0398_to dig deep

0398 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to dig deep
中譯/中文意思: 深究/深入了解
Dialog at: 4:32 and 8:37

A: So, how was DDM100?
B: It was great! We dug deep into sandwiches.
A: Sandwiches?
B: Yeah! Coach Shane and his mom showed us how to make four different kinds of typical, American sandwiches!



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression, the podcast. Thank you so much for listening to this podcast. So today’s expression, it’s a good one, it’s “to dig deep”. To dig, D-I-G, that means, you know, you make a hole in the ground. I got a shovel or you used your finger and you started digging. Dogs like to dig in the ground and inside the hole they would put their bone and hide it. And then later, they’ll dig it back up and chow on their bone. That’s dogs do. To dig, if you dig really, really, really deep in the ground, you will find water. And people who live in the country usually have a well. They get their water from the ground. They dig a well. But to dig a well where I live, you have to dig deep. I see, right now, I live in the desert. There is no water anywhere so I gotta dig, dig, dig, and maybe finally, eventually, if you dig deep enough, you might find some water. Unfortunately, we have some lakes.

But today deep is a great expression and we use it especially when we study or when we have a nice conversation or if there is a debate between politicians. Or maybe on a radio show, you listen to talk radio show. “To dig deep” means to talk about a subject in depth. Not just to talk, you know, 5 minutes about the subject, but really analyze the subject to look the history of the subject, to listen to the different opinions about the subject, to discuss, to debate it, to find the good things, to find the bad things, to really get a good understanding, to dig deep.

Now, you know, some people love math. And I don’t know, me, I’m just not a fan of math. And the reason is, I know the reason, it’s because my old teacher, my old teacher’s name is xxxx. He was the worst, I am sorry, Mr. xxx, but you know, it’s true. He was the worst math teacher, perhaps in the USA. And he was extremely boring. He would say: “Okay, today, we’re going to learn this couple of examples, now do your homework“. That was it. Extremely boring. He said and read wrestling magazines. ?? big style, graco wrestling magazine. He’s a wrestling coach. He was the worst math teacher in the world. It’s just terrible. But I had another teacher, he’s name was xxx. And he told, basically, international politics. Oh, I loved that class. It’s so interesting because we dug deep. He would say: “Okay, today, I want you guys to read chapter3 and that was homework.” And then we come in to class and he would ask us questions about chapter3. And then, he would ask questions about our answers and then we’ll keep asking questions and keep discussing it. It was great. I love Mr. xxx’s class, his classes. We loved because he dug deep. I’ll talk a little bit more after you guys listen to the dialog:

A: So, how was DDM100?

B: It was great! We dug deep into sandwiches.

A: Sandwiches?

B: Yeah! Coach Shane and his mom showed us how to make four different kinds of typical, American sandwiches!

It’s true. DDM100, oh, it was a fun class. We were discussing sandwiches in the DDM lesson. So I decided to show my DDM students all about American sandwiches and we even made some special sandwiches. That’s a great video. And, of course, if you are DDM student, if you signed up for that class, you can get that great class. Today, we did DDM224, my goodness, already 224. And what did we dig deep into today? We talked about American high school year books. That’s interesting subject. And I went to our local library and I looked at the old year book and I made some photo-copies. And I show the DDM students these pictures, and talked about them and describe them and it was a lot of fun. We did something else to, I can’t remember, I talked about the word “smudge” S-M-U-D-G-E. It’s just an easy simple word. But how do you use this word? Well, I gave a bunch of different examples. We talked about so many different things in DDM. In DD, Daily Dictation, on youtube, is a great class for listening and it’s all free. I got 260 lessons and they’re all free. DDM, it’s DD, but digging deep. It’s lots of fun. And if you want to learn the language, you know, you can study an expression a day, e-cubed, you know, we give you one expression a day. That’s fantastic. That’s great. That’ll help you maintain your English. But if you really want to master the language, you need to dig deep. You do, absolutely, you know that. So, I am waiting for you. Don’t worry, I’ll be here. We want you to join DDM when we dig deep. Where’re you learn English? You learn so much English, it’s like you’re living in America. That’s what one of my DDM students said. I thought that was so cool. Dig deep. Master English. I like the DDM, Dig Deep Man. In Shane’s class, we DDM, we Dig Deep Man. Sorry, anyway, so it’s a great class. It’s a great expression.

