oh look at the weather outside where has
that beautiful sunshine gone please
please sunshine can you come back as
soon as possible
here we go again yes it is English
addict and we are live from the
birthplace of English which just happens
to be England
hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in
England how are you today are you ok I
hope so are you happy things are slowly
beginning to go back to normal very very
slowly and just to prove it here we are
once again with English addict live for
those who don't know who I am maybe you
are wondering who is that strange man on
the screen who is it I don't know who he
is
I don't recognise his face my name is
Duncan I teach English on YouTube I've
been doing this forever such a long time
and a such a long time many many years
in fact I won't tell you how many
because you might accuse me of showing
off you might say mr. Duncan you are
always blowing your own trumpet if a
person blows their own trumpet what you
are saying is they are always showing
off about their achievements and the
things they are able to do talking of
which we will be taking a look at words
and phrases connected to that subject
the things you are able to do and the
things you are unable to do they are
opposites and there are many phrases
many words that we can use when we are
talking about ability and things you are
not able to do of course as I always
believed from my own personal point of
view we are all capable we are all able
to do something I think so
we all have some talent we all have some
sort of ability we all have something
that we are able to do you me everybody
so it's a rain
day to day just like the carpenters
except today it is rainy days and
Wednesdays always always get Mead so yes
the weather unfortunately is not looking
good and that is one of the reasons why
I am back in the studio also don't
forget I am here every day I have been
here every day since the start of this
crazy time also shall we have a look in
the garden okay and there you can see
the vert the bird feeder now the bird
feeder this morning was very busy there
were birds all over this bird feeder but
of course now I have activated my camera
the birds have all vanished
either that or mr. Steve has gone
outside and now he's disturbing the
birds maybe that's the reason why yes if
in doubt what I always say is if in
doubt blame mr. Steve you are now
welcome to blame Steve for anything that
goes wrong so you can see it is raining
oh hello we have a little bird there
thank you very much that bird came and
then went very quickly it didn't want to
hang around I think I wasn't sure what
that was actually I think it may have
been it may have been a marsh tit I'm
not sure because it came so quickly and
then disappeared so there were birds all
over this bird feeder and now they've
all disappeared typical isn't that just
typical
it's so typical I've waited all morning
to show you that bird feeder and then
the moment I turn the camera on they all
vanish can you believe it I hope you are
not going to vanish I hope you are not
going to disappear into thin air because
well to be honest with you I'm here and
I hope you will stay with me as well
here we go again
lots of people already on the live
stream watching and hopefully getting
involved as well you are more than
welcome to get in touch on the live chat
and it's very nice to see you here once
again on this Wednesday
due to duty Papa Papa Papa Papa Papa
Papa Papa thank you ever such a lot for
clicking on me today I really do
appreciate it thank you very much
Oh can I say hello to the live chat yes
today we have a very special person who
has a very fast finger their finger is
so fast you can't even see it it is
invisible the finger is moving so fast
you can't even see it
what are you talking about miss mr.
Duncan I'm talking about the live chat
and the fact that Zahran Alesi
hello Zoran nice to see you here today
guess what you are first on today's live
chat
Thank You Sauron also Vitesse is here
you weren't first today there is someone
now who has a faster finger than you
Lali Lali
moe-san also never give up never give up
I like that never give up never say no
never back down never say never say die
never say I can't do this
never quit never give up thank you very
much also - lemon son hello lemon son
nice to see you here as well
Konstantin Anna also Lali Lali
Zab Marsh is here as well hello mister
danke I can't wait to see you well here
I am
I hope I wasn't a big disappointment
when you first saw me maybe you thought
yeah yeah what's that what is that I can
see on my screen unfortunately there is
nothing I can do about this I was born
this way talking of which boris has
another baby have you heard the news
boris has a little baby son I don't know
how this is possible because I only
heard the news that Boris Johnson's
girlfriend wife I'm not quite sure was
pregnant so it only seems like five or
six weeks ago since we found out that
Boris Johnson's wife girlfriend was
pregnant so either she kept it a secret
for a very long time
or this is some sort of new very fast
development of a little baby that we
haven't heard it before mr. Duncan you
shouldn't say things like that it's okay
I'm not being personal I'm not being
rude I'm just curious so maybe maybe she
knew that she was pregnant a long time
ago however they only announced the news
a few weeks ago so that's all I'm saying
I'm not saying anything else please
don't attack me you have to be so
careful what you say nowadays you really
do
hello also - chin Tam hello chin tan I
like your name by the way
chin tan did I pronounce your name
correctly I always worry at night when
I'm in bed I am dreaming and sometimes I
have nightmares as well and not quite
often I'm thinking did I pronounce those
names right did I pronounce them
correctly on the live chat so sometimes
I do worry a lot about these things
maybe too much flower s boy is here
today I like my echo I've missed my
little echo hello - flower s Wow
it is so nice to see you
hello Noemi
hello also Aniyah partridges here also
we have Cristina hello Cristina sorry
mr. Duncan but today is the 29th of
April did I say the 28th is it the 29th
today where did yesterday go is it
really the 29th oh my goodness I've got
the day wrong I've got the day right but
not the date it is the 28th or 29th or
who knows it might be Christmas Day for
all I know
so now you can see the confusion that
everything is causing at the moment
sometimes I can't remember what day of
the week it is and sometimes I can't
remember what the date is
so it is that it is the 29th for those
who were worried maybe you thought you
had gone back in time to the previous
day it is the 29th can I just say it is
the 29th of April tomorrow is the last
day of April and then on Friday it is
the 1st of May a brand new month
although to be honest with you every day
during April has felt exactly the same
hmm so that is my excuse it is the 29th
everyone is saying mr. Duncan you stupid
man mr. Duncan you idiot it is the 29th
today ok ok I've got it I've got it
I was wrong I got the date wrong it's
the 29th I don't know why I said the
28th I'm sorry about that
but to be up to be honest with you I'm
surprised that I'm here at all standing
in front of the camera during this you
know because everything is so confusing
at the moment I think you know why
things are confusing right now Platina
you are not the type who shows off mr.
