Mr Duncan - The ENGLISH Addict - What is 'corruption'? / How to stay up to date in life

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English Addict with Mr Duncan


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And we
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are back together again.
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It's so nice to see you here on a rather dull day.
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There is not much sunshine around and fortunately it has been raining all morning,
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but the sun is shining right here in my studio.
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We are back together again.
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English addict is with you once more
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and I am.
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Do we do?
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Yes. We are back together again.
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And it's very nice to see you here.
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Did you see that? Then?
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It came up on the screen.
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You weren't supposed to see that.
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You're supposed to see this instead. Hi, everybody.
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This is Mr. Duncan in England.
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How are you today?
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Are you okay? I hope so. Are you happy?
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Are you okay?
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I really think you must be okay.
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Because you are here with me now.
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I suppose you could be lying in bed with your head buried underneath the pillow,
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trying to escape the world.
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We are living in right now.
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Or you could be here with me, and we could be sharing a lovely,
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lovely time together, learning the English language.
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That is the reason why I'm here. We talk about English.
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I talk about English.
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You can chat about English
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on the live chat and of course, don't forget
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to give me a lovely like as well.
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This might seem like a very small thing, but it is a very big thing
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because when you give me one of these, you are telling YouTube
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that I am fantastic.
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And if there's one thing that YouTube likes,
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it likes people who are fantastic.
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So the more of these I get, the more fantastic YouTube thinks I am.
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So give me a lovely like please to show you care for me.
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I am with you during October.
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Of course, at the end of this month, the anniversary,
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17 years of being here.
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I'm celebrating at the end of this month on the 31st
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it will be my anniversary.
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Oh, fancy pants.
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That almost deserves
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one of these.
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Okay, that's enough of that.
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Go away.
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We can't have too much excitement at this stage.
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So hello to the live chat.
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Nice to see you. Here.
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We have o v to congratulate Oceans V to ask you,
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and also I should say hello to Louis Mendez.
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You were both first on today's Live chat.
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In fact, I'm
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just wondering whether anyone else is here on the live stream.
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Oh, hello.
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We also have Flower Expo.
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Nice to see you here today as well.
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Wednesday, live stream.
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English addict.
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I am with you every Sunday from 2 p.m.
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UK time we talk about English. We have some fun.
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You can listen, you can chat, you can learn.
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It's it's ever so good. Really.
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What do you think about it? It's quite good in fact.
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Hello also to Mustapha.
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Hello, Mustapha.
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Hello, Mr. Duncan.
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I have been following you for one and a half years.
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This.
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This is the first time that I can catch you live.
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I watch your videos when I want to feel relaxed.
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Thank you very much.
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That's very kind of you.
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I'm always glad to find out.
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I'm always pleased to hear
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that my lessons are useful to you.
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And I am.
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I am very aware that not everyone likes what I do.
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Some people think that I should be more formal
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when I'm doing my lessons or when I'm giving my short lectures.
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Other people think that this is perfect
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and you always come back every week to watch me again and again.
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So that's very nice.
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Who else is here today?
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We also have.
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Oh, Beatriz.
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Hello to Beatriz.
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I was looking at some photographs this morning.
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I was going through some photographs and I saw
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your photograph, had
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some pictures of you and myself and Mr.
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Steve when we were together in Bristol
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about it must be about four months ago now.
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I can't believe time has really flown by.
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Oh, hello to Arielle.
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Hello, Ariel.
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Thank you very much for your for your new Super chat donation.
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Thank you very much, Arielle. That's very kind of you.
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Let's celebrate the fifth super on a live stream.
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Thank you very much. Thank you, Arielle.
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That's very kind of you.
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Very kind indeed.
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In fact, hello also to.
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Oh, we have you, Dom. Hello.
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Ooh, Dom. Nice to see you here as well.
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We have
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who else is here today?
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My, my technology.
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My technology is being very annoying today
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because this piece of equipment here has stopped working.
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So if you are ever thinking of buying one of these,
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be careful, because sometimes they don't work very well.
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You have been warned,
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and I suppose I should tell you about what we're doing today.
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We are looking at keeping up
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to date, keeping up to date.
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It's a very interesting phrase, up to date.
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It is a phrase that we use when we want to express the action
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or the activity of being current.
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So at this very moment
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you are aware of what is new.
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The things that are happening may be the changes that are occurring in the world.
