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good morning, alice.dvdrip by ohbaby - viettorrent.vnthanhnp.org@gmail.com - quanghungxd86@gmail.com - wake up!- good morning, jack.dvdrip by ohbaby - viettorrent.vnthanhnp.org@gmail.com - quanghungxd86@gmail.com please, give me a cup of coffee...bring me back to life... l'm still asleep. here you are. so, what are you doing today?

well, first l'm taking a shower and after that l have my dailyappointment with 'ask the stars'... - ask... what?!- oh, don't you know it? sorry, no!

lt's the horoscope l listen toevery morning on the radio. lt's fantastic, l can't startmy day without it. how can l go out in the morningwithout the advice of 'ask the stars'?! please jack, this is not a joke: our entire life is driven by planets. by the way...what are you doing today? well... l'm going to work, justlike every day and... today it's tuesday, isn't it?l have to go to the karate gym. wow!! are you doinganything this evening?

no, l don't have anything planned. well, sharon, anne and l are goingto the cinema. maybe peter is coming, too. - would you like to come?- that sounds great. which film? we're seeing 'lnterviewwith the vampire'. not that film, guys.l hate horror films. why don't we go to seethe latest julia roberts' film? oh, please, anne.we don't need more romance... we already have our love storyin the apartment next to us...

with peter and sharon, l mean. okay, you are right! let's go to see'lnterview with the vampire' then. well, l think...l prefer to stay at home... now l have got to go to work...see you later. - ls everything okay, jack?- yes, why? - lt's late, that's all... bye.- bye... hello and welcome back to'english 2day', your live tv programme where you can learnthe english language. and in this lesson we are goingto look at the verb 'have'.

now, the verb 'have', you think'well, that's easy!'. lt's not true... it's actually quitecomplicated because there are two ways of using the verb'have' in english. l can say 'l have a scooter',or 'l've got a scooter'. well in this lesson we look at thefirst way, 'l have a scooter'. now in that our last episode do youremember that alice said: 'l have my daily appointmentwith ask the stars', you know she believes in the stars,'l have my daily appointment'. just simply the verb 'have'.

now l want to give you a little testbefore we move on. lf l say 'l have a scooter' how wouldyou ask me the question about that? how would you do it? 'have you a scooter?' no that's not possible,something missing like... an auxiliary? that's it! 'do you have a scooter?' now this is a typical mistake, people often think that 'have youa scooter?' is a question, but the verb 'have'needs an auxiliary

'do you have a scooter?'. listen to this: he has a scooter, hehas, mr. snake, a scooter. what's the question? careful...what's the question? 'has he...?' 'does he have a scooter?' yes! that's it! so you need the auxiliary, 'does hehave a scooter?' fantastic, let's look at the screenand check on that. so... the verb 'have': l have blue eyes, you have a newcar, she has, third person...

mr. snake, s, look at the spellingh-a-s. she has a cat, he has a dog, it hasfour doors, we have a garden, you have a course, an englishcourse, they have three children. now the negative: l don't have blue eyes, you don'thave a new car, she doesn't, look at thepronunciation, she doesn't have a cat, he doesn'thave a dog, it doesn't have four doors,we don't have a garden, you don't have a course, they don'thave three children.

the question:'do l have blue eyes? do you have a new car?does she have a cat? does he have a dog?does it have four doors? do we have a garden?do you have a course? and, 'do they have three children?' so that's the verb 'have', don't forget the auxiliaries 'do'and 'does'. now, another interesting thing aboutthe verb 'have' is that often we use it in specialexpressions.

which make up verbs with particularmeanings, and in other languages, here in nearsituations you hear 'make'. let me show you, we say 'to havebreakfast', breakfast in the morning,'to have lunch' one o'clock. and 'to have supper'.so... 'to have breakfast', 'to have lunch', 'to have dinner' nowdinner is what time? 'dinner' and 'supper' what'sthe difference? dinner at eight o'clock in theevening, supper... is something we have at about...

ten thirty or eleven o'clock at night,alright? so we use the verb 'have' for these,we don't say 'to have a breakfast' but 'to have breakfast', 'have lunch','have dinner', 'have supper'. other things we say 'to have acigarette', we say 'to have a cup of coffee', 'tohave a drink' of any sort, we also say: 'to have a shower in themorning', you know? 'to have a shower', in otherlanguages they use 'make a shower' or 'make a bath'for example. but in english we say:'to have a shower',