So think about it, how about you? What’s the subject that you would like to dig deep on? History? English? Maybe it’s a more casual subject, like soccer or football. How about the reason, FIFA issue. In America, what takes American to FIFA? Anyway, it’s a big issue. Do you want to dig deep into that subject? I know more information. There’s million things we can dig deep into. Do it. Do it. Dig deep, become knowledge.

That’s right. It’s today’s expression. Thanks a lot again for listening everybody. Remember you can find all my podcasts on our website www.letsmasterenglish.com. Get them. You can download them. All my videos are there. All my classes are there. Go check out. Tell your friends. Thanks so much. Listen to the dialog two more times and together let’s master English. 

0397_keep your nose clean

0397 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—keep your nose clean
中譯/中文意思: 潔身自愛
Dialog at: 2:25 and 5:27

A: Where’s the seminar?
B: In Las Vegas!
A: That’s the City of Sin!
B: Yeah!!
A: Keep your nose clean~



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression, the podcast. Today’s podcast is a good one, I like it. “To keep your nose clean”. You’d better keep your nose clean. You had better keep your nose clean. Are you keeping your nose clean? Oh yes, inside your nose, there can be many dirty, nonono. That’s not what this expression means. “To keep your nose clean” means stay out of trouble. Do not do anything wrong. If you are kid, no drinking, no smoking, no loud music. If you’re married person, no looking at other women, no looking at other men. No, you know, no other stuff. Keep your nose clean.

Do you keep your nose clean? I am 47 and I must say my life has been very boring because I really do try to keep my nose clean. Oh, of course, I made some mistakes, but in general, I am embarrassingly clean. I really am. I am not joking. My mom would be proud. But what’s funny is my mom thinks I’m really bad. My mom thinks I did everything wrong in the world. But I did it. I don’t know why my mom thinks that but now I kept my nose clean. I had kept my nose clean. I lived a pretty good life. Nothing too evil. Let’s check out the dialog:

A: Where’s the seminar?

B: In Las Vegas!

A: That’s the City of Sin!

B: Yeah!!

A: Keep your nose clean~

Yes, Las Vegas, United States. It’s the city of entertainments. Casinos, magic shows, singers, gambling, everything you can imagine. Always sunny, Las Vegas can be a very dirty town. It’s the city of sin. That’s its nickname. You know what? Many of you know that when I came back to America, I moved right next to Las Vegas. Why? So I could sin? No, because my mom and dad retired out here. They’re old, they like the hot weather, feel good on their bones. But you know me. I came here. I was a single guy. And I didn’t, believe or not, I never win the casinos. It’s the city of sin. I’d like to do anything or I’d like to stay home. And still, I don’t go to the casinos. I don’t go to the shows. I don’t want to, I don’t need to. I am too old for that stuff. And I know some of you guys: “Oh, come on, Shane, I am 75 years old, and I still love to sin.” Good! Go ahead. This world needs sinners, I guess. And the world needs people like me, too, people who keep their nose clean.

Oh, believe me, I am not judging. If you like to keep your nose dirty? We don’t say that. But if you like to do terrible thing, go ahead, just don’t hurt anybody. You can do whatever you want. I don’t care, but don’t hurt anybody. That’s my philosophy. Me? It’s my choice. I’d like to keep my nose clean. I sleep better at night. I don’t need to worry about the next time. Many things that I don’t need to worry about. So, what about you? Do you keep your nose clean? Or sometimes, do you like to sin a little? Oh, by the way, sin, everybody, S-I-N. You need to know that expression. If you sin, you’ll not keep your nose clean. If you’re keeping your nose clean, you’re not sinning, okay? That’s the expression. Join two more times. Please practice with your friend. I want to say thank you, everybody, for your support. I’ll be introducing my patrons, my sponsors this week. So, please hold on. Once again, thank you and have a great day. And together, let’s master English.