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And let's face it, we do live in a world where things change
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quite dramatically all the time.
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I suppose you don't need me to say that over the past seven days
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things have changed once again dramatically in the world,
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and these changes can take place everywhere,
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including in things like technology.
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People always talk about the changes, the things that are occurring,
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the differences between the way we live with technology,
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our way, the way we lived with in the past
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and the way we live with it right now.
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So there is always some sort of change taking place
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and you might say that it's
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become more difficult these days to keep up to date.
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So that's what we are talking about today.
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I want to mention a word that you may have seen
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very briefly at the start of today's live stream.
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I will show you it again.
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And this is the word that popped up earlier
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by accident, corruption.
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Oh, Mr.
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Duncan, that is a very strong and powerful word.
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Yes, a word that can be used
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in many ways when we are talking about something that is done,
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something that is done maybe surreptitiously or
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or with somebody huge, something that is hidden beneath.
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So we often think of corruption as something that is taking place beneath
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and this normally means that favours
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or gifts are given or received
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in return for other things.
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Maybe in politics, corruption can take place
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when a politician receives money or gifts,
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so he can then make decisions
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based on what another person wants.
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So we often think of corruption as being something that is around us.
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But there is also and I think
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sometimes this is rather unfair, sometimes other countries are accused
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of being corrupt whilst other countries
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are cleared of being corrupt.
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For example, I remember during my time in China,
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the corruption is a way of life that or it was when I was there and it still is.
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So you might find that certain countries corruption is not hidden
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and that is the main difference between different countries.
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So in some countries corruption is done secretly
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without other people knowing, or maybe they give other words
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to those gifts
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instead of calling it corruption, perhaps they call it something else.
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In China, it is not really hidden.
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It is the way of life. It is part of life.
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If you want something in China, if you want a favour,
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if you want to, to do something in a hurry,
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you will often have to pay another person
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a bribe of some sort.
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So yes, you might talk about corruption as being something
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that exists everywhere, even here.
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By the way, corruption has occurred even in this country,
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and it's still happening right now at this very moment.
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The only difference is we are very good at doing it secretly, although
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now and again,
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corruption does come out into the open.
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And a lot of people talk about certain types of government corruption
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even in this country, even though a lot of people say, oh, well,
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oh, you are so lucky to live in a country where there is no corruption.
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And I have to say it exists everywhere here.
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The only difference between here and China
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is that we do it very secretly,
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especially in things like business and politics.
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When those two things come together, you will often find
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there is a lot of corruption taking place.
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So I thought that was an interesting word to mention.
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And the reason why is because last night I was watching a very interesting
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documentary about corruption in this country
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and the way in which
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certain things, certain areas of business
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were completely corrupt.
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However, they did not use the word corruption.
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They did not use the word bribery.
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So when you bribe someone, you are giving them
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something in return for a favour.
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I give you some money, you give me a favour,
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something that you now must do for me.
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But they don't call it that.
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They don't call it bribery.
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Way back in the late fifties and late 1960s
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here we called it Commission Commission.
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So that was our code word
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for corruption or bribery.
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We called it commission because it sounded much better.
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So I thought that was interesting word to start with today.
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And if if there are any people out there
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who think that corruption doesn't exist in countries
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like the USA or the UK, it does.
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It exists everywhere.
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In fact, you often find the more powerful a person becomes,
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the more corrupt they often turn.
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They turn to people who can
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offer favours in return for money, or of course, vice versa.
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Maybe a person in politics might want a piece of information to disappear,
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so they might pay another person to make sure that thing is never revealed.
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It is something that I don't think will ever go away
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to be honest, it is fair to say that corruption and being corrupt
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is something that is probably going to be around forever.
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As long as people need things.
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And of course, as long as people need to keep things secret,
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I think it will always exist.
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Hello to the live chat.
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Oh, we have Duong.
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Hello, Duong Nguyen Dai, hello to you.
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Thank you for joining me from Vietnam.
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Nice to see you here as well.
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Mr. Steve and myself, we went
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somewhere on Monday.
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Would you like to have a little sneak preview?
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Well, I'm going to show you a photograph, so I'm not going to show you very much today,
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but I'm going to give you a little clue as to what we were doing on Monday.
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So here it is.
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So there is Mr. Steve.
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You can see him.
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And in the distance there are some lovely animals.
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Currently our favourite animal, Mr.
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Steve and myself.
