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

Today we’re doing a scene from the movie Home Alone which is a comedy that came out in 1990.

I used a few scenes from this movie when I was teaching at a junior high school – it’s a good one to use for younger teenagers because a lot of good movies aren’t really appropriate.

If you haven’t seen Home Alone, it’s about a young boy who accidentally gets left at home by himself when his family goes on holiday. And so the boy, his name is Kevin, has to look after himself until his family gets back.

The scene we’re doing today is when Kevin is at the supermarket. He’s doing some grocery shopping, but he’s only 8, so the checkout woman is suspicious asks him some questions, like:

Where's your mum? Where's your father? What about your brothers and your sisters?

A few points about the language in this scene.

The checkout woman says to the boy: Are you here all by yourself?
All by yourself means the same thing as by yourself – the all is just emphasizing the fact that he’s alone.

And he replies: Mam, I'm eight years old. You think I'd be here alone? I don't think so.

Mam is a word that’s used in the US. It’s a term of respectful address, used for women. It’s like the female equivalent of sir.

I’m not really sure how common it is, or in what situations it’s used … it’s not used in New Zealand – except for in the military - so I’ve only really heard it in American movies.











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Kia Ora in Stick News today, a prison in New Zealand has introduced sheet counts during cell checks after a prisoner escaped by collecting enough sheets to make a rope.

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Word of the Day

Today’s word is whirl.

Whirl means: move or cause to move rapidly round and round.
Give sth a whirl is an idiom which means: to try sth to see if you like it or can do it.

I found an example online using this idiom.
This is someone writing a blog entry about hummus:
Earlier in the summer I tried replacing the mint in my hummus recipe with sage, and this time around I thought I’d give rosemary a whirl.










conversations with sarah

　　Are you here all by yourself?

* On my DVD, this is in chapter 12 (0:50:36)

Kevin
Are those microwave dinners any good?
　この冷凍食品はおいしいかね？

Woman
I don't know.
　知らないわ。

Kevin
I'll give 'em a whirl.
For the kids.
Hold on, I got a coupon for that. It was in the paper this morning.
　まあ試してみよう。
　子供用だ。
　待って、クーポンがある。　今朝の新聞に折り込んであった。

Woman
Nineteen eighty three.
　１９ドル８３セント。

Kevin
OK.

Woman
Are you here all by yourself?
　君は一人で来ているの？

Kevin
Mam, I'm eight years old. You think I'd be here alone? I don't think so.
　お姉さん、僕は８才だよ。　一人で来られるとでも思っているの？

Woman
Where's your Mum?
　お母さんはどこ？

Kevin
My Mum's in the car.
　車で待っているよ。

Woman
Where's your father?
　お父さんは？

Kevin
He's at work.
　仕事している。

Woman
What about your brothers and your sisters?
　兄弟は？

Kevin
I'm an only child.
　僕は一人っ子。

Woman
Where do you live?
　おうちはどこ？

Kevin
Ah, I can't tell you that.
　それは言えないな。

Woman
Why not?
　なぜ？

Kevin
'Cos you're a stranger.
　あなたは知らない人だから。









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