0396_better safe than sorry

0396 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—better safe than sorry
中譯/中文意思: 安全至上 
Dialog at: 3:32 and 6:13

A: Oh, the weather looks great!
B: Yeah, it does. Got your umbrella?
A: What for? It’s sunny!
B: Better safe than sorry~



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression, the podcast. Thank you, thanks you, thanks you. It’s terrible English. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast. You can listen to this podcast and every podcast I ever made for free. Just go to my website “www.letsmasterenglish.com”. There, you’ll see “LME Radio”. “LME” stands for “Let’s Master English”. “LME Radio” Boom! All my podcasts for free. Tell your friends. Thank you so much for listening. Today’s expression is “better safe than sorry”. “better safe than sorry”. Oh, boy, I really like this expression. This is something I said very frequently. It’s me. “better safe than sorry” B-E-T-T-E-R better safe S-A-F-E than T-H-A-N sorry S-O-R-R-Y. Well, the full sentence would be it is better to be safe than sorry. And what this expression means is “don’t be risky”. So, for example, you leave the house and as you leaving the house, you look at your cell phone. And you see there’s only about 10% of your battery left. So, do you bring your charging cord? Or, do you think all out be okay? What do you do? Now, many of you probably do not bring your charging cord. You know, ???. Me? I always bring my charging cord. 70%? No problem. 30%? Better safe than sorry. If I don’t bring my charging cord, and my cell phone battery dies, I will be sorry. In this case, sorry doesn’t mean “Oh, I am sorry.” It actually means disappointed, sad, or even angry. So, it’s better safe than sorry for me.

Yep. You know, I am kind of crazy. Now, I live in the desert, so I never bring an umbrella. It’s not rain. It’s not going to rain here. But when I lived in Korea, I could leave the house in the morning and it would be nice and sunny and then in the afternoon, it would be raining. So, for me, everyday, I carry an umbrella. Beacause, you know why. Let’s check out the dialog:

A: Oh, the weather looks great!

B: Yeah, it does. Got your umbrella?

A: What for? It’s sunny!

B: Better safe than sorry~

You bet? That’s what happens. And you leave the house, nice weather. You come home and it’s raining no umbrella. Your nice cloth gets all dirty. What a disaster. It’s terrible, I know, I know. Better safe than sorry.

I went to the hospital with my mother about a week ago. And she told me: “I was just 10 minutes in and out, no problem.” That was what my mom said. And I was thinking: “Well, 10 minutes at the hospital can be more like an hour“. So I decided to bring a book. I brought a book with me. And when my mom saw me with my book, she said: “What’s that? What do you need it for“?  I said: “Better safe than sorry, mom”. I would rather have my book, and you know carry it around even though it’s useless than sit at the hospital for one hour doing nothing. What happen? My mother was in and out in 10 minutes. I never opened the book. But, hey, I am glad I had it. Better safe than sorry.

What about you? Are you a risk-taker even for the silly things? Or you like me? do you always carry an umbrella? Do you always bring along extra clean T-shirt? What else do I do? I always hide 10 dollars in my wallet or in my jacket pocket. You know, it’s better safe than sorry. You’ll never know, you’ll never know. That’s today’s expression. It’s a brand new Monday but it’s June and that means I had to thank my new patron, sponsors, and dress sponsors and I’ll do that this week. You guys, thank you so much for your sponsorship. Listening to the podcast is the most important thing. No2, sharing it with your friends, telling your friends. And no3, investing, investing in your education, and investing in Coach Shane. Thank you so much. I’ll get back to that this week. Let’s check out the dialog two more times and together let’s master English.