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We've become quite obsessed with that particular animal in the distance,
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and that's the reason why we went to the place that we went to on Monday.
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So I did joke on Sunday that we were flying to Africa.
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Well, it almost felt as if we were in Africa,
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so that is coming up on Sunday.
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We also met some other strange creatures as well.
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Oh, my goodness.
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So I also came across some dinosaurs as well.
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So many of the creatures that we saw on Monday were alive,
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but there were some that have become long
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since extinct.
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Other creatures that we saw on Monday include these little fellers.
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Oh, look, aren't they lovely?
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So there they are, some penguins.
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We saw those on Monday as well.
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I'm not going to give too much away right now, but we will be seeing more
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of our adventures on Monday.
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I will be editing a video and we will see what was going on on Monday.
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Next Sunday is when I'm back with you.
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Hello to who else is here?
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Oh, yes.
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I have to say I am very pleased to see Lena.
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Lena Rashidi is here as well.
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Thank you for joining me today.
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Also, Nam Tien, I hope I pronounce your name right.
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Lots of people joining me now.
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I would imagine that some of you were
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not sure if I was going to be here today, but I am.
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I'm right here with you now live on YouTube
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at 2:22 o'clock,
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Wednesday, the 11th of October.
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For those wondering, it is, that's what day it is.
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It is Wednesday, October the 11th, 2023.
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We are coming towards the end of the year, just around the corner.
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You can see that December is already on the horizon.
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I always think that once October comes,
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I always think that the year goes by very quickly.
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So once we reach October,
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I often think that the year goes by really fast.
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After that point.
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What about today's subject, Mr.
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Duncan?
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I thought you were going to talk about something.
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Well, we are talking about something today.
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We're going to have a look at keeping up to date,
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keeping up to date with the current news
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or maybe changes that occur around us
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in our everyday life or perhaps
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things that change with technology,
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something that causes many people a lot of
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frustration and anger.
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So I hope you enjoyed that.
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Some lovely sheep.
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And the reason why I'm showing those to you is because
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the sheep have returned to the back of the house.
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We have sheep once again.
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So not only do we have cattle,
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we also have sheep at the back of the house as well.
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It's becoming very crowded in the field behind my house, I have to say.
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So there are a lot of animals at the moment.
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It would appear that the theme of this week is definitely animals,
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and next Sunday you can find out what we were doing. Mr.
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Steve and myself, we were somewhere very special
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with lots of unusual animals surround us.
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You might even say that we became very close
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to some of the animals.
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That's all I'm saying. For now.
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I don't want to spoil the surprise.
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So today we are looking
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at some words and phrases connected to staying up to date,
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staying informed.
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And I'm going to give you a very good example
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of what I mean.
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Many years ago I started using a certain type of technology
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for editing my videos and this is what came with it.
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This is a book.
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This is information book instructions
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in this book of how to use the software.
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So you can see there is lots of information,
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lots of guides in there
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to give you an idea of how to use this particular software.
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However,
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you can see there is a lot of information in there.
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And then later on,
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when a new version came out,
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there was a new book published and here it is.
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So again, you can see lots of information in this book
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telling you how to use the software.
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So this particular book was updated from the original book
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because the technology had changed.
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However, these days you will never see this.
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You will never see this type of instruction book.
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And the reason is because
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everything changes so fast.
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You could not publish anything these days
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in a book because by the time you publish the book,
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this would all be out of date.
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So that is the point I'm making today about staying up to date.
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You can no longer publish instructions
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for computer software in a book because it would be impossible.
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By the time this was published,
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this book would be out of date.
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So that is the reason why.
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Very rarely do you find anything
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published in a book concerning
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software or anything connected to computers.
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You normally have to find it online
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because then you can update it very easily.
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So staying up to date
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and in my case,
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because my job concerns working with technology,
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sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't work
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very well at all.
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When you stay up to date,
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you might want to keep in touch.
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So when we say stay up to date, it means you are keeping in touch.
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You are staying in touch with things that are current.
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The current events, the current things,
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the things that are happening now.
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And that is the reason why we say keep in touch.
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So we often think of this phrase as meaning
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one person staying in contact with another.
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You keep in touch.
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But of course, being in touch can also mean
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having a connection with the world around you.
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You can be in touch with the news, you can be in touch
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with the changes that occur almost every day.
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Now, keep in touch and it is, of course, possible to do the opposite.
