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  • Is, um, it might seem like a relatively simple topic, but, uh,

  • the news, um, when I started researching this lesson there is, uh,

  • there are a lot of things that I can teach you about the news in English.

  • So welcome to this English lesson about the news. Um,

  • I'm going to jump right to the first page, uh,

  • today and talk about news sources.

  • But first let me make sure

  • that everything is working. It looks like everything is working well at my end.

  • Um, again, we are here for a lesson about the news.

  • People are curious about what is happening in the world and what is happening

  • around them. So most of us actually are interested in the news.

  • Um, the news can be local, it can be, uh, the news of your country.

  • It can be news from the world, uh,

  • and you can get the news in a variety of different ways.

  • So thank you for being here for this lesson about the news. As I said,

  • we're going to start by talking about news sources.

  • So when you talk about news sources,

  • that means where you get your news from.

  • So some of us are old and we still get our news from the TV.

  • So we watch TV news. Notice there I said that you watch the news.

  • Um, let's see here. Uh, yes, Deek,

  • I've changed the color of the form and I've limited people to one question again

  • that seemed to work well last Saturday. Uh, for those of you that aren't aware,

  • you can only ask one question today. We're trying to, uh,

  • limit the amount of questions. But news source, you can watch TV news.

  • I mostly watch TV news. You can read the newspaper.

  • So you watch the news on TV, you read the newspaper, uh,

  • perhaps you listen to the news on the radio.

  • That is still a very common way for people to, um, listen to the news.

  • Or maybe you read the news on the internet,

  • maybe you go to Google news or maybe you have an app, uh,

  • possibly on your phone that you use to read the news. Um, so those are,

  • I would think the four major news sources. Um, there might be others,

  • but these are the major four news sources.

  • The place where people get their news from. Um, so again, uh,

  • we're going to start by talking a little bit about TV news.

  • This is news that you get while you are watching television. Um, and again,

  • this is my favorite way, uh,

  • to watch the news are to get the news is on the television.

  • Sometimes after supper at 6:00 PM,

  • we turn on the television so that we can watch the news. Uh,

  • and when you watch news on TV,

  • you are most likely watching news from a news network.

  • So a news network is something like CNN. In Canada,

  • we have CBC news,

  • this stands for the Canadian broadcasting corporation news.

  • But generally you will watch a news network.

  • I think most of you are familiar with CNN.

  • This is a rather large news network from the United States.

  • Some of you might be familiar with CBC news. Um, interesting fact.

  • This news network has English broadcasting and French broadcasting.

  • So in Canada you can watch the news in English.

  • You can also watch the news in French. I, from time to time,

  • watch the news in French. Uh,

  • because that's a really good way for me to practice my French listening skills.

  • So if you watch news on TV, it is from a news network.

  • The person who is on the TV that is doing the talking would be most often called

  • a reporter,

  • but we would also call them a TV journalist. Okay.

  • So this is a reporter or a TV journalist. You can use either word.

  • Um, the, these are the people that go out into the world, uh,

  • and they research what is happening. Uh, and they will report on the news.

  • So a reporter has the name reporter because they report the news.

  • Okay? So, um, I think TV journalists is, um,

  • common as well. But for me, when I speak English, I would use the word reporter,

  • television reporter. Um,

  • if I knew someone who was on TV as a reporter,

  • I would refer to them as a reporter. Um,

  • I'm going to jump over and do some questions right away to get started.

  • First question is from Vitaly Smirnoff. Hi teacher Bob.

  • I hope you're having a great Friday. I'm going to say it again.

  • It's the best time for the stream, one hour before I leave for work. Um,

  • which news source do you prefer? I prefer,

  • so I said I prefer the news on TV, but I also read Google news,

  • so I go to Google news.google.com quite often.

  • But my preferred method is to just sit on the couch and use the remote control

  • to turn on the TV and watch the news that way.

  • And it's definitely my favorite way to watch the news. Um, next question.

  • I'll just do a few questions here. Kaiya says, hi Bob news.

  • What's more popular in Canada? Just want to know the info boat Canada. Thanks.

  • I think all the different kinds of news are popular in Canada.

  • I think a lot of people get their news or read the news on the internet or on

  • their phone using a news app, but I'm not sure what is the most popular.

  • Um, next question from Gregory. Hi Bob. What is your favorite newspaper?

  • What is your favorite kind of news, thanks for the answer.

  • So my favorite newspaper is the globe and mail. Um,

  • I actually have a copy of the globe and mail rate here. Uh,

  • so this is, you can see there the globe and mail.