Duncan Thank You Platini
I like to think I like to think I'm
quite a modest person sometimes of
course you have to talk about your
abilities the things you are able to do
sometimes you have to talk about them
for example if you are going for a job
interview quite often you will have to
sell yourself you'll have to sell your
abilities to another person
so maybe if you went for a job interview
sometimes you have to show yourself you
have to be willing to talk about your
abilities even though maybe some people
might say it's a little arrogant it's a
it's a little big hated a person who is
big-headed is a person who always talks
about the things they have or maybe the
things they have achieved a person who
is always talking about themselves and
the things they can do we might describe
them as big-headed
they are a big head thank you also to
Reshma hello to you as well nice to see
so many people already on the live chat
very nice indeed
hello also to Marina I'm saying to
Marina marina do you
also we have Ana Ana Rita Moreno regain
also josei from Spain also Luis Mendez
it's Luis Mendez is here today watching
me on the livestream it's raining by the
way outside it is absolutely throwing it
down if you remember late yesterday I
was actually outside yesterday trying my
best to do my livestream from in the
garden unfortunately I wasn't having a
very good day yesterday because it was
cold it was freezing cold and everything
was quite unpleasant to say the least
but there you can see the view right now
outside my window it is a very dull damp
day definitely I'm pretty sure of it
today we are talking about words
connected to having ability having a
certain ability something you can do
something you are good at a certain gift
or talent that you might have hello
marina I have a bird feeder but
unfortunately no birds are coming this
year I don't know why I wonder what type
of food you are putting out for the
birds
so maybe it depends on what type of food
you are actually putting out for the
birds
so what food are you are you actually
putting outside certain types of food
will only be eaten at certain times of
year so you might find during the winter
the birds will feed on certain types of
food and then during the springtime or
the summer the birds will eat another
type of food so it really does depend on
what time of year it is
hello Connell hello also Irene nice to
see you here as well
hello also - grace grace chin is here
also we will be having a look at a
couple of my full English lessons just
to let you know I have a YouTube channel
with lots and lots of video lessons and
full English is something that I was
doing for a number of years there are
around 40 episodes of my full English
lessons lots of subjects lots of fun
lots of vivid explanations as well so I
will explain things to you normally in
my full English lessons so we will be
taking a look at those in a little while
Andy hello Andy oh yes Andy is talking
about
his experience during isolation I have
been through thick and thin with my wife
with my lovely wife if you have been
through thick and thin it means you've
been through all sorts of things thick
thin the times when things were not so
good thick and thin the things when you
I suppose the time when you have lots of
things and the time when you don't have
lots of things thick and thin good times
and bad times ups and downs the ups and
downs of life yes a very interesting
phrase that you will go through thick
and thin thick and thin the good good
times and the bad times hello to sujin
sujin says tomorrow here in South Korea
it is buddha's day and the next day i am
also having a holiday so i am happy are
you still are you actually having your
holiday so have you actually returned to
work because i know in certain parts of
south korea many people now have gone
back to work many things are starting to
return to normal so i hope you have a
nice holiday tomorrow and also the day
after as well i hope you have a nice day
we have had a very long holiday almost
too long can you believe that people are
actually complaining about all of this
strange situation some people are
talking about feeling bored some people
are even wishing they could go back to
work although i would imagine the reason
for that is so they can start earning a
wage or earning money again so i can i
can understand why
you would need to get back to work
Christina says never say never you are
right you should never say never if
there is something you want to do maybe
a certain profession maybe you can start
off with a hobby like this so actually
this this thing I'm doing now started
off as a hobby many many years ago I'm
not saying how long because people will
say I'm showing off but many years ago I
started doing this and originally it was
a hobby it was something I enjoy doing
besides my normal job I was also doing
this on YouTube because it was the early
days of YouTube YouTube was just a
little baby
hello also to Andy again mr. Duncan I
think your lessons are a labor of life
we often say labor of love so if
something is a labor of love it means it
is something you are doing with passion
it comes from your heart
something you can't stop doing so yeah
you might be right there you might be
right I would describe this as some sort
of labor of love over the past few days
I have been doing this a lot so I would
I would definitely say that this is some
sort of labor of love I think so mr.
Duncan you are lost in the time counting
so you are very happy I think so
although I I can't make any excuses I
have no excuse forgetting today's date
wrong I have absolutely no excuse it is
not the 28th it is definitely the 29th
of April so for those who are worried
maybe you are looking at your calendar
and you can't understand why the
month has to 28th no don't worry it's my
fault
me I will take the blame for that thank
you also to Adrienne floorman hi
Adrienne nice to see you again
hello mr. Duncan and and excuse me I
think I disturb you when I say that you
wrote the wrong date on today's
livestream because we are it is not
Wednesday the 28th of April it is
Wednesday the 29th of April yes I've got
it now I've got it
look at the rain now outside oh my
goodness the rain is really coming down
quite heavily and the poor birds also oh
look at the poor birds they are really
struggling out there they've all
disappeared they've gone to hide from
the rain oh my goodness I can actually
hear the rain coming down on the roof of
my studio
it is raining quite a lot at the moment
oh my goodness you can't actually see
the rain on the camera but trust me it
is raining very heavily outside that's
the reason why the birds aren't there
you see the birds aren't there because
the rain is coming down so much dear I
feel very sorry for the birds at the
moment because
I feel sorry for the birds at the moment
because many of them are raising their
young they are raising their little
chicks so out there at the moment the
rain is coming down torrential rain at
the moment can you hear it
that noise is actually the rain falling
on my house
well at least I'm here even though I got
the date wrong at least I'm here and
that's the important thing
Reza says I love to feed the birds thank
you very much
hello also to Salman
hello Salman thank you very much as well
for your wishes and also to Jason Jason
Lee thank you very much for joining me
today as well lots of people are here we
will take a break for a few moments we
are going to take a look at one of my
full English lessons for those who are
interested in the English language this
is an excerpt from one of my full
English lessons lots of information lots
of interesting things concerning the
English language do you know what a buzz
word is do you ever use buzz words a
buzz word is a word or phrase that is
seen as being common and contemporary a
fashionable phrase or word is a buzz
word for example right now the word
empower or empowerment is used a lot to
empower is to give someone the strength
or motivation to do something for
themselves or to give someone a sense of
independence and self-worth to empower
the young or the poor to empower women
to offer empowerment to those who are in
need of help it would be safe to say
that empower is indeed a buzz word for
this period of time
can you see what I'm doing here I appear
to be running but I'm not moving
anywhere I'm running on the spot to run
on the spot means that you are actively
doing it while staying in one place you
can walk on the spot you can jump on the
