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  • look at that that is the view right now out of my studio window it is a glorious

  • day in the UK and perhaps also you can hear the sound of the birds nature is

  • waking up spring is on its way welcome everyone here we go again it's

  • another live stream it's English addict live from the birthplace of the English

  • language which just happens to be England

  • hmm mr. Duncan you are late again I'm sorry I'm late I always have something

  • to do this is the problem even when I'm preparing my live streams

  • there is always something that needs doing whatever it is it must be done so

  • quite often before my live stream begins I normally have a lot of things to do so

  • please excuse me if sometimes I am a little bit late hi everybody this is mr.

  • Duncan in England how are you today are you okay I hope so are you happy are you

  • happy you should be feeling very happy this week because you have had me one

  • extra time yes did you see yesterday I was live outside I was doing a

  • livestream from the middle of the place in which I live and for those who missed

  • it well don't worry everyone you can watch it again so here I am you can see

  • it here on the screen right now so there I was yesterday live in the center of

  • much Wenlock doing a livestream and I was broadcasting live from the square

  • the main square in the centre of where I live and there you can see I have some

  • food Oh can I just say that that cake was delicious a mint chocolate brownie

  • that's what I had yesterday and also I had a cup of coffee as well as you can

  • see in my hand so I was out in the public yesterday talking of which that

  • is what I was talking about yesterday so on my livestream yesterday the thing you

  • can see on the screen right now was all about public being in the public

  • in a public place and oh can you see behind me can you see those two people

  • behind me they are watching me they are very curious they are wondering what is

  • that strange man doing he's standing on his own talking into his phone it looks

  • as if he's filming himself now those people behind me can you see them maybe

  • we can get a little closer can we get a little closer there here we go

  • so can you see them they are very interested in what I'm doing

  • yes I can see you looking at me wondering what I'm doing

  • nosy people so a lot of people did yesterday they stopped to watch what I

  • was doing they were very curious to find out what was going on in the place in

  • which they lived because there was a strange man standing on the street

  • corner but don't worry it was only me it was only me it's all right don't be

  • afraid by the way my name is mr. Duncan I teach English on YouTube and I've been

  • doing this for ever such a long time can you guess how long I've been doing this

  • for well I will give you a clue when I first started doing this YouTube was

  • just a little baby so my channel on YouTube is almost as old as YouTube

  • itself so here we go again oh yes despite all the problems in the

  • world despite all the terrible things that are happening on the planet right

  • now and I think we know what they are we have made it all the way to the end of

  • another week the weekend is just around the corner

  • yes it's Friday

  • we have made it yes all away to the end of another week

  • once more we have managed not to blow the planet hope would you like to see

  • another lovely view outside my window okay here we go

  • oh look at that so there already as if we needed reminding that spring is on

  • its way you can see there is lots of cherry blossom coming out on the trees

  • in the garden as well shall we have the the nature sound so this is the sound

  • right now outside my window this is live

  • I can hear an aeroplane going over but also I can hear some birds in the

  • distance and they sound very happy indeed isn't that lovely so I don't know

  • why the weather is so nice but apparently over the next few days it's

  • going to get really horrible again apparently next week it's going to be

  • very cold it's going to be very wet and very windy again so I hope you are well

  • today oh hello to the live chat hello it's

  • nice to see you here today congratulations to Connell guess what

  • Connell you are first on the live chat

  • congratulations and jubilations you are the first one to join my life chat today

  • thank you very much colonel for joining me

  • also all we have Luis Mendez here today watching in France hello to you as well

  • also martha poland guadalupe hello guadalupe i made a mistake the other day

  • i said that guadalupe is a place in well our first of all i said it was in the

  • bahamas but it isn't it's actually the caribbean

  • so quite a loop is actually a place in the caribbean in fact nearby if i'm not

  • mistaken they actually filmed some of the scenes with Johnny Depp in Pirates

  • of the Caribbean yeah thank you Guadeloupe for joining me

  • today also Rolfie hello mr. Duncan and everyone I hope you are having a

  • wonderful day my day isn't too bad I will be honest with you I had a lovely

  • day yesterday because I was out and about in much Wenlock in the square

  • doing a live stream thank you once again to all those who joined me yesterday

  • Meeker is here watching in Japan hello Sally Sally Sally is joining the chit

  • chat today nice to see you here Anna Kobi is here also Christine earth

  • hello mr. Duncan you are looking good thank you very much I feel okay to be

  • honest I feel rather nice I don't know why but whenever the weather is good

  • when the Sun is out when everything is looking nice I don't know why I always

  • feel better I always feel happier when the weather

  • is nice when the Sun is out the sun is shining in

  • sky and everything is really nice so yes I do feel rather well today Maria Oh

  • Maria I am saying hello to Maria also Marina is here mirela lots of em's

  • mirela Maria also marina also yes mean hello Yasmine I don't understand what do

  • you mean you don't understand if you don't understand

  • guess what you can actually have captions on the live stream it's true

  • YouTube now has live captions so if you press this button on your computer

  • keyboard you can actually have live captions so not only can you watch me

  • live you can also see what I'm saying live as well isn't it amazing isn't

  • technology incredible I must say I think it is

  • hello Yasmine for those who are wondering when I'm on you can catch me

  • every Sunday Wednesday and Friday from 2 p.m. UK time so that is when I am on you