  • This is a popular Canadian newspaper. We get it at school.

  • So I often read it at work on my break. So anyways,

  • just a quick, quick, a quick pause.

  • There's no such word as quick in English. A quick pause if you're new here.

  • Thank you so much for being here. We have about 328 people watching.

  • We are talking about the news. If you are not a subscriber to my channel,

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  • Also during the lesson you can ask questions using the link that either Dave or

  • Todd will put into the chat and I will try to answer as many of those questions

  • as possible.

  • And let's keep the chat for conversation and let's keep the chat in English.

  • That is the best way to do this. Let me do one more question. Uh,

  • Dick Shantz has the next question.

  • Do you prefer reading the news online or reading the newspaper?

  • Do you think newspapers will become less common in the future as reading the

  • news online is more convenient. That is already happening in Canada.

  • Newspapers, the print version of the newspaper, um,

  • is having trouble surviving in Canada. Okay.

  • So more and more people are reading online, so yes.

  • [inaudible] I think newspapers will eventually become completely digital.

  • Um, anyways, let's continue talking about TV news.

  • The person here is called an anchor. Okay. This is a news anchor.

  • Um, I think we used to say anchorman, but now there's men and women.

  • So instead of anchorman, we just say news anchor. Um,

  • because both genders can equally work in the field of TV news.

  • So here we have a news anchor.

  • The news anchor is usually at the news desk. Okay?

  • The news anchor is not usually outside of the newsroom.

  • The news anchor doesn't go out to report on the news.

  • The anchor is usually at the desk and they are the main person that talks while

  • you watch the TV news. So that is the anchor. Um, the person,

  • let me go here.

  • The person who goes out to report the news is the person that we would call a

  • reporter. Okay. So just a little difference there.

  • The anchor is inside the reporter is often outside.

  • We also have what we would call a correspondent.

  • So a news correspondent is usually, um,

  • from my understanding a person who is in another country or who is far away

  • reporting on the news.

  • Often when there is a war in some part of the world,

  • there will be war correspondence.

  • So a correspondent is someone who goes to a part of the world where there is

  • news to report on, uh, and they report back to, um,

  • the news desk or the news network.

  • So a little bit different than a reporter.

  • I mean a correspondent is technically a reporter,

  • but a correspondent would be someone who is out in the field. We would say.

  • Um, so we have camera man, camera woman.

  • So this is the person that you usually don't see when you are watching the news.

  • Um, but we definitely have the people who operate the equipment.

  • So whenever you see a reporter or a correspondent,

  • there is often a camera person,

  • a cameraman or a camera woman operating the camera so that you can see the news.

  • Sometimes we forget when we watch the news that there is a camera person

  • somewhere. Um, but there definitely is a camera person somewhere.

  • Um, when you are watching, um,

  • the news you would say that they are,

  • you are watching a news story or a news segment.

  • So this current segment is on American politics or this current story is about

  • American politics. You can use either words.

  • When I talk to my coworkers I would say things like,

  • did you see that story on the news yesterday about that plane crash or some

  • other news story. So we definitely refer to those,

  • um, who are reporting, they are telling the story. It is a news story. Um,

  • I, I'm just going to pause and say hi to everyone in the chat.

  • There are a lot of people saying hello to me.

  • Thank you very much for being here and seeing hi. I really,

  • really do appreciate it. Um, for those just joining us,

  • we are doing a lesson about the news.

  • I'm going over all different English words and phrases that you would use if you

  • are talking about the news.

  • And we are in the middle of talking about a TV news.

  • Let me find that sheet. We're about halfway through talking about TV news,

  • one of the four news sources. Um,

  • so I referred to this earlier. Um,

  • the people who are at the news or in the newsroom, uh,

  • we also call this a studio,

  • but these people are reporting the news from a newsroom.

  • So the room behind them, we would call a newsroom.

  • We would also call this a studio. Okay.

  • So that is where the anchors would be located.

  • They would be in the newsroom or in the studio.

  • And you'll often hear a reporter say,

  • and we're going to go back to bill in the studio,

  • or we're going to go back to the studio and Joe is going to talk about the

  • weather. Okay. So often you will hear them refer to the studio, uh,

  • as the newsroom. Um, or the new,

  • they'll refer to the studio as the place where the dues is coming from. Uh,

  • often when a reporter is out in the field,

  • we also say that they are on location.

  • So when a reporter is outside reporting on the news from the location where the

  • news is happening, we would say that they are on location. Okay.

  • So you'll even hear things like, um,

  • we're going to go to Jane who is downtown on location where there is a parade.

  • Okay.

