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Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
Today we’re studying a song called Stand by Me.

The original version of this song is by Ben King and it was released in 1961. And since then it’s been covered many times.

So, what does it mean to stand by somebody?
Well, if you stand next to somebody, then you’re standing by them.
But stand by somebody also means this: To help sb or be friends with them, even in difficult situations.

　When the night has come, and the land is dark
　And the moon is the only light we’ll see
　No, I won't be afraid, oh, I won't be afraid
　Just as long as you stand, stand by me

As long as is an idiom which means provided that, it’s like if.

In this song, the singer is saying that no matter what scary or terrible or difficult thing happens, I’ll be OK as long as you’re here to support me or help me.

If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall Or the mountain should crumble to the sea

Tumble is a way of falling.
to fall suddenly and in a dramatic way

And crumble means to break into very small pieces.






STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today a man in New Zealand decided to advertise his website by dangling from a fence for almost 5 hours.


A guy called Dan owns a job search website called Perk Jobs. On Saturday he promoted the site by becoming a human billboard. He wore a harness and was suspended from a wire fence next to a roundabout in Wellington. Dan said he got plenty of waves and toots and a bit of a wedgie.

And that was Stick News for Friday 19th of June.
Kia ora.



Human billboard hangs around

today's STICK NEWS pictures






Word of the Day

Today’s word is shed.

When you cry you shed tears.

A line in the song Stand by Me goes:

　I won't cry, I won't cry, no, I won't shed a tear

Animals also shed their skin.
And plants shed leaves.






friday joke

Why was the broom late?
Because he overswept.






conversations with sarah

　What’s that?

Sarah
Look. I got a present.
見て、プレゼントもらっちゃった！

Bob
What’s that?
何それ？

Sarah
It is a “keitai cleaner”.
携帯クリーナー。

Bob
What’s that?
何それ？

Sarah
Well keitai means cellphone and this has material on the back of it and it’s for cleaning your cellphone screen.
Keitai は携帯電話という意味で、これの裏に付いている素材でスクリーンを拭くことが出来るのである。

Bob
Can’t you just use your sleeve?
そんなの袖で拭けば良くね？

Sarah
Well, yeah, but …
うーん、それはそうなんだけど。

Bob
Who gave it to you?
誰からもらったの？

Sarah
Ah, NHK … they made a new website and they used a few seconds of one of my videos so they sent me this.
NHK。　動画サイトを最近始めたんだけど、それに採用されたからくれたんです。

４：４０から






サラのメモ：
Don't you think the snake poking out its tongue is so cute?




Show 1065 Friday 19 June
The Daily English Show
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