  • can watch me on Sunday Wednesday and Friday and who knows I might also have a

  • little surprise livestream like yesterday hello Theo hello also 2

  • minutes or menisci hello mr. Duncan welcome

  • welcome to you as well sweetness how are you doing d teacher your dear teacher is

  • feeling okay today not too bad also we have a mitt and Maria again Pedro all

  • paid Belmont is here today say hello and

  • maybe goodbye as well hello also to Palmyra Anna Rosso so many

  • people are already with me on the live chat we have a lot of things to talk

  • about today one of the subjects we'll be discussing

  • is something that was brought up yesterday so someone brought up this

  • particular subject yesterday so soon we will be talking all about time how to

  • express time in English words connected with time also I will be having a little

  • contest as well I will be showing some of the times on the clock so there will

  • be some times displayed on the clock here in the studio and what I want you

  • to tell me is what the time is how to say it in English so we are going to

  • have a little bit of fun with that later on lots of words connected with time

  • also something else I want to mention I know we live in an age of equality

  • fairness everyone has now decided to be kind and nice to each other

  • well almost however there are people now who are starting to disagree with

  • certain words certain words that contain the male gender or the word man for

  • example we have man hole can you see that I know it's very tiny but I do have

  • a very small man hole so here is the word man hole as you can see the word

  • man hole has the word man in it it contains the word man so man hole is an

  • opening in the ground normally used to hide drains or sewage

  • or maybe the opening to a utility area so something that you have to access

  • that is underground you normally have a manhole so these days people are saying

  • mr. Duncan and everyone else on planet earth maybe you shouldn't be saying

  • manhole anymore perhaps we should have a new word instead of manhole what do you

  • think another one is mankind so when we talk about humanity when we talk about

  • people human beings Homo sapiens we talk about mankind so everything that happens

  • everything that humans do the evolution of humans we often talk about the

  • evolution of mankind mankind the events that have shaped humanity we often used

  • the word mankind so again another word that perhaps we could change to

  • something else what about people kind or person kind here's another one if I can

  • get it out of my hand oh here's another one

  • man hours so we have man hours man hours this relates to the number of hours that

  • a person has worked or the amount of time it will take to do something so

  • when we say man hours we are actually saying how long something will take or

  • how many hours it will require for something to be done so how many man

  • hours will it take to build that wall how many man hours so once again we are

  • using the word man in a phrase or word so man hours how

  • many man-hours will it take to build that wall how many man-hours will it

  • require to do that thing man-hours so the amount of time taken or the amount

  • of time it will take to do something oh here's another one

  • manpower manpower so we have man-hours and also manpower so manpower just

  • relates to the number of people required to do something maybe you need more

  • manpower it means you need more people to do something so you can see once

  • again we are using the word manner but is it is it a good thing or a bad thing

  • manpower manpower you need something Derner maybe something that takes a lot

  • of effort or work we often say manpower we need more manpower

  • we need more people to help then we have manhandle oh hello man handle a man

  • handle or to manhandle something because this is actually a verb you are using

  • this as a verb so man handle means to push someone or to shove a person so if

  • you are pushing a person around if you are pushing them around maybe you are

  • hitting them with your elbow or you are shaking them with your hands to shake a

  • person is to manhandle someone perhaps you are putting someone into a car by

  • force you are making them get into the car we can say that you are manhandling

  • them to treat someone roughly to push a person around is manhandle you

  • manhandle something here's another one oh here's an old one if you've ever seen

  • the film Titanic you might hear this phrase being used

  • man the lifeboats if you man the lifeboats it means you

  • get in to the lifeboats so you are telling everyone to get in to the

  • lifeboats the ship is starting to sink

  • man the lifeboats man the lifeboats it means you want people to get in to the

  • lifeboats you are using this as a distress call so you use this to tell

  • people to abandon the ship you must man the lifeboats to man

  • something is to control it to take control of something here's another one

  • man-sized so if something is man-sized it means it is larger than it normally

  • is so if something can be described as man-sized it is larger than normal so

  • maybe if you buy something that is larger than it normally is we can

  • describe it as man-sized something is oversized it is larger than it normally

  • is perhaps you buy some man-sized tissues that means that this is larger

  • than it normally is so we might describe this tissue paper as man-sized if it is

  • larger then it normally is if it is bigger than the regular size we can say

  • that it is man's

  • man-sized something is larger than normal and finally oh we have one more

  • man-made so something that has been created artificially something that has

  • not been created in nature is man-made it is artificial it is not real or maybe

  • something that is a copy of a thing from nature so instead of it being natural it

  • is man-made something that is created by a person something that does not create

  • or is not created in nature is man-made you might have man-made leather so

  • instead of killing animals you can recreate the appearance of animal skin

  • artificially it is man-made I hope you enjoyed that something different to

  • start off today's livestream don't forget if you like what you see don't

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  • thank you very much I do appreciate it we are talking about time I suppose we

  • should also mention shall I mention it ok then I'm going to mention it right

  • now yeah coronavirus yes the situation is getting worse however one man appears