spot in these cases the spot is the
place we are doing these things on the
word spot can be used in other ways too
you can be put on the spot this means
that you have been placed in an awkward
situation with no warning for example if
a person asks you a question you were
not expecting we can say that they have
put you on the spot to find yourself in
a situation that is hard to deal with we
can say that you are on the spot then
there is in the spotlight to be in the
spotlight means to be the center of
attention something is being watched
carefully to scrutinize something or
someone is to put it under the spotlight
we can also spot something this means to
notice or see something to spot someone
in the street means that you notice them
you have spotted them I spotted a
woodpecker in my garden yesterday you
can also go spotting for example
Trainspotting or bird spotting this
means that you are looking out for one
particular type of thing perhaps an
unusual design of train or a rare bird
of course a spot can also be a mark on
your skin a circular blemish or unusual
bump on your skin can be called a spot
teenagers tend to get spots
some animals have spots in fact if you
look carefully you will find that there
are spots everywhere
do you ever renege are you a person who
sometimes reneged on a deal the word
renege is a verb that means to go back
on your word or to change your mind
after agreeing to do something you say
yes to something then later you change
your mind
so you renege on your promise to renege
is to break your word and go back on
your promise you have had a change of
heart so the thing you said you would do
has changed we thought the deal was on
but then he came in this morning and
renamed on it the word renege originated
in Latin and in its original form meant
forcibly deny
oh my goodness I can't believe how fast
and heavy the rain is coming down
outside by window but it is it is
absolutely throwing it down right now
did it I hope you enjoyed that there are
many English lessons on my youtube
channel and sometimes I like to show
them in my livestream it is amazing how
many people don't realize that I also
have lots of video lessons they are all
stored on my channel and if you want to
subscribe you are more than welcome to
do so please if you want to like and
subscribe there you go
you can like if you want and if you
really like you can subscribe so there
are your choices and now they've gone
thank you very much for your company
today I was asked something I was asked
a question a few days ago and it's
something that I've almost forgotten
about however I have remembered today
I've remembered to show you some of my
drawings many years ago I used to love
drawing I used to love sketching and
also drawing pictures and quite often
these pictures would be wildlife
pictures would you like to have a look
at one or two of my wildlife pictures
okay here we go so here is the first one
so this is one of my pictures this is a
beautiful stag deer that I drew many
years ago
that was interesting
I don't know what happened then I think
I think the rain has got into my
computer so that is one of my rare
paintings many drawings many sketches so
that particular drawing is actually it
actually is a sketch that I did with ink
so that is an ink drawing that I did of
a stag deer and I drew that I think I
must have been around 18 or around 19
years old when I drew that jewelry by
school years I was very interested in
drawing and also very interested in
nature as well so there you can see one
of my drawings I did promise that I
would show you the drawings he was
another one this is a barn owl so there
it is another one of my drawings now
that one was in a very bad condition
when I first found it so these drawings
had been touched or should I say stored
away and unfortunately some of them
became damaged so that is one of my
drawings of a barn owl and that was also
done in ink are used actual ink there
are very interesting pens very useful
and unusual pens that you can buy for
drawing with and some of them have very
fine
nibs so the ends of the pens are very
fine and you can use ink to draw with
something that people enjoy doing it
does take a lot of time to do it
however ink drawings so that is one of
the mediums that I worked in I used to
draw with
Inc here's another one oh this is a very
familiar bird I'm sure you recognize
this particular bird this is one of my
drawings I did of a little Robin once
again many years ago I did this I was
around maybe eighteen or nineteen years
old I used to spend many hours drawing
pictures and most of them were of birds
I'm going to see if I can find another
one I'm going through my files as I
talked to you so please excuse me I'm
trying to find another one of the
pictures I think actually that is it I
think I've only got three of them I will
try to find some more at another time
but for those who were interested mr.
Duncan please show us your drawings
consider it done there
I've done it I might show some more if I
can find them
what why does that keep happening I
didn't press anything then I'm sure
there is something going wrong here I
didn't press that but I didn't press the
button honestly I didn't press that
button it was supposed to be me coming
on
not that Thank You Konstantin I am NOT
here to get your compliments before
anyone accuses me of saying Oh mr.
Duncan you always like to hear people's
compliments it isn't just that but
sometimes it is nice to share your
abilities so I'm sure you also have
something that you are good at I'm sure
there is something that you have an
ability something that you are able to
do I'm pretty sure of it we will be
looking at words and phrases connected
with ability very soon the live chat is
also quite busy at the moment have you
ever thought about exhibiting your
drawings Thank You Kristina I used to be
very crazy about Star Wars and I used to
do lots of drawings of the characters
from Star Wars and I remember many years
ago when when the Empire Strikes Back
was was showing it a local cinema in
Stafford I went along and it was
something that I did I can't quite
believe I did it because I was quite a
shy person when I was very young and we
are talking around 1980 so I would have
been around 15 years old maybe even 14
so I was 14 years old and I went to the
local cinema and I asked them I asked if
I could display my paintings and my
little drawings that I'd done of some of
the Star Wars characters and they said
yes I couldn't believe it so that's what
actually happened I did ask and they
said yes I really thought they were
going to say
no I thought they were going to just
laugh at me and tell me to get out but
they didn't they said okay come on bring
your paintings put them up so that's
what happened and that was way back in
1980 I was just a young lad I must have
been around 14 maybe
maybe almost 15 years old and that is
what I used to do to pass the time away
when I was hiding away from the world in
my bedroom I used to love drawing very
much hello to Lewis Lewis mr. Duncan you
have all kinds of talents some people
say that I am a jack-of-all-trades
but a master of none have you ever heard
that expression we can say that a person
is a jack-of-all-trades that means they
can do lots of different things however
they are not very good at any of them so
they can do them to a certain degree
they are they can do them however they
they are not a master of any of them so
perhaps that's me maybe I don't know
hello - ash hello ash rush I am watching
you from Iraq very nice to see you here
what is the difference between what do
you want - something what do you want -
something to eat or what do you want to
get something to eat or do you want to
get something to eat they are just
different ways of saying the same thing
do you want to eat something so you are
saying do you want to eat something so
that question is asking are you hungry
are you hungry do you want to eat
something do you want to eat something
it could be anything maybe a small snack
or a big meal do you want to get some
to eat that is asking do you want to
actually go out to get something do you
want to get something to eat so quite
often that means do you want to leave
the house do you want to go somewhere
else and get something to eat so do you
want to get something to eat it can also
say do you want to go into the kitchen
and get some food do you want to get
something to eat so in that route that
sense we are saying do you want to go
somewhere to get some food Platina mr.