0395_down in the dumps

0395 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—down in the dumps
中譯/中文意思: 沮喪
Dialog at: 2:12 and 3:56

A: Shane’s really down in the dumps.
B: Why?
A: He got yelled at by his mom.
B: What for?
A: He forgot to help her clean on Saturday.



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. It’s Monday. It’s Monday of some of you. It’s June 1^st. Happy June everybody. Today’s expression is “down in the dumps”. I am down in the dumps. I am feeling down in the dumps. If you are down in the dumps, that means you are very sad. You are very depressed. Yep. I hope that you are not down in the dumps. It happens to everybody, certainly does. Why does “down in the dumps” mean sad? Why does it mean depressed? Well, yesterday, we study the word “dump”, the dump. And where is the dump? It’s the place where the city throws away the garbage. Would you like to be in the dump all day? Would you like to live in the dump? No, it’s a terrible place. It’s smelly, oh my god! And you know, actually, some countries, maybe in many countries, people do actually live in the dump or right next to the dump. Oh, it’s so sad. It’s so depressed. Really is. And that’s why this expression “down in the dumps” means sad or depressing, because anybody who is in the dump would surely be sad. Let’s check out the dialog:

A: Shane’s really down in the dumps.

B: Why?

A: He got yelled at by his mom.

B: What for?

A: He forgot to help her clean on Saturday.

I am an old guy and still my mother yells at me. That she does makes me feel like a little child, makes me feel really sad, depressed, down in the dumps. No, that’s not true. My mom doesn’t yell at me. My mom loves me. My mom respects me. My mom needs my help, I think, sometimes she never asks me for help. And I am tough. Show me no help. But mom if you’re listening to the podcast, if you need anything, if you need help doing something, maybe some cleaning, just let me know. And absolutely I will go and help you, okay? Don’t worry about that, mom. Still live very closely to me, so as long as where close together, I will be there to help you out. And mom, don’t worry. If you yell at me, I won’t be down in the dumps. My students yell at me: “Shane, what’s wrong? Where is the podcast?” Then I would definitely be down in the dumps. It’s a sad expression, everybody. Can you think the last time you were down in the dumps? I hope it’s a long time ago and I hope you’re not down in the dumps anytime soon. Have a fantastic week, everybody. And together, let’s master English. 

0394_head over heels

0394 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—head over heels
中譯/中文意思:
Dialog at: 2:22 and 5:24

A: What do you think?
B: Oh, I’m head over heels!
A: You like it?
B: It’s the perfect car! I’ll take it!



Dictation:

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. Today, oh, this is a useful expression and you probably know this expression, many of you do. It is “head over heels”. I am head over heels. And we can also say: “I am head over heels in love”. It’s a forward expression. But we can just say: “I am head over heels”. He is head over heels. You will be head over heels. Head, your head, over O-V-E-R, heels, H-E-E-L-S. The back part of your feet, your heels. So, “head over heels”, what does this mean? The idea is you spin in circles. Your head’s on top but it spins to the bottom and your head goes to the bottom and your feet are on top. And it’s spinning, it’s constant spinning because you are in love. And it’s like ….. You are in love and the world is crazy. It’s what this expression means. I don’t know why this goofy expression. But it means you are in love. So have you ever been head over heels? Right now, are you head over heels? I know many of you are married. Are you married? Well, when you think about your wife or your husband, are you still head over heels? Hello? Yes? No? I hope so. Come on! You’d better be. Let’s check out the dialog:

A: What do you think?

B: Oh, I’m head over heels!

A: You like it?

B: It’s the perfect car! I’ll take it!