  • to have a cure well at least he says he does anyway you may have heard this in

  • the news I'm not sure if you did or maybe you haven't heard about this but

  • this particular man his name is Jim Baker

  • he is at La Evangelist he's an evangelist he talks about God he tries

  • to convert people he gets people to tune into his television show and also he is

  • also I think he's on the internet now as well

  • however Jim Baker there he is that's him he is an evangelist and he

  • had a product on his show a few days ago and he was claiming that the product is

  • a cure for coronavirus however he has got into trouble because it hasn't been

  • approved by the Food and Drink Administration the FDA in the United

  • States they are the group who has to approve everything before it is sold and

  • also if you claim that something can do a certain thing you have to prove it you

  • have to tell people you have to give evidence that the thing you are selling

  • can really do what you say it can do so Jim Baker the other day was trying to

  • sell some special medicine $300 by the way the medicine is so it's rather

  • expensive but apparently there is no scientific proof or that there hasn't

  • been no testing on this particular thing so Jim Baker has got into trouble for

  • claiming to have the cure for coronavirus but what do you think

  • how are you protecting yourself from the deaded the dreaded coronavirus how are

  • you protecting yourself are you taking care of yourself I hope so

  • so here we are what time is it oh look at the time it is half past two already

  • we are talking about time today and I thought it would be a good idea to have

  • a mystery idiom all about time so here it is so this is

  • my mystery idiom something for you to look at and maybe you can guess what the

  • answer is so all you have to do is tell me what you see on the screen the

  • mystery idiom and it is connected with time so there it is today's mystery

  • idiom the time mystery idiom it is a well known expression in English but

  • what is it what is the mystery idiom I don't know mr. Duncan I hope you will

  • tell me later on yes I will give you the answer later on don't worry don't fear

  • the answer will be coming later on right now we are going to have a look at one

  • of my full English lessons on my YouTube channel and also on my website by the

  • way yes there is a website as well I have my own website I will just quickly

  • put it on the screen so you can see it here it is very briefly my new website

  • is now up and running you can find all of my lessons on my youtube channel and

  • also on my new website so there is lots to see on that website and thank you

  • very much for all your lovely comments about my new website thank you very much

  • it's very kind of you to to say all the things you have been saying isn't that

  • lovely thank you very much for that here we go then talking of my lessons here is

  • an excerpt from one of my full English lessons and this is taken from one of my

  • well known English series this is episode 14 of full English

  • and then after that we are going to talk all about time

  • cows in a field all being good cows in a field chewing the cud to chew the curd

  • as an idiom means to talk about general things in a friendly way or to consider

  • something carefully you are chewing the curd

  • just like this cow

  • these cows seem very friendly don't you think

  • can you see what I have on my back it is a very useful thing for carrying stuff

  • around and walks him it is a backpack a backpack helps to keep your hands-free

  • while carrying things you put stuff in your backpack so you don't have to carry

  • anything in your hands a backpack can be small and lightweight or it can be very

  • large and hold many things hikers often use backpacks so as to allow them to

  • carry many items at once safety equipment waterproof clothing

  • survival gear or even a fold away tent can be carried on your back using a

  • backpack the most common type of backpack looks like this something not

  • too large and not too small very convenient for when you have lots of

  • things to carry you can carry a small backpack over both shoulders or just

  • over one some backpacks even have wheels on them so they can be pulled around

  • like a trolley a backpack can also be called a rucksack

  • you are not going to believe what I'm about to say but say it I will most

  • native speakers of English make mistakes while using the language that is to say

  • in their day-to-day use of English there are many reasons for this first there is

  • the consideration of the accent being used some English accents clip or alter

  • the way in which English is used this applies to both British and American

  • English speakers the speed at which some people speak English changes the sounds

  • of certain words if you add accent and speed together then you will get a very

  • different sounding version of English from a grammatical point of view

  • mistakes are often made by native speakers double negatives such as I

  • didn't do nothing are common in everyday speech the use of certain words can also

  • lead to mistakes being made confusion between words such as historic and

  • historical affect and effect allude and allude assume and presume these are just

  • some examples of common mistakes made by native English speakers

  • then there is the spelling of certain words native English speakers will often

  • spell certain words incorrectly good examples of this include amount

  • fascinate necessary definitely achieve acknowledge success

  • imitate familiar scissors and vacuum there are of course many others my point

  • here is that even though a person speaks and uses English as their first language

  • they will still be prone to making the occasional mistake it would be fair to

  • say that on a daily basis very few native English speakers get it right all

  • the time and that includes me it is possible to have time on your hands to

  • have time on your hands means that you have plenty of spare time you are doing

  • nothing at the moment you have lots of time on your hands we

  • can ask a person do you have time to see me could you spare some time for me next

  • week when are you free to be free is to have spare time the word spare can also

  • be a verb to spare some time is to make sure you will be free you offer your

  • time to someone at a certain time you will be free and available time ticks by

  • it never stops time marches on the time and the place is when and where to run

  • out of time is where all things come to an end you are out of time

  • hmm don't worry don't fear it's okay we haven't run out

  • of time yet we still have plenty of time to do lots of things

  • time time time time waits for no man hi everybody I hope you are okay today here