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It is possible to lose touch.
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If you lose touch, it means the things that are current, the things that are new
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never reach you.
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You never hear about the new things.
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You lose touch.
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And I think as you get older and this is something I've noticed,
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I have honestly
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one thing I've noticed as I get older is that
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it's much more difficult to stay up to date.
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It's much more I suppose it's harder
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to stay up to date with things as you get older.
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So you try to keep in touch, you keep yourself updated.
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So instead of getting your
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new instructions from a book,
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instead
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you might go to the internet.
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So I think a lot of people these days, when they want to stay up to date,
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they want to stay in touch with what is happening in the world around them.
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Quite often they will go to the Internet.
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That is my first place that I go to.
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If I need some information, especially if I need it in a hurry.
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And let's face it, these days, most of us are always in a hurry.
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We are always in a rush, I think. So
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you keep yourself updated.
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You keep in touch with all of the changes.
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It is important
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to stay in touch, to stay up to date.
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We don't want to be left behind.
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Don't get left behind.
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I imagine driving on the road
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and your car is going past all of the other traffic you are overtaking
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and the traffic behind you is being left behind.
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It's very similar to how you can be or how life can be
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for those who can't keep up to date.
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With all of the changes, it's very easy to get left
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behind.
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Oh, hello.
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We have some some new viewers. Oh, hello.
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Hello, Naeem and hello, Young Bin.
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Hello to you.
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I have a feeling you might be in Naeem Li.
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I think maybe you are in Vietnam.
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Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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If I'm wrong, please let me know.
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So don't get left behind.
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It's very easy if you don't keep up to date with the changes
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and the situations that are always altering,
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you could be left behind.
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The secret, of course, is to stay current.
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So there it is. There is the word current.
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Things that are existing, things that are happening
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now, current events,
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current news, current technology,
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all of those things relate to how those things are right now.
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Currently, stay current in the present time.
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Yes. Palmira, hello, Palmira.
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Nice to see you here.
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Today's staying in touch.
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You can use technology.
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It is very useful for staying in touch and up to date.
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Yes, I think you're right.
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I think it is the way that most people now get their news.
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I suppose you do.
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I would imagine in the morning when you wake up,
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you might turn on your computer or your tablet device or your phone,
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and the first thing you will do is have a look at the news.
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In fact, the first thing I do in the morning is I always check the weather.
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It's a little habit that I can't break.
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So every morning when I wake up, I normally come down here into my studio.
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I open up my computer and the first thing I normally do is check the weather.
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So I don't look at the news in the morning.
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I normally look at the weather first of all,
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before I do anything else
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to stay current, you stay up to date
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with what is happening right now.
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Innovation.
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No, I like this.
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This is another one.
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Another interesting word, innovation.
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This particular word means something that is new,
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maybe a change of method,
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maybe a different way of doing something,
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maybe a new device that comes along.
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And maybe that particular thing can do more
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than the previous version of that device.
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I'm sure a lot of you
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will be investing your money into a new phone,
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perhaps in the near future.
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So we often think of innovation
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as things that are new or improved.
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One thing is improved or maybe changed
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many years ago.
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Working on the fields would be so difficult.
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You had to do everything by hand.
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Everything.
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Everything had to be done by human beings
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using our sweat and toil.
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However, nowadays, because of all of the modern innovations,
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it is much easier to farm your land
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to plant the seed, to maintain the land.
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So you can say that maybe in farming,
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for example, there have been many innovations,
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many things that have come along to change
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the way we do things.
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You might also say
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that transport
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is something that many people are talking about at the moment.
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There are many innovations taking place with transport.
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The way we commute, the way we drive,
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the types of vehicle that we drive.
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A lot of people now are being told that they have to drive electric cars.
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Some people think it's a good idea and some people don't.
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So it can happen.
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Hello to Vietnamese Girl in Tech.
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Oh, so you are a fan of technology.
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I say hello to Sam.
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Sam Rainbow is here.
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Hello, Sam.
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I haven't seen you here for quite a while.
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It seems like a long time since I last saw here on the live chat.
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Here is another phrase.
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So this.
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This.
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You might say that this is a type of phrasal verb or maybe a piece of information
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that is very useful to you.
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You keep your finger on the pulse.
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You are keeping your finger on the pulse.
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It is a great phrase.
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It means you are monitoring the situation.