'to have a bath' in the bathroom. we also say: 'to have a rest', we say'to have a party', 'did you have a good party?' we say: 'to have fun', which means'to have a good time'. so these are very commonexpressions which we always use with the verb 'have'. have breakfast, have lunch,have dinner. now, when we go back andlisten to our friends, they will introduce the other form'have got'.

and then afterwards l'll tell you allabout it. alright? so... see you then, bye! have you got a moment, peter?l've got a problem with my computer. oh, l don't know very much aboutcomputers... and l'm going out... they are waiting for me at the theatre. - always busy, eh?- okay, okay sharon, take it easy! - shall we have a look?- thanks peter, you've got a big heart! let's see if l can help beforeyou thank me.

alright... l can't use this program. l use it every day and todayit isn't opening. hmmm... why don't you turnthe computer off and then turn it on again? okay peter, that's really a great idea! you are a genius! - how can l do without you?- l know, my dear!... what are you working on? l'm writing my curriculum, becausel would like to find a new job...

listen, peter!l don't know how to write it... can you help me, please? l'm sorry, sharon! l'm in a hurry...l have no time! l'm late. - they're waiting for me!- very kind as usual! listen, peter... anne, alice and l aregoing to the cinema this evening. would you like to come? l'd like to... but l can't. - l have to...- ...go to the theatre, yes, l know!

you always have something else to do! come on, sharon! what's the problem?maybe you are jealous of my career? oh, peter!l'm just tired of always coming second! hello and welcome back! how are you all? did you notice that sharon is tired ofcoming second? well, l understand her, if you live with a musician you needto be very patient.

now, sharon said, in that lastepisode, she said: 'have you got a moment?' then she said: 'l've got a problemwith my new laptop', 'have got', and this is what l want tostudy with you now. the second use of 'have': 'have got'. now, in order for you to understand itbetter let's do something in the typical tone context where wewould use 'have got'. let me tell you about my presentsituation: l'm in a flat, but l have to leave theflat and find another one.

and l saw an advertisement in thenewspaper for a flat which looks quiteinteresting. so l want to call the owner of the flatand asking some questions, alright? so listen to what l say, alright? now... his name is mr. james... l hopehe's in... let's see. mr. james... hello mr. james? yes, hello, my name is louise evans and l saw your advertisement inthe newspaper for a flat, and l wonder if l could ask you somequestions?

great, ok... how many roomshas it got? yes... ok... so two bedrooms, good,a living room, a kitchen, bathroom, and toilet, verygood fine. and, has it got a garage? no ok, so l have to park my car in thestreet. ok, fine. and a garden? does it have a garden? no ok, a small balcony, on thesecond floor, good. fine. and has it got central heating?

central heating yeah? and kitchen... kitchen electricity, electric kitchen is fine why not? another thing is air conditioning, it gets very hot in england in thesummer now... no... alright. does it have easy access topublic transport? oh good, so there's a tube nearby.fantastic. good, another thing has itgot big windows?

because l love a lot of light. small windows... alright. has it got any views? the road, and the neighbours'garden... ok, one more important thing: how much doest it cost a month? one thousand two hundred and fiftypounds, right... ok thank you very much, yes, yes l'll think about that and l'll callyou back.

ok, fine, thank you very much! thank you... goodbye... bye... bye. one thousand two hundred and fiftypounds? oh my god, that's a lot of money fora flat, l can't afford that, it's impossible. now, did you notice that l used'has it got' a lot as a construction'has got' 'have got'. that's what l want to talk about. now, this construction 'have got'

was introduced into the englishlanguage to describe possession, in fact, but now we use it in differentsituations, not only possession. so, the americans, in fact, use the verb 'have' more than'have got'. ln british english we use 'have got'a lot. alright? now. let's have a lookat the construction. so... in the positive form 'l have got'gets contracted to 'l've got', 'l've got some money.'