Duncan your drawings and pictures are
very good
I had an owl baby in my flat at night
and his mother was calling to get him
back I would imagine so sometimes when
animals are separated from their young
they do become quite angry sometimes
even violent there have been many
situations where people have walked
through fields here in the UK and in the
field there were some cows
however the cows also had some little
baby calves with them as well
and during that time you should never
ever go near the cows at all because the
cows will attack they will actually
attack you and there have been certain
situations where people have died
they've actually been attacked by a cow
the cow has actually chased them and
trampled over them and killed them
so cows stay away from the cows if they
have any babies nearby because they will
act quite aggressively they will be
aggressive they will do anything to
protect their young
you are a master of teaching English
Thank You alil that is very kind of you
hello um hi everyone hello um trum nice
to see you here today
would you like to see a very common item
oh how strange I think the Sun has just
come out can you see that it's very
strange a few moments ago it was
throwing it down the rain was coming
down in buckets and now the Sun has come
out interesting very interesting oh yes
look the birds are here the birds have
come yes they are coming back the birds
have decided that they are hungry I
think I just saw a Robin did I see a
Robin did you see the Robin did anyone
see the Robin on the bird feeder so the
birds are slowly coming back after
that's huge downpour of rain we did have
quite a lot of rainfall just now the
birds have gone again okay
the birds have gone again they've all
disappeared it is almost as if they know
that they are on camera it's almost as
if they can sense that someone is
watching them mm-hmm maybe would you
like to see an everyday item this is
something I've been doing for the past
few days except yesterday because I
forgot here is something that's very
common and something that I love very
much it is something that it might be
might be one of the best inventions ever
is there something that you love using
in your life is there something you love
using in your life oh look a green Finch
we have a green Finch it's a green Finch
of
everyone it's a green Finch there is now
a little green Finch eating from the
birdfeeder
isn't that nice how lovely is there a
certain thing you love using maybe there
is a little piece of technology or maybe
something you like using everyday here
is something that is very useful to me
in my life can you see it it also makes
a very horrible noise so I will turn my
microphone down a little bit so you can
hear the noise this particular thing is
velcro and I think this is one of the
most useful things ever invented maybe
the best thing to come along since the
wheel so this is Velcro velcro and it is
something you use for fixing two things
together or maybe if you want to secure
something and keep it firm and locked
you can use this material velcro so I
love velcro very much in my studio I
often use velcro to secure my cables so
this is something that I use quite a lot
velcro is today's common object and it
is something you see everywhere quite
often you will see this on clothing or
maybe on shoes as well especially
children's shoes so quite often
children's shoes will have velcro on
them to make it easy for the child to
fasten their shoes velcro that was
today's common object
some people describe me as a common
object I don't know what you mean by
that I really don't know what you mean
there are many words that we can use
many expressions that we can use to show
that we can do something you are able
you have an ability you have the
know-how so there are many many words
and phrases that we can use to show that
you are able and there is the first one
so this particular phrase you are able
it is showing that you can do something
you are able you have an ability you are
able to do something maybe something
that is simple something that you see
people doing everyday but you can you
can still do it
and that is the important part so you
are able you can do it something you are
able to do is something you are able to
achieve maybe something you can do maybe
a type of skill so for example people
say mr. Duncan you are very good with
your live stream I'm not sure about that
but it would appear that I have some
ability I can do it you can tell
yourself as well you can sometimes say I
can do it if you want to encourage
yourself if you want to encourage
yourself to do something maybe something
you want to try maybe something you want
to do or achieve you can tell yourself I
can do it I can do it I can do it like
that you can do it I can do it we can
all do it we can say that a person who
has
a certain ability we can say you have
the know-how the know-how if you have
the know-how it means you have a certain
ability you are able to do something you
can do it well so maybe a certain skill
that you have learned maybe something
that you can talk about maybe a certain
subject that you know a lot about you
have the know-how you have the know-how
that means you are able to do something
you have the ability or you have the
knowledge we can say that you have the
neck oh I like that one you have the
neck if you have the Mac to do something
if you have the neck it means you have
the ability you are able to do something
oh yes you are very good at that you you
definitely have the knack yes you have
the knack you have the ability you have
for know how you can do it you have the
skill so maybe a person who can do
something you might say that you have
the skill skill ability something you
are able to do maybe in your work maybe
a certain type of work maybe you are a
person who creates things maybe you
create art maybe you create something
that people can look at and admire such
as a sculpture perhaps you are good with
computers you have good computer skills
so skill is a word we often use to show
ability you are accomplished now this is
a very interesting phrase because
accomplished means something you have
succeeded in doing so a person who is
accomplished is a person who has
succeeded in learning some
thing or maybe mastering something so if
you master something it means you are an
expert or a professional you are very
good at doing it I suppose a good
example is accomplished pianist so a
person who is very good at playing the
piano is an accomplished pianist a
person who is accomplished they are a
person who has a great deal of success
or they can do something very well
accomplished and of course if you
accomplish something it means you gain a
certain skill or maybe you've done
something that a lot of people have
noticed you accomplish your goal you get
to the place that you want to be quite
often when we are trying to learn
something we hope that we will
accomplish the thing that we are trying
to do an accomplished person
accomplished person you are accomplished
you are competent now this is an
interesting word competent a person who
is competent is able they are able to do
something you are competent maybe a
person who has learnt to drive a car
they spend many many months learning to
drive a car and then one day they
realize that they can do it very well
they no longer feel nervous or afraid of
doing it we can say that that person is
now competent they are a competent
driver competent you have the ability
you are able to do something you are
competent I like that one another one we
can say that you are capable of doing
something you are capable you can do
something
very well you are able to do it you are
capable so if you have a certain skill
for example we can say that you are very
capable
a person can be capable a person can be
suitable for a certain job because they
are capable if you are able to do
something then quite often we can say
that you are capable for that job you
are suitable for doing it because you
are capable you are capable another one
now oh here's another one you are
talented a person who has a certain
talent is a person who has a certain
ability they are talented
a person who is talented is very good at
a certain thing maybe they are very
artistic maybe they can draw maybe a
person can sing very well we would
describe them as talented they have
talent so the talent is the thing that
you have you are describing the thing
that they are doing and it can be
anything so maybe they are good at
singing good at dancing maybe they are
very good at painting maybe a person has
a very good memory for words or names
they have some sort of ability that they
keep in their brain there is a thing
that they can do very well so it's not
just an action you can also be talented
if you have a certain natural ability a
talented person some people say that
talent is natural some people have a
natural talent something they didn't
learn however they can do it you can say
that you have a natural talent you are
talented you have a natural talent
the live chat is suddenly very busy oh
hello everyone you are talented like you
mr. Duncan thank you very very much I am
going to bathe later in the warm glow of
your lovely compliments I will be lying
on the floor and I will be just so
ecstatic at the thought of all of those
lovely compliments thank you very much
hello blue thunder hello blue thunder
nice to see you back again haven't seen
you for a while can you open your Gmail
there is something interesting on your
phone
unfortunately I can't at the moment
because I'm slightly busy doing a live
stream I would love to but I can't at
this very moment unfortunately I will
look at it later whatever it is I don't
know what it is but I will look at it
later Thank You blue thunder
hello Anna hello I believe because we
have the real conversation other chats
other other chats have a lot of strange
messages sometimes without any sense is
that the live chat well to be honest
with you if you want to talk about
something on the live chat you can
however as I always say try to show some
respect to the other people on here as
well that is all I ask William
Shakespeare was very talented
I suppose so yes he is a person who was
really I suppose you could say he was at
the top of that profession if you are at
the top of something it means you have
reached the point where you can't go any
further when we learned things sometimes
we have to learn things slowly over a
long period of time and then eventually
you will be very good at something you
will be so good you can't learn anything
else
so there are certain things that a
person can do well and we can say that
they are at the top at the top of their
profession they can't really go any
higher because now they are so good at
it they can't exceed what they have
achieved
they can't go ahead or beat their level
of expertise oh look I've just noticed
something wait there a moment there's
the view outside and there oh yes there
are more birds coming now you can see
there are some green finches the green
finches are quite busy at the moment
because they have lots of chicks that
they are having to feed and they're also
you can see a black bird as well on the
top left of your picture there is a
black bird and I'm hoping the black bird
is going to try and eat some food no
he's gone bye-bye blackbird I was a
little bit distracted then by the birds
I'm sorry about that
I got slightly distracted there mr.
