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SEGMENT: INTRO

An early, early, early start. My friends and I. A beautiful spring day. The mountain. Smelly socks. An mp3 player/recorder. What connects them all? What connects them all?The English Teacher John Show of course, number 75.

[intro music]

Welcome everyone to the English Teacher John Show. I’m John Koons and I produce and host this English learning podcast right here in Matsumoto, Japan. In today’s short episode, you will join us at the top of Mt. Hachibuse, which is a small mountain close to Matsumoto. It’s 1,928 meters high, and recently, my friends and I hiked up to the top. It’s about a 2-1/2 to 3 hour hike and up at the top the view is spectacular, wonderful. You can see the full Northern range of the Japanese Alps, and you can also see snowy peaks in the Central and Southern Japanese Alps as well. On most days you can see Mt. Fuji. On our hiking day, we could just barely make out Fuji-san through the haze.

In today’s show, we talk about hiking gear in the first segment. You’ll hear my friends Charlie, Yasuko, Thomas and Sean. Sean is a couch surfer who we all just met. You can find out more about that at couchsurfing.org, and their slogan is “Participate in Creating a Better World, One Couch At A Time.” After that, the second segment is a language segment. You’ll learn about the English to use when accepting apologies, or forgiving.

Alright … here we go!

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I apologize for some of the wind noise that you hear at the top of the mountain in our discussion. Even English Teacher John can’t stop the wind! So, sorry about that audio quality.

SEGMENT: DISCUSSION – Hiking Gear – What to bring

John Koons: Alright, a beautiful day on Mt. Hachibuse. A pretty good hike coming up? What do you think about that hike?

Amazing.
Amazing! I agree with that.

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On English Teacher John Show number 71:

• The recent solar eclipse!
• Interview with Charlie, who talks about his great creation, Fukurochan (website)
• Quotations about the environment
• music by Martin Chenhall‘s band U.May.C
• transcript (below)

== FULLTRANSCRIPT for English Teacher John Show 71 ==

The Dog Days of Summer are here. Hey, if you’re looking for an easy time of it you might be barking up the wrong tree. It’s time for a challenge. Time for some sharing, learning, and all that with some whip cream and a cherry on top [Laughter] if you’re lucky. Hey, it’s time for the English Teacher John Show 71. Let’s go Dog Days of Summer.

[Music]

Welcome everyone to the English Teacher John Show 71. My name is John Koons and I am the host of this high tension Podcast. I don’t know I guess its part educational, part entertainment maybe something a little bit more, a little bit less than that. Our show is for everyone but especially for English Learners of all abilities.

We are all about clear and easy to understand English, good humor, interesting topics, and fresh minty breath, and sometimes we fail especially about the breath. Our Podcast is produced right here in our eco-friendly recycled studio in Matsumoto, Central Japan. Today’s episode has three segments. First, it’s some commentary about the recent solar eclipse which was partially viewed by my students and me. Then we’re going to hear an interview with my good friend Charlie who is the mastermind behind the Fukuro-chan phenomenon.

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Today, we’re talking about multicultural people and places, on the English Teacher John Show number 70!

• Interview with Sean, who talks about his mixed background, Canada and Cyprus.
• Also, you’ll learn a lot about the island nation of Cyprus.
• Celebrities with multicultural backgrounds.
• The new Offcue Live Show
• transcript (below)

listen/download (mp3) | duration: 21:23 | file size: 24.48mb | podcast page

Hey, it’s pirates, juggling and vending machines. And, the only thing that connects all of those is … The English Teacher John Show number 69!

• Interview and music from U.May.C band members Martin and Will.
• A discussion with Dave and Daniel about vending machines in Japan.
  
• see episode transcript below.

== FULL TRANSCRIPT for English Teacher John Show 69 ==

Hey, we’ve got pirates, juggling and vending machines and you know what? The only thing that connects all of those is the English Teacher John Show No. 69.

[intro music]

Welcome everyone to the English Teacher John Show No. 69. My name is John Koons and I am the host of this illustrious, entertaining and enlightening internet podcast, maybe.

Our show is for everyone but especially for English learners of all abilities. We try to use clear and easy to understand English and we always brush after meals. Our podcast is produced right here in our volcano-top studio in Matsumoto Japan. Watch out for the lava if you come to visit us.

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Today we’ve got a very special show. Our music man, Martin, has stopped by with some of his band’s new music and also in today’s show, I rounded up a couple of friends today and we had a short discussion about vending machines. Stay tuned.

[Laughter]

[Music]

Okay, it’s time for some local, original music, music, music! Local means local to our Nagano region of Central Japan. I think many or most of you know Martin Chenhall. He’s been producing our podcast music for the last hundred years or so and he’s put together a band called U.May.C. You can find more of them on myspace.com.

Hey and guess who is another member of this band. Yup, Will, another friend of The English Teacher John Show and Matsumoto’s favorite guy on crutches, plays the guitar and bass and he sings also. Recently, we had these two musicians in the English Teacher John studio for an interview about their new tracks.

=== start INTERVIEW ===
Will and Martin, welcome to The English Teacher John Show, guys.

Martin: Thanks English Teacher John.

Will: Hey John, what’s up?

John: You know I have been presented with a special demo disc. You guys are recording some music any…

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Today we talk about babies, birth and borrowed words.