'you have got' becomes: 'you've got', 'you've got a scooter', 'she's got...''she has... she's...' looks like the verb 'to be' but it isin fact 'has', 'she's got long hair', 'he's got ashop', 'it's got a balcony', 'we've got a house','you've got some cds' and 'they've got some plants',alright? so that's the positive. now the negative. ln the negative the auxiliary 'have'

turns in to negative auxiliary. so... 'l haven't got any money','you haven't got a scooter', 'he hasn't got long hair','she hasn't got a shop', 'it hasn't got a balcony','we haven't got a house', 'you haven't got any cds', and 'they haven't got any plants.' so 'hasn't' and 'haven't'. and then in the questions... thequestion... easy, we use 'have' or 'has' so...'have l got any money?',

'have you got a scooter?','has she got long hair?', 'has he got a shop?' 'has it got a balcony?','have we got a house?', 'have you got some cds?' and 'have they got some plants?' so it's not really difficultgrammatically, you have to remember the auxiliary'have' and 'has' and then remember to put 'got'alright? now, you come across this a lotspecially in subtitles in films.

so... watch out for it and we'll keeppractising it. great! so that's the end of thislesson, and l'll see you again live very soon,bye! hi, anne. housework, hum? yeah, at last... can l ask you a question? sure. uh, how are you and peter? we're fine, thanks.listen, l want to go to that book shop.

do you remember? oh, yes. the one withlots of photography books? yeah... - and thriller books?- yeah... and with the red coffee tables andflowers on the windows? where you can sit down anddrink a delicious hot chocolate? yes, anne, that's the one! the london reader. lt's a great place. yes.

how do l get there? ls it far? you can walk from here.lt's about ten minutes away. great! oh, okay. let see... go out the front door and turn left. - easy enough.- go straight ahead, past the traffic lights. right, straight ahead,past the traffic lights. - turn right into june lane.- june lane.

follow june lane to the end of thestreet. and turn right into may avenue. just a moment.turn left on may avenue? no, no no. turn right intomay avenue, and the book shop is.. hi, sharon. what are yougirls talking about? l'm giving sharon directionsfor the london reader. so, turn right into may avenue, andthe book shop is the second shop on the left, next to the butcher's. no, anne! sharon, the book shop is on the right,past the museum,

and between a chemist'sand a bank. no, no, jack! you are wrong!the book shop is... okay, okay guys, be quiet.don't worry! l've got my map. hum, sharon, l can come with you...lf you don't mind... great! that's very kind of you, jack! jaack... housework!do you remember? hello and welcome back again! now... anne's a bit jealous, isn't she? l mean how can she attract jack if sheasks him to do the house cleaning?

l mean, she's more like a motherthan a lover, isn't she? well... anyway... now... she gave some directionsto sharon. because sharon wants to go to thebookshop. and actually mr. monkey wants to go tothe same bookshop so, l want to test those directions to seeif they work. let's imagine... this is the bookshop. mr. monkey wants to go there.so let's see her directions...

so: 'go out of the front door andturn left.' ok mr. monkey turn left... great. then go straight ahead... go straightahead, until the traffic lights. you know traffic lights? traffic lights are red, amber, green,ok? traffic lights. and at the traffic lights turn right, likethat, into june street. follow to the end of the street, thenturn right again. and, go down may avenue, thismust be may avenue,

and the bookshop is the second onthe left. one, two, here's the bookshop...they work. now, l was using the language ofdirections. so, l want to go to the screen nowand show you that language, the language we use for givingdirections to people, alright? now, we usually use the imperativeform, what is the imperative? the imperative is just the infinitiveform of the verb. so you can say: take the first left orthe first right. 'take' ok? that is just an infinitive: 'take thefirst right or the first left'.

you could say: 'take a bus to', 'takea train to', 'take the subway'. now in america they say 'subway'and in britain we say 'tube'. 'take the tube to', ok? another example: turn left, turn right. so, turn is the verb turn left, turnright, ok? another possibility is: go straight on, straight on which is an expressionwe use in britain or go straight ahead. which is an expression thatthey use in america. but we use both. straight on,straight ahead. alright?

then we can say: go past the shopor go along the street, a road, or an avenue,again we use go. lt's the infinitive and it's theimperative form. alright? another example, at the end we cansay the position: it's next to, it's near to, it's opposite,it's between..., lt's on the left, it's on the right. you remember the prepositions thatwe did at the beginning? well, that's to indicate theactual spot. great, so that's giving directionsusing the imperative form.

now let's go back to our friends in'that's life!' and listen to jack who is giving aliceinstructions about using the lnternet. and listen to the imperatives that heuses, and l'll see you later alright?bye for now... hey alice, what are you doing? do you mind giving us a hand withthe housework, please? can't you see?l'm cleaning the computer! l see, l see...why is the computer on? just a moment...

l don't understand how to connectto the lnternet on this computer. can you help me? okay, but just for one moment. thanks, jack. okay, click on that icon. what's an icon? that symbol on the screen. - but do you mean this pictureof a telephone? - yes. click on that.

