ENGLISH ADDICT - Birthday words and phrases / Sunday 16th February 2020 / happy birthday to Mr Steve

do not be fooled by the sunshine now there it is that is a live view out of

the window but do not be fooled by all of that sunshine because here in the UK

we have had some of the worst weather for many many years in fact where I'm

living at the moment where I live I think last night may have been the worst

weather ever since moving here yeah that's what I'm saying welcome here we

go it's English addict live lots of things coming up today and of course

it's mr. Steve's birthday as well welcome everyone

yes we are here as live as live can be from the birthplace of the English

language that is of course England

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

hope so are you happy well are you happy today I

really hope so because we have lots of things coming up

it's mr. Steve's birthday today hmm so Steve will be with us slightly

different today because we will be talking about Steve's birthday also

words and phrases connected with birthdays and also getting older

something we all share one thing we all have in common and that is the fact that

we are all getting gold yes we are all getting old so I thought today some

interesting words and phrases connected to that very subject also Steve is here

and maybe or maybe not he will be showing us some of the gifts that he's

received we had a lovely day yesterday mr. Steve's mum and also his sister came

over here yesterday we had a lovely afternoon despite the fact that the

weather was absolutely awful I can't begin to tell you how bad the weather

has been over the past 20 hours so yesterday we went into town the rain was

coming down very heavily the wind was blowing strongly and we were walking

around Much Wenlock fighting our way through the wind and the rain so it was

a very hectic very almost unpleasant however we had the most amazing meal at

our usual place a big hello to all my lovely friends at the copper kettle we

have a lovely meal yesterday a traditional hotpot if you don't know

what hotpot is if you've never had a hot pot here in England

English hotpot is amazing it has everything in it it really does and also

we had a nice chat some gifts were exchanged yesterday as well so yes we

had a great day and of course today is the day it is mr. Steve's birthday today

it really really is so last night a lot of dramatic things happened as well the

weather was awful as I've mentioned already I think last

night's weather was some of the worst weather I've ever experienced since

moving here in fact as I stand here now just to give you an idea of how much

rain we've had last night we had so much rain I can hear the rain flowing behind

me past the house so there is a gentle sound of the rain or should I say the

water flowing by the house not just that but also last night we had a power cut

so all the electricity went off last night

so mr. Steve and myself we sat in the dark with just one candle lighting up

the room and we were forced to have a conversation we had to sit and talk of

course we have no problem doing that normally but last night it was very

strange we could hear the rain in the wind outside and inside the house we

were sitting in darkness because there was no electricity so lots of dramatic

things going on last night storm dennis is the name of the storm that we've been

suffering for the past couple of days so storm Dennis and it's still going on

outside now so this is the view from the window

about an hour ago so have a look this is something I

recorded earlier so there is the view from the window early

about about one hour ago and now you can see things have changed quite a lot so

let's have a look outside now and you can see it's it's much nicer so the Sun

is now out you can see there are some sheep in the distance oh look some

lovely sheep and also you can see that it is still windy there is still a lot

of wind blowing around however everything is looking much nicer now

thank goodness for that that's all I can say thank goodness for that hello to

everyone on the livestream hi thank you for joining me I had a couple of

technical problems this morning now it wasn't my fault

so that's the reason why I am slightly late again it seems to be a regular

thing now my lateness so I do apologize however a couple of days ago my computer

had a major update you may have heard this that the Windows 10 platform the

operating system in most people's computers nowadays Windows 10 it had a

major update so basically my operating system in my computer was rebuilt from

scratch so everything had to be reinstalled slowly as the operating

system was updated and I didn't realize that it was also make a lot of changes

to the settings in my computer so I had to spend this morning trying to work out

all of the changes that the new version of Windows 10 has so that's what I've

been doing this morning besides watching the water flow past my window there is

so much water outside I've never seen so much water on the ground to be honest

with you anyway enough of that we have more important things to talk

about because yes we have the live chat all so nice to see many people lots of

people already on the live chat hello to you wherever you are watching in the

world maybe it is your birthday today perhaps you are celebrating your

birthday also and in a roundabout 15 minutes we will have mr. Steve as well

joining us in the studio because it is it is his birthday today so hello to the

live chat Oh huafei hello well Faye laughs Ian hello to you guess what you

are first on today's live chat

congratulations to you however technically technically it isn't it

isn't huafei who is first in fact I received a message early this morning on

the live stream before I started so here is a lovely message from netra who says

many happy returns of the day mr. Steve have a wonderful time with your close

ones well we did that yesterday you are too you too are a wonderful

teacher I may not be able to attend today's live chat

hence the text here so Thank You netra for your very early message on the live

chat before I even started to stream today so it was already there so thank

you very much for your message as well also for Steve's birthday Oh

Belarusian Belarusian has sent a picture of mr. Steve's favorite car at the

moment so yes thank you very much for the photograph of the Mercedes for mr.

Steve's birthday I will show it to him later on oh and also thank you very much

for your other picture as well and this looks like well I think on the left I

think that is me with the glasses and on the right I think that is that mr. Steve

I think so with his blue eyes ooh you have captured mr. Steve's blue eyes very

well I must say so thank you Belarusian for those photographs lovely more of mr.

Steve's birthday coming a little bit later on Marina is here as well

Marina happy birthday mr. Steve and hello to mr. Duncan unfortunately it

isn't my birthday today it is mr. Steve's birthday definitely

also it's Sunday

oh Beatrice hello Beatrice nice to see Beatrice

here as well hello mr. Duncan happy Sunday from Argentina and also happy

birthday to mr. Steve I have a feeling there will be a lot of greetings for

Steve today because it's his birthday hello flower hello khyber hello also

Maria Oh Maria I'm saying hello to Maria Thank You Maria for joining me today it

is Sunday it's also mr. Steve's birthday by the way

if you are new to my live stream don't forget you can catch me right here on

YouTube every Sunday Wednesday and Friday from 2:00 p.m. UK time so that is

when you can find me on YouTube for those who aren't sure when I'm on so now

you know there are the times Marella hello Duncan

how is your mum feeling is she feeling better

well I won't talk too much about that at the moment but yes I have sent all of

your best wishes to my mother thank you very much for those lovely kind thoughts

and comments as well hello black gacha hello to you I'm very intrigued by your

name by the way very intrigued ray hello ray zing from Australia Wow now you

might be the most distant viewer at the moment on my live stream so a big good

eh to Australia I'm sure you get that all the time so ray zing who is watching

in Australia nice to see you here today hello Khyber noemi also pal Mira also

nice door hello miss nice to see you here today Amit

hello mr. Duncan hope you are awesome happy birthday to mr. Steve by the way

he is quite young just 100 years old well sometimes Steve feels like he's 100

years old so now and again Steve does complain about his aches and pains as we

all do from time to time hello sweetness I'm so glad to see you here again today

is a special day because it's mr. Steve's birthday thank you very much so

many people wanting to say hello art or art or says hello to mr. Duncan that's

me by the way for those wondering who is that strange man on the computer staring

