Tuesday, August 31, 2010

#1290 Predicament, The Slammer, Kayaker Hit By Flying Fish, Dough, Moola, Pingas


Show 1290 Tuesday 31 August
Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show. Today’s movie is called Predicament.

This is a New Zealand movie that’s just been released in New Zealand. And I’m not sure if it’s going to be released in any other countries or not.

I haven’t seen it yet. But from the trailer it looks pretty good. And the main reason I want to see it is because it has Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords in it.

Predicament is a gothic crime comedy. It seems to be about blackmail and murder.

A group of guys take a photo – or maybe pretend to take a photo – and they use that to try and blackmail someone.

They ring the person they’re blackmailing and say: If the judge sees this picture, you could get five years in the slammer.

The slammer is slang for prison.

And the title of this movie, predicament, means: a difficult situation.

a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where it is difficult to know what to do

So, at least one person in this movie is in a predicament.




STICK NEWS


A 43-year-old lawyer entered a canoe and kayak race in Kansas in the United States.
A short way into the race, he had to pull out after he was hit in the head by a 13-kilogram fish.
News reports say the fish are known to panic and jump in response to passing vessels.

And that was Stick News for Tuesday the 31st of August.
Kia ora.




POW!


They killed her.
I know, honey, but killing them isn’t going to bring her back.



Word of the Day

Today’s word is dough.

Dough is a mixture that you use to make stuff like bread.
And it’s also slang for money.

This is a line from the trailer for predicament: I need the dough, I’ve got nowhere to live.

I guess he’s talking about the money that they’re going to make from the blackmail.

Some other slang words for money are: dosh and moolah/moola.

And one that’s only used in New Zealand, as far as I know, is: pingas.



conversations with sarah
#826 Who’s he?

Step 1: Repeat Raymond’s lines.
Step 2: Read Raymond’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Raymond Who else is in that movie?

Sarah Oh, I’m not really familiar with the other actors. Oh, a guy from Shortland Street’s in it.

Raymond What’s Shortland Street?

Sarah It’s a New Zealand soap. Oh yeah, and Tim Finn’s also in it.

Raymond Who’s he?

Sarah He’s a musician. He was in Crowded House. You haven’t heard of them?

Raymond No.




links

today's news - chron.com
today's news - news.com.au
today's news - stuff.co.nz

Predicament - movie site

music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

cws start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: The Jazz Woman
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France

qa bgm
artist: simone girau
album: dubstation
track: orlando
from: Venezia/Napoli, Italy
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Monday, August 30, 2010

#1289 Walking On The Motorway, Girl Swallows Toothbrush


Show 1289 Monday 30 August
Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

I hope you had an excellent weekend. I had a good weekend, I went for a walk on the motorway on Saturday. If you follow me on twitter, you might have seen this photo that I posted of me standing on the motorway.



While we were there, we interviewed some people for Question Time, which was fun, I’ve never interviewed people while standing in the middle of a motorway before. So that’s coming up on Thursday’s show.

And another thing to look forward to is the guest we’re having on next Monday’s show.
We’re having a guest from Kenya.



STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today a 15-year-old girl swallowed a toothbrush.

A girl in Auckland, New Zealand was brushing her teeth while running up the stairs when she tripped and fell, pushing the toothbrush down into her mouth.
The NZ Herald reported her younger brother tried to help stop her from choking but a gag reflex caused her to swallow the toothbrush whole before it could be pulled out.
The girl was taken to hospital where she was put under general anesthetic. Doctors grasped the bristle end of the toothbrush using a snare and pulled it back out through her mouth.

And that was Stick News for Monday the 30th of August.
Kia ora.


I’m just going to borrow your …
Mmmphmm


SPLAT!


gulp!


Another car crash?
No, this one swallowed a … toothbrush?!


We saved the toothbrush!



conversations with sarah
#825 Could you bike along it?

Step 1: Repeat Joan’s lines.
Step 2: Read Joan’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Joan Did many people walk along the motorway?

Sarah Yeah, there were lots of people.

Joan Did they have any entertainment?

Sarah Not that I saw … actually just as we got there they were packing up this small stage. So I think they might have had some music or something earlier.