- right, now what?- enter your user name and password. - okay.- and click on that button there. click on that button... and now you are connectingto the lnternet! hey, that's easy. lt's very easy, alice. you're hopeless with computers... and with housework too! come on, alice! lt's time to clean upthis mess now!

hello again! did you notice how jack was givingalice instructions to go on the lnternet? well l want to give you someinstructions, to do something at home. now, in order to do that you needone of these. what's this? a what? lt's a napkin, a napkin...so, take a napkin, alright? put it down, open it up, like this. so we have an open napkin, anyway.

now, take the bottom of the napkinand fold it over a little bit, like that. ok? then fold it again like that. then fold it again and again, andagain, until you reach half way and press itdown like that, press it down. alright, now, take the whole napkin, lift it up, and put it in this position you turn itover. press that down. now, take the bottom of the napkinand fold it in half over, like this, again press it down well.

now take this part of the napkin hereon the right and fold it right down, along the folds on the left. press down. then take all of it up like this, and fold this bit over so you create asupport, like that. then... turn it around and... there you have something nice todecorate your table with, a romantic dinner, for example.alright? so, l gave you instructions in orderto do that,

and we are going to look at that onthe screen because l used imperatives to giveyou the instructions as l used for giving directionsalright? so let's see. let's use some other examplesrelated to the computer and the internet:plug in the computer. now you notice we used 'plug' whichis the infinitive form and we use it for both 'you' singularand 'you' plural, so. 'plug in the computer','switch it on'.

'connect it to the lnternet', 'click on the lnternet icon'. alright? so imperative, they're allinfinitive verbs. now, the negative, if you want to use the negative of theimperative we say 'do not'. which is contracted, as always inenglish, and we say: 'don't click, click, too many times.' or 'don't press the exit button.' or 'don't overload the desktop.'

so, this is the negative imperativeform. very interesting that... and don't forget to be here for yournext lesson, alright? see you then, bye! jack, where were youyesterday evening? - why?- there was a great party at mary's! really? l wasn't invited! l can't believe that.everyone was invited. l'm sure, l wasn't...

anyway, l was busy yesterday. ah! did you have a meetingwith some clients? no, l didn't. so... what? where were you? l was with robert at thered lion pub. that's impossible...robert was at the party. oops! l always get themmixed up... l was with charles... charles was at the party, too!

come on jack, who were you with!? you're too curious, alice! okay, okay... l was with a girl... oh-oh... and? and... what? well... what's her name?do we know her? how old is she? stop! alice, stop! lt's noneof your business!

okay, okay! you don'twant to tell us, hum? that's okay, l like mystery...lt makes life exciting! well, let's change the subject! peter, where were youyesterday evening? why weren't you at the party? l was at the theatre.we are preparing the performance. and you sharon? where were you? - me?- where were you? ehm...l was at home watching a film on tv.

- which one?- ehm, the latest film starring nicole kidman... what's the name? yes, 'moulin rouge'! really? that's strange...l remember... here! look, it's on tv today! really? oh! they always showthe same stuff on tv... oh, don't get up! l'll get the door. hello again everyone!

well done, sharon. that was a bit embarrassing,wasn't it? now, where were you last night? well, l wasn't at a party. l wasn't in a pub, like jack, l wasn'tat the theatre. l was at my first samba lesson. and it was great, fantastic. you know... the music was reallyfantastic, really loud and exciting and therewere thirty people there!

lt was difficult to see the teachers. can imagine? two teachers, thirty people...excuse me, excuse me. anyway, as usual, there were toomany women, and not enough men...and that's typical. but the teachers were fantastic! they were really, really professional. one was brazilian and the other wasfrom argentina, yeah argentina. great! really,really good.