at me in a very odd way it's me mr. Duncan that's my name I teach English on

YouTube hello mr. Bruno nice to see that you

have not blown away I know I can't begin to tell you how much rain we had last

night it was like a monsoon and it it went on all night and it only it only

stopped raining about an hour ago however outside at the moment the

weather is looking lovely look at that now it's hard to believe how bad the

weather was earlier on but you can see you might be able to see the clouds

moving by very quickly so it is still very windy outside the studio and there

is another view and can you see all the sheep in the field oh yes there is some

lovely sheep grazing in the distance so that is the view outside now a lot of

people say mr. Duncan we love looking out of your window we might do that

again later on

however we have the live chat lots of words and phrases connected with having

your birthday coming up later on can I also say a big special thank you - hmm

can I say thank you to Petros also Loretta Andre and Olga thank you very

much for your lovely PayPal donations this month very kind of you thank you

very much and I know that some of those donations were actually for mr. Steve

yes don't worry I will pass your donations on to mr. Steve I will buy him

something nice so thank you once again for your lovely support - Petrus Loretta

Andre and also Olga and let us not forget also I have my lovely patreon

supporters as well Mika ding also Andrew Juliana Oleg and

Michael so thank you also for your continuing support on patreon as well so

thanks a lot for that and don't forget I do everything here on YouTube for free

it costs you nothing to watch this not only that oh my goodness

I also have a website as well now this particular website is in its early

stages so I will be adding some new things to the website hopefully next

week as long as life does not become too hectic so I'm hoping to add and also

change some of the things on my website but you can find all of my playlists on

there so if you want to find out what mr. Duncan is doing on YouTube then my

website is probably a good place to go to especially if you've never seen my

lessons before so there it is my website is now up and running and as

I said I will be making some changes as well to the website over the next few

days thank you also to oh hello to Pedro Pedro Belmont is here today Pedro

Belmont will he be going away let's find out shall we later

thank you very much Satoru no nice to see you here as well apparently it feels

like spring where satury no is sitting it is 22 degrees and I'm on my balcony

in front of the blue sea can I just say I feel slightly envious of you sitting

out there on your balcony looking at the sea but at least you haven't forgotten

about me so you're still watching me even though you have a lovely view in

front of you hello Angela hello thank you very much for your lovely birthday

greetings for Steve thank you very much also we have sherry hello sherry ma

cherie more hello also to Pedro again Oh Pedro

is still here he hasn't gone yet pal Mira says my nephew lives in the UK and

he is exactly like Dennis is that his name so palmyra is your is your nephews

name dennis interesting also we have alberto with birthday greetings for mr.

steve and we are now up to date with the live chat korchi is here also

ana here in a rome it is warm and sunny I wish it was warm and sunny here well

we have the sunshine but we don't have any of the war

and it is very very cold and wait I can't begin to tell you how dramatic it

was last night so many things going on we have the power the electricity went

off and I had to sit with mr. Steve in the dark with a candle and we were just

we were just talking for ages talking of which we will be doing that soon mr.

Steve will be joining us in a few moments and we'll be talking about

birthday greetings the way in which you can express birthday greetings to your

friends and relations and lots of other things as well meanwhile we will have a

look at one of my lessons I have been teaching English on YouTube for many

years nearly 14 years and here now is one of my English lessons to give you a

taste of the sort of thing I do right here

can you see what sort of weather we're having here today well there is poor

visibility for a start it isn't a clear day by any means it is a foggy day here

in England we can use foggy as an idiom to describe the inability to remember

something we can say I haven't the foggiest idea which means you do not

remember or you cannot recall a certain event or a piece of information

today's fog has been caused by warm and the cold air colliding with each other

this fog is made up of tiny particles of moisture you often see fog forming in

the early morning or evening or as the temperature changes the subject of

weather is a fascinating one and for the typical English person such as myself it

is a subject that is often discussed in general day-to-day conversation the two

words shown here may look similar but they are in fact very different the

words perspective and prospective are often confused that is to say one is

used instead of the other first of all the word perspective defines the way in

which things are seen how an object appears depending on its size shape and

relative distance from other things around it in drawing and painting

perspective is used to give the illusion of depth and distance we can also use

this word to express a person's view of the world as there

interview a person's perspective of the world the views and opinions held by us

all come from our own perspective then there is the word prospective which

means something that is expected or is expecting to be done in the future

something that is likely to happen at a later date

is prospective I have a prospective client coming to my office tomorrow so

now there is no need to get these words confused ever again

I have given you a clearer perspective of what the differences are I have done

this for you now and for all the prospective online students who will

join me in the future can you see what I have here this is a saucepan full of

boiling water the hot water is producing steam steam is produced when water

vaporizes normally water vapor cannot be seen but it is possible to show it when

extreme temperatures are used for example when hot vapor meets cool air

this is one of the ways in which clouds are formed the process is called

evaporation the word steam can be used in other ways for example a person can

let off steam this expression means that a person will release their tension and

pent up energy by doing something the action is normally a physical one such

as going for a run having a dance or in

extreme cases screaming out loud it would be fair to say that we all need to

let off steam at some point it's time to take a look at another part of English

grammar continuing the theme of punctuation that we started in the last

fall English today we will take a look at the dreaded apostrophe this

particular punctuation mark is a controversial one as its use has been

widely disputed over the years even now there seems to be some confusion over

how it should be used in general English the apostrophe serves two purposes to

show the possessive quality of something and to show that a word has been

shortened or a sentence has been made shorter in the possessive sense the

apostrophe shows that one thing belongs to another for example Duncan's pen

jill's pencil st. Paul's Cathedral the

apostrophe can come at the end of the possessive word for example the

teacher's college is over there a commonly confused use of the apostrophe

comes with the word it's the apostrophe here shows the

contraction of it is it's my birthday today

when the apostrophe is not used then the possessive tense is being expressed a

mouse has no fur on its tail another common mistake made with the apostrophe

is to use it to show the plural of ordinary words this is incorrect

once again the apostrophe is only used when you wish to show

a possessive clause or the contraction of a word or sentence I hope you enjoyed

that just a brief example of the sort of thing you can find on my You Tube

channel and also across my website as well yes I have a website don't you know

mmm so here it is Oh a moment we've all been waiting for the moment that well I

suppose a lot of people are now sitting in front of their computer screens

waiting very patiently waiting for something very special to happen because

mr. Steve is just around the corner are you ready to have mr. Steve on your

screen are you well there is a special thing happening today because it is mr.

Steve's birthday so here he comes everyone it's the birthday boy himself

it's mr. Steve we look like a couple of Jehovah's Witnesses do we here what are

those mr. Duncan Jehovah's Witnesses they are more Mormons all right if we do

see them knocking door-to-door but we're not talking about religion no we're not

talking about religion even though we kind of are Steve can I just thinking

about my birthday Steve yes can you just make yourself go a little higher because

I want to show look this what's this this is what I bought for mr. Steve's

birthday look oh it's mr. Steve's birthday present from me it's a lovely

silk tie just for your birthday if you if you wear it like that you see

everyone can see it yes over the shoulder over the shoulder

very posh very very nice I don't like that very stylish too flamboyant yes we

both got red ties oh yes a beautiful time all mine is purple mr. Duncan

bought more mine's got purple in it mr. Duncan bought with this for my birthday

as he just explained yes along with many other presents

because you can Steve is well let's not forget let's let's get this right

because Steve is well today he is the the birthday boy yes can you see it now

and what the birthday boys get lots of on their birthdays well they get lots of

presents cars going maybe also cake cake oh so there is there is a nice cake

there look do you like that oh how lovely how many candles are that on

there mr. Duncan not enough don't want to typical we're

not going to say how old I am no unless you've already told people of course

well I haven't told anyone it's your secret a lady should never mention her

age exactly never reveal your age and I won't that that's obvious

I've had some lovely cards show us the cards although some of them are a bit

damp yes I have already explained Steve that last night we had the worst rain

the heaviest rain that we've had ever well certainly since moving here it was

like a biblical flood it was we went to UM we went to a souvenir shop didn't we

miss Duncan we went to much Wenlock yesterday with

my sister and my mother I mentioned this earlier I've already mentioned we had a

lovely meal for for mr. Steve's pre birthday yes so we had a lovely time

even though the weather was awful I was going to explain that we went into one

souvenir shop and there was a model Ark in there hmm when I say Ark I mean a

boat as in Noah's Ark yes mr. don't consider where there Steve don't rush

ahead the animals went in two by two you could have said that afterwards I was

going to explain that the Ark of course in the Old Testament have you believed

that one of the stories in there talks about a giant flood and all the animals

going in there to be to be rescued into the flood subside mr. Duncan so don't we

better buy one of those because we might need it later on

tonight and how right he was because we had water flowing down the back of the

house like a river I'm not joking I've never seen anything like it never and

the field in the back of a house the field you can see actually where the

water has overwhelmed the land yes and it's a man I've never seen anything like

it I've had landslides in Wales I really want I really want to show you what it

looks like outside I might take some video pictures later and then show them

to you on Wednesday but unfortunately we can't do it today

so the live chat is up and running lots of people want to say happy birthday to

mr. Stephen thank you for all your birthday wishes there's some some lovely

emojis on that is that the correct phrase mr. Duncan emojis emoji I've got

some hearts I've got some musical notes I've got a cake that looks like a

microphone and hearts of all different colors shapes and sizes flowers no thank

you to everybody who's sending me birthday wishes and standing ovations

says one person yes I haven't performed yet no but yes you normally get a

standing ovation after you performed but yes thank you thank you very much before