  • we are the end of a very hectic week in many parts of the world wherever you are

  • watching at the moment can I say a big hello I hope you are well and happy and

  • I hope you will have a great weekend as well because the weekend is just around

  • the corner are you doing something interesting I hope so

  • we are talking all about time today I think we should start now shall we start

  • talking about time ok it's time to do it let's talk about time shall we let's

  • talk all about the past the present and the future it's time to talk about time

  • so when we talk about time well what does it mean to you when we say time

  • what does it mean to you well the actual meaning of time and also the origins of

  • time are quite interesting for example the word time comes from Germanic and is

  • related to the word tide so quite often you might find that tide and time are

  • related to each other and certainly in the past the way the word time evolved

  • and is connected with tide the sea as it comes in and out time can be expressed

  • as a noun and verb we can express time as both a noun and verb so time is the

  • thing but also we can time something we can see how long something takes to

  • happen so time is the thing but also we can time

  • something you can time it I wanted time you're running I want to see how long it

  • takes for you to run from there to there I am going to time you so we can use the

  • word time in more than one way as both a noun and verb as a noun time defines the

  • indefinite continued process of existence and events in the past present

  • and future regarded as a whole so everything that happens around us be it

  • in the past the present or the future is time as a noun time defines the

  • indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past present

  • and future regarded as a whole so that means everything as everything happens

  • not just here not just on this planet but also in the solar system in the

  • galaxy in the universe time is everything also we have oh this

  • is interesting the continued progress of existence as affecting people and things

  • so the continued progress as we talk about progress we are talking about

  • movement the way things move on all forward so a person might move forward

  • we might also say that time moves forward time progresses it moves it is

  • always changing the two things are closely linked time or an amount of time

  • as reckoned by a conventional standard and this is something we will be looking

  • at today so this looks very complicated this sentence on your screen

  • now looks quite complex so time or an amount of time as reckoned so when we

  • say reckoned we mean worked out you have come to a result of something by working

  • it out by a conventional standard so conventional means something that is the

  • same everywhere so something that matches another thing or a type of

  • behavior that is the same so we talk about standard time so the way in which

  • we follow time the way in which we read time is all conventional it is all

  • standard however as we will find out later time can be very complex the

  • personification of time typically as an old man with the scythe and an hourglass

  • we call him father time would you like to see father time right now here he is

  • he's not a very happy looking man by the way so there he is

  • father time he doesn't look very happy so when we see father time we think of

  • the progression of time as we go through time as we move from one moment to the

  • next so maybe as the minutes come and go maybe the days they come and go the

  • years come and go father time never stops moving

  • he is always pushing time ahead he is always making sure that time always

  • moves on so there he is father time thank you

  • he's gone now he doesn't look very happy does he then we can say the past the

  • present the future in English quite often

  • we will have the past the present and the future in grammar so quite often in

  • grammar we will describe something as happening in the past happening now or

  • happening later so it has happened it is happening it will happen the past the

  • present the future and quite often in English we will use those particular

  • points of time as a reference and we often use grammar or grammar rules to

  • define those moments we can use the word temporal to express the concept of time

  • so the whole idea of time can be described as temporal temporal and yes

  • the word can be used in other ways as well the word temporal comes from the

  • Latin word Tempest so you will often hear people talk about tempo or temporal

  • when they are talking about the movement of time here's another one the rhythmic

  • beat of something can also be called tempo so the movement or the rhythm of

  • something is also tempo which of course refers to the rate of something

  • occurring quite often sound you will hear something occurring at regular

  • intervals or irregular tempo the pace of sound the rhythm of something we often

  • describe it as being the tempo light space time and gravity wait there light

  • space time and gravity can all affect each other in

  • unique ways yes believe it or not light space time and gravity can all affect

  • each other in unique ways special ways so even though these things seem

  • separate they can all come together and combine thank you very much for your

  • company today lots of people joining in I know this is a very complex subject

  • but I think also it's very interesting as well here we go

  • the speed of light so when we are talking about time and distance we are

  • often talking about how fast something is moving or how quickly something gets

  • from one place to another and quite often we will talk about the speed of

  • light especially when we are looking up into space the speed of light is the

  • distance of an object the amount of time or the force of gravity so all of these

  • things can be used separately they come separately however they can be linked as

  • well so we have the speed of light the distance of an object the amount of time

  • and also the force of gravity so it would seem that these things are

  • separate they are not connected however they are these are the things

  • that Albert Einstein used to conclude his theory of relativity so everything

  • is connected everything you might think that they are not however they are and

  • thanks to Albert Einstein we now have the theory of relativity hmm which

  • allows us to look at many things in a new way we can even go back in time just

  • to see what the galaxy and the universe looked like in the past it's amazing so

  • I love this subject very much it gets me very excited when

  • I'm talking about this as you can tell how long does it take for the sunlight

  • to reach the earth so here is a good example of light speed for example when

  • the light leaves the Sun it doesn't arrive here straight away it has to

  • travel it has to travel here so how long does it take for sunlight to reach the

