hello and welcome to news of you once again we are still at home of course
because of the corona virus outbreak we can't go to the BBC studios but we are
here from our homes bringing you the news and the headlines hi Catherine how
are you hello name hello everybody yes I'm fine thank you we have got a really
heartwarming story heaven way today we have yes 99 year old captain Tom Moore
has been raising money for charity by walking round and round his garden ok
well let's find out some more about that story from this BBC news report when
captain Moore started his fundraising effort last month he initially wanted to
thank the staff who treated him for cancer and a broken hip but as the virus
spread around the world so too did generosity for those working in crowded
hospitals each time the fundraising goal was met
it was increased mr. Moore has now walked the 100 laps of his 25 meter
garden 10 laps each day allowing time to recover before another effort and he
says he will keep walking as long as people keep donating so captain Tom 99
years old he's been walking around his garden to raise money for the National
Health Service also known as NHS here in the UK now his original target was to
raise one thousand pounds but right now as Neil and I are recording this show
he's raised over 12 million pounds that's about 15 million dollars for the
NHS it's an amazing achievement especially considering his age he's 99
and his health problems he's already beaten cancer and he's had several hip
operations so he's a wonderful guy raising lots of money for charity and
he's doing this because he wants to say thank you to the National Health Service
workers who've helped both him out and are helping out thousands of people who
are suffering from the coronavirus okay well you've been looking at
this story and you've been picking out headlines and vocabulary that's useful
to talk about it what have you found yes we have fundraiser uplifting and vet
fundraiser uplifting and vet okay let's see your first headline please yes we're
going to BBC views here in the UK coronavirus captain Tom Maas NHS
fundraiser reaches 12 million pounds fundraiser event organized to raise
money yes it's a two-word expression fund and raiser fu nd Rai ser now the
first part of this expression fund refers to money second part raiser while
we know the word raise if you raise something you make it go up so
fundraiser means money going up and that's it you make money if a fundraiser
is an event that makes money now in particular fundraisers make money for
charity or for good causes so Neil imagine there is in your street there is
somebody who has a health problem yeah and they want some treatment and you
want to help them make to get some money for this treatment what kind of things
could you do as a fundraiser well typical kind of things could be for
example I might decide to take part in a marathon or some some kind of difficult
physical challenge that people would give me money and that money would go
towards the cause or might organize some kind of event in the evening where
people pay money for a ticket yeah and the money from those tickets goes
towards the good cause well there might be an auction or something along those
lines yeah good sounds something yes or people also
some people cook they bake cakes and they sell them and the money they make
from the cake sale goes towards a particular charity or a cause so it's
make doing something that makes money for a charity or a good cause that's not
the end of the fundraiser story that are other ways you can use the word
fundraiser we talk about political fundraisers now the idea is the same you
do an event that makes money but it goes to a political party of your choice so
it's not quite the same as money for you know stray cats or people who were real
or making and you roof for the school or something like that but a political
fundraiser is an event that makes money for a political party yeah and also we
use this word to refer to the person who is raising the funds yes so captain Tom
Moore is a fundraiser he's organized a fundraiser the event
because he is a fundraiser somebody who's making money and this is actually
a job description as well you can be a paid fundraiser that's somebody who
organizes events to make money for particular charities okay brilliant
let's have a summary of that word
now time for our second headline please Katherine yes we are going now to the
Express and star still in the UK the headline uplifting news
drumming weatherman goes viral and veterans fundraiser hits 11 million
pounds uplifting making people feel happier yes and it's two words again up
lifted you P LIF TI ng written there's one word
first pot is up and that's the opposite of down up lifting is the act of making
something go higher so if you lifting something up you're making it higher put
them together uplifting but this is about the way people feel it's about
your feelings your mood if something is uplifting
it makes your mood or your feeling better it makes you happy yeah and this
is we're talking a figuratively here aren't we yes absolutely it isn't about
and nothing comes along and hold you and makes you go higher it's very sort of
idiomatic idea of your spirits your feeling your mood you just feel good you
can talk about lots of things can be opening the I love you what was the last
uplifting movie you saw oh well there are plenty of uplifting movies around
out then songs can be uplifting as well but I think the most uplifting things
I've heard or seen recently are some of these stories that have come out of the
coronavirus crisis for example the the singing on the balconies in Italy and
playing guitars and stuff the Rainbows the children have been
making and then here in the UK every Thursday at 8 o'clock people go on to
their out into the street or stand in their front doors and they clap to say
thank you to the health workers who are helping people in this terrible crisis
all of those things are really uplifting they are very uplifting things they make
you really feel good and that kind of another word for
uplifting we can talk about heartwarming if something's heartwarming it's the
same idea it makes you feel a little bit happy and fuzzy inside it makes you feel
good so uplifting or heartwarming the things that make you happy and feel good
really important at times like these very much so yeah okay let's have a
summary of that so talking of things that are uplifting we have an uplifting
hopefully video for you don't we Catherine we do so we thought we would
share with you the kind of things that we've been doing to keep busy while
we're all at home so if you want to find out what Neil's been doing amongst other
babysitting's English stuff click the link in the description and you can find
out and it's not what you expect no it does involve cucumbers though okay let's
have a look at our final headline please okay and we're finishing up today with
Sky News from the UK again ninety nine year old war vet raises millions for NHS
that person who used to be in the Armed Forces
you confused deal by this way well as you can imagine Catherine I'm very very
confused because I thought a vet was some kind of animal doctor yes that ve T
is an animal doctor it's short for veterinarian but this particular 99 year
old is not an animal doctor he's a war vet now vet in this case is short for
veteran ve ter a N and if you're a war veteran or a war vet you have been that
you have fought in a war it comes really from the United States it comes from
North America doesn't it originally but we know what it means over here in the
UK yes most certainly there was on people often talked about Vietnam
people who fought in the Vietnam War from America but it's common now in the
UK you can often use an adjective or another noun in front of it so you've
got war vet means somebody who fought in a war you can talk about an army vet
somebody who was in there in the unite in the army a Navy vet an Air Force vet
so somebody who used to be in the Armed Forces it also has a wider usage doesn't
it beyond the military just to mean somebody who is probably old and very
experienced in their particular field yes it does yes so you can be a vet in
your profession and still do your profession or often we'll use the word
veteran for this purpose so you can be a broadcasting veteran that means somebody
who's been doing TV or online or radio for a long long time they're still doing
it everybody knows who they are they're very well respected they're kind of
senior in their profession so you can be a broadcasting veteran somebody like
David Attenborough is a broadcasting vet you kneeled you keep going for a few
years and one day maybe one day I will be you will you're not far off it now
there were you now now you'll soon be abroad a living english veteran okay
let's have a summary of that please
find out for a summary of the vocabulary we've looked at today please Katherine
yes we had fundraiser event organized to make money we had uplifting making
people feel happier and we had vet person who used to be in the Armed
Forces if you want to test yourself on this vocabulary there's a quiz you can
take on our website BBC learning english.com
you can find all kinds of other things videos quizzes to help you improve your
English do stay safe everybody and we'll see you next time goodbye say bye