I forget Steve we've had a few live donations as well so let me just mention

the live donations even though I can't find them there they've all vanished did

they add up to a million pounds mr. Duncan not yet okay it doesn't have to

ignore what Steve says I've had some lovely cards well I've had a there Steve

Jimmy thank you very much Jimmy in Hong Kong for your lovely donation live on

the chat thank you very much to you I also received one earlier as well so

sometimes I do miss your donations I don't catch them yes thank you very much

Jimmy and I'm sure there was another one as well let me just make sure because I

don't want to forget any more there was also there was also Eric as

well thank you very much Eric for your lovely super sticker and also your

donation on the live chat thank you very much so Steve we are we are making an

impact today I think so especially with our dress look at Steve we look very

smart we look like teachers don't we today yeah proper teachers well you

always wear that I look like a proper teacher not just like some person that's

come in off the street Steve today it is Independence Day of

Lithuania Wow yes so I'm wearing my Lithuanian watch today so apparently

this is a message I received a couple of days ago saying mr. Duncan you must wear

your lifts Lithuanian watch on Sunday so that great how people remember all these

facts and little bits of information which we've given them over the years

and yes you've contributed towards the GDP of Lithuania yes okay buying it

bomba by what I did because I bought it for you didn't you know okay but yes

fancy mate remembering that basically it was a present from mr. Steve it was

explained before me to be do Lord I'm sorry Steve but we really do look like

Jehovah's Witnesses do we we I look like I should be going from door to door

knocking on people's doors and asking them if they if they've seen the light

whatever they believe one thing's for certain they always look very happy so I

think sometimes if you believe something then it makes you happy you've never

seen an unhappy Mormon is that what you're saying I don't know I've never

seen well I did see a Jehovah's Witness once when I was very young

used to come to the door I was in rented accommodation okay and they must have

thought that I was vulnerable to suggestion you and I was all I'm always

very nice and friend of Sir Steve Steve I'd let people come in and I

I always like to hear people talk of what they believe what they want to say

and but they there was one particular day was coming pains don't they okay and

he very ill very tired very ill and I think going out on the streets every

night was I've tried that making him very tired

there's many a night I've been out on the street I'm envious of people who are

happy like that believe in something devoutly and want to spread the message

yeah but it jealousy there there is something you mentioned though you you

do often appear vulnerable I think when people see Steve when people see Steve

they see an a vulnerable person a person who they might be able to well exploit

I'm not I'm not very guarded with my emotion now this is true whatever I

think I usually say Steve is like an open book with his emotions whereas I

I'm quite closed a lot of people think I'm quite closed with my real feelings

so so when I'm happy and joyous and having fun especially yesterday I was

eating I was eating custard out of the out of the the little serving cup much

to your sisters horror it's table manners his table manners were very poor

I must be honest my table manners are not very good sometimes I get very

excited though I get so excited when there is food nearby so mr. Duncan was

taking food out off my plate putting the things he didn't like on to mine like

the raisins mmm I don't like raisins you had at least half of mums food but I

well your mum gave it to me I know if that sounds like I stole her food I

didn't I guess because yes so and then and then that ps/2 de la resistance okay

is you licking your knife now anybody watching table manners normally you do

not lick the knife do you mr. Duncan Alex is nice too

it could have been worse I could have licked my plate and I've done that

before in public trust me for a joke oh it's John McEnroe's birthday today as

well his aim is tennis play is it John McEnroe's birthday apparently a lot of

women of a certain age have certain desires and dreams about John McEnroe I

think he was well a tennis players or is that Jimmy Connors

I think I'm confusing it with Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors John McEnroe used

to lose his temper all the famous for losing his temper you can't be serious

you can't be a serious man that was in the ball was in man he used to smash his

rackets didn't he omelet on the tennis court he was a very angry man and he

used to get reprimanded you know would have a what do they do if you do that

they they do they take points off you in tennis although I think they they get a

reprimand I think it's a foul isn't it they call it a foul I think you can be I

think he's been thrown out of matches before no he's behaved so it is John

McEnroe's birthday what do table manners mean where we talk about table manners

we are talking about the way you behave at the table when you are eating so you

do things in a certain way so maybe you don't you don't eat with your mouth open

like that well maybe you don't lick the knife or maybe you you if you don't get

food around your mouth and that's something I often do so when I enjoy

food I often get food around my mouth so all of the rules that you must follow

when you are eating they are called the table manners the way the way you must

behave at the table you're slightly different in different cultures of

course if you eat with a knife and fork you've got to make sure you're using the

correct knife and fork you're each course I always make mistakes I

always make mistakes like sometimes you go to one of these very very posh meals

Steve and they have lots of silver lots of silverware lots of cutlery on

the table and I never know which ones to pick up first outside in you work from

the outside in outside you so you take you should know that mister do you take

the knife and fork that's on the outside and then move inwards as each course

comes along so the three sets of knives and forks then there'll be different

sizes that you then you just use the first ones for the first course and of

course the other one is the the side plate okay your side plate if you're in

a table with a lot of people he's always the one on the left of you and some

people will always say oh is that my plate or your plate it's the one on the

left and of course you've got to eat delicately haven't you you have and and

not shovel the food into your mouth no you have to eat slowly

polite talk with your mouth empty not with it full you know table manners

what is pleasant what is acceptable yes I won't draw attention to yourself in

polite company okay then Thank You Julie G for your

donation as well we've had a lovely donation another live donation I think

they're all for me well actually I think their birthday presents for me but Mr

Duncan's gonna keep that's very nice thank you very much also I was going to

say something else then but I've completely forgotten what it was we're

going to look at some words today Steve connected to birthdays so when someone

celebrates their birthday you might give them a present oh it looks as if Steve

has received some cards I have okay don't get too distracted by the live

chat let's have a look at Steve's car I always get distracted by the live chat I

have noticed he's the one from my mother there we go so that says son oh look at

that there it is son so but the interesting thing about this card is

it's actually handmade it's handmade that card

I don't know whether my mother made it but it's handmade yes

so it says son however this this type of card reminds me of the sort of car that

you would give to a teenage boy that's it but it doesn't matter because I eat

oh and look at that that's a BMW in red in red and it's got a set of tires with

it as well hmm because obviously I'll be driving around

like a lunatic kind of toolbox that's a toolbox for when it goes wrong yes I

Drive I would every bit too flashy that cardboard would be for me talking of

cars Steve guess what Belarusian has sent a

picture of one of your favorite oh look at that is that now that I think that is

that is that a top-of-the-range that looks like a high high range that's I

think that's a Mossad is CLS nice it says I think you call yes at the top

does it oh yes it is it's a CLS so that is based on a saloon car a Mercedes

decided to make the saloon car look a bit more flashy a bit more coupe a like

so they shortened the doors made the windows look sorry made the windows look

smaller slopey back when that first came out that was a very caused art of quite

a stir when that was first released that car because it was a very striking car I

must admit that and I remember years ago you said when you first saw what you

said what a lovely car yes that is a beautiful car it's not the car

manufacturers do a lot of now they take a a saloon car and they will make it

look like a coupe a and add a bit more style to it so that is from Belarus eeeh

thank you Belarusian when when do I take delivery yes is what I want to know they