and in the first lesson it was, it waseasy. because we did some basic steps. but it was really, really enjoyable. and l can't wait for the next lessonbecause that was so, so exciting! can you samba? l bet you can! now, in most of those sentences l was using the verb 'to be'in the past. and that's what l want to look at withyou now. let's look at the screen: 'to be' in thepast.

when we talk about somethingspecific in the past. let's look at the form: 'l was', 'l was in new york last year', 'you were', see how it changes,'you were at the party last night', 'he was at a meeting on tuesday.' l was, you were, 'he was, she was...fine yesterday'. for example 'lt was beautiful','we were at school on monday', 'you were happy', and 'they were inlondon two weeks ago.'

so you see: l was, you were, he/she/it was, wewere, you were, they were. be careful about that it's easy tomake a mistake. now, what about the negative form? well 'was' becomes 'wasn't'. listen to the pronunciation 'wasn't'.'wasn't', ok? so: 'l wasn't on time this morning','you weren't here yesterday', 'he wasn't at the party last night','she wasn't very happy' and 'it wasn't difficult'.

'we weren't at work on saturday', 'you weren't on time for work', and 'they weren't on holidaylast month.' so 'wasn't' and 'weren't'. question form, listen to these:'where was l yesterday?', 'where were you last night?', 'where was he, was he, last week?', 'was she at work yesterday?', 'was it an easy test?','when were we there?',

'what time were you at schoolyesterday?' and 'how often were they in class?' so the verb 'to be' in the past tense: l was, you were, he/she/it was, wewere, you were, they were, very important, you can'tlive without that verb, 'to be' in the past. alright? great! well we will continue with the past inthe next lesson so... see you then! bye!

- there's a postcard for you, alice.- for me? oh, it's from my father. he was in the bahamas last week. really? l was in the bahamaslast summer. just you?! oops, sorry sharon.we were in the bahamas last summer. lt was sunny and hot. the perfect weather for swimmingand relaxing! lt was fantastic! fantastic, yeah, fantastic...

l'm sure it was! l prefer holidays in the winter.lt's too hot in the summer. l like going to the mountainsand skiing. my last holiday was two years ago! two years ago? yes, it was a long time ago. l need another holiday soon! anyway... was your fatheron holiday in the bahamas, alice? no, he wasn't. he's workingon a new play there.

oh, how fascinatingmust be being a director! fame, money, and a lotof travelling around the world! and no time for family! just a few calls, postcards anda lot of misunderstandings... why don't you call him now? l don't think that's a good idea! why? when was your last call? three weeks ago. that's a long time! come on!alice, call him!

l'm sure he'll be happyto hear from you! well... maybe you're right! okay, l'll call him! thanks jack... for your advice, l mean! hello again for another importantlesson. we're in the past tense. now, l want to help you rememberhow to use the past tense. so, l have another acronym, youknow acronym? look: 'oil way', 'oil way', now,

these letters represent the timewords when you use the simple past tense, whatam l meaning by that? well, this one for example, let me give you an idea: this standsfor 'yesterday' ok? 'yesterday' now, when you have 'yesterday' inthe sentence you always use the simple past... now do you know what the otherwords are? let's have a look.

any easy one could be this: 'last','last' you know that? 'last week l was in paris', 'last week', now what about this one?'two days... ago!' very good, so, 'two days ago wewere at the sea'. for example... this is 'ago'. we have 'last, yesterday, ago'... this one? that's more difficult... this is difficult, it's 'on' in english, and we use it with days and dates,

and in some languages it doesn'texist. so we say: 'on monday', 'on the 7th of july',for example... 'on'. this one here? 'ln' ok...when do we use that? yeah, months for example:'in january', 'in february', 'in march'...and also for years, 'in 1961', 'in 1970', etcetera. this one... 'when' ok... with 'when' we use the past tense so forexample: 'when were you there?'

so; 'oil way': 'on, in, last, when,ago, yesterday', it's like a rime, 'on, in, last, when,ago, yesterday'. you need to memorize those. we look at them on the screen now, but it's important for you tomemorize them, to remember that when you'respeaking... 'on, in, last, when, ago, yesterday', help you to remember to use thesimple past. so to revise that... our acronym'oil way'.