Duncan is very talented at giving
classes thank you Peter
I'm not looking for compliments today by
the way uni Kareena says oh hello
what a nice bookcase yes I am inside my
tiny library I'm in my little library
surrounded by all sorts of books the
only problem is that this isn't real I
created this myself hello to Lois again
hello b-trees it is so hot in this
studio
I forgot how hot this studio gets
sometimes and it really does if you have
an ability we can say that we can say
that you have
expertise you have expertise so if you
are good at one particular thing we can
say that you have expertise you have
ability ability you have talent you have
proficiency oh I like that word
proficiency you have talent you have
proficiency you are good at doing
something so proficiency shows that you
have an ability you are very good at
doing a certain thing you have aptitude
aptitude is a very interesting word
because it means also you can do things
and also think so
aptitude quite often refers to to logic
or the ability to do something very well
in a certain way so we often see
aptitude as an ability but also quite
often something you have knowledge of as
well you have aptitude you are able to
do something very well capability you
have capability you have something you
can do some people have many things they
are good at some people have many
abilities your capability is how well
you can do something your capability you
have competence the word competence is
quite interesting because I always think
competence comes from the confidence
that you have in yourself to do
something so if you are competent quite
often it means you have the ability and
also the confidence to do something well
oh look the black bird is now feeding
from the bird feeder this is what I
wanted to show you so the bird is now
feeding from the bird feeder
and this particular blackbird is
actually feeding its chicks as well
you might notice oh he's gone the
Blackbird has gone I'm sure he will come
back later so that is what is going on
in my garden at the moment I wanted to
show you the bird feeder I hope you're
not too bored looking at it but at least
it makes me feel excited to see the
birds feeding how to know what you can
do how to know your abilities I think
that's a great question by the way
that's a brilliant question as you grow
up how do you know what you are good at
quite often your your natural skills or
your natural talent come from the things
you are interested in so as I grew up in
my younger years I was interested in
certain things and those things became
more and more important to me and then
over time I realized that my interest
became a passion some sort of thing that
I wanted to do something I wanted to try
to do some sort of skill some sort of
ability that you want to do in your life
so quite often finding out what your
skills are can sometimes be accidental
something you are interested in so for
many years I was interested in taking
photographs I was always interested in
scenery I was always interested in how a
photographer or a person who was using a
film camera was capturing the world
around them it always fascinated me from
a very early age I used to love watching
movies and TV shows and I was always
interested in how they created that
effect how did they make that look the
way it does how do they do it
so my natural interest became something
else
it became something I wanted to try
myself I wanted to do it myself so I
think sometimes your ability or your
skill is something you discover by
accident or maybe it is something that
you have always had an interest in
something that is interested you from an
early age and then as you get older you
realize that you really do like doing
that you like doing it a lot you really
do
adrián floorman says you are also
accomplished I am now interested to find
out what Adrienne does oh now Adrienne
has an interest in languages
I love languages I am able to talk
Swedish French and also English so yes
you definitely have a skill you may have
a natural skill or a natural talent
some people can learn things very
quickly
certain things some people can absorb
knowledge and information very quickly
whilst other people find it very hard to
get the information to stay in their
brains
so maybe Adrienne maybe you have a
talent maybe you have a natural ability
at learning languages which is fantastic
you are very lucky
Andi says Mr Duncan do you remember the
song imagine and also the line imagine
there's no heaven it's easy if you try a
very famous song by John Lennon whoa
wait a moment we have a woodpecker there
is a woodpecker feeding from the bird
feeder can you see it in the middle it
is a male so that is a male woodpecker
it has decided to come into the garden
and feed
from one of my bird feeders oh look at
that
hello mr. woodpecker nice to see you
here today
he looks like he's really hungry I think
that woodpecker is very hungry ooh
oh yes the woodpecker is getting very
excited he's thinking oh there is lots
of lovely seed in this feeder and now I
want to fill my little stump my little
tummy with the with the seed isn't that
nice so there is something surprising
something I wasn't expecting to see a
male woodpecker gathering food oh yes
he's moved over now to the other side
there he is and you can see that is a
male great spotted woodpecker you can
see at the back of his head there is a
red mark and that means it is a male I
think actually that is a young male a
very young woodpecker
so the red at the back of his head is
slowly starting to come and it is slowly
starting to become visible so that
woodpecker is male and I would say that
it's not very old
isn't that nice a nice little bit of
live nature taking place in the garden
Thank You mr. woodpecker it's nice to
see you here we must say goodbye now to
the woodpecker we will see you later
maybe bye mr. woodpecker bye I have a
feeling that actually is a young baby
woodpecker it is a male woodpecker I
think it is not a very old one isn't it
exciting I got very excited then sorry
about that I easily become distracted
whenever I see something interesting on
my bird feeder I always become very
distracted by it
so I hope you don't mind that I did that
let's have a look at one of my full
English lessons this is another full
English lesson this is an excerpt taken
from full English number nine and in
this video you will see and hear lots of
interesting things come on Lady Liberty
give us a nice smile say cheese
there can be no doubt about the
popularity of photography as a hobby so
many people are taking it up now to take
up something means to begin doing it as
a hobby activity or interest a serious
hobbyist can be described as an amateur
so a person who takes photographs as a
serious hobby can be described as an
amateur photographer it's amazing where
a hobby can take you for example
my interest in video cameras and video
photography led me to making these video
lessons something I have now been doing
for many years so who knows where that
hobby will take you there is nothing
stopping you from taking an enjoyable
pastime and turning it into a business
to do something you enjoy can lead you
from being a keen amateur to a
successful professional that is of
course as long as you keep at it
and never give up do you have any
hobbies what interests do you have
isn't it funny how some words have
different meanings for example the word
nursery this noun has many meanings it
can be a room in a house for the use of
a very young child a child's playroom
can be a nursery a nursery can be a
place where children are taken care of
during the Working Day a nursery school
a place or natural habitat which breeds
or supports animals this lake provides a
vast nursery for fish a nursery is also
a place where young plants are grown for
sale or for planting elsewhere
I bought this rosebush from the local
nursery the word nursery derived from
the old french word for nurse which
itself is derived from the Latin word
for nourish
halfway down the stairs is a step where
I sit there isn't any other step quite
like it I'm not at the bottom I'm not at
the top so this is the stair where I
always step halfway up the stairs isn't
up and isn't down it isn't in the
nursery it isn't in the town and all
sorts of funny thoughts run round my
head it isn't really anywhere it's
somewhere else instead halfway down the
stairs is a stair where I sit there
isn't any other stair quite like it I'm
not at the bottom I'm not at the top so
this is the stair where I always stop
ah I hope you enjoyed that one of my
full English lessons one of many on my
youtube channel
well isn't that nice the Sun has come
out we've had all sorts of weather today
the Sun is now out it's very bright and
cheerful outside my studio window right
now and I hope it is where you are as
well I will be back with you tomorrow by
the way for those who are wondering yes
I am back with you tomorrow normally I
am here on certain days of the week so
normally I am here with you on Sunday
Wednesday and Friday from 2:00 p.m. UK
time however at the moment I have been