that that particular car is probably about ten years old I would say at least

they've they've restyled it since then but it the new style CLS is

as effective as that original one that one was the one that really caused a lot

of quite a stir when it was released a very interest and in fact they set a

whole new trend Mercedes did with that particular thing where you take a saloon

car and turn it into her into a very sleepy curvy sexy looking Cooper yes

well that's a good now I think that is a good description of that car

yes it's sexy yeah a car can't be sexy can't it but that is a car that is is

it's it's designed for people who want four doors but they think a saloon cars

too boring so they want something with a bit more style hmm and that's that end

of the market and of course BMW did it and there everybody else followed and

copied in how did the same sort of thing it's mr. Steve's birthday today

do you have any more cards he's a card from my sister Oh which is a beautiful

car which is telling me she knows I like gardening so that is is saying go out

into the garden but also oh no that what that is saying is that I was gardening

and now I've gone inside for a drink yes so it looks as if Steve has taken a rest

because he's getting older you see so he's had to leave his wheelbarrow in the

garden and he's had to go into the house to have a little rest talking of which

Steve when you are celebrating your birthday people might say things to you

might know they might they might say things to you when your birthday arrives

well first of all let's mention that it is well it is mr. Steve's birthday so

happy birthday once again to you Steve okay but we can also say well first of

all we can just say happy birthday happy birthday to mr. Steve happy birthday

thank you you also we can say happy birthday to you as a song which of

course we can't singing because we will get a copyright

strike we will get a copyright strike so we have a believable we have to be

careful what we sing on YouTube or a person might just say best wishes to you

on your birthday best wishes on your birthday best wishes to you so it's a

nice way of saying congratulations it's a nice friendly way of wishing someone

well on their birthday best wishes to you you might also say all the best all

the best so all the best on your birthday all the best for you if a

person is leaving the place they work maybe they are retiring you might wish

them well you might say all the best so it's a nice friendly way of saying I

hope things go well for you in the future so it is a nice thing to say on

someone's birthday but also you can use this phrase generally if someone is

going away or maybe you won't be seeing them for a long time you can say can I

wish you all the best in your new job all the best for your holidays for your

wedding if you're not going yes of course the other thing you can say is

many happy returns you can say that you no doubt you you can say that Steve and

guess what oh look at that many happy returns many happy returns of the day of

the day which of course means that that time will come around again and again

and again so when we say many happy returns what we are saying is we hope

that you get to live long enough to see another birthday or many more birthdays

so lots of happy birthdays in the future yeah many happy returns of your birthday

we hope that you get to see lots more special days like this one

cuz it's mr. Steve's birth you'd only just show them that though too many

happy returns you wouldn't normally write off the day after windy but that's

the full term isn't it yeah I would normally say many happy returns many

happy returns for mr. Steve because it is your birthday today

are you excited because you don't seem very excited even though I tell you what

though I'd be excited if I had a Ford Mustang on the drive I know why as well

because it was so dramatic last night yes storm Dennis last night rain falling

all night floods we had a power cut if you mentioned that yes so we had a power

cut we had to sit in the dark didn't we about four hours five talking

to each other and you can imagine how stressful that was so it was just Steve

and me sitting together in the dark just a candle candles keeping us a light keep

so we could see each other in the dark and and all we did was talk and what did

we say but we wanted a cup of tea yes and we said what we have got a camping a

gas camping stone yes so small portable camping stove where you put a gas

cylinder in and you can use it for camping effectively and we bought it

about seven years ago when we had a power cut here before and we've never

had to use it since no because at our cooker is powered by electricity not gas

it's electric so we kept saying well I'm sure the electricity will come on soon

we won't bother getting that camping stove out hmm and then you went on the

internet and it said that the power wouldn't be back on for at least another

couple of hours hmm so you said or don't get it out as soon as you get it out up

the power will come back on then you saw the message saying it's gonna be two

hours we get the camping Scout stove out I light it put this connect the little

cylinder as soon as I lit it the power came on yes in fact you were you were

boiling some water I was boiling some water to make a cup of tea I'm

we could have waited and then we could have used the kettle and then suddenly

the electricity came back on exactly exactly how I said it and we said how

dare they put the electricity back on when we've got the camping stone so we

couldn't even enjoy or emergency cup of tea in the dark because they because the

electricity came back on it then later on we were going to bed but it was Ricky

this rain lashing down and we looked outside there was a torrent and then I

went up upstairs there was water dripping through near one of the windows

there and then more water dripping in and in the canoe in the conservatory

area so we had leaks water leaks were to put buckets underneath yes and but it

was flowing press the house like a river there was a river flowing in the back

garden and it was going past the house and around the side of the house past

the studio yeah then into the front garden so and all the water was going I

went outside with a torch in my wellington boots did you got very

excited in fact but I wanted to unblock the the drain pipes because the water

was coming flowing over the drain pipes and not going down because it was full

of moss hmm that had fallen off the roof yeah so I wanted to clear the drain

pipes and I got very wet didn't I mr. Duncan but it's quite exciting going out

there when when when you've got extreme weather but you were planning commuting

you were panicking Apollo's not panicking then I was concerned and Eve

was rat steve was literally turned he was running around the house so

screaming like a lady abbess and don't be silly mr. Duncan I was just managing

the situation mr. Duncan would have done nothing and we'd have woken up in the

morning with water all over the floor here we go I saw a mouse mr. Duncan

where well because round the side of your studio there's lots of little mouse

holes where they must live and hibernate in the winter and the water was pouring

down these holes those are the poor mice fuck well I saw one Mouse there are how

many are living near mr. Duncan studio burrows we need a cat I think to get rid

of them why with my running swimming in the water so you want to kill

the little mice that live nearby and they're doing no harm to us you can't

get rid of them they're everywhere I know learn in the country you don't

have to kill them I don't understand why people move to the countryside and then

they complain about the animals that are all around them if you don't want to see

animals go and live in the city and you can live amongst well one particular

type of animal I mean human beings by the way human being a borough says what

kind of cake do I like I would say chocolate but I also like almond cake

what's that one baked well Bakewell tart Steve likes to have a tart now in a game

I've had one for years a Bakewell tart so that is a layer of pastry with a sort

of marzipan almond in it almond sort of bass sweet with with a layer of jam and

then some icing on Tom but chocolate cake

it has a very any cake it has a very nutty nutty taste yes basically anything

sweet to be honest anything your sister bought something ever so nice for you

she did yeah let's have a look and look at this look

at that so this is this is actually very heavy it's made of stone

it's a peak piece of stone yeah but but on the front you can see some farmyard

animals all of your family know that we love animals yes especially farmyard

animals so there you can see a little pig a cow and also a sheep as well all

looking over a stone wall and that is used either in the kitchen or on the

table and for putting hot dishes on yes to protect your table yes so you put it

down your table and and then you put your dishes on top of it I suppose you

could describe this as a coaster well I know that or a table or a table

mat I like a table mat yes something to protect Abel for heat did have some

little coasters that came with it coaster is something that you put your

drink on there it is it's quite nice but the weight I can't believe how heavy

this is so thank you very much to Janice actually said to me this morning I

nearly didn't give it to you because she I bought them and wanted to keep them

myself uh-huh very nice sorry so thank you very

much for the present to use that as a weapon and don't forget don't forget

also yeah I had a tie I bought a tie for mr. Steve and also

for Valentine's Day I got some lovely chocolates didn't I as well I got some

as well I got some chocolates so there it is mr. Steve's new tie the channel

we're at work I want to dump it I don't like it too tight oh really

yeah that's not what I've heard makes mine yeah makes my neck feel restricted

oh it feels like you're being strangled yes I used to always do the bucking up

on my ship but I don't anymore anyway another one or another word

another we can say happy greetings to you happy greetings my greetings to you

birthday greeting so quite often quite often you will write this down so we

don't normally say happy greetings to you you might write it down in a

birthday card or in a letter so can I say happy greetings to you for your

birthday or greetings to you for your birthday you are sending a special hello

something nice for your birthday I think Steve is trying to be I'm trying to

elevate myself shall we let can we let the viewers in on a secret

what's that mr. Steve is standing on top of something to make himself taller only

