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Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

Today we’re going to study a song by Jamison Young.
The song is called “Crush” and it’s from the album: Shifting Sands of a Blue Car.
I really like this album. There are a lot of good songs on it. And it’s licenced with a Creative Commons licence which means that you can download it for free.
And a cool thing about this album is that if you listen to it on your iPod you can read the lyrics while you listen because the lyrics come with it.

I think this song is about a guy whose girlfriend has just dumped him and she has said lots of things criticizing him. And in this song he seems to be saying: OK, I know I’ve done some bad things and unfortunately our relationship has ended but let’s just move on and please stop saying such nasty things about me.

The chorus goes like this:

You don’t have to crush me You don’t have to put me down

Crush is a verb which means: to destroy someone’s confidence or happiness.
For example: She felt completely crushed by the teacher’s criticism.
And put someone down means: to make someone look or feel stupid, especially in front of other people.
Put-down is also a noun: a remark intended to humiliate or criticize someone.
So if you say to someone: You’re stupid, that’s a put-down – you’re putting them down.
The lyrics go: you don’t have to, which means please don’t. I think he’s saying: it doesn’t have to be like this, we could just move on and be happy, so please stop putting me down.









STICK NEWS

Kia Ora, this is Stick News. On Tuesday Google released its new web browser. It’s called Google Chrome.

A web browser is a software application which is used to access the internet. Last year 78.6% of internet users used Internet Explorer. It has been the most widely used web browser since 1999. Other browsers include Safari, Opera and Firefox. Google has just released a new web browser. They launched the browser with a cartoon book by American cartoonist Scott McCloud. Wikipedia says Google Chrome has passed the Acid1 and Acid2 tests, but does not pass the Acid3 test.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 5th of September.
Kia Ora.

今回のスティックニュースのイラスト









Word of the Day

Today’s word is bent.
Bent is an adjective which means not straight.
Straight. Bent.
It’s also an informal adjective which means dishonest.
Be bent on doing sth is an idiom which means to be determined to do sth (usually sth bad).

A line in today’s song goes like this:

　I’d like to see you happy, it seems you’re bent on crushing me.

Which means: it seems you’re determined to make me unhappy.









friday joke

Near the end of a job interview, an interviewer asked a young university graduate:
“And what starting salary were you looking for?”
The young man replied:
“Around 200,000 dollars are year, depending on the benefits package.”
“What you say to a package of ten weeks paid holiday, plus a company car, say, a red BMW?”
“Wow! Are you kidding?”
“Yes, but you started it”.









conversations with sarah

 　　Which events did you watch?

Jackie
Which events did you watch?
　どの競技を見たの？

Sarah
Just whatever was on … like judo, wrestling, swimming, weight lifting, synchronized swimming … that kind of thing.
　柔道、レスリング、重量挙げ、シンクロなどテレビつけたときにやっていたやつを片っ端から。

Jackie
What were the highlights of the Olympics for you?
　北京オリンピックのハイライトは？

Sarah
Highlights? Hmm. After Kitajima won his first race and started crying that was pretty cool. And the men’s 400 meter relay – that was awesome. They looked so happy. And when the women’s softball too.
　ハイライト？　水泳の北島が一つ目の金メダルをとったときの感激の涙はよかった。　男子４００メートル・リレーもすごかった。　とてもうれしそうだったね。　女子ソフトボールもそうだったね。

Jackie
Are you talking about Japanese athletes?
　日本選手ばっかりだね？

Sarah
Yeah. I only watched it on Japanese TV because I didn’t have the internet, so I pretty much only watched the events that Japanese athletes were in.
　そりゃそうだよ、インターネットにアクセスできなかったから地上波テレビで見るしかなかったんだ。　ほとんど日本選手の競技しか見られなかった。

Jackie
Who is Kitajima?
　キタジマって誰？

Sarah
Kitajima Kousuke – he won the 100 meter breaststroke and the 200 meter breaststroke. And he also won both those medals in Greece too, so he’s a big Olympic hero in Japan.
　北島康介は１００メートルと２００メートル平泳ぎで金メダルとった選手。　アテネ・オリンピックでも同じ二種目で金メダルだったんだ。　だから北島は日本のヒーローなのさ。

Jackie
How did New Zealand do at the Olympics?
　ところでニュージーランドはどうだったの？

Sarah
I have no idea. I saw the New Zealand athletes walking into the stadium during the opening ceremony – but that’s it.
　全然分からない。　開会式でニュージーランド選手が入場したのは見えたけど、それだけ。

Jackie
The opening and closing ceremonies were great, weren’t they?
　開会式と閉会式もすごかったと思わない？

Sarah
Yeah, they were awesome. I was so impressed.
　うん、すごかった。　感動的だったよ。

サラのメモ：
Crush by Jamison Young

Download here or here.

You don’t have to crush me
You don’t have to put me down
You don’t have to be the way you are
I know that it’s hard
Things are never what they seem
As life goes on things might change
I hope I change my ways

You say that I’m selfish, it’s me I aim to please
I have no heart and do not care
There’s no one else just me
You don’t have to crush me
You don’t have to put me down
You don’t have to be the way you are

You’ve judged and tried me ten times over
And you told me that I’m cheap
You’ve said that I should get a life
Get a life, just leave

You don’t have to crush me
You don’t have to put me down
You don’t have to crush me
You don’t have to put me down
You don’t have to crush me
You don’t have to put me down

I know that there’s no point in fighting, fighting with you
I don’t want let you bring me down again

I’d like to see you happy, it seems you’re bent on crushing me, crushing me, crushing me
It’s the day after you burnt me and the smoke still hasn’t, hasn’t cleared
I don’t know what to say
You brought a man to tears

You don’t have to crush me
You don’t have to put me down

knfの独り言：
Jamison Youngは先日のiSummit'08札幌でも話題になっていました。









Show 816 Friday 5 September
The Daily English Show
http://www.thedailyenglishshow.com/

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