'on' we use with days or specificdates. so... 'the party was on friday'. or 'he was in london on the2nd of march'. the date. then 'in'... 'in' with a specific year orwith months. so for example: 'she was born injune, in 1976'. next 'last', 'last' with, for example theprevious week, 'last week', or month or year. so the examples are: 'they were invienna last month.'

'when'... now 'when' with apast time clause. sometimes in the question, sometimesin the middle of the phrase. so: 'l was very happy when l was ateenager.' that's 'when'. then 'ago'... for example:'two days ago', 'two months ago', 'three years ago', 'we were at the meeting threeweeks ago'. right? and then the last one, easy,'yesterday', with the previous day, so:'l was at the cinema yesterday.'

alright? 'oil way', don't forget it,memorize it. 'on, in, last, when, ago, yesterday'. always with the simple past. alright? that will open up a world for you. great! we will still do more about thesimple past, this is an important tense. but the verb 'to be' is often the onewhich people forget. so be very careful when you'respeaking... alright? great! well, happy studying and l'llsee you again very soon. bye!

good evening and welcome to thisweek's edition of 'the travel programme', the programme about everything todo with travelling and holidays. here in the studio with me,as always, is christine oteng, our travel expert. hello lucy. well summer's approaching and...and the summer holidays are too! so, have you got any suggestionsfor the holidays? well... let's see... are you bored withyour usual holiday?

are you tired of beaches or trips tothe mountains? would you like to say 'no' tomuseums, city tours and shopping? well why don't you try somethingnew and exciting? what exactly do you have in mind? how about a holiday hunting forghosts in a castle in great britain? hunting for ghosts in a castle, that's certainly a change from lyingon a beach! lt sounds exciting! lt is exciting! something reallydifferent! just right if you love adventure.

mmm... but what do you have to do? do you spend all the time lookingfor ghosts? no, not all the time! ln some ways it's like a normalholiday. ln the morning you have a traditionalenglish breakfast, then you go for a walk or visita local town. ln other words, you do the things youalways do when you visit a foreign country. but... the fun starts in the evening!

you have dinner and then theghost hunting starts. with the help of one or two'ghost experts' you search through the hauntedcastle until late at night. oh... it sounds frightening! lt is frightening! there are strange sounds, doorsand windows open and close by themselves... yes, it's really frightening, butexciting too! tell me lucy, do you believe inghosts?

yes l do... but l'm not very brave, l don't think l'd like to visitplaces like that, especially not at night! are there any haunted castlesin great britain? oh, yes there are, especially inscotland! many of the castles in scotlandhave got ghosts. there are some fascinatingghost stories... there are lots of books abouthaunted castles. why not read one before visitingscotland!

l see... a holiday spentlooking for ghosts. a night in a haunted castle wouldcertainly be a memorable experience! lt certainly would! and if you want to see evenmore ghosts, before you return home, try a'ghost walk' in london; visit places in london famous forstrange and unusual happenings! christine this is definitely aninteresting idea for a holiday with a difference! well, if you're curious about ghostsand you love adventure,

this could be just the holiday for you! thanks christine for this unusualholiday idea! you're welcome, goodbye. and goodbye to all travellers!see you again soon! do you believe in ghosts? to believe in ghosts means youthink that ghosts exist. lf you do then you say'l believe in ghosts'. we say that a castle is 'haunted' when it has a ghost,or more than one!

we say it's 'a haunted castle'. now, there are lots of different kindsof holidays and the holiday christine just told usabout is an adventure holiday. looking for ghosts in a castleis an adventure! but personally l prefer beachholidays, they are definitely more relaxing. or perhaps you prefer city holidays. a city holiday is when you visit a city. so let's look at some of the things

you can do when you havea beach holiday: you lie on the beach in the sunand relax. this is called sunbathing. you go for a walk on the beach or gofor a swim in the sea. notice the expression 'go for' you can visit a local town; local means that it's near the placewhere you are. what about when you havea city holiday? you can go on a city tour:

a bus takes you on a tour round thetourist sights of the city. a tourist sight is something thattourists want to see, for example the colosseum in rome or buckingham palace in london. you can go for a walk around thecity and visit the tourist sights. we call this sightseeing and we say'go sightseeing'. just one last thing: remember there is a differencebetween travel and trip. to travel is a verb,

when you go on holiday to a differentcity or country you travel. a trip is a noun and it's likea short holiday. you say 'go on a trip' this means togo somewhere for a short time, for example: go on a trip to scotland. goodbye for now,and see you next time! good evening and welcome to thisweek's edition of 'let's talk', the saturday debate with ourcommentators tom and marie. good evening eric. good evening.