because you've got the can they either they leave the candle the the camera

angled to make yourself look taller you can't make someone look taller with a

camera trust me anyway yes some more phrases he knows all the tricks of the

trade to make him say better it is true I've learned all the

ways all the lights on you or the or the most flattering light if light is

fluttering this is the same light by the way flattering light is a light that

irons out get rid of all your of blemishes yes and makes you look younger

well more attractive in the professional term we call it a beauty light have you

heard of that I have so it is a technical expression for light that is

very flattering to a person's face but when you're out and about if you're in a

restaurant for example and you've got those annoying overhead lights those

spot liners and if one of those is on your head you would say that was

unflattering light as it casts shadows on your face if you've got lights from

above whereas if you're sitting opposite of window the lights flooding in and

evenly lighting your face and you said describe that as a flattering light a

light that causes shadows mmm the harsh overhead light yeah is unflattering and

makes you look older and nobody wants that well it what it does it highlights

all of the the Lions and also the shape of your face so all of the shadows will

appear however if you have light in front of you that is diffused then you

will look like this you will look handsome and beautiful just like me and

mr. Steve another one oh here's a good one you can also say warm wishes on your

birthday wishes wishes so the wishes are kind true they are sincere you are

sending your warm wishes or of course you could say warmest wishes yes

can I send you my warmest wishes on your birthday so yes it's a nice be from one

friend to another maybe mmm I think so interesting when do you put love in a

card to somebody but a happy birthday love from or happy Christmas love for

that's interesting because some people automatically put that on to everybody

and other people only use the word love to maybe their partner family members

but if you've got a good friend you might put love from interesting because

I had a card from somebody hmm who is in the choir that I'm in okay and normally

she always sends me a birthday card every year and she normally just puts

from so if he just puts happy birthday from and then the name

that's quite formal yeah that's a very formal way of putting it but this year

she put love from no I didn't and love doesn't mean doesn't mean love in terms

of romantic love in that case if it's a friend that sends you a card opposed

love from it just means they're very if they're very fond of you yes

it doesn't mean that you know I didn't lead that in the card as meaning there

was some emotional love she doesn't she doesn't want to marry you doesn't want

to have a relationship with me just but it was just a nice thing to say

sometimes when you yes mean that you really like somebody so I think quite

often with women you might see women sending birthday cards to each other and

they might put love in your heart however if a man sends a birthday card

to another man first of all I don't think that happens very often I don't

think men normally send birthday cards to each other unless of course they are

I don't how I've never had a birthday card off a man unless I was well I know

I haven't so now you're right there and if you did oh I think I have but if you

did it would just say from yes and then the now you know you might get Christmas

cards from a man yes so a man might send the Christmas card to another man and

say Oh Merry Christmas mate say see you next

year however you don't normally say

the birthday card to another man unless of course it's a relative it's very

unusual and couples might say if though if the female in the relationship broke

the card and it was one couple to another couple they might put your thumb

on that so if you're if you're romantically involved be you a man woman

woman man man woman man woman man man woman dog man woman octopus dog man

woman then you might you might do that what I think people somebody hasn't did

marry their dog didn't they in this country we have to be careful what we

say here sorry Steve said that not me I think it's happening sorry you may have

happened but we have to be careful on YouTube I'm sorry I'm sorry YouTube

he was Steve that said that not me please don't take my partnership away

please so yes some people might want to marry their dog but but we don't we

don't support it here on YouTube because well YouTube might get a little bit

funny about it you see I think it you can legally do it I think in some parts

of the world yeah not here though somebody maybe it's

in America I don't know I think that was probably in America it probably was in

America but anyway next go on oh my goodness mr. Duncan dude what do you

want to say you see what happened then mr. Steve had nothing else to say I

can't believe it I can't believe that just happened so when you have a

birthday party because some people do have birthday parties don't they Steve

I'm not having one you might ask them to blow out the candles and make a wish

you might ask them to blow out the candles and make a wish

but why what what is that for Steve why do we do that it's just tradition okay

but there is a reason for it and maybe you're tellers yes

well you blow out the candles and you make a wish as you

blow out the candles so you are doing something that hopefully will bring good

luck in the future so it's a bit like I don't know it's a bit like something

that might be superstition even so I'm sure in the past people were

superstitious about when they blow out the candle

and I wouldn't be surprised if those two things are actually connected somehow

so you blow out the candle and I suppose before electricity you would blow out

the candle at night but maybe before you blew out the candle maybe you said a

prayer or you made a wish so you would survive the night without dying maybe so

be extreme but I'm just thinking no I'm thinking out loud this is how my brain

works maybe you need to do some research yes well maybe I will but yes that's

what we traditionally do certainly here in the West I don't know whether it

happens in other countries you have somebody brings you your your cake to

the table with all the candles lit and we've done that too I've done that too

you haven't done and then you better can that make a wish Steve people have

birthday cakes in other countries I know but I don't know the question I'm asking

is is there a tradition in your country to blow out the candles and say make a

wish I don't know if that's in every country in the world well I would just

in certain countries so I'm sure there is food involved I have a feeling that

there has to be food come on if you're having a birthday party you have to have

food and has to be a big cake and maybe some candles as well Nesta says that

they have three wishes oh so we only get one wish here you're

gonna get one so where are you Nesta seven one two four which country are you

in we're gonna go that we will yes we can have three wishes so what would your

Steve okay so imagine now you you have a cake in front of you with lots of

candles and you are going to blow those candles you are going to give it the

biggest blow ever ah I know you to breathe in you have to have lots of

puffs so you have to let that big puff out and blow those candles completely

out so they're not lit anymore what would your wish be I wouldn't tell

you because when you make a wish you have to keep it to yourself oh I see you

have to keep that wish to yourself otherwise it will never come true

hmm so you make a wish but you make it to yourself because if you blurt it out

to everybody hmm the energy is lost of that of that wish so if you make that

wish it goes somewhere into the universe okay and then will eventually come back

to you but if you tell everybody it dissipates the the energy of the wish

okay it's like sometimes it's like when they say you shouldn't always tell

everybody what your plans are for the future because when you do that you

somehow lose the energy of what's happening in that in that wish all that

desire or that goal hmm so I'm not going to tell you what my wish is but you can

probably guess okay it's got four wheels and it'd probably be in red and would

have an 8 cylinder engine off and would maybe come from the other side of the

world okay so we are talking about a Ford Mustang that probably would be on

my wish list I think it well if you only have one wish you don't have a list

unfortunately this is an Amazon right in Malaysia here hello to Malaysia where oh

so I stayed in my universities hostel and my parents had just paid me a visit

and brought me it brought me a cake and I blew out I blew out the candles and

made a wish this is tradition in Malaysia right so there we go

so there we go so I think a lot of countries around the world have a very

similar thing with food and maybe a cake even in China I remember when I was in

China I know I know we can't get through one of these

live streams without me mentioning China when I was in China my first birthday

that I celebrated in China I had three birthday parties on the same

day so I had to go to three birthday parties and I had to have I actually

blew out three birthday cakes did you have any puffs left I I was completely

out of puff I had no more breath left inside me because I was blowing blowing

continually blowing all day on my birthday Thank You Nestor Nestor's from

Malaysia from Argentina hello Argentina so where you get three

wishes on from on your birthday cake so I'm going to Argentina because you can

you get three times as many wishes as you do here in the UK so next year when

it's Steve's birthday this time next year by the way mr. Steve will be older

next year it's a big one that's sorry Steve is having a big birthday next year

because it's a big age next year isn't it it's it's an age you must not think

of age big cecelia judy has watched all your live videos from 2016 17 18 and 19

yes well I started making them I started making my live streams in 2016 that's

when I started doing the live lessons however I did start making my videos in

2006 so this year it is actually my 14th year on YouTube when you watch did you

binge watch mr. Duncan's live streams

secede yeah that's what you do when you when you watch say a television series

hmm and there are lots of programs episodes episodes and you watch all of

them are once over over a long period of time say in one night you call it binge

watching it's like eating lots of food you binge

on food it means you eat a lot over on period of time yes to consume something

in a large amount over a certain period normally a short period of time so maybe

you watch a TV show but you watch 10 episodes in in one night so you sit

there do you know which TV shows started binge watching it was his breaking bad

it was Breaking Bad was the TV show that's responsible for binge watching it

was the first TV show that people sat down and watched lots and lots of

episodes of including us because you watch one episode of a program and it

leaves you with a cliffhanger at the end so a cliffhanger mm-hmm do you want to

explain that missing cliffhanger is an ending that has suspense so there is

something that keeps you in suspense you want to find out what happens next you

can't wait so at the end of an episode of for example Breaking Bad Walter White

is in his little lab and then some suddenly there's a knock at the door and

Walter he wasn't expecting anyone to come round so there is a knock at the

door Walter looks surprised and who is it and he

says I wonder who it is if she don't connect him that up no I'm not making it

up I'm just trying to hey your explained cliffhanger so the only thing that

leaves you in suspense so Walter White is wondering who is at the door and he's

got his gas mask on because he's making he's making crystal meth in his lab so

he gets a wonder who was at the door and that's it then suddenly that the episode