Yep, car shopping. I don’t know about you, I like cars, I like trucks, I like cars and trucks. Motorcycles are cool, too. But I don’t drive motorcycle. Right now, I have a little car. It’s a tiny car. It’s a good gas mileage. It saved a lot, but it’s a tiny little car. But I would have a nice truck. Oh, boy, there’s a truck in America called the “Ford Raptor“. “R-A-P-T-O-R”. When I see that, I am head over heels. I love that truck. I would marry that truck. No. only only please only marry humans. Don’t be married in trucks and trees and houses. And don’t be married in your job. Some people are saying they’re married to their work. Marry humans you’ll be happy.

“Head over heels”, “Head over heels” is a great feeling when you fall in love with something. But remember that love feeling, if you want it to last, you need to work hard. So, if you buy something like my trucks if I bought a “Ford Raptor” truck. I am head over heels in it. I need to work very hard to keep it clean, to keep it nice, to keep it operating perfectly so that I continue my love for my truck. So I want to hear that you are head over heels about. Is someone special in your life? I hope so. Is that something special that you recently bought? Maybe there’s a special food that you’re absolutely head over heels about. Let me know. I’d love to know.

You can contact me on twitter @coachshane. On facebook: eslcoachshane and of course, on google+ the community “let’s master English”. And finally, on our website “www.letsmasterenglish.com”. Go there, leave me a message. Just go to LME Radio on our website. There’s a little button “LME Radio”, “Let’s master English Radio”. It has every podcast I ever made. “LME TV” has every video I ever made. It’s all there on the website. Check it out. It’s fantastic. Thank you so much, guys. Practice the dialog two more times. And together, let’s master English.

0393_the dump

0393 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—the dump
中譯/中文意思: 垃圾場
Dialog at: 3: 06 and 4:58

A: Where you going?
B: The dump.
A: You got room for some magazines?
B: No! You need to recycle those!

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. Today, we have a nice noun to learn: “the dump”. “The dump, D-U-M-P”. “The dump”. “The dump” is actually a place. In this dialog, I am going to teach you a place. Now, the places where we put our garbage and trash. Where does our garbage go? Well, first of all, it goes to the garbage can and eventually it goes to the dump. And the dump is usually a place outside the city, in the country. It might be a big hole in the ground. And they throw off the garbage in the hole. Sometimes, it’s not underground. Sometimes, it’s above ground. And then, eventually, they cover the dump with dirt. But this is the dump, the dump is the place where you throw your garbage. So, this is a very useful expression. 

Let’s say you have a cell phone, an old cell phone. But you dropped it on the ground and the screen cracked the glasses is broken. But it still works. You don’t need to take it to the dump. It doesn’t belong in the dump. But then you have your cell phone and it falls poop into the toilet. You rescue your cell phone, it doesn’t work. You try everything. It’s cheap. It’s not expensive. Well, it looks like the cell phone has to go to the dump. This cell phone must to be thrown away. It is garbage. It’s other world for garbage, the dump. This cell phone must go to the dump. You know, I understand that cell phones have valuable things inside. Is there place to recycle the cell phone? Actually, me, I have my old cell phone. I never threw it away. I am still looking for the replace to recycle this. But anyway, it doesn’t belong in the dump, the cell phone dump. Now, this word “dump” actually has lots of possible meanings. But just take this word as the place for garbage. That’s the basic meaning. Let’s go ahead and check out a dialog:

A: Where you going?

B: The dump.

A: You got room for some magazines?

B: No! You need to recycle those!

That’s right. If you actually go to the dump, now, there’s a dump in the down where I live. And they have a place for regular garbage but they do have a place for recycling: plastics and glass and paper. And that’s the guy talking about. Magazine don’t go to the dump, they go to the recycling center. So, the dump really is the forever trash place.

So, once again, dump does have many other meanings. This place is a dump. It’s a very dirty place. The restaurant is a dump, it’s a very dirty restaurant. His apartment is a dump, it’s a very dirty apartment. That’s the idea. To dump somebody, that means break up with somebody. She dumped him. She broke up him. I dumped her. I broke up with her. And it’s even more meanings of the word “dump”. And I’ll talk about those in the next few days.

