Hi, I'm Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show. Today's song is called Nothing Big. It's a beautiful little song by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and was posted on his website, which is Hit Record. That's a very cool site where people, as they say, “create and develop art and media collaboratively”.So whatever you upload to that site, other people are free to remix and use in their projects, and you can use what other people upload. So Joseph – or Joe I think he's known as - uploaded this song and other people made videos to go with it, including one of this very cool animation. The song starts like this: Nothing big Nothing grand Nothing useful Nothing planned Nothing smart, or at least not very Nothing revolutionary Please follow the link and go and check out the rest of the song.
STICK NEWS Kia ora in Stick News today Facebook is suing Teachbook. Facebook, one of the most popular sites in the world, is suing an online community for teachers called Teachbook. Facebook says that Teachbook's use of the word “book” dilutes Facebook's brand name, impairs Facebook's ability to remain unique and creates the facade of a false relationship between the two social networking entities. And that was Stick News for Friday the 27th of August.Kia ora.
We've achieved world domination … now what? Let's start suing everyone just to show ‘em who's boss! You have to change your name! SUNSHINE BOOKS SINCE 1978 You have something on your fa.. You can't say “face”, it's TRADEMARKED! Word of the Day Today's word is solemn . A line in today's song is: Nothing solemn Do you know what solemn means? Solemn means serious . Here are a few things that you could call solemn : a solemn expression a solemn oath a solemn vow a solemn ceremony a solemn ritual friday joke What did one hat say to the other?You stay here, I'll go on a head. conversations with sarah #824 That memorable, huh? Step 1: Repeat Julia's lines.Step 2: Read Julia's lines and talk to Sarah. Julia How were the movies you went to see? Sarah Scott Pilgrim was excellent. Julia What else did you see? Sarah Um, what was it called? Julia That memorable, huh? Sarah What was it called? Ah, that's right, Going the Distance. Julia How was it? Sarah Hmmm, lame is a word that springs to mind … along with perhaps an intensifier, such as … incredibly.
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