  • earth Christina says Oh time goes by very quickly sometimes it does I think

  • as you get older time goes very quickly and also if you are having a good time

  • if you are having fun we often say that time flies when you are having fun it is

  • true be excellent make excellent says mr. Duncan I like your lesson it is

  • interesting to learn English I am watching or I have been watching for 14

  • years thanks for making your lovely English YouTube channel how can I

  • contact you I want to talk to you well here is the place to talk to me because

  • I'm live right now so this is the best place to catch me if you want to talk to

  • me live Luis Mendez gives us some interesting information the speed of

  • light is 300,000 kilometers a second that is fast so how long does it take

  • the sunlight so as the Sun produces light how long does it take to get here

  • it takes 8 minutes 8 minutes in fact I think it's slightly more than 8 minutes

  • I'm sure it's 8 minutes and 20 seconds but it is around 8 minutes it takes the

  • sunlight the light from the Sun to reach us and it's quite a long way it has to

  • come as well we can calculate the distance of objects in space by using

  • the speed of light as reference so we can measure how far away

  • something is by working out how long it takes the light to reach us so we often

  • call this light years so when you hear a person talking about light years what

  • they are saying is how long it takes light to reach us and by working that

  • out you can tell how far away something is and we can do it quite accurately

  • because now we have lots of super ways of working out how fast light travels

  • how long it takes to get here and by that we can also work out the distance

  • of objects even if they are very far away there are many ways of asking for

  • the time so maybe you are walking around the street perhaps you are lost and you

  • don't know what time it is there are many ways of asking for the time so

  • let's have a look you can ask what time is it what time is it so yes a very

  • simple way of asking for the time I want to know what time it is what time is it

  • so if you are asking this as a question this is what you will say this is what

  • you will ask what time is it do you have the correct time do you have the correct

  • time do you have the time on you so we might ask if a person is wearing a watch

  • so if someone is wearing a watch they can tell you what time it is

  • right now so what time is it do you have the correct time do you have the time on

  • you what is the time what is the time right now the time is

  • five minutes to three so at the moment it's five to three five minutes before

  • three o'clock on a Friday and this is English addict helping you to master the

  • English language step by step we can express time as information so when we

  • say that we are expressing time as information we are normally saying what

  • time it is or maybe what day of the week it is

  • or maybe what date it is so the date or even the month or even the year so all

  • of these things relate to information connected to time so you are giving

  • information you are telling a person what time it is

  • you are telling them what the day is what the date is what the month is and

  • also what the year is all of those things relate to information connected

  • to time and if you ask a person what time it is

  • they might say it's it's now it's approaching it's coming up - it's almost

  • so first of all it's that is the present time it's three minutes to three it's

  • now three minutes to three o'clock it's approaching through a clock it's coming

  • up to three o'clock it's almost three o'clock so you can see that there is a

  • slight difference that refers to the time now that refers to the time right

  • now that refers to the time it will be su

  • so it is approaching three o'clock it is coming up to three o'clock

  • it isn't three o'clock yet it is almost 3 o'clock it's almost 3 o'clock which it

  • is right now you might also notice when people write the date and also the month

  • and the year sometimes you will see it in a different order so for example in

  • the UK we will say the day date month year and in the USA they will often say

  • the day month date and year so it will be the other way round

  • would you like an example ok then I have an example right here for example well

  • let's use today's date shall we today's date is the 6th of

  • March 2020 but in American English people will often say March 6 2020 so in

  • British English we often put the date first and then the month in American

  • English they will often put the month first and then the date so you can see

  • it written down here so the 6th of the 3rd 20 is the 6th of March 2020 the 6th

  • of March 2020 however in America and in many parts of the world they will say it

  • is the 3rd month the sixth day of 2020 so it can be a little bit confusing

  • especially here can you see these dates look as if they are naming different

  • times of the year first of all this says the 6th of the 3rd so sick of March

  • however the this looks like it is saying the 3rd of

  • June so it is wrong it is wrong so that is not British that is saying today is

  • the 3rd the 6th of March 2020 so that is something that can catch you out

  • sometimes you have to be very careful when you are reading the date in that

  • form like that so today's date is the 6th of March 2020

  • that's how you will describe it that's how you will say what day it is

  • we are going to have a look at the clock in a moment but first of all oh hello

  • everyone hello to the live chat lots of people joining me now thank you

  • very much for joining me on the 6th of March 2020 and of course it is Friday

  • thank goodness it is Friday and the weather outside is lovely it's ever so

  • nice would you like to have a look outside ah look at that shall we have

  • the sound as well

  • Oh oh he's not lovely a beautiful day today it really does

  • feel as if spring is in the air it really does I'm feeling rather excited

  • to say the least

  • hmm I hope you are feeling good as well hello - Mika I don't want to leave here

  • but unfortunately it is now midnight in Japan because of the time difference and

  • this is one of the very confusing things about being live on YouTube now I start

  • my live streams at 2 o'clock here in the UK but of course the time is not the

  • same all around the world so each person has their own time zone so in Asia they

  • are ahead however in South America they are behind

  • they are behind us and here well here it is now three minutes past three o'clock