But, once again today, look around you. Is there something that needs go to the dump? And make sure you want to understand: something goes to the dump, but something needs to be recycled. And do you ever go to the dump? Yourself? Most people don’t. The city garbage truck goes to the dump. But if you live in the country, you might actually go to the dump, yourself. Check out the dialog two more times and together let’s master English.

0392_to rub someone's nose in it

0392 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to rub someone's nose in it
中譯/中文意思: 在某人傷口灑鹽/洗某人的臉
Dialog at: 4:09 and 6:17

A: I heard Eric broke up with you.
B: Yeah.
A: I heard he has a new girlfriend.
B: Uh-huh.
A: I heard she’s really rich.
B: Quit rubbing my nose in it!



Dictation: 

Hello, everybody,

My name is Coach Shane, and welcome to Easy English Expressions. You and me everyday. Come on. Let’s master English.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. Today’s expression, oh, boy, it’s a good one. “To rub R-U-B someone’s nose in it”. To rub his nose in it. To rub her nose in it. What does this expression mean? Well, rub means, you know, to to basically touch touch with your fingers to rub. But, this is a history of this expression. Have you ever had a dog or maybe a cat? And you are, it’s a puppy it’s a baby and you’re training the dog, especially a dog, you’re training the dog not to pee or poo in the house. If the dog wants to bathroom, you want the dog to go outside. So, how do you do that? Well, unfortunately, the dog needs to pee inside and then you need to show the dog: “nonononono, this is not where you pee, you have to go outside to pee”. And after several attempts usually, the dog will learn. But, the key is when you’re teaching the dog, you actually need to take the dog, you have to hold the dog’s head. And you have to make the dog see and smell the mistake.

Do you understand? So if it’s pee, you gotta hold your dog’s face by dog’s pee and poo the same thing. And this is the idea of rubbing the dog’s face in the pee or the poo. You don’t actually have to put the dog’s face into the pee or the poo, of course, it’s disgusting. But, this is the idea. And how does the dog feel? Is the dog happy that it’s face in pee or poo? Of course not, it hates it. It’s embarrassing. But, It does learn that it made a mistake.

And so we use this expression with people, too. “to rub someone’s face in it” means to show somebody that they made an embarrassing mistake, they did something stupid. So for example, let’s say: you and I are going to take a history test and I told you: “You’d better study. This history test is important.” But you didn’t study much, and you got a low grade. But I got a really high grade, I got a great grade. And I after I get my exam, I said: “Hahaha, see. I studied and I show you my exam.” Do you like that? Do you like to see my exam?” Of course not. I am rubbing your nose in my exam. I am forcing you to see you made a mistake. It’s a good expression. It’s not a nice expression if it happens to you. But it is a useful expression.

Let’s check out the dialog:
A: I heard Eric broke up with you.
B: Yeah.
A: I heard he has a new girlfriend.
B: Uh-huh.
A: I heard she’s really rich.
B: Quit rubbing my nose in it!

What does that guy so mean? You can hear that the woman is broken-hearted. She broke up with her boyfriend but he had a new girlfriend and she is very rich. The guy is making it very painful for the woman. He’s not been very nice. He’s rubbing her nose in the break up, in her pain, in her sadness. You know. Don’t rub someone’s nose in something. It’s not nice. It happens, you know, people might do it to you. But if people know they make a mistake, that’s enough. I tell you, though, if somebody doesn’t realize that they made a mistake, grasp their head and push it into the mistake. Rub their nose in it. Did you got it? Once again, it’s a great expression and it comes from teaching dogs not to pee and poo in the house. It refers to the shit, the dirty stuff. I hope you understand. So you know I made lots of videos and lots of podcasts and teached English. And you know sometimes I do make mistakes with my words with my sentences. Please, everybody, don’t rub my nose in it. I am sure that I made mistakes, you don’t need to rub my nose in it, okay? That’s today’s expression. Practice two more times. Please practice with friends and together let’s master English.