English Recordings

This is silly! Our limit is only from our imagination. Our resources are increasing as long as new technology improves efficiency. For example, new technology helps extract resources from deposits before unavailable. How many species are created every 100 years? Humanity has introduced new plants and animals. Why must every discussion talk about what we've lost, and not about what we have gained? If you truly believe in Darwin, then you must accept change in our flora and fauna, not assume things should be static.

Lecturer:So, what is a bully?
Student 1:A horrible person who pushes younger and smaller people around.
Student 2:Someone who insults a weaker person.
Student 3:Someone who makes fun of people!
Lecturer:Yes. Yes. Yes. Bullying includes all behaviours that hurt other kids, both mentally and
physically. It can include name calling, physical violence, damage to someone’s belongings, or
just deliberately leaving someone out of social activities. Bullying by text messages or e-mail is
getting more frequent... Even spreading malicious rumours is bullying.
There is a support group for children in the U.K., ChildLine, which provides a telephone counselling
service. They report that a quarter of the calls are from children who have been bullied at school.
Girls are just as likely to be bullied as boys. Children who are bullied are often those who are
different – a different colour, a different size – they look different, behave differently...

Presenter: Stephanie, are you there?
Stephanie:I am here and so glad to be here.
Presenter:We are glad to have you Stephanie? I wanted to start by asking you about the title of
your book which is “Moose”. First of all, let’s talk about that title – “Moose.” Where did that come
from?
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Stephanie:It came from the mouths of very sensitive boys who decided to nickname me Moose and they would scream it down the hallways at school!
Presenter:And the effect of that on you was...?
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Stephanie: Oh it was awesome. It was horrible – it was really, really heartbreaking. Here you are a 13-year-old girl wanting obviously in adolescence to fit in, for people to like you and – especially
boys to like you. And the boys were calling me Moose and they weren’t just saying it in passing.
They were screaming it to the point where everyone would turn around and look.
Presenter:Wow!
Stephanie: And I would come home crying. I mean I remember when I came home crying one day to my father – finally worked up the courage to say, “You know, the kids at school call me Moose” – and he started actually not comforting me but laughing hysterically.

Use a long-handled shovel to stop something that could have been stopped with a short-handled spade.
Used to lament putting off dealing with a problem, which gave it time to go from a small problem to a big one.
The proverb implies that it is better weed a garden when the weeds are young whether than waiting for them to get bigger and stronger.
A stitch in time saves nine.

If you talk about a tiger, it will come.
Used when someone shows up after having just talked about him or her.
Tigers used to roam Korea and terrorize the people. In fact, Seoul used to close her gates at night to keep tigers and other uninvited visitors out.
Speak of the devil.

Even an old straw shoe has a mate.
Used to comfort someone who has yet to find a mate by saying "there is someone out there for you."
The peasants of Old Korea used to wear shoes made from rice straw.
Every Jack has his Jill.

Blood is thicker than water.
Usage: Used to say that all friendships come second to family.

If you brush them off, you will find that everyone has some dust.
Used to remind people that no one is perfect.
Everyone has a skeleton or two in his closet.
Everyone has a weak spot.

Can one's hunger be satisfied with the first spoonful of food?
Used to remind someone that some things take time, and that one should not rush to judgment nor give up too easily.
Rome was not built in a day.

The person who picks it up is the owner.
Used when someone claims to be the owner of something another person has found. The finder is arguing that possession gives him or her the right to ownership.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.