  • so quite often the time zone can mean that you might miss my livestream so it

  • might be very early in the morning so you are still in bed

  • or it might be very late at night which means that you are also in bed because

  • it's nighttime so that is one of the problems with time zones however the

  • reason why I choose 2 p.m. UK time the reason why I choose 2 p.m. UK time is

  • because it's kind of in the middle so lots and lots of people will have a

  • chance to watch me live however it is a big problem it really is good night Mika

  • and I hope to see you again I will be back with you on Sunday and of course

  • yes mr. Steve will be here as well on Sunday he will be back so now in China

  • apparently in China it is now 4 minutes past 11 o'clock at night in China so

  • there is a very good example of the time zones so here in the UK it is now coming

  • up to five minutes past three however in China it is coming up

  • to five minutes past 11:00 at night so the time zones can create a lot of

  • confusion even for me sometimes I get very confused by it although it doesn't

  • take very much I have been asked to talk about how to tell the time and how to

  • express it in English so when we look at the clock I have a clock here would you

  • like to see my lovely clock here it is oh very nice and as you can see my clock

  • at the moment says 12 o'clock so at the moment my clock says 12 o'clock it is 12

  • o'clock however this particular time can be expressed in more than one way for

  • example if it is 12 o'clock in the morning then it is midnight so as the

  • day changes as the day changes we have midnight and then after midnight the new

  • day will begin so midnight 12 o'clock 12 a.m.

  • some people say 12 a.m. because as soon as 12 o'clock arrives the time changes

  • so we go from p.m. 2 a.m.

  • night morning

  • midnight it is midnight so we're going to look at the ways in which we can

  • express the hours first of all so how do we express the hours let's have a look

  • shall we oh look at that I have some lovely

  • clocks on the screen that I have prepared so first of all we have 12

  • o'clock as I just mentioned you can call this midnight or if it happens during

  • the morning and afternoon midday so midnight as its name suggests is

  • nighttime and midday is the daytime quite often people will have their lunch

  • at midday noon is another way of describing this time so you can say it

  • is noon it is 12 o'clock it's lunchtime if it's night it is midnight it is time

  • to go to bed a new day has just started then we have 1 o'clock 1 o'clock again

  • it can be expressed as AM or PM a.m. this morning p.m. is night so AM PM 1

  • o'clock 2 o'clock 3 o'clock shall we carry on ok

  • 4 o'clock five o'clock six o'clock 7 o'clock

  • eight o'clock nine o'clock ten o'clock eleven o'clock and then of course we

  • return we return to this midnight we are back at midnight midnight is here o

  • midday if it's during the day so it is always worth remembering that there are

  • more than one way or there is more than one way to express this particular time

  • it can be midday or midnight depending if it's during the day or at night I

  • know some people might find this very easy however there are those who want to

  • learn how to express it in English so they might be able to say it in their

  • own language however sometimes expressing the time in English can be a

  • little difficult it can would you like to have the answer to today's mystery

  • idiom here it comes so here is the answer to the mystery

  • idiom the mystery idiom so what I asked you to do was to look at this picture

  • and tell me what the well-known phrase is this is a well-known phrase in

  • English but what is the phrase I will give you a few more seconds to guess

  • does anyone know what this well-known expression in English is I will give you

  • a few moments and then I will give you the answer what is this mystery idiom

  • Muhammad Fire's says time is precious it is more precious than anything in the

  • world I think you are right yes hello - it

  • guide ete guide hello Vietnam all hello to Vietnam I do have a lot of people

  • watching in Vietnam so what is the mystery idiom you can see there is a

  • picture and you can see lots of clocks but you are also looking at signs as

  • well and here is the answer here is the answer right now a sign of the times of

  • course mr. Duncan you naughty man yes now it makes sense so when we talk about

  • a sign of the times well the meaning an indication of how the present day is

  • moving normally used in a negative way to show how things are changing for the

  • worse bad things that appear to be occurring

  • more and more are seen as being a sign of the times so quite often when things

  • start getting bad or maybe people start behaving in a bad way we might say that

  • it is a sign of the times and quite often we will use this in a negative way

  • a negative way things are getting much worse in the world unfortunately it is a

  • sign of the times because bad things are happening

  • I hope you enjoyed that that was today's mystery idiom we don't always have one

  • but today I thought we would hello to the live chat we are going to it to have

  • a look at expressing time in a moment in a few moments oh there are quite a few

  • phrases by the way that you can use with time for example you can say all in good

  • time we will get around to doing something later

  • don't worry relax don't worry all in good time it will happen have patience

  • everything will happen all in good time take it easy don't worry too much here's

  • another one connected to clocks beat the clock you try to do something in a

  • limited period of time so maybe you only have a few moments to do something so

  • you have to beat the clock you have to do something quickly before the time

  • comes to an end you have to beat the clock you have to do something within a

  • certain period of time here's a good one a ticking time bomb if something is a

  • ticking time bomb it means it is a danger that hasn't been discovered yet a

  • danger that exists that might cause a problem damage injury in the future so

  • you might describe something that is dangerous

  • something that might cause injury as a ticking time bomb

  • a ticking time bomb it is an idiom that means a danger or something that might

  • cause injury in the future take your time when we tell a person to take their

  • time Oh take your time there is no need to rush relax take your

  • time don't rush don't hurry take your time take your time there is no need to

  • rush oh I like this here is a great expression time and tide wait for no man

  • time and tide wait for no man this is a great phrase a lovely proverb that means

