Name: Coronavirus: UK unites in song - News Review
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Hello and welcome to news of you Once again.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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