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You are keeping your fingers on the pulse.
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You are feeling.
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You are waiting
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for the changes, for the innovations to come along.
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So to keep your finger on the pulse means that you are keeping up to date.
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You are keeping in touch with all of the people
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who have the information, the useful information
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you are keeping in touch with all of the technology.
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You are keeping your finger on the pulse.
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We can also we can also say that you are looking out
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for changes.
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You keep your finger on the pulse.
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I like that one. It's a good one.
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You observe what is new
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and what is obsolete.
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Not a very positive word.
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The word you can see there in blue is not a very positive word.
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It isn't.
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36:12
So you have to observe the new things,
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the things that come along, and you have to observe
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the things that are going away, the things that are no longer
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needed, or the things that are slowly fading
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from the consciousness of people
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obsolete.
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To become obsolete.
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We often think of machinery or technology as becoming obsolete.
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For example, maybe the video cassette player
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is obsolete.
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Very few people use a video recorder
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or a video player using cassette tape.
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Very few people do that.
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So things that are obsolete are often
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technology, different types of technology
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that are no longer used in computers.
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37:12
We often think of floppy disks.
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Who uses floppy disks these days?
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No one does. No one does.
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So you might say that the floppy disk has become obsolete.
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Unfortunately, people
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can also become obsolete,
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especially when we are talking about their jobs.
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So maybe when new technology comes along, perhaps
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their job is no longer there.
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Maybe the job vanishes because the machine is doing it instead
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so a person can become obsolete.
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It is possible for a person to become obsolete.
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It means that thing is no longer needed.
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It is no longer required.
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Whether it is a piece of machinery
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or a human being,
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the here and now.
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So here is a phrase we often use here
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and now when we talk about the here
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and now we are talking about the present.
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Everything that's happening at the moment, we are here together right
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now, live it is life.
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Yes, it is 19 or should I say
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80 minutes away from 3:00 here in the UK.
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So you might say that I am here with you in the here
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and now in this present moment.
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So we are all together right now.
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So when we talk about the here and now we are talking about
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what is present, what is here right now
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to stay up to date.
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39:09
There are many ways of staying up to date,
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to stay up to date, to
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in touch with the world around you.
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Well,
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you have lots of choices, but the most popular ones are.
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Listen, you listen.
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There are many ways of keeping up to date, listening
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to what people say, maybe listening to the radio, listening to the television,
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39:37
listening to the report on your phone.
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39:41
Maybe you are listening to a certain news channel
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39:46
keeping up to date with what is happening in the world.
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And let's face it, there is always something happening
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in the world,
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always,
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Moustafa says.
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The word obsolete can be written in Arabic,
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and this is a challenge for you to understand or know.
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Mr. Duncan Yes, I suppose so. It could be.
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Maybe in the future I will become obsolete.
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Maybe no one will need
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an English teacher because computers
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or artificial intelligence will be able to do it for you.
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I don't know.
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I don't know what to do about that.
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I hope not.
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I hope that I never become obsolete.
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I really do.
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So there are many ways of staying up to date.
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You can listen,
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you can observe, and I always think some times
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the best way
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to find out things is not just listen, but also
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to look and observe.
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It is interesting how much information you can pick up from another person
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just by watching, watching their actions or their behaviour.
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It is interesting.
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So observing is a very good way of keeping up to date.
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Maybe you read a book,
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maybe you read something on the internet,
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maybe you've just bought a new computer or a new phone
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and you have to learn how to use it.
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You might have to go onto the internet to find some information
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so you listen, you observe,
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and of course
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you learn.
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Learning is a great way
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to update yourself on anything when you think about it
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on anything at all in the world.
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So to stay up to date, you can listen, you can observe,
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and of course you can learn.
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Something old is out of date.
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So this is a phrase we often use in English
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when we want to describe something that is now obsolete
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or maybe something that people don't use anymore.
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A certain type of thing that you never see,
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or maybe something that people have stopped using recently.
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Something is out of date, something is now old.
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Very few people use that particular thing.
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We can also described language as being out of date.
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Maybe there are certain things that you could say many years ago,
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but you can't say now.
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And of course, I'm sure we are all aware
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that there are words that were acceptable
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a long time ago that are not acceptable nowadays.
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And that's the reason why a lot of people
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get into trouble because they might say something.
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They don't mean to say it.
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They don't mean it in a bad way.
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They just use that word.