ends that doesn't sound like much of a cliffhanger do want to find out but it

might have been some gangsters or maybe or maybe Gus fring the cliffhanger a

cliffhanger would a cliffhanger would have been the door burst open and

somebody came in there with a gun and then it the credits went up yeah that

would be a cliffhanger not and knock at the door well it doesn't

sound very exciting and I might think oh well I'll wait till next week before

watching the next episode oh I would want to know who was at the door Anna

Anna says especially with this walk Walter White he never got anyone coming

round to his house who was nice they were always trying to kick the door down

or smash the windows and steal his money that he kept under his floorboards my

favorite episode of Breaking Bad is when when Walter White put all of the money

in the washing machine because it got wet and he had to dry all of the money

in the washing machine and there's a wonderful shot that the camera appears

to be inside the washing machine looking out and you can see the money going

around and that's another reason why I loved Breaking Bad because of the the

cinematography so the way it was photographed I used to I used to love

watching it just to see how how it was actually filmed yes Beatrice says as

also mentioned that in Argentina you have three wishes before you blow out

the candles good and anna says of course Aladdin

the genie grants you three wishes when he comes out of the the the urn or

the pot it's it's a lamp a lamp and lamp yes Aladdin is a genie that lives in a

lamp and you rub the lamp and out pops the landing have you ever get three I

know what you're going to say mister have you never had mr. Duncan have you

ever had a Ladin and you get three wishes so Argentina gets three wishes

just like Aladdin grant you three wishes so Aladdin you you have to pick him up

and you have to give him a good rub so as you rub him he will suddenly appear

in front of you in a big puff of smoke and he will say hello my name is Aladdin

and I will give you three wishes thank you very much for releasing me from the

magic that sort of thing

Theo dang says after blowing out the candles are making a wish do people

usually push your head down into the birthday cake what they might do

I've never had my head I've had my head pushed down that would be fun in many

directions maybe they would splat the cake in your face it doesn't sound very

nice and also the candles might go into your eyes you might actually lose your

eyesight because of the candles going into your eyes so I don't like the sound

of that no I don't think you should ever push someone's face into a birthday cake

Nesta says it's actually difficult to think of three wishes before blowing out

a candle I should imagine it would be I mean one is one is bad enough you what

you'd want time wouldn't you if somebody's just suddenly thrust a

birthday cake under your nose your stomach yes my stomach's rumbling I'm

hungry and asked you to make I mean one wish

you could probably think of one way I can think of quickly I can think of two

now but neat but needing to think of three that puts you on the spot that

gives you a bit of pressure to think of it and what happens if you don't um yeah

I can understand that nester I like a bit of pressure sir which TV series do

you like the most at the moment we have been watching the expanse science

fiction we like we also we also like better call Saul which is kind of

connected to Breaking Bad and that starts soon once again it's it's back

he thinks it's boring very plodding I like it I like I like better call Saul

in some ways it's better than breaking bad because it has some interesting

aspects of the past and also the present so I quite like that way of telling a

story where you are in the past but also sometimes you are in the present so I

quite like that so that's what we're watching at the moment two TV shows the

expanse and also better call Saul Pat you says what is Aladdin

yeah we've explained that it's a genie that lives in a lamp that's

his name and his nature says I am Aladdin what do you wish yes did Disney

there was a recent live-action remake of the original Disney classic Aladdin and

Will Smith believe it or not Will Smith was the genie why not why not indeed

he always rips me up the wrong way aha mr. Dalton you're not a fan of Will

Smith are you mr. Duncan is not your most popular actor popular you know

you're not a fan you're not a fan of rules no I don't mind Will Smith but is

in too many films there's someone else Vladimir says I'm from I thought you

said Venus and Ville Vilnius thanks for Oh Vladimir's from via

Vilnius Vilnius Vilnius I'm just thinking the planet Venus you okay there

okay you're not having a stroke are you oh this is the watch you see this watch

has come all the way from Lithuania the capital of Lithuania is what and

oh go on I'm guessing it's Vilnius Vilnius if it isn't we're going to look

really stupid yeah this Lithuanian watch is well first of all it's from Lithuania

and also it's the Independence Day of Lithuania today apparently so will you

can well somebody confirm for us that Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania just

so that we don't look stupid my stomach is really rumbling that's because I've

only had breakfast today and a couple of biscuits and it's six hours since I had

last had anything to eat Steve there are some good phrases here

when we get older no one wants to get older however there are many ways of

getting older and still staying happy so I always think and I think Steve

agrees with me getting older is not necessarily a bad thing as you get older

I suppose you learn more things you become wiser well in theory you become

wiser however there is a lovely phrase in English we can say that you are

another year older but not any wiser yes that said as a as a sort of a humorous

comment as a joke I'm a year older but I'm not any wiser yes and the inference

there is that you keep repeating the same mistakes I've learnt nothing always

did when you were younger I've learned nothing from Russian ships particularly

yeah so I like that one another year older but not any wiser so you keep

making the same mistakes again and again oh here's yes how mirror Vilnius is

indeed the capital of Lithuania oh so we made an educated guess that paid off we

escaped yeah we escaped the humiliation of looking like a couple of divs Firenze

is I'm sorry if I pronounced your name incorrectly says that if we ever want a

cup of Turkish coffee which we have had we've had Turkish coffee and we went to

Turkey and Turkish tea as well it's very strong I think it's a bit like expresso

I think yes so well we can go to London no prisoners has must have a coffee shop

or something though how exciting we haven't been to London for a decade

fret prick princess do you have a coffee shop in London that might be a good

excuse for going down to London this is something I'd like to do this year when

the weather gets better I would like to go down to London and we could do we

could go together and do a special live lesson in London

but also we could also go to the princess and have a cup of Turkish

coffee that would that would boost our energy I like this

of that brilliant Will Smith yes because Will Smith used to be in a

comedy show didn't he before he became a famous serious actor used to be in the

Fresh Prince of bel-air that was right so he was he was quite

funny in that I was quite like watching it I'm not a fan of Will Smith and it I

can I you have to be careful nowadays though this is the problem so if you say

you don't like a black actor you are instantly a racist but I just don't like

Will Smith he annoys me I don't know why there's something sort of smug and

smirky about him I don't know why but his confidence not because he's black

okay he's just a very confident person it is possible to dislike someone well

you've drawn attention to it I'm not I'm just I'm just yes but we live in 2020 I

don't I don't know if you've noticed Steve but we live in a world where

everyone is looking to be outraged coffee shop in Tooting huh that's it

we're all right we're going now come on Steve let's go now yeah would take us

about two and a half hours to drive there I don't suppose you're open today

though we can get a train we could but our but we can't because we've got

travel disruption all over the UK because of storm Dennis there are no

trains the planes weren't taking over cancered lots of flight Oh God and

probably there are no trains either no trains and my sister drove back from

here last night and there was a tree right across the road oh so it did it

block the road yes it blocked the road so what did your

sister do did she did not try to drive over it there was a small gap by the

ditch and she just managed to drive round I told her to go on the motorway

she drove her lovely actually decided together back roads and nearly got

flattened by a tree she drove for a lovely expensive car into a ditch one

that into a ditch she managed to drive around

Jamelia says Will Smith is one of my favourite actors he does he just doesn't

do it for me I'm sorry he doesn't do it for me I just I just find him slightly I

don't know what I remember reading an article with Will Smith and all he

kept talking about was wanting to rule the world in being the president of the

USA you did say that I thought it was a little just slightly arrogant that's all

but but I just just when I see a movie with Will Smith in the other one the

rock I don't know what the appeal of the rock is I haven't seen the rock the rock

