next week in the studio all behind me everything will be Christmassy

next week we will have the Christmas theme starting next Sunday that is of course the

17th of December and then Christmas is just around the corner oh my goodness is sorry

are you excited for Christmas yeah yes you're right mr. steve is being very miserable today

I'm giving you the cold shoulder when it comes to Christmas oh the cold shoulder is shown

is that another idiom it is doctor squeeze that in what does that mean then if you give

someone the cold shoulder give someone the cold shoulder that mean to ignore them or

or minimally have shown little interest in them we can all them all show little interest

it's a passive-aggressive form of punishment or disapproval oh so if you've had an argument

with your girlfriend or boyfriend and they don't talk to you you know they just stay

silent give you the silent treatment they're giving you the cold shoulder so it's a bit

like being snubbed yes it's when you can't confront when you don't want to confront the

issues of the argument happens at work as well someone's upset you instead of confronting

it you you sort of go into yourself and just stay silent give someone the silent treatment

and or just be very Curt with them and and just give them the cold shoulder you could

give them the cold shoulder yes we are going now but don't worry we are not giving you

the cold shoulder ah but of course we're warm-hearted and not cold heart but outside everything

is cold we are going now and if you would like to see some lovely scenes some lovely

shots that I filmed over the past couple of days whilst the snow has been falling and

of course after the snow please stick around some lovely images and some nice music to

come your way thanks Steve see you next week bye bye bye mr. Steve has gone and I'm about

to go as well thank you very much for your company today thanks Jamelia thanks Lucy thank

you very much to second star and Zakaria analytic brain and also Amanda so many messages so

many viewers so many lovely people out there supporting what I do thank you very much and

I will leave you with lots of lovely images of the snowy weather this is mr. Duncan in

England saying stay warm and of course until next week when we all meet again right here

on YouTube you know what's coming next ta ta for now. 8-)