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1 – Introduction – What do you do when you feel blue?
[ETJS
– Welcome/Introduction Message – Music by Martin Chenhall]]
Welcome everyone. Today is Saturday,
November 19th 2005, and it’s a beautiful fall day
here in Matsumoto, and I’m very happy to be on my
computer right now, with my microphone, and talking
with all of you. I have to say that I feel you guys
out there, especially after reading emails from many
of you. It really makes me feel like I’m doing something
constructive with this podcast. Thanks for giving
me that good feeling.
So, let’s start today by talking about
how we can get good feelings. Sometimes we all feel
down and blue, sad, maybe even a little depressed.
What should we do when we feel blue blue blue?? Mostly,
I’d like to hear your suggestions about this. You
can write a message on the MY
ENGLISH BLOG at englishteacherjohn.com, or you
can send us an email at:
podcast @ englishteacherjohn.com.
What to do when you feel down
and blue blue blue??
Well, I like to do some yoga. It gives me both mental
energy and physical energy. I learned yoga while I
was living in India, and I’m really glad that I did.
I now do yoga poses about three times a week, sometimes
more often, and it’s a great way to feel good.
I also like to go off on my bicycle
and get closer to nature. A walk or ride in the woods,
close to the trees and mountains, closer to the clouds
– I love to watch the clouds – close to the small
streams or rivers, the brightly colored leaves of
autumn, the sounds of the birds … well, it just makes
me feel good about life.
Reading is another activity that cheers
me up. I’m the kind of person that completely escapes
into my books or magazines. I love reading! I read
both fiction and non-fiction, and I just love to crawl
into the pages, walk alongside the characters, share
their lives, and usually learn something from them.
I think reading broadens your horizons, improves your
view of people, society and the world, and brightens
your day. Great!
[[Music
transition by Martin Chenhall]]
SEGMENT 2 – Hope & Wish
I HOPE I HOPE I HOPE
Hey, let’s talk about our hopes, desires and wishes
… about the future and things that we hope to do in
the future. Things that we really want to accomplish,
our short-term or long-term goals.
What do you really want to accomplish
in your future?
Someday, I hope to be a successful fashion designer.
I hope to move to Kyoto next year.
My brother hopes to finish his Ph.D. next year.
In English, we use “HOPE TO” to talk
about our plans for the future, things that we really
want to do.
What do you hope to do next year in
2006?
I know my father hopes to do some traveling.
My niece really hopes to improve her horse riding
skills.
She hopes to master Spanish by the end of next year.
WE CAN ALSO HOPE FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
You can see that we can use HOPE for very serious
things, but also for things that aren’t so serious.
I hope you come to the party tonight.
(Please don’t use the future ‘will’ for these kinds
of sentences)
Yuri hopes his sister moves back home
next month.
(NOT ‘will move’!!)
They hope their boss changes her mind
about the new project.
(NOT ‘will change’!)
Let’s use WISH …
Here, we’ll talk about things or situations we’d like
to have but don’t have. WE WISH WE HAD THEM! And remember
that, we’ll use verbs in the PAST TENSE even though
we’re talking about a present condition or situation.
Some examples:
I wish I had a little more time during the week.
Don’t you wish there was a post office a little closer
to our house?
She wishes she could afford a new car. (It means she
doesn’t have the money for a new car, but she’d really
like to have the money for the car.)
I wish you would stop smoking.
You can see that COULD and WOULD are
commonly used with WISH.
They wish they could travel alone to South America.
Did you see that, in today’s examples, HOPE is often
used for the future, and WISH is used for present
situations or things.
How about a little practice (pause)
C’mon, let’s repeat repeat repeat
these sentences. Say them out loud OUT LOUD!! This
is your time to practice speaking English today!!
Okay, let’s go.
Someday, I hope to be a successful
fashion designer.
In the next few years, I hope to move to Kyoto and
become a translator.
My brother hopes to finish his Ph.D. next year.
What do you hope to do in 2006?
I know my father hopes to do some traveling next summer.
My niece really hopes to improve her horse riding
skills.
Next year, I hope to go to university.
When I'm older I hope to live abroad and learn about
other cultures.
[[ hope
– hoping for others]]
I hope you come to the party tonight.
Yuri hopes his sister moves back home next month.
They hope their boss changes her mind about the new
project.
[[wish]]
I wish I had a little more time to finish tomorrow’s
homework.
I wish I could talk to my brother about it.
Don’t you wish there was an internet café near here?
She wishes she could afford a new motorbike.
I wish the rain would stop. I wish it would stop raining.
Well, I hope you enjoyed our lesson
about hoping and wishing. I wish I could give you
some more examples but I’m a little tired right now.
Sorry about that!
[[music transition by Martin
Chenhall]]
SEGMENT 3 – Compound adjectives
Now we’re going to talk a few minutes
about COMPOUND ADJECTIVES. This segment was a request
from Ellie in Taipei, Taiwan. Thanks Ellie, and I
hope you’re listening.
Compound adjective. It’s usually an
adjective or adverb that’s put in front of a past
participle (well-prepared) OR and adjective or adverb
combined with a present participle (long-running).
TOGETHER, the two words become an adjective, a COMPOUND
ADJECTIVE. Often, these compound adjectives have a
hyphen between the words.
Online, I found some good information
about compound adjectives at:
answers.com
onestopenglish.com
bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/
Okay, let’s look at some examples:
brightly-colored a brightly-colored
jacket
kind-hearted my kind-hearted friend
cold-hearted a cold-hearted person; a cold-hearted
letter
old-fashioned our old-fashioned teacher
well-prepared a well-prepared plan of action;
a well-prepared speech
closely-guarded a closely-guarded secret
hard-nosed a hard-nosed politician (he
or she is realistic and tough-minded)
tough-minded
heavy-handed our heavy-handed basketball
coach (he’s very forceful and strong)
even-handed an even-handed approach to
solving the disagreement
long-running a long-running
hit TV program
far-reaching a far-reaching decision
breath-taking the breath-taking view from
the top of the mountain
15-story a 15-story building
densely-populated a densely-populated area
good-looking a good-looking young man
overly-sensitive an overly sensitive boyfriend
or girlfriend
Italian-American an Italian-American writer
low-paying low-paying jobs or better yet,
high-paying jobs
democratically-elected a democratically-elected
leader
friendly-looking the friendly-looking dog
in front of that shop
heavily-used a heavily-used highway
rarely-used my brother’s rarely-used violin
soft-spoken the soft-spoken
child
open-minded an open-minded
parent
OR
narrow-minded
absent-minded (an absent-minded person
regularly forgets things, like me. I am very absent-minded))
strong-minded
Well, I think that’s enough of those.
There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of these
in the English language.
Whether you’re soft-spoken,
absent-minded or hard-nosed, you’ll
certainly be well-prepared for our next podcast
lesson if you practice all of the English in today’s
podcast.
That’s it for today’s lesson. We’ll
have a couple of idioms in our next show.
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