no it's an actor oh it's not it's a film it is a film as well there is a film

called The Rock with Sean Connery and I think it's Nicolas Cage is it Nicolas

Cage but also but also the rock is a wrestler he used to be a wrestler and

now he's an actor and he seems to be in a new movie every week every week there

seems to be a new movie starring the rock but I just find him a very horrible

presence on screen and it's not because he's a wrestler I don't have anything

against wrestlers before anyone gets outraged Oh mr. Duncan you don't like

wrestlers are you anti wrestler no I'm not anti wrestler you're just having an

opinion I just I just I just find him slightly annoying when he's on screen

sorry some people say that about me Brennan

says when when we come to London hmm when we announce it assuming we do then

reminders because we'll probably forget reminders that you've got this coffee

shop in Tooting and we will make a trip tan k4 cup of Turkish coffee it is tan

Kay's birthday tomorrow so happy birthday happy birthday for tomorrow tan

tan okay happy birthday is anybody watching today who also is their

birthday today hey John McEnroe know who's watching who is John McEnroe

watching he might be he might be sitting there now with his tennis racquet in his

hand I like Will Smith holding his balls and saying you can't be serious man

you call yourself an English teacher man and he throws his tennis racquet at his

computer screen and tan says

travel to Malaysia to meet your fans we've been to Malaysia many times even

Asia many times but not for many years I know Malaysia very well the last time

I was there was in 2014 beautiful place penang penang and also

Kuala Lumpur and KL people call it KL in the know that's it okay yeah that's it

and also you went to where was it you went to panko panko ah very nice nice

Island yeah that was lovely so low English says the rock is one of my

favourite movies so he likes the rock as in the movie but also there is the rock

who is a former wrestler I think his real name is Dwayne Johnson which isn't

quite the same really isn't it somebody called Dwayne but his other name is the

rock so his real name is Dwayne so I can see why I understand now why he changed

his name to the rock that she wants you to do live streams from different parts

of the UK well yes unfortunately mr. Duncan doesn't drive I don't drive and

also well traveling around takes a long time and also you have to spend money

when you travel around you can't travel around for free maybe I could do a live

stream from local parks so I could just sleep in the park at night like a

homeless person yeah like it like a like a vagrant

person or a homeless person as that says that we have your word see that's it you

see we've said we're going to go so we're now committed committed to a

Turkish coffee we definitely are committed there should be committed we

should be committed which means if people want to know what that means

it means that if somebody says you should be committed it means you're a

bit mad and they think you should be locked up in a home yes or a mental

asylum a mental hospital a mental hospital

we have asylums anymore we don't have asylums now unless of course you are

escaping punishment from overseas well we have I'm feeling hungry mr. Duncan

okay and it is my birthday I still have a million other words to show you for

your birthday here's what you will be saying this time next year a year from

now Steve this is what Steve will be saying one foot in the grave next year

because it's mr. Steve's big birthday nerdy I'm thirty you wish just times

that by to one foot in the grave is a way of saying that a person is very old

they are close to the end of their life so now they have not both feet in the

grave but one foot in the grave they are they are getting older they have one

foot means you you've got far less years ahead of you then you've got behind you

yes so you're not quite dead but you're not far off you've got to be solo says

you've got to be pretty self-confident to call yourself at the rock hmm that's

true but of course if you're a wrestler you've got to be confident so calling

yourself the rock is going to intimidate your opponent you know it's all fake

it's all fake it's all fake rocks they're not really wrestling by the way

they're just they're just jumping on top of each other and rolling around they're

not they're not really wrestling okay so Allah says that they would call

themselves the pebble click the pebble I would call myself the the the

feather-duster the grain of sand I am the feather

duster yo Steve you might be you might be over the hill over the hill if you

are getting older if you are becoming old then we might say that you are now

over the hill over the hill it means your unfashionable your ideas are

out-of-date your way of thinking and behaving is out-of-date old fashioned or

old old fashioned never heard it used like that over the

hill yes it means you're you're a bit clap down you you're wearing out

physically mentally yes yes all your parts have stopped working now women

often complain about what happens to their bodies as they get older but can I

just say something to you now and it might be a little shocking but men also

have problems with their bodies as they get older things happen don't they Steve

Steve can tell us all about it because you've gone through quite a lot

of it haven't you I just don't know what do you mean mister don't can I I'm as

fit and as young-looking as I was and I was 21 mm okay then so as you get older

especially man not just women I know women have their changes but also men

also things start going wrong with their bodies as they get older some of them

are really quite disgusting to be honest we never talk about it

there's a good expression if your ought you are a man you you know what I mean

don't you know Palmyra says am I feeling in the pink Oh

in the pink if you feel in the pink it means you're feeling very happy and and

confident and buoyant and you've got a pink rosy cheeks yes because you're

happy and you're having a lovely time yes

normal it means healthy yes are you in the pink healthy yes I would say you are

feeling fit and healthy you are in the pink so over-the-hill means a person is

getting older here's another one Steve are you past it you are past it you're

saying I am past it yes well I'm not saying you are but it might be something

a person will say to a person who is getting older you might say you were

past it maybe you go on a walk with your friend and he's walking behind you in

his

out of breath you might say to him I think you're past it mate I think you

are past it it means you can't do that thing anymore yeah you are unable to do

it anymore because you are past it being invited to nightclubs as you get older

you might say somebody might invite you to a nightclub and you might say oh I'm

past it I'm past all that now in other words

you've reached a certain age where you don't want to do a particular thing

anymore or you can't do it yes you might have been I don't know a a long-distance

runner or you might you might have done marathons or you might have been a

sports person where you played tennis or or a vigorous game like squash and

somebody might say oh do you remember when you used to say play squash where

all those years ago and you then might say well now I'm past it now you too old

you can't do it in you knows oh I need any any activity that it requires a lot

of energy and strength you might be too old to do it are you going out for lunch

as Cecilia no we're not we went out yesterday yes we're having

nobody said happy birthday to me yesterday but yeah we did I hung as

Beatrice that because of the flattering light do you do realize that people in

the street don't know it's your birthday I don't know what you were were you

expecting strangers just to come up to you and say hey my mother my sister they

did we said happy birthday we gave you bloody cards and I offense I gave you

this lovely tie this tie is mr. Steeves gift I gave it to ya so then so yes we

did we did say happy birthday yesterday how dare you how dare you how dare you

Lee it's it's Lee's mother's birthday today

yes mm-hmm I've got wonderful skin okay thank you

except next year mr. Steve will be an old codger yes so this is not a friendly

thing this is not a nice thing this is this is almost like an insult but you

might describe an old person you might see an old man walking along the road

and he looks frail and old and you might describe them as an old codger old

fashioned wearing old fashioned clothes yeah not finding it difficult to walk

yes maybe not particularly nice person an old codger hmm just an elderly person

an elderly man so do you moans a lot elderly people

tend to moan a lot early and complain that's what I find him and yeah an old

codger I usually said usually a man isn't it yes quite often and also a

person who's just looks old frail maybe they're they're just sitting there on

their own in the park feeding the pigeons something like that

Oh another one here Steve another one around diese an old geezer so when we

say an old geezer well first of all in British English the word geezer means

man ah so when we say geezer in British English we mean man so in a slang word

yes it is I suppose but an old geezer is an old man

however in American English and this is interesting in American English the word

geezer does mean an old man right so when we say geezer when we say it in

American English we are saying an old person an old man in English in British

English jeez it just means man that's it we have to qualify it by putting old in

front life has no guarantees as Theo because

their brother passed away before their fifties so life has no guarantees no no

you don't know you don't know what's around the corner luck of the draw when

it comes to your genetic makeup live every day as if it's your last because

one day you will be right an old biddy says solo an old biddy that's it so you

use the word yes an old woman so an old geezer or an old codger is a man an old

biddy is a woman mmm quite often we will say old biddy or an old believed old hag