• Interview with Elmar
  (interview starts at 2:20)
• Idioms:
  – born to do <something>
  – a born <something>
• borrowed words (from German):
  – schadenfreude, zeitgeist
• see episode transcript below

== FULL TRANSCRIPT for English Teacher John Show 68 ==

Hey, Elmar dropped by the studio and he doesn’t have much time, so let’s get right to it. It’s Elmar, you, me and all sentient beings. It’s the English Teacher John Show No. 68.

[intro music]

Welcome everyone to the English Teacher John Show No. 68. My name is John Koons and I’m your host. Our show is for everyone, yes, but especially for English learners of all abilities. We try to use clear and easy-to-understand English.

Our podcast is produced right here in our humble studio in Matsumoto, Japan. Alright well let’s look at our show index; we’ve got three segments today.

[Show Index]

First, an exciting and newsworthy interview with Elmar, a good friend of the English Teacher John Show. Then, [phone rings] I’ll talk about a couple of idioms. And finally in segment three, it’s words, words, words. We’ll talk about a couple of words borrowed from German. Alright, let’s do it.

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Recently we sat down with Elmar who some of you may remember from show number 62, and show number 51 and show number 31.

===== INTERVIEW: start =====

John: All right, we’ve got a special guest today. It’s my good friend, Elmar. Welcome to The English Teacher John Show, Elmar!

Elmar: Hello. Hello.

John: Good to see you again. You were our guest right here in this very café a couple of years ago. One of our early interviews on The English Teacher John Show.

Elmar: I remember very well. The situation I remember, but I can’t remember what we were talking about.

John: Anyway, also I did one about transportation at my house, I think.

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We’re back with a new episode!
In this episode:

• Healing
• Interview with Will
• Quotations: about healing
• The new Offcue Show
• see episode transcript below

== FULL TRANSCRIPT for English Teacher John Show 67 ==

Section: INTRO

Welcome everyone to the English Teacher John Show. Our show is for English learners of all abilities. We tried to use clear and difficult-to-understand English. No, no, no we try to use clear and easy-to-understand English. Our podcast is recorded, edited and produced right here in our studio in Matsumoto, Japan. My name is John Koons and I am your host. Alright, let’s see.

Today’s show, we have two segments. In our first segment, it’s an exciting interview with Will, who lives here in Matsumoto. Our theme today is healing so you’ll hear something about healing in this interview with Will.

[promo: interview audio clip]

John: Will, can you give us a little summary of what happened recently.

Will: I was snowboarding at Hakuba 47…

Then, we’ll have a couple of quotations in our second segment. Alright, let’s do it.

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===== section: INTERVIEW =====

We’ll start off with the interview.

[interview: start]

John: Alright, well we’ve got a special interview today. Our guest is Will. How you doing Will?

Will: Doing okay.

John: Welcome to the English Teacher John Show.

Will: Good to be here.

John: Yeah, why don’t you just tell us a little bit about yourself. I know a lot about you but our listeners don’t.

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We’re back with a new episode!
In this episode:

• Advertising slogans, jingles and taglines
• Idiom: I don’t buy it!
• Quotations: about advertising
• The new Offcue Show
• Below, you’ll find: slogans, quotations, then the FULL TRANSCRIPT for this episode

Enjoy and learn!
John

ADVERTISING SLOGANS, JINGLES and TAGLINES talked about in this episode:
Diamonds are forever. (DeBeers diamonds)
Just do it. (Nike)
Good to the last drop. (Maxwell House coffee)
Breakfast of champions. (Wheaties breakfast cereal)
When it rains it pours. (Morton Salt)
Where’s the beef? (Wendy’s fast food/hamburgers)
M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hand. (M&M candies)
We bring good things to life. (General Electric)
Be all that you can be. (U.S. Army)
Pepsi Cola hits the spot. (Pepsi Cola)
You deserve a break today. (McDonalds fast food)

source: http://adage.com

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Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is. (Alka Seltzer headache/nausea remedy)
You’re in good hands with Allstate. (Allstate Insurance)
Don´t leave home without it. (American Express card)
Think different. (Apple Macintosh computers)
Reach out and touch someone. (AT&T phone company)
A little dab’ll do ya. (Brylcreem hair cream)
Have it your way. (Burger King fast food)
I’d walk a mile for a Camel. (Camel cigarettes)
When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight. (Federal Express delivery service)
Finger lickin’ good. (KFC)

source: http://adslogans.co.uk

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QUOTATIONS in this Episode

Today’s quotes are from:
http://quotationspage.com
http://thinkexist.com

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. -Sinclair Lewis (1885 – 1951)

Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising. -Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)

Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half. -John Wanamaker (1838 – 1922)

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need. -Will Rogers (1879 – 1935)

==  FULL TRANSCRIPT for English Teacher John Show 66  ==

Hey, where’d everybody go?? Hello, hello? Is anyone still listening to our show? Anybody home? Well, at least we still have Martin’s music on the old hard drive? It’s time for the English Teacher John Show number 66. Alright, Martin, HIT IT!

[intro music]

INTRODUCTION & INDEX

Welcome everyone to The English Teacher John Show No. 66.  Our show is for English learners of all abilities; we try to use clear and easy-to-understand English. Our podcast is recorded and produced right here in our low-tech studio in Matsumoto, Japan. My name is John Koons and I am your host.

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