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But some other people say you can't use that word anymore.
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You can't.
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You can't use that word anymore.
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It's it's a bad word.
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It's a naughty, naughty word.
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So that is something that can happen.
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So even language can be out of date.
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Certain words or phrases that a person might use
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could be offensive because they are out of date.
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That thing is old fashioned, something that is no longer
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current, something that is no longer fashionable.
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We can say that it is old fashioned and this is something we talked about last Sunday.
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In fact, we did mention that on Sunday
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that things that are no longer current
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or things that are no longer trendy
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or stylish
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or liked
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can be described as old fashioned.
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People can be old fashioned as they get older.
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So as they become older, they they don't change their ways.
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So it's very easy as you get older to become old fashioned.
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However, fortunately, here we have some lovely viewers
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who are not old fashioned.
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They always try to keep up to date with everything
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that is happening in the world.
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Oh, the first time I heard the word obsolete is
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when the former president of the United States
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said that Nito was an obsolete organisation.
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I wanted.
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And then I checked the word in the dictionary.
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Yes, we often talk about obsolete
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when we talk about things that are useless
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or things that are no longer wanted by people.
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So yes, it is often used.
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We often say that something becomes obsolete
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or it goes into obsolescence.
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Mr. Duncan That's very interesting, a very interesting word,
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and indeed very interesting obsolescence.
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So that means the thing has become obsolete.
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It slowly becomes useless,
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it slowly becomes unwanted,
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it fades away.
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So what about you?
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How do you stay up to date with things? What do you use?
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How do you keep up to date with what is new in the world?
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I would imagine that you most likely you will use the internet.
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I think it is probably the place that most people go to
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nowadays when they want
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to find out what is new in the world.
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I think so.
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Hello to Richard.
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Hello, Richard. Nice to see you here. Stay.
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Yes, I am doing a Wednesday livestream this week
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and we are heading toward a very special time
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because on the 31st of October, it will be the anniversary of this.
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My YouTube channel being created.
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It was on that day,
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way back in 2006,
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when YouTube was just very, very small.
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It was just a little paper,
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it was just a little infant.
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And it's changed a lot over the years.
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Many people on YouTube who were very popular
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many years ago have now become obsolete.
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Why are you looking at me?
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I wasn't talking about me.
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Not at all.
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Definitely not.
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So how do you keep up to date with things?
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How do you keep in touch with the world around you?
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I often use the internet to look at the news.
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However, I have to be honest, I don't get my news from just one place.
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I often read the news or watch the news on the television,
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on different channels and from different news outlets.
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So I don't just use one particular thing to get my news,
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and there is a very important reason for that.
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Sometimes the news can be a little
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biased.
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So I do like to read the news,
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listen to the news, watch the news on television.
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But I also get my news from many different places,
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different channels, different sources.
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And then
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you can make your own mind up,
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which I think is the best way of doing it,
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Palmira says.
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Maybe one day YouTube will be obsolete
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and say that Please don't say that.
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This is all I have.
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This is all I have in my life.
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This is all I have.
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Every morning I wake up and I think
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I'm so lucky because I have a future.
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Don't take you to the way, please.
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I don't know what I would do.
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I can think of a couple of things I would do, but
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that is another story.
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I am going in a moment.
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I hope you've enjoyed today's live stream.
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So the next time you read the news or listen to the news, or maybe you see an article
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on the internet, sometimes you might have to try
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and get the other side of the story,
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and that can apply to anything when you think about it.
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Anything at all.
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Thank you very much for your company.
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I am going.
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I will be back on Sunday.
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Steve will be here on Sunday for those wondering.
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Yes, Steve will be here definitely and I will be here
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and we will be showing you some of the adventures
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that we had on Monday
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when we went to see the animals, the wild animals.
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We went on safari
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on Monday and it was a lot of fun.
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Thank you very much for watching and I will see you later.
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2 p.m.
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UK time every single Sunday.
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And please don't forget to give me a lovely life as well.
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Can you can you just click like right now?
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It's very easy.
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You just take your finger and you
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click on that
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click like give me a lovely thumbs up.
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Thank you very much.
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I do appreciate it.
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See you on Sunday.
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This is Mr. Duncan saying thanks for watching.
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See you very soon.
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I hope you enjoy today's live stream.
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And of course, until the next time we meet, you know what's coming next.
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Yes, you do...
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ta ta for now.
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