  • time won't wait for you you have to make the most of it you can't wait for time

  • to give you the answer or to give you an opportunity because it's constantly

  • moving unfortunately you can't stop time time is always moving just like the

  • oceans the oceans constantly move the tide is always moving time and tide wait

  • for no man I like that one you might have some spare time you might have a

  • little bit of time on your hands so if you have spare time it means you have

  • free time you have time to do something else or maybe you just want to sit and

  • relax so when you have spare time it means you have time to yourself you have

  • time to relax you have some spare time so when we say spare it means extra or

  • maybe something that is free free so something you can use

  • in a certain way if his spare spare it is available time and time again if

  • something is repeating itself maybe you make the same mistake many times if you

  • do the same thing again and again we can say time and time again I keep making

  • the same mistakes time and time again I really do here's another good one work

  • around the clock if you work around the clock

  • it means you work for very long hours you work for many hours without a break

  • or maybe your shift the hours that you work is long you have to work around the

  • clock your working time is very long you have to work for many hours as I

  • mentioned earlier you might have some spare time you might have time on your

  • hands so if you have some time maybe a person wants you to help them with a

  • project or something that they need help with you might have some time on your

  • hands so you can help them you can help them you have time on your hands

  • finally I like this one this is one of my favorite proverbs this is one of my

  • all-time favorite proverbs there's no time like the present there is no time

  • like the present don't wait don't hesitate because time

  • will not hang around there is no time like the present if you want to do

  • something with your life maybe you want to change your behavior or maybe you

  • want to change your habits there is no time like the present

  • do it now mr. Duncan is noon the same as

  • midday yes it is so when we say noon we mean midday or some people say lunchtime

  • as well so some people see 12 o'clock during the day as lunchtime a lot of

  • people will have their lunch at midday or as we often say here in the UK noon I

  • will see you at noon and then after 12 o'clock

  • it is afternoon and that's why we say after noon oh wow so much information

  • today I hope you've enjoyed this I really do I hope you've enjoyed this a

  • lot thank you very much for your company today I will be going soon by the way

  • first of all we are going to take another look at my clock here it is

  • do you like my clock I'm now going to test you on how how well you can

  • actually express the time in English so now we have a certain time on the screen

  • or it will be in a moment what I want you to tell me is what time is on my

  • clock so I want you to write it down on the live chat as if you are expressing

  • it in English here it comes and I will give you a few moments to

  • give me the answer as well so here it comes

  • what time is on my clock

  • what time does it say on my clock can you express it in English what time is

  • it on my clock so this is the first part of today's little quiz please tell me

  • what the time is on my clock you can see that the small hand is on 6 and the big

  • hand is on 3 but what time is it how do we express this in English how do we

  • express this in English and there is more than one way don't forget

  • so there is not just one way of expressing this you can express it in

  • other ways as well hmm time's up I've missed that cock I really

  • have missed that cock so how do we express this particular time we can

  • express it as quarter past six so it is quarter past six quarter past six or we

  • can also say 6:15 so in that case we are naming or numbering the number of

  • minutes past the hour so there you can see on the screen now there are fifteen

  • minutes past the hour past six o'clock so it is 6:15 it is quarter past six

  • quarter past six what about now what time is it now on my clock what time is

  • it now

  • what time is it on my clock what time is it on my clock but please write it in

  • English write it down in English so don't just

  • give me the numbers I want you to write it in English write it down so six what

  • what is it now there it is I think that's more clear now what time is it

  • now on my clock time's up literally five past six five past six it

  • is five past six we can also say six oh five as well so it is five minutes past

  • six five past six or six oh five so we are putting the our first and then the

  • minutes so six oh five or five past six

  • so this would be what what would this be what would this be

  • what do you think it would be please let me know what is it so we had five past

  • so how would you express this that's the music I wondered where the music had

  • gone then it disappeared so what time is it and then after this I am going to

  • give you another one but it will be very different from this very different so

  • what is it in this particular case it is ten past six ten minutes past six or we

  • can say 6:10 6:10 we can also say ten after six so it's ten after six

  • it is ten past six it is 6 10 so if you are saying it in English if you want to

  • actually say it and write it down that is how you will express it 10 past six

  • six 10 10 after six okay here's another one

  • I'm going to make it a little bit more difficult now a little bit more

  • difficult now what time is it

  • now Oh mr. Duncan you naughty man what time is it now by the way when I was at

  • school this is the time that the school used to close so my school day when I

  • was at school used to end at this time but what time is it what is the time

  • what is the time what is the time on my clock can you please write it down in

  • English write it down in English and let me know what it is you can see that the

  • little hand is nearly on four and the other hand the big hand is on eight how

  • would we express this in English again there is more than one way of doing this

  • more than one way of expressing this time but what time is it it's coming up

  • to the moment of truth you were late then my cock was late so what time is it

  • on my clock hmm some very interesting answers here okay so in English we will

  • often express this time as 22 for 22 for it is 20 minutes before 4 o'clock it is