well, this evening let's talkabout the differences between the generations. what do you think aboutthis issue, tom? l think that over the last 50 yearslifestyles have changed a great deal, there's been a lot of progress, newtechnologies have helped here, think about health care,it's very good today, television and internet tell people about the world andwhat's happening. so lots of progress, do you thinklife is easy today?

yes, l think it is! there are lots ofopportunities for everyone. let's take travel as an example. ln the past it was impossibleto travel a lot, today we can fly to lots of cities ineurope and it's very cheap. l'm sorry, l don't agree with you tom! l mean it's true that lots of thingsare easy now, but there are also lots of things toworry about and there's lots of stress. ln the past life was simple! lt was all about the familyand family values.

do you think that people today areconfused about how to live life? that's exactly what l mean! today people marry whenthey're 30 or 35, when my grandmother was young itwas usual to marry young and start a family. well... things are different today; l mean women work now! 50 yearsago only a minority of women worked. l think this is very importantfor female emancipation. l agree with you eric.todaywomen are fulfilled!

they play an important role insociety! yes but it's not easy for women, they have less time for the family, thechildren and the housekeeping! l'm not sure that my grandmotherwould agree! life was hard for her! there weren't any washing machines dishwashers or vacuum cleaners! she was the washing machine, the dishwasher and the vacuumcleaner...

and after all that work there wasnothing to do, she stayed at home all the time! today people go out 3 or 4 times aweek to the pub, to the cinema, or to the disco; mygrandparents were always at home! well... life is definitely different now! according to tom life was hard in thepast, now everything is easy. marie doesn't agree. she thinks that life today is difficultand that people have lots of cares, worries and stress!

and what do you think? well, it's time to say goodbyeto our commentators. - goodbye.- goodbye. and we'll see you again soon on thenext edition of 'let's talk'! ok, first of all let's have alook at the expressions we used to discuss our differentideas and opinions: 'what do you think about this idea?' this is a good way to ask someone'sopinion. or simply 'what do you think?'

how about when you don't agreewith someone's opinion? you can say 'l'm sorry,l don't agree with you'. this is a polite way to say'l don't agree'! lf you do agree with someone thenyou say 'l agree with you'. when we give our opinions weusually start with 'l think...' or 'l don't think...', the use of 'that'after 'think' is optional, so we can say: 'l think it is important'or 'l think that it is important'. another useful expression is 'l mean' and we use it to explainour ideas better,

let me give you an example: things are different today...l mean women work now! so l say things are different andthen with 'l mean' l explain how they are different. what about the vocabulary we usedto talk about the things that have changed in thelast 50 years? let's take 'health care': it's the protection a country gives toits people like doctors, hospitals and medicines.

these are all parts of health care. another important thing is 'female emancipation', the freedomand rights that women have. and some things that we havein our houses now which makes our lives easierare the washing machine: this is the machine that washesour clothes, the dishwasher: the machine thatcleans the dishes, plates and glasses and thevacuum cleaner: the machine that cleans the floor.

before l say goodbye l just want tolook at a little word that we use a lot: it's 'lot' and weuse it to express quantity. we can say 'a lot' or 'lots ofand it means a big amount. we use it with verbs we say 'a lot'and it comes after the verb. for example:'today people travel a lot'. and when we use it with nouns weusually say 'lots of and it comes before the noun. for example:'there's lots of stress today'. well that's all from me,

see you soon for another editionof 'let's talk'! now let's watch the wholeepisode together, look at the subtitles carefully, listen out for the language points thatwe have learned together, ok? enjoy your viewing! hello and welcome back to'english today' and this is dvd five and the firstdvd of the elementary level. and in this dvd you will see threemore episodes of out story 'that's life!', followed bya special tv programmes.

you'll see a travel expert in thediscussion 'around the world' followed by a discussion about the differences between generations. then, in the grammar section, we will study the verb 'have' and'have got' and also the past tenseof the verb 'to be', we will also learn to give instructions and directions using the imperative.ok?

so enjoy your studying and have fun.