Hi, I'm Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show. Today we're studying a song called:My Body Is A Cage. It's by a Canadian band called Arcade Fire. I found out about this band because they did a live concert which was broadcast on YouTube. This is one of those songs that could mean many things … it's really open to interpretation. Here's the chorus: My body is a cage that keeps me From dancing with the one I love But my mind holds the key What does that mean? Well, to keep somebody from something , means to prevent somebody from doing something .So it means: My body is in a cage which prevents me from dancing with the one I love. And what does that mean? Well, I read many theories on the internet and it could be that a loved one has died and because the singer's still alive he can't dance, or be with, his loved one. Or it could be that something's actually physically wrong with his body and that keeps him from dancing, or being with, his loved one. Or it could be about feeling trapped by your insecurities. Your insecurities are preventing you, or keeping you, from realizing your true potential. What do you think the song means? There are a couple of beautiful fan-made videos for this song on YouTube too, so you might want to go and check those out.
STICK NEWS Kia ora in Stick News today Hollywood lawyers are threatening a New Zealand parody website. The Hollywood Sign is a famous landmark in California that was created in 1923. This year Wellington Airport in New Zealand announced they were going to build a sign mimicking the Hollywood sign. Locals were unimpressed with idea. Thankfully Hollywood lawyers saved Wellington from the visual pollution. Now the lawyers are busy again trying to shut down a website which parodies the Wellywood sign idea. And that was Stick News for Friday the 6th of August.Kia ora.
Word of the Day Today's word is hollow . Hollow means: having a hole or empty space inside. For example, Easter eggs are usually hollow. It also means not sincere or without real value . This is from today's song: It's a hollow play But they'll clap anyway Who knows what that actually means, but maybe it means something like, the singer thinks his life doesn't have any value, but people act as if it does. friday joke A magician was driving down the road …then he turned into a drive way.
conversations with sarah #809 Why a ring? Step 1: Repeat Bill's lines.Step 2: Read Bill's lines and talk to Sarah. Bill What do you think of the sign? Sarah I think they should probably come up with something original. Bill Like what? Sarah I don't know. Like a giant ring or something. Bill Why a ring? Sarah From Lord of the Rings. Bill Was that made in Wellington? Sarah Yeah, I think so. Some of it anyway … I think they had different locations around New Zealand.
Questions The Hollywood Sign was made in 1923. True False The sign is in New York. True False It's copy of a sign in Wellington, NZ. True False The letters are 13.7 metres tall. True False The letters are black. True False links Watch today's show at youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7v87J9chps http://thedailyenglishshow.blogspot.com/2010_08_06_archive.html