old hag a hag and all vide is just an old person but it you wouldn't want to

be described its you might describe somebody as an old busy oh she's a bit

of an old biddy so she you know somebody you sort of are old and a bit mony and

just an elderly person an old hag might be also old and ugly an old hag is

somebody who's let themselves go let their appearance go so the hair is all

greasy and and their skin has not been looked after somebody you might also

describe that if you were being unkind to somebody hmm who was not elderly but

was say in their forties or fifties okay you might describe a woman as an old hag

if she puts too much makeup on dyes her hair too dark and puts lots of makeup on

you might you might say she looks like an old hag okay that would be an unkind

thing to say but you might say that I love the way we are actually teaching

everyone today to use horrible expressions I think this this one might

be the worst one a wrinkly a wrinkly a person who is old their skin will be all

wrinkly so you might describe a person who is old as wrinkly or a ring

Klee so a wrinkly person is a person who has a wrinkly skin quite often as you

get older your skin I've noticed with Steve just not not many but one or two

wrinkles and also even me around my eyes I have I have some small

fine wrinkles laughter lines that's what you called laughter lines see I've got

laughter like we don't laugh Steve's your happy person no one does that much

laughing thank you very much I'm getting hungry mr. Duncan and we've got to go

for a walk yes we're going to live a look at the forward so there is a lonely

road I don't mean a car no okay a Ford is that water that passes across a road

yes and you have to drive through it but when we've had lots of rain so it's

going to be very deep yes and we want to go and have a look and come back for a

hot cross bun so when we say Ford we mean it's actually a road that has a

river flowing over it it's a the way around what did I say you said a river

with a road under it yes it's a road that has a river going across it yeah

sometimes they build roads in this country and they don't always there's a

river but they don't always build the road a bridge over the road because the

river only flows at certain times some of the time it'll be dry but other times

it won't be but it might be a road that's not used that often so it's the

count counts or haven't spent money on putting a bridge over there so you'll

see a sign saying Ford and you've just got to be careful when you drive through

it that you don't flood your car basically the same spelling as the car

have you got any more words left yes and we've had some negative ones that's have

some positive ones ah sprightly a person who is sprightly so

this is something nice and positive so I wanted to end on something positive you

see so a person who is sprightly has lots of energy lots of vitality

they have lots of energy they they appear to have youth even though they

look older they still have a lot of energy so we can say that they are very

sprightly yes somebody who is elderly maybe 70 or 80 years of age but they've

got lots of energy and youth about them as you say they go on long walks they've

just got lots of energy I can't see that I will be sprightly when I'm older maybe

they usually skinny as well yeah you're not very sprightly now true except when

I'm on the livestream yes you have a lot of energy so sprightly a person who is

sprightly a person who has lots of energy also you can have an attitude as

well as you get older you can be young at heart young at heart so you might be

old looking on the outside waiting but your heart your spirit remains young yes

and you have a positive outlook on life I would say I look young on the outside

but I thought so no I'm not wouldn't say I was young a town maybe you're the

you're the reverse I think Steve is old at heart so he's young but he he feels

and behaves and reacts to things like like an elderly person okay I think

you're the reverse but yes some people describe me as young at heart because

people can't believe how old I am so they're younger just says something

which leads me to explain that yes yesterday we did my sister my mother

came over to visit and we went out for a lovely meal

hmm we did we had a nice little reunion yesterday it was rather nice in fact my

legs are aching mr Turner my back say kiss is the final one then you could be

full of life full of life energy full of life full of high joy de vivre yes yes

you you're elderly but you live life to the full yes you enjoy life you

take a breath and youth you feel grateful to still be alive don't waste

any of your time on silly things like watching too much television yes or

worrying about things that you needn't worry about small insignificant moments

from your past is life to the full so that somebody who who maybe samples all

the delights of life well into their old age that's it and doesn't give up that's

it I suppose you could be it you could be any age and be full of life because

I've met some young people who are not full of life they are actually quite

morose and unhappy so just because you're young it doesn't mean that you

are going to always be happy and be full of life just as I suppose being old

doesn't mean that you you will be lifeless Belarusian Anna both say that

you are young at heart oh you are thank you very much is that for me oh thank

you anyway Steve I have a feeling you want to go I think we should because we

haven't got much time left if we're going through our wall go it is getting

dark outside let's have a look outside because it's quite it's quite

interesting out there today so the Sun is now out yes

it is hard to believe how bad the weather was last night it was absolutely

awful oh look there's some sheep in the lovely the distance oh there's some

lovely sheep and yesterday we bought something yesterday didn't we Steve do

you want to see something really cute have you shown it yet no oh look this is

something we bought yesterday in Much Wenlock we couldn't resist because it's

so cute it it's so cute Steve actually bought this so isn't that lovely that is

a big fluffy sheep isn't that great I absolutely adore this sheep so this is a

new addition to our family of animals that live in a house manager E our

collection of stuffed animals and menagerie is a collection of animals I

think this one is being overstuffed look how fat this sheep is that is a very

fact sheep eating too much grass right mr. Duncan are you going I'm going so

thank you all for your birthday wishes and see you again next year probably see

you next week yes ah probably not actually mr. Tonko

really I'll explain afterward to you there might be no mr. samba we won't be

here next Sunday no mr. Steve next son that I've been

invited to a party Oh a birthday party I'm going to live life to the full okay

I wonder doesn't know yet no I don't know this is this is news to while you

were on live I got an invite in fact it was a Saturday but I can't go on

Saturday because I've got a concert Saturday night I'm going to go on Sunday

instead okay then so you want our everybody thank you for all let me see

you in two weeks thank you for all the information and well I'm going to go and

eat something and then we're going for a walk bye bye bye I know is mr. Steve mr.

Steve has gone I have to move I have to move the thing that he was standing on

so so can you believe it today we actually got mr. Steve to stand on

something is it my sheep lovely I think this sheep is really lovely

very nice it's almost time for me to go I can't believe it it's almost time to

say goodbye I hope you've enjoyed today's livestream

something slightly different we were celebrating mr. Steve's birthday you can

have an Irish stew oh I like the sound of that yesterday we had hotpot which is

a lovely traditional English meal very nice Martha Pollan says goodbye to mr.

Steve Steve has gone I will be back with you for those wondering I will be back

with you on Wednesday don't forget back with you on Wednesday 2 p.m. UK time and

also don't my new website for those who don't know

or haven't seen it yet there is actually a new website and you can see it right

now there it is so my new website has all of my lessons my playlists lots of

other fun things as well and over the next few days I will be adding some new

features to the websites because I've been so busy over the past few days for

which I apologize such a busy time a very busy month indeed thank you Chris

Dale Thank You Beatriz thank you also to Rosa

Jamelia Luis Mendez hello Luis I didn't say hello to you earlier I apologize for

that so a big bozo - Luis also - Noemi thank you very much for all of your

lovely messages I think mr. Steve has had a lovely

birthday we are now going to have a cup of tea and a hot cross bun if you want

to find out more about hot cross buns I might talk about that on Wednesday I

hope you can join me on Wednesday 2:00 p.m. UK time thank you all so Lois

Cecilia ma Maria thank you very much I am going now this is mr. Duncan in the

birthplace of English saying thank you for watching me today I really

appreciate your company on this Sunday and you know what's coming next until

the next time we meet here on YouTube

stay safe stay happy and stay young at heart

ta ta for now 8-)