Teacher Joseph Podcast

A news report from 1956 where the UK Government rejects advice about Smoking being bad for health. Followed by subsequent developments.

Private Police in the UK is now as popular as ever....today I read a news report about it.

Today's podcast for learning English: The English idiom world's apart, The King and Prince Harry don't want to meet, Young British People have anxiety about using phones. Extract: Today's phrase is to be worlds apart. Worlds apart. And that basically means that you are very different from other people's opinions or ideas, to be worlds apart. Let me give you some examples. So your best friend is ge...

A news report from 1964, the Beatles visit New York.

A news report from 1965 reporting the death of Winston Churchill.

English learning phrase of the day: to take its toll, Britain's obesity crisis, Very large croissants and Britain's Airports E-Gates crash. The idiom "to take its toll" means to be damaging or harmful, cause loss or destruction. It is often used to describe the negative effects of something over time, such as the civil war taking its toll on both sides. The phrase is derived from the taking of tol...

A reading of a news report, when the Eurotunnel was officially opened.

To have no qualms, Scotland gets a new First Minister who says he wants to eliminate child poverty. My thoughts on Miss World and beauty contests. Extract Today's phrase is “to have no qualms” and if you have no qualms about doing something, it means you're not worried that it may be wrong in some way. You have no hesitations, apprehensions, uneasiness or moral difficulty with the action. For exam...

Extract: Hello, everyone, and welcome again to another Teacher Joseph podcast. Today, the phrase we have is “to be fed up”. To be fed up, and it basically means to be bored or to be mentally tired of a particular situation. Now, it can also mean a little bit depressed. So for example, you might hear your friends say: Oh, I'm really fed up of this job, I've been doing it now for 10 years. I'm fed u...

News Headlines: Sadiq Khan wins the London Mayoral Elections, Prince Andrew may get evicted, Joanna Lumley will announce Britain's Eurovision Scores. Shoplifters to be banned from stores. Frankie Valli gets a place on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Music: The Epic 2 by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5384-the-epic-2- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music promoted on ht...

Extract: Today. I want to explore with you the difference between face-to-face classroom lessons and e-learning lessons on the internet. I've done both and there's a very real difference. And if you're someone who hasn't had an online lesson before or you're just not sure how they work, we're going to be looking at that today. In a traditional English class, what you're getting is really well docu...

Extract: Well, there's a story in one our newspapers today. This is from the Daily Mirror and it's saying that pints of wine will be on sale from this coming Autumn. Now, you may remember a few months ago, I told you about this….that pint size glasses and bottles of wine were to be made available in the UK. And of course, as a nation, we don't really taste things. We just drink in volumes because...

Today's phrase is to be rigged. Now when something is rigged, it is believed that it's operated using deceit or some kind of malicious behaviour to promote a desired outcome. Now, let me just give you some examples to show you what I mean: So, if we say, for example, We had an election today to vote for our Union leader but I honestly believe the election is rigged. The job vacancy has been advert...

Beltane, a Celtic Scottish/Irish Festival on 1st May.

To Give the Heads Up, May Day, Maypole celebrations and the British Government sends an illegal immigrant to Rwanda.

www.teacherjoseph.com Extract: Well I'm in the supermarket today. I'm not really sure that I have everything I want so I'm kind of wandering around here. Trying to make sure that I have everything. I decided to make an aubergine bake. So for that, I need some pasta, tomato sauce…. I already have the aubergine, mozzarella and herbs but um, yeah. I just feel something is missing. And, I just came fr...

The great fire of London.

www.teacherjoseph.com Extract: Hello, everyone, and welcome again to another Teacher Joseph podcast. (OAP is usually written as OAP - not O.A.P.) Today, we are asking what is an OAP. An OAP is an old age, pensioner. Now, we never say the word “Oap” We always spell out the acronym, an OAP. And this is how we refer to older people. It may be a pensioner in receipt of government benefits, but it migh...

Nine pounds for a beer?

Out for a Walk

To bow to pressure.

Morris Dancing and other news from the UK. As I mentioned, St. George’s Day can be a little bit controversial because the day is often heavily politicized. English and British people generally are reclaiming their right to proclaim themselves as Scottish or English rather than simply saying they are British. Today in our media there's some pictures of some of the celebrations which took place yest...

Shakespeare's birthday, St George's Day and other British news.

What does Saga mean and Princess Kate's brother James has problem with the neighbours