Joan Could you bike along it?

Sarah Yeah, there were people on bikes and skateboards and I saw a couple of Segways too.




links


music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

cws start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: The Jazz Woman
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France

qa bgm
artist: simone girau
album: dubstation
track: orlando
from: Venezia/Napoli, Italy
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

#1288 Tapioca Pudding

Show 1288 Sunday 29 August
Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Sunday Kitchen #171 Tapioca Pudding

I’d never made anything with tapioca before, so I decided to buy some and try it out.
I made something which was a combination of a recipe I found online and the recipe on the back of the packet.

I put a small can of coconut milk in a pot with a cup of soymilk, quarter of a cup of tapioca and an eighth of a teaspoon of salt and I cooked for about 15 minutes.

Then I added two tablespoons of sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla.

I cut up two bananas and stirred those in.

I wanted to serve it in a small glass dish, but I don’t have any of those, so I tried putting in a glass … but it didn’t look that great because the glass is really too big. Then I tried a small white bowl which I also wasn’t happy with. And finally I settled on a small brown bowl.

I put some sliced almonds on top, then a teaspoon of rum and a few mint leaves.
It was delicious.

music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

bgm
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Shades of Spring
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site


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Saturday, August 28, 2010

#1287 Ten English Idioms

Show 1287 Saturday 28 August
Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

a slap on the wrist
a mild punishment

a piece of cake
easy

bite your tongue
avoid talking

once in a blue moon
very rarely

hit the books
study

hit the nail on the head
do/say something exactly right

hit the sack
go to bed/sleep

kick the bucket
die

tie the knot
get married

under the weather
feeling sick

music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

bgm
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Tea Roots
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site


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Friday, August 27, 2010

#1286 Nothing Big, Facebook Sues Teachbook, Solemn, Watching Movies

Show 1286 Friday 27 August
Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

Today’s song is called Nothing Big. It’s a beautiful little song by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and was posted on his website, which is Hit Record.

That’s a very cool site where people, as they say, “create and develop art and media collaboratively”.
So whatever you upload to that site, other people are free to remix and use in their projects, and you can use what other people upload.

So Joseph – or Joe I think he’s known as - uploaded this song and other people made videos to go with it, including one of this very cool animation.

The song starts like this:

Nothing big
Nothing grand
Nothing useful
Nothing planned
Nothing smart, or at least not very
Nothing revolutionary

Please follow the link and go and check out the rest of the song.





STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today Facebook is suing Teachbook.

Facebook, one of the most popular sites in the world, is suing an online community for teachers called Teachbook.
Facebook says that Teachbook’s use of the word “book” dilutes Facebook’s brand name, impairs Facebook’s ability to remain unique and creates the facade of a false relationship between the two social networking entities.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 27th of August.
Kia ora.


We’ve achieved world domination … now what?
Let’s start suing everyone just to show ‘em who’s boss!


You have to change your name!
SUNSHINE BOOKS SINCE 1978


You have something on your fa..
You can’t say “face”, it’s TRADEMARKED!



Word of the Day

Today’s word is solemn.

A line in today’s song is: Nothing solemn

Do you know what solemn means?

Solemn means serious.

Here are a few things that you could call solemn:

a solemn expression
a solemn oath
a solemn vow
a solemn ceremony
a solemn ritual



friday joke

What did one hat say to the other?
You stay here, I'll go on a head.



conversations with sarah
#824 That memorable, huh?

Step 1: Repeat Julia’s lines.
Step 2: Read Julia’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Julia How were the movies you went to see?

Sarah Scott Pilgrim was excellent.

Julia What else did you see?

Sarah Um, what was it called?

Julia That memorable, huh?

Sarah What was it called? Ah, that’s right, Going the Distance.

Julia How was it?

Sarah Hmmm, lame is a word that springs to mind … along with perhaps an intensifier, such as … incredibly.




links



music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

friday joke start
artist: AdHoc
album: Toutes directions
track: Sumbala
from: Annecy, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

cws start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: The Jazz Woman
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist: Dj Vinilo
album: Minimal Beach
track: Beta Beat
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