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  • Hello and welcome to news of you Once again.

  • As you can see, we're not in our normal studio.

  • We are working from home because of the Corona virus outbreak, like many millions of other people.

  • But Catherine is with me virtually on the other side of London.

  • Hi, Catherine.

  • Hello, Neil.

  • Hello, everybody.

  • Yes, Working from home again.

  • But we're still here.

  • We're still bringing you news review on today's story is a boat and massive choir that's happening in people's living rooms all over the u.

  • K.

  • Let's hear some more about that story then, from this BBC news bulletin, BBC radio stations have joined forces for a national sing along to lift the spirits of people staying at home.

  • Song's requested by listeners are being played.

  • Radio one's Greg James got the party started with Florence and the machines.

  • You've got the love, Yes, So the people of Britain have started singing toe help them cope with staying at home during the Corona virus locked down.

  • Now this was an idea by five BBC radio stations.

  • They all played Lister's requests.

  • At the same time, the people of Britain started singing along with the music on they posted on film clips of themselves sitting on to social media.

  • Okay, well, you've been looking at this story across the media and you've picked out three headlines that have got interesting vocabulary.

  • What are they?

  • Yes, we have sing along as on praises.

  • Sing along airs on dhe praises.

  • Okay, let's hear your first headline, please, Then, Katherine.

  • Okay, So all our headlines are coming from the UK today The 1st 1 is from the BBC BBC radio stars lead the nation in a must sing along Sing along on informal occasion When people sing songs together Simple enough Simple enough Yes, it's one word Singalong made off two words Sing along S i N g a l o N g Nice word, Neil, isn't it?

  • Sing along it is.

  • And you pointed out that when we use it as a verb, it's two words Sing along.

  • The stress is different.

  • The stress is different when it's one word singalong.

  • Absolutely.

  • Yes.

  • You can sing along with something as a verb but isn't known.

  • It's a singalong and it means people singing together.

  • Now a single log is not formal.

  • It's very informal.

  • It's very relaxed.

  • It sometimes happens spontaneously when you with some friends and everybody starts singing a song either because they will know it or because somebody is playing it.

  • Or maybe a party.

  • And someone gets the guitar out and people start singing together.

  • So this is very, very informal.

  • It's for fun.

  • People like doing it and it's called a sing along.

  • Do you like sing alongs?

  • Deal.

  • I love the sing along favorite song to sing along to Oh, I've got some I've got some karaoke, you favorites?

  • Uh uh, But I was in in a pub a few weeks ago before this lock down and a very old fashioned thing happened.

  • A guy was playing a piano and people were having a good old sing along Lovely, Isn't it all if everybody all different ages all singing a song in the pope Old fashioned Those were the days and you noticed I said a good old you did A good old singalong is a lovely expression and it just means really enjoyable And without any fancy or different ways of doing something just simple, classic and enjoyable Good old sing along.

  • So do you fancy a good old singalong?

  • No, Neo.

  • Why No.

  • Go on, then.

  • Tell you what.

  • I'll start the tune and you see you join it when you know what it is.

  • Okay?

  • Yeah.

  • All right.

  • Here we go.

  • Did Did Did he did that?

  • Did it did today?

  • Did did he passed the BBC learning English theme A classic classic.

  • Well, I feel a lot better than we also say A sing song for the same thing That way, yes, A sing song is another known And it's another word for a sing along If you have a singsong it means a lot of people or a few people get together informally And they sing some popular songs so you can have a sing along You can join us Sing along You can have a sing song or join a sing song You can join in with a single o Or you can join in with a good old sing song And I think the whole world should have a go it Doing that to cheer them, cheer themselves up.

  • Yeah, always makes you feel good.

  • Okay, let's have a summary.

  • OK, Katherine, how about your second headline, please?

  • Okay, we will go to logs.

  • Mill Port news Now the headline is Great British singer, Long as across five BBC stations is meaning broadcasts they short word A.

  • I.

  • R s as now it's a verb to air, and it means broadcast, as in to make a TV program or a radio program available for public consumption.

  • Now, let me ask you a question, Neal.

  • When you turn on your radio on, do you listen to the radio?

  • Where does the sound come from?

  • Ah, well, there is a signal which is broadcast on that signal.

  • Travels through the air to my radio.

  • It travels through the air.

  • You can't see it.

  • You can't feel it, but it's traveling through the air.

  • And then there's a piece of metal on your radio.

  • What?

  • That sticks up and captures the signal, doesn't it?