with you every single day for the past
35 maybe 36 days I've been here every
day doing this so there is a slow return
to normal we are slowly going back to
normality however I think it will take
many weeks perhaps even many months to
get completely back to normal so I am
trying my best to do a few things that
are like my normal lessons and maybe
also some things that are different and
maybe a little bit of fun at the same
time so I am trying to do both things
together hello Helena oh my goodness I
must say in this strange time we have
renovated much in our house and I'm
rather tired but I won't be missing the
live stream says Helena Thank You Helena
so even though you are very busy at the
moment with renovation in your house you
are still finding time to join me on my
live stream thank you very much that is
so kind of you thanks a lot thank you
also to Carla hello Carla Carla gamal
ski hello to you so earlier we talked
about things we are able to do but what
about the opposite what
about being unable so the opposite of
Abel is unable if you are unable to do
something it means you can't do it maybe
it is something that you try to do
unfortunately it is too difficult
sometimes the feeling of being unable to
do something can be frustrating so not
only does this word relate to a certain
skill but also maybe something you want
to do as well maybe a thing that you
want to do or a place you want to go to
something you want to do so you are able
to travel around the world you are
unable to travel around the world in
that case we are talking about
opportunity or maybe the chance that
comes your way so if you are able to do
something sometimes it means you have
the opportunity or maybe you always have
the ability to do it and there are many
reasons for that some people might say
if you are wealthy you have more
abilities you have more things that you
are able to do than if you are not rich
sometimes that's true and sometimes it
isn't hello English for to carry hello
English for to carry nice to see you
here as well something you can do and
something you can't do something you are
unable to do you can't do it so maybe we
can refer to an ability that you don't
have or maybe a skill that you've tried
unfortunately you can't do it also may
be an opportunity that comes your way
however unfortunately you have to say no
I'm sorry I can't do it I can't do it
unfortunately I am unable to do that so
sometimes we can be talking about our
skills sometimes we can be talking about
our availability if you are able to do
something it means you are available you
can do it if you can't do it
then it means you don't have the skill
or maybe you are not available so able
and unable actually have many different
uses in the english language hello
Reshma thank you so much mr. Duncan we
love you you are awesome thank you very
much isn't that kind of you thanks a lot
thank you very much it is very
interesting mr. Duncan that most of the
painters were also talented in poetry
among other arts that is interesting
actually you might find sometimes if you
have a certain ability it will mean that
you will be able to do something else
so if you have an artistic talent quite
often you will find that you are able to
do other things as well that may require
the same skills
so maybe poetry and art might be related
in the fact that you see the world in a
certain way maybe the way you see the
world around you the way you see other
people behaving maybe you can see things
around you that other people can't see
you have a way of looking at life you
have a way of transmitting your thoughts
into paintings poetry or anything for
that matter songwriting is another one a
person who can write songs quite often
is very
good at poetry because when you think
about it songwriting is very similar to
poetry or writing poetry hello Carla
hello Andy hello also franceska people
who are very good at maths generally are
good at learning languages I've heard
this before
there is a certain type of brain that
has the ability to learn certain things
a person can have a natural ability
natural talent something they are able
to do naturally so they still have to
learn how to do it however the talent
comes naturally it is very strange so
some people have very unusual brains
they have different brains their brains
work in very different ways
hello also on drum hello pamel hello
Pamela nice to see you back on the live
chat we are talking about ability and
things you are unable to do we've
already talked about ability so now we
are talking about things we are unable
to do things we can't do maybe because
we don't have the skill or the ability
so you'd have no ability I always
believe that everyone has a skill we are
all good at something sometimes we have
to discover it sometimes it takes a long
time to find out what it is we are good
at very similar to the question we had
earlier how do you know what you can do
quite often you will explore different
types of skill or different types of
ability or maybe things that you are
just interested in so sometimes the
brain will actually lead you in a
certain direction because of the things
you are naturally interested in
it is a very fascinating part of
learning hello Anna sorry I have to go
to work
see you later Anna bye Anna I hope you
have a good day and stay safe and happy
as well thank you very much Anna for
joining me
Kristina says I am not good at
literature and I am NOT good at
mathematics so maybe those two things
are connected as far as you're concerned
you don't have the skill skill it is a
word that is used quite often if we talk
about a person with a certain ability
something you can do you have a skill
maybe a sports personality maybe you are
very good at football maybe you are good
at playing tennis it is a skill so
skills cover all sorts of things skills
something you are good at is your skill
something you are able to do it can be
natural or learned
hello Zeb Marsh my son has achieved
greater depth in maths and he is really
good at learning French so there may be
some sort of connection between people
who learn languages if they have a
natural ability to learn languages and
also mathematics again it might relate
to how their brain works there might be
a connection between those two things
here are the opposite words now you are
incompetent a person who is incompetent
is a person who is not very good at what
they do
so maybe they have a job but they are
not very good at doing it they are
incompetent they are not very good at
what they do
oh look the black bird is back I I keep
getting distracted by the by the birds
oh yes we have a goldfinch in the middle
so in the middle of the screen you can
see a goldfinch a little Goldfinch and
on the right there is a black bird and I
think it is feeding its chicks so I
would imagine somewhere in my garden
there are some baby black birds being
fed I think so I know I keep being
distracted mr. Duncan you are you are so
easily distracted by the birds I agree
with you I was unable to fight mm-hmm
soo Jin says I was unable to light the
lighter whereas when I was a child do
you mean the thing that you put in your
hand to produce a flame lighter quite
often we use a lighter to light a
cigarette or maybe to start a fire
there's one thing I'm not very good at I
can't click my fingers Steve is very
good at it mr. Steve is very good at
clicking his fingers but I can't I can't
do it I don't know how Steve can do it
so some people can click their fingers
like that except I'm cheating I am
cheating
I can't do this I can't click my fingers
mr. Steve is very good at it but I can't
you see so there are things I can't do I
can't do this I am unable to click my
fingers I can't do it some people can
and some people can't
I cannot click my fingers I am unable to
click my fingers however I can move my
eyebrows up and down like this I can
move my eyebrows
independently from each other hmm hello
tomorrow I speak German but my English I
wish it could be better well over time
your English will get better it will all
you have to do is keep at it
don't give up don't quit please hello
Karen Karen Gutierrez from Spain
watching in Spain at the moment nice to
see you here Belarusian hello Belarusian
nice to see you here I didn't notice you
on the live chat thank you very much for
joining me again Belarusian says I can't
whistle I can whistle but sometimes I
can't I think it depends on the the
conditions of the air it's strange isn't
it so sometimes I can whistle very well
and other times I can't I will try it
now I will see if I can whistle now
is that okay so I can whistle but
sometimes I can't I don't know why but I
think sometimes if your lips are very
dry or sometimes if your lips are very
wet sometimes it is hard to whistle but
no I can't do this with my fingers I
can't click click my fingers I can't do
it
apparently in China
you should never whistle if you whistle
in China apparently it will attract
ghosts I always used to be told off I
used to like having little whistle when
I was in China and people would say mr.
