They say that a change is as good as a rest well I have had both so
I must be feeling very relaxed and laid-back today
hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you oh wait there a moment something's wrong
here oh there you are I'm very sorry I was facing the wrong way I had my back to you
well here we are went again with another edition of mr. Duncan's full English yes another serving
of piping hot English is about to be served so please take your seats and let the full English
soiree begin oh by the way soiree is a French word meaning evening meal or social gathering
can you see what sort of day it is here the weather today is cold and icy there
is frost on the ground and the air is frigid the word frigid means cold it can also be used
to describe a person who is unemotional and cold-hearted if a person shows no affection
towards others in any way or seems distant and uninterested in making friends we can
say that they are frigid the word refrigerator derives from the word frigid and the word frigid
derives from the Latin word for cold talking of which there is a harsh frost on the ground
here today which is caused by moisture freezing on the surface of the ground
today is a chilly day it's an icy one it's nippy it's colder than a penguins breakfast
if I was given the choice between being hot or feeling cold I know which one I would choose
I'm not a fan of the cold weather I find going out on a freezing day tiring your body uses up
much more energy when it is cold so you get tired easily your hands and feet become numb
and if there is a cold wind too then your face will freeze to the point where you cannot speak
oh yes I'm very sure that if I was given the choice I would always choose a hot day over a
cold one every time whilst walking out on a day like this you are bound to come across
some patches of ice you might even find a frozen area such as a pool or lake there is
an idiom in English that relates to ice if a person is doing something that might get them
into trouble we can say that they are skating on thin ice or treading on thin ice this person
is running the risk of being punished they are tempting fate by doing something dangerous or
risky the boss has noticed that you keep coming in late for work you are really skating on thin ice
there are words in English that have been formed by joining one or more separate words together
these are called compound words to compound is to push and mix more than one thing together to
form something new a compound word is the result of joining two or more words together many other
languages besides English have compound words in them there are many compound words in English
commonly used compound words include inside upon in to because another cannot without a
noun can perfectly describe the use of something as a compound word dog house
bird cage fishbowl tow boat dishcloth worktop screwdriver a compound word can be formed by
using more than two words examples include in so much notwithstanding counterclockwise
plainclothesman aforementioned henceforth nevertheless it would be fair to say that
compound words are commonplace in English you might even say that they are everywhere
you may have noticed that many words in English have more than one meaning or use a good example
of this is the word sense at first glance this seems like a simple basic word but in fact sense
has many connotations we can make sense of something which means to understand it we
can sense that something is wrong which means to feel or perceive an approaching danger or
event we can be senseless or do something senseless this means that the action has
no motive or justification a senseless act is an action that is irrational and unreasonable
to say that something makes no sense is to express bewilderment and confusion none of
this makes any sense to me then of course we can express the opposite and say that
something makes perfect sense that action is justified it all makes perfect sense to me
can you see what I'm playing with here these are foxes well in fact they are just models but
I really like the way they have been made the person who made them has really captured their
character we can describe a person as being foxy this means that the person in question
can be sly and cunning just like a fox there is even the phrase as cunning as a fox which
describes this type of person perfectly a sly and cunning person might also be described as
sharp sneaky shrewd wily crafty and devious that person is as cunning as a fox by the way
a young fox is called a vixen and a group of foxes can be referred to as a skill or a leash
can you see what I'm carrying here I have an armful of logs these are for the wood
burner in my house I burn these logs in a log burner the word log can be used in
many ways as a verb it means to record the details of something normally in writing
you write down the details of something you log it a journal can be described as a log
to chop down trees on a large scale and then sell the wood is logging to sign in or enter
your password on a computer is to log in or log on then there is the noun that describes
the pieces of wood that have been chopped up a single log a log pile or an armful of logs
all ready to go on the log burner so as to keep me nice and warm during this cold spell
Oh
if you are a regular viewer then you will know that I love food can you guess what
my most favourite snack is the thing I like to nibble on the most the one food I often
get a craving for okay I will tell you my most favourite snack is cheese yes it is true I love
to nibble on cheese there are many reasons why I love cheese firstly there are so many varieties
so many flavours of cheese from mild to extra mature cheese's can vary in shape and colour
too some are round and white while others can be square in red some cheese's have a strong odour
cheese is made from the milk of a cow or goat each type of cheese has its own name this name
normally relates to where it was originally produced for example cheddar cheese was first
made in cheddar Somerset which is in the UK red Leicester cheese was first made in
Leicestershire and is red in colour one of the smelliest cheese's must be the variety known
as stinking bishop this cheese is also produced here in the UK in the county of Gloucestershire
each country has its own famous cheese France has its camembert cheese Greece has its feta
cheese which is made from goat's milk Italy has its parmesan cheese which is normally
grated and sprinkled on to pasta or you could try some mozzarella cheese which is used to
make pizza topping there are many hundreds of varieties of cheese around the world all
of which I would love to try but sadly I cannot as I would put on weight and get very very fat
when people take photographs of their friends and family they
normally ask the subjects to say cheese as it encourages everyone being photographed
to smile cheese I must say all this talk of cheese is making me feel quite hungry
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that is all for me for today I hope you have enjoyed this full English
lesson join me again very soon won't you for full English number seven this
is mr. Duncan in a cold and frosty England which is of course the birthplace of the
English language saying to you take care until next time and of course stay warm
and ta ta for now
hey who ate my cheese?