  • 20 minutes away from 4 o'clock so there are many ways of describing and

  • expressing this particular time you might also say that it is for 4440 it is

  • 22 for sorry 340

  • 3:40 so it is 3:40 it is 20 minutes to fall and the reason why we say that is

  • because it's 40 minutes past 3 o'clock so it is now 40 minutes past 3:00 so we

  • say 340 340 or 22 fall so you can see it's very confusing even I was getting

  • confused then we never say 40 past 3:00 we don't say 40 past 3:00 we never say

  • that ever so we never say 40 past 3:00 you will never hear anyone say it when

  • they are telling you the time so if this is the time it is 340 22 for 20 minutes

  • away from 4 o'clock I hope that helps you shall we have one more because we

  • are coming up towards the end of today's livestream time has almost run out can

  • you believe it okay we will have one more roll fee says roll fee makes a very

  • good point it seems easy to tell the time but actually it's very difficult I

  • agree with you it is I remember when I was at school as a child they used to

  • have a big clock in the classroom and every day the teacher would ask all of

  • us one by one to tell the time on the clock and sometimes the teacher would

  • move the clock she would change the time and then ask different people in the

  • classroom so yes it is a difficult thing to do especially when it when it comes

  • to expressing it so when you when you want to express what time it is

  • sometimes it can be very difficult it can be hard I think so

  • he was another one

  • hmm Oh

  • so there it is I think this might be the last one today because we are running

  • out of time so what time is on my clock at the

  • moment what time is on my clock what time does it say on my clock what time

  • is it the big hand is on the nine the little hand is between 10:00 and 11:00

  • so it is coming towards 11:00 o'clock it is approaching 11:00 but what time is it

  • how do we express this particular time in English can you tell me well quite a

  • few people are getting it right for some reason many people know this one I don't

  • know why but it seems to be very familiar to many of you watching at the

  • moment ok so what time is it what time is on my clock we have more than one way

  • of describing this we can say that it is quarter to eleven quarter to eleven so

  • on my clock it says quarter to eleven we can also say it is 15 minutes before

  • eleven we can also say that it is 10:45 10:45 because forty-five minutes has

  • passed since 10 o'clock so we say 10:45 10:45 quarter to 11

  • Dean minutes away from 11 o'clock or 15 before 11 quarter to a quarter to so a

  • quarter so you can see we are dividing the clock up into sections so you have

  • five past ten past quarter past twenty past 25 past half past 25 to 22 quarter

  • to ten to five two and then of course we are back to the top of the hour so there

  • are some interesting ways of describing the time in fact when you think about it

  • there are many many ways of describing the time but what about now what time is

  • it now now the time is 333 all of the threes

  • so right now it is 3:30 3:30 three minutes past 3:00 o'clock here in the UK

  • which means that it's 27 minutes away from 4:00 o'clock here in the UK I don't

  • know what time it is where you are because I'm not there

  • sadly it is almost time for me to say goodbye can we call it 15 to 11 you

  • might say 15 before 11 it is 15 before 11 or 15 to 11 so yes you can but quite

  • often we will say quarter to quarter two because it is 15 minutes which is a

  • quarter of an hour

  • very interesting test thank you Christina I hope you enjoyed that I know

  • it seems like a very simple thing but as I've discovered in life quite often the

  • simplest things can be the most complex or complicated to explain trust me

  • it's true thank you very much for your company today thank you to everyone so

  • many lovely people here today thanks for joining me I will be back with you on

  • Sunday I am back on Sunday 2 p.m. UK time with more of this and don't forget

  • you can catch me Sunday Wednesday and Friday unfortunately we are now out of

  • time time has beaten us unfortunately I have run out of time my time is up

  • time's up mr. Duncan it is time for you to go can you say half - no you can't

  • you can never say half - you can always say half past so you never say half -

  • you always say half past so for example this time is always half past half past

  • ten half past ten so halfway is always expressed as half past half past you

  • might also say thirty minutes past so here you can see 30 minutes have pressed

  • 30 minutes past but quite often we will say half past it is half past ten half

  • past 10:00 or 10:30 I hope you've enjoyed today's class it has been a very

  • long one and to be honest with you I have given you a lot of information

  • today tons of information Thank You Rolfie congratulations mr.

  • Duncan thank you very much it's very kind of you thank you so much mr. Duncan

  • it was great mind yourself and see you on Sunday well

  • tomorrow I am out and about with mr. Steve we are going to a couple of places

  • tomorrow we are going to a place called lemming Tain's baa because mr. Steve

  • will be having some singing practice and then we are going to see my mummy

  • because my mother for those who have been watching my mother is not very well

  • at the moment however she is slowly on the road to recovery I am thankful to

  • say thank you very much I hope you have a good weekend stay happy stay safe

  • don't forget don't forget to wash your hands and stay clean stay away from that

  • horrible coronavirus and I will see you on Sunday 2:00 p.m. UK time

  • this is mr. Duncan that's me by the way in the birthplace of English saying

  • thanks for watching me today thanks for joining me

  • have a super day have a great weekend and I will see you very soon and of

  • course until the next time we meet here on YouTube

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