Duncan you should not whistle it will
attract ghosts so we all have whistle we
sorry we all we all have abilities
things we can do things we cannot do we
all have certain types of ability so we
can't do everything I can't do
everything I wouldn't say that I have
lots and lots of talents there are many
things I can't do for example I can't
drive a car I am useless at driving a
car I'm very good at crashing a car but
I'm not very good at driving a car so
that is one of the things I can't do I
don't drive I don't have a car I don't
drive a car so that is one of the things
I don't do one of the one of the things
I can't do hello to Kadare Qaddafi
Qaddafi Asaro it's not okay did I
pronounce your name alright hello I am
from Benin which is in West
Africa hello Africa nice to see you here
as well and also Kadare is it your first
time here is it I hope so
Joe Fran your video and audio are very
good what kind of camera and microphone
do you use well I have lots of equipment
so all of the equipment that I use for
my videos and here in the studio I have
lots of equipment so I am surrounded by
things and those things allow my sound
to sound very nice indeed that's how I
do it so I have lots of different
cameras lots of different microphones if
I'm outside sometimes you have to be
careful if you are recording outside
because of the wind so I have special
microphones that allow me to record
outside even if it's windy so there are
many different types of equipment
Adrian Oh Adrian says I would not be
able to make a public speech some people
can some people can't I remember many
years ago I used to stand up in front of
hundreds of people and I would give
lessons to hundreds sometimes I always
remember visiting a school and I had to
stand in front of half of the school and
give a lesson sometimes public speaking
is difficult it is doing anything in
public doing anything doing anything
where people are watching you can be
very very difficult to do hello
Francesca mr. Duncan if you if you are
driving and you looked out the window at
a bird it would be a mess yes I think so
I think sometimes I am very easily
distracted by things so maybe that's the
reason why I don't drive a car at least
I'm being honest about it so I don't
drive a car because I don't think I'm I
would be very good at it
it's sort of concentration you have to
sort of drive and also concentrate on
the road ahead I don't think I could do
that I do like being a passenger I like
sitting in the car where mr. Steve is
driving I love sitting in the car and I
love looking out the window I like
looking out of the window of the car as
we move along and all of the countryside
and the landscape is going by I always
find that amazingly interesting
I am always fascinated by the
countryside or the landscape if I'm
moving in a car I love it hello from
Azerbaijan hello to you
Zor hello to you nice to see you here
today
Carla ride a bicycle I can ride a
bicycle I started riding a bicycle when
I was very young
and that led me to become very
interested in motorbikes so I had a
motorbike for many years I used to love
riding my motorbike however I don't
drive a car but I love motorbikes there
are some very interesting photographs of
me sitting on my motorbike maybe you've
seen them maybe you haven't
hello Francisco hello Anna
hello also Andy star mr. Duncan it's
time to enjoy the fruits of your labor
I think so sometimes when you do
something it is quite satisfying to sit
back and enjoy the fruits of your labor
maybe if you are a farmer
you can literally enjoy the fruits of
your labor because you are busy growing
things
maybe you grow apples or oranges so all
of the work that you do to create those
beautiful fruits those beautiful types
of fruit such as oranges apples pears
you can look and you can enjoy the
fruits of your labor and of course we
can use the word fruit to show something
that has occurred it is the outcome of
something you have done quite often
something you have worked hard to
achieve the fruits of your labor hello
if you are able to do something is it
the same as can do something again the
words can be used in different ways so
to be able to do something means you can
do it so actually they are pretty much
synonymous with each other
they are synonymous so they can be used
literally as the same word you can do it
you are able to do it I allow you to do
it so again if you are able to do
something maybe you have to get
permission to do it maybe you have to
ask a person if you can do something am
I able can I is it possible so the words
can and able quite often can be used as
alternatives for each other
hello Belarusian my friend asked her to
teach her to drive when her husband was
ill she said I have to take him I have
to take him to the doctor and I don't
know how to drive I can see that being a
very big problem yes
so that is another reason why being able
to drive is a good thing because maybe
one day you will have to use that skill
to help another person I never thought
of that before you have made me think of
something so if something happened to
mr. Steve and maybe he had to get to the
hospital very quickly I wouldn't be able
to take them take him to the hospital
because I can't drive so yes that is
that is interesting the rain was falling
yesterday and today I was upset and
disappointed however there was one
person who was very pleased about the
rain mr. Steve was really happy he was
excited yesterday when the rain was
falling he was at the window watching
the rain and he was he was so excited
about it he was saying yes good good
it's raining my lovely grass seed will
start to grow my lovely grass will begin
to grow so at the weekend mr. Steve
planted some new grass in the garden
some seeds that he put on the ground
even though many of the black birds have
been eating them don't tell mr. Steve
but a lot of his lawn seed or grass seed
has actually been eaten by the birds so
Steve was very excited yesterday very
excited because it was raining and now
he knows that his new grass will begin
to grow I can't say that I was pleased I
was not pleased at all Adrian if I
remember you had an accident on your
motorbike and therefore you decided to
sell it is that true I didn't have an
accident fortunately however I nearly
had an accident when I came back from
China I started riding my motorcycle
on the road to game but I realized that
during those years that I wasn't in the
UK people on the road started driving
like crazy people so I decided that I
didn't want to ride my motorbike on the
UK roads anymore because I thought it
was very unsafe I didn't feel safe when
I was riding my motorbike however over
the years many of my friends have had
accidents on their motorbikes one of my
friends from school my best friend from
school was actually killed on his
motorbike he had a terrible accident way
back in when was it I think it was 1992
I want to say 1992 I think you had a
terrible accident and unfortunately he
did not survive Canole I have a feeling
you are skipping my messages on purpose
mr. Duncan hello Connell I'm not you
know me better than that you know that I
would never ignore you Connell Connell
what is your message please tell me the
message please send your message to me
and I will read it so don't worry I'm
not ignoring you
sometimes the messages move very quickly
so Connell what is your what is your
message send your message to me now and
I will read it
Beatrice was also happy for the rain
because my plants needed the water a lot
I think so that is the reason why mr.