  • Yeah, an aerial area.

  • So to air a program A I R means to send it through the air so that people can catch it with their area on their radio or TV and listen to it now.

  • We don't not.

  • Everybody's TV has an aerial these days.

  • A lot of people have cable, but the word to air is it means to broadcast the TV or radio program.

  • It does, and it's a little bit formal, little bit old fashioned.

  • Let's say, um, you're more likely to say something is just on.

  • You're less likely to say, Katherine, I love watching football.

  • It always airs at 10 30 on the Saturday night.

  • Yeah, that sounds a bit weird, isn't it?

  • You just say the footballs on at nine o'clock this evening, but newspaper headlines like it because it's nice and short on dhe.

  • Lots of your publishers seem to like it also in Raid your TV studios.

  • If you ever go to one, you will see a green light and a red light outside the studio usually really read.

  • If the red light is on, it will usually say on air and on eggs they're broadcasting.

  • Right now, they are sending out that signal or recording.

  • We also hear this word used in connection with opinions or points of view.

  • Don't way.

  • We do.

  • Yes, If you air your opinion, you tell people what you think.

  • Now again, it's it's not particularly formal, but there's a particular type of opinion that you might like to air and is generally a fairly negative opinion.

  • I don't air My opinion about things I'm happy about.

  • I just give my opinion.

  • But if I'm airing my opinion about the lack of biscuits in the office, although that's not a problem now I would be complaining about something.

  • I've heard you airing your opinions about Rob's biscuit habits.

  • I have, and he's hit me airing them, too.

  • Okay, well, there's no problem with stealing biscuits in the office of the moment, but he can.

  • You eat at home to his heart's content.

  • So we have a submarine.

  • Let's have a summary slide.

  • If you like stories about singing and music, we have a great one for you.

  • It's about bands touring on their attempts to reduce their carbon footprint.

  • The impact on the environment.

  • Where can they find it?

  • Catherine?

  • Easy.

  • Just collect the link in the description.

  • You go straight to the show.

  • Okay, So our final headline Now, have you got that?

  • They're with you.

  • I have.

  • Now.

  • We're looking at the Evening standard.

  • The headline is Greg James praises power of radio as listeners come together for the BBC's great British singalong praises meaning expresses admiration for someone or something that's right on.

  • It's a verb p or a I S E s praises.

  • Now the pronunciations really interesting because it's spent with two s letters.

  • But the pronunciation they are sounds praises.

  • Do is a demonstration.

  • Neil, please praises praises, Thank you very much.

  • Now, if you praise something, you say that it is great, it's fantastic, it's wonderful.

  • And you do this in particular in public praises, saying publicly that something's good.

  • Often you can also praise a person.

  • You can pray somebody.

  • It doesn't have to be for a big achievement.

  • You can praise your kids for tight in their bedrooms, for example.

  • Just say, well done.

  • That was really good.

  • You did it very well.

  • That's praise.

  • It is.

  • Now you've been using it a za verb, except for in that last example, you use it as a noun.

  • Can you tell us more about that?

  • Well spotted yet.

  • So praise is the now, for you can give praise.

  • You can receive praise and praise as a national praises.

  • So praise is the nice things that you say to somebody or the nice things you say about something when it's something really good has happened.

  • Now there are a couple of nice little expressions using this word one connected to today story about singing to sing someone's praises.

  • You can sing somebody's praises.

  • That means if you say that somebody is really good and fantastic and you like them and you think they're wonderful and especially if you do it a lot, you're singing their praises.

  • Yeah, it's a really nice expression that we use when somebody really likes somebody and is very vocal about it.

  • Yeah, and you can also use the expression to be full of praise.

  • Same minute if you're full of praise for somebody, issues nickel full of praise for something.

  • It means you've got lots of positive things to say about them on.

  • I'll give you one more and that is you can praise somebody or something to the skies.

  • If you praise someone to this guy's you say lots of fantastic, wonderful things about them.

  • Absolutely.

  • Okay, well, let's have a summary of that word.

  • Right then, Catherine.

  • Now time just for a vocab Recap, please.

  • Here we go.

  • We hade sing along an informal occasion where people sing songs together we had s which means broadcasts on finally praises expresses admiration for someone or something If you would like to test yourself on this vocabulary, there's a quiz on our website BBC Learning english dot com.

  • You can find all kinds of other videos and activities to help you improve your English.

  • Goodbye, everybody, and stay safe.

  • But I stay safe, everyone.

Hello and welcome to news of you Once again.

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