Steve was excited yesterday because he
knows now his grass will start growing
color and also Susie car is here sorry
about your friend it's okay don't worry
it's okay I am over it now but it was a
shock at the time many years ago I think
it was 1992 it happened
and yes it was quite awful quite awful
but it didn't stop me from riding a
motorbike for many years afterwards I
was still interested in motorbikes and
eventually I had my own motorbike and
thinking now I can still I can still see
myself riding the motorbike in some of
the most terrible weather conditions I
used to go out on my motorbike when
there was snow on the ground and I would
still go on the road I'm on my motorbike
I don't know why I always found it very
exciting
I always felt quite excited by the
feeling of riding a motorbike however
not anymore
I am now older I am an older person I
have learned my lesson and now I prefer
to be safe it is better to be safe than
sorry that's what they say mr. Steve has
a lot of skills says franceska that is
true however there is one thing he can't
do
he is not very good at painting yes do
you remember the story I told you about
Steve when he was painting a garage door
he made such a terrible mess I can't
begin to tell you how bad he did he's
not very good at painting I think
sometimes Steve rushes what he's doing
sometimes Steve will rush and quite
often if you rush your job if you rush
something you start making mistakes so I
think that's what happened with Steve I
think he was rushing he was doing things
too quickly and he made lots of mistakes
Oh Christina says I was driving or
riding a motorbike years ago it was a
Yamaha Yamaha mine was as
looky I had a lovely Suzuki trial bike
or trail bike and it's oh I used to lift
my motorbike so much I bought it brand
new
it was brand new sparkling new and
something very embarrassing happened
just after I bought my brand new bike my
new motorbike it was all shiny and new
I hadn't even gone on the road yet
riding it
I hadn't ridden it and I took it out of
the garage and as I was moving it it
slipped out of my hand and my my poor
motorbike fell on the ground and part of
the brake lever so the brakes you you
you have to press levers levers or
levers if you are American one of the
levers broke off so don't ask me how I
managed to break and damaged my
motorbike before I even rode it only I
could do that very embarrassing even
more embarrassing I had to phone up the
place
I had to phone the shop where I bought
the motorcycle from and tell them that
I've just broken my motorbike even
though I only just brought it I would I
I'd only just bought at home I only had
it for like two or three days and I
managed to break it damaged it without
even riding it only I could do that
crazy Jeff ran what is the key point of
speaking English confidently I always I
am always confident in writing but not
in speaking can I just say it is the
most difficult part of learning any
language whatever the language it
doesn't matter what the language is
French
Spanish English speaking the language is
the hardest part because it is like
performing it is like giving a
performance so when you speak when you
use a language you are actually
performing it is a little bit like
performing that is one of the reasons
why people don't like standing up in
front of others and they have to give a
speech so talking in front of many
people is also a very hard thing to do
hello Connell we love you mr. Duncan all
of my family my daughter asset and also
Fatima and also my nieces and nephews
love you very much thank you Connell
thank you very much for your lovely
message sorry I didn't see it earlier
but the live chat was moving very
quickly we love you all of my family can
I say hello to Connell and your daughter
both of your daughters is that and also
Fatima hello to you and I'm glad to see
you enjoy my live English streams I'm
back tomorrow by the way I will be back
with you tomorrow
uni karena says at least mr. Steve tried
to do the painting he did try
unfortunately he also failed and I will
never let him forget it I will never let
him forget about it because it was me
who had to repair all of the mess that
he'd made I had to put it right if you
put it right
it means you correct the thing that was
done badly so if something was done
badly you put it right you correct all
of the mistakes you put it right
Ernesto says I have a Vespa yeah I love
Vespers you used to see Vespers
Vespa scooters around in the UK during
the lates
maybe the late 50s during the 1960's you
would see lots of people riding around
on Vespa scooters vespers you see them a
lot in Italy hello Anna hello also to
Zab I am struggling to form
mixed tenses in English when you are
using tense it really depends on what
you are expressing the basic form of any
tense is future present and past so
those are the basic tenses so each tense
is showing when something has happened
is happening or will happen so in that
sense that particular type of tense is
showing time time
hello ts in Southeast Asia almost
everybody has a motorbike or scooter and
also the driving license
oh the driving licence from one country
can be used everywhere in Southeast Asia
I like that that's pretty cool I like
that very much so here we have the
British past that the British driving
licence which has nothing to do with the
passport nothing to do with that they
are separate things
hello also to Platina you have to
exercise your drawers in order to relax
them and to be able to produce the
English sounds I make exercises and then
make pronunciation exercises Platina
that is a very good point many years ago
that was a strange sound
I can't do it now many years ago I used
to do exercises certain exercises when I
was trying to feel confident about
something I was about to say something I
was about to talk about so there are
certain exercises that you can do to
relax your mouth before you start
talking so yes I think that's a very
good thing very good thing indeed
hello mr. Duncan my teacher used to say
that through listening we would collect
passive vocabulary when we start to talk
in English then it will become active
learning passively is something that we
do anyway every day in our lives if you
receive information from around you
whatever it is you are receiving it
passively so we passively learn all the
time even if we don't even realize it we
might not even realize that we are doing
it so sometimes we can learn passively
without realising that we are doing it
and this is one of the reasons why I
like making these lessons I like doing
my live streams because it gives you a
chance to listen to English being spoken
and of course it is live as well so you
have the extra excitement of knowing
everything I do and say is live and
spontaneous so anything could happen
anything trying and fail failing is
normal but not trying at all is the
worst thing of all you are right as I
said at the start of today's lesson
never never say give up never give up
never say never
always try try something maybe you want
to draw a picture try give it a try you
might be very good at it
you might have some hidden talent that
you are not aware of imagine that
imagine having some sort of talent or
ability that you didn't realize you had
some people discover that they can sing
very well some people discover that they
enjoy writing so you can sometimes
discover new abilities never be afraid
to try something that can change your
life in a positive way a positive way
your voice sounds tired please drink
some water I will be drinking lots of
water in a moment because it's almost
time for me to go I have two more
minutes and I will see you tomorrow yes
I am back tomorrow it is the last day of
April tomorrow we have reached the 30th
of April tomorrow
I'm pretty sure tomorrow is the 30th I
will have to check and make sure so
tomorrow I will get the date right even
though I got it wrong today and I will
correct it later I will put it right I
made a little mistake I unfortunately
put the wrong date on today's livestream
so yes it is the 29th today which means
tomorrow is the 30th and I will be back
with you tomorrow you have to discover
your talent so you have to try yes some
people think about doing it but they
never do it you never know you never
know what you can do until you try to do
it thank you very much
to re if we don't make mistakes we learn
nothing that is true
that is very very true Thank You Mohsen
thank you very much for your lovely
company it is great to see you here
every day is a new adventure and I will
be back with you tomorrow oh we have
some birds joining us oh yes so we have
a black bird and also we have a baby
green Finch can you see the baby green
Finch the bird in the middle is actually
a young green Finch that is actually a
chick can you see the chick so that bird
is actually a baby bird and it's trying
to eat some seed and you can also see
the black bird as well so there is a
little baby bird Wow I can't believe it
I can't believe we are actually watching
a little baby bird although it seems to
be having difficulty eating the seeds it
is learning how to do it so even that
little bird there a little bird we are
watching now on the screen it has to
learn how to eat and that's what it's
doing right now it is slowly learning
Wow incredible even though it doesn't
seem to be enjoying it it seems to be
struggling don't worry little bird just
keep trying don't give up you will get
it right one day oh what a lovely way to
end today's live stream a little baby
greenfinch a little baby that was a
little baby fresh from the nest can you
believe it
thank you very much Ernesto Thank You
Sergio Thank You javi thank you also
to Francesca I've enjoyed today's live
chat
I've enjoyed this livestream and I hope
you have as well thank you SAP your
method of teaching is amazing and I know
others have copied it as well I wouldn't
be surprised but don't forget I was here
first it was a very long time ago catch
you tomorrow
yes I am back with you tomorrow don't
forget to p.m. UK time back with you
tomorrow have a good afternoon mr.
Duncan I will try my best I am going to
have a drink of water
I am going to soothe my throat I am
giving it some lovely relaxation I will
rest my voice for the rest of the day
and of course thank you very much for
your lovely company today we've talked
about lots of things ability things you
are able to do things that you are
unable to do lots of lovely subjects I
will see you tomorrow and of course
until tomorrow you know what's coming
next
until we meet each other again here on
YouTube this is mr. Duncan in England
saying thanks for watching thanks for
joining me see you tomorrow
2 p.m. UK time and of course you know
what's coming next yes you do...
ta ta for now 8-)