  • So on location means that they are at the place where some news event or a news

  • story is happening or unfolding. Okay.

  • Let me get a little drink of water here

  • and then we'll do a few more questions.

  • We talked about camera man and camera woman.

  • We would refer to all of the people involved in the news as the news crew.

  • So when you, uh, sometimes are in your downtown area,

  • you will see a news crew.

  • So you will see a sound person and a camera and a cameraman and the news

  • reporter, you will see all of these people. Oh,

  • Susanna just said on the scene in the chat. That is another location.

  • Yes or sorry, another way to refer to it. You could say, um,

  • Phil is on the scene at the, um, where the accident is downtown.

  • So on location, on the scene. Um, but yes,

  • the news crew is the group of people, um,

  • that goes out to report the news and often they will be in a news van and I

  • forgot to make a picture, but they could also be, uh,

  • reporting the news from a helicopter.

  • Some news networks have a helicopter in the air, you know,

  • [inaudible], you know, the sound of a helicopter. Um,

  • but I only made a picture of a news van. So you definitely have, um,

  • different vehicles that news reporters use in order to get to the location where

  • the news is happening. Um, and then the last one,

  • I kind of mentioned this earlier,

  • often a reporter who is reporting on a story from a location, uh,

  • out in the world where we'll say,

  • and now back to the studio where James is going to talk about the weather or

  • back to you. Jim. Um, thanks for letting me report on this story.

  • So you'll hear this phrase used when you watch the news. Uh, so that's TV news.

  • Um, I'm going to do a few questions.

  • I know I've been letting the questions build up. Oh yes,

  • there's Gaga has the next question. Gaga says,

  • what do you think about maybe people will abandon newspapers entirely in the

  • future with the development of technology?

  • I think newspapers will become fully digital.

  • I think they will definitely be online only in about 10 years.

  • Henry from Taiwan. Hi Bob.

  • How does teacher Bob deal with fake news or the spreading of misinformation?

  • Thank you. I try to read multiple news stories.

  • So if I read one news story and I find it hard to believe Henry,

  • I will try to find other new stories to read. Okay.

  • So that if I read three or four stories on the same topic and I try to always

  • get my news from a reliable source like CBC news,

  • the Canadian broadcasting corporation, um, Oh, thank you so much, uh,

  • for becoming a member.

  • I have trouble pronouncing names when it's not the standard English alphabet,

  • but sometimes [inaudible] will help me,

  • but thank you so much for becoming a member. That is awesome of you. Um,

  • next question. Let's see. Um,

  • next question is from Lala Lolita. Hi dear teacher. We miss you a lot.

  • How have you been? I've been good. How can we say what's new?

  • If we meet someone? Come on.

  • [inaudible] what other way to say that in English. Oh,

  • so not technically related to the news, but a yes,

  • we definitely just one sec here, Vitaly.

  • Thanks D chance for helping me with names. Vitaly,

  • thank you so much for becoming a member. That's awesome. Have you, uh,

  • in English we say a lot of things. Uh, we say what's new?

  • That is a very common English, so English phrase.

  • So a direct translation of quad NIF. Uh, totally works. Um,

  • remember, I'm only going to answer questions related to the news. Um,

  • and, uh, here we have a question from Shen. Um,

  • let's see here. Um, Shen says, do you watch the NBA often?

  • Not a lot, but I watched the Raptors a lot last year when they won.

  • I think the recent news about Kobe Bryant is still being followed by people.

  • I feel sad while Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa singing, seeing CU again to him.

  • Yeah, it is a very sad situation.

  • So Shen is referring to a news story from a little while ago that, you know,

  • Kobe Bryant was in a helicopter accident and passed away. Um,

  • and it is very sad news. So, um,

  • there are still new stories about that happening for sure. Uh, let's see here.

  • Next question from Valerie from Ukraine. Hello Bob.

  • Do you watch news about violence and crime?

  • Is Canadian television more boring than American? So first of all, yes,

  • Canadian television is a little more boring. Um,

  • and I don't usually watch the news station that reports on crime as one of their

  • first stories.

  • I usually watch a new station where they report on local news.

  • Both good and bad news first.

  • But there are some new stations where when you watch the news,

  • the first stories are always about crime and violence and I think because they

  • know that people are really interested in those news stories. But I watch,

  • um, a calmer version of the news where that is not the case. Um,

  • let's see here. Next question is from Nina at morning Bob. Morning. Nina,

  • what educational magazines would you like to recommend?

  • I usually watch national geographic and CBC news. Hi. Thank you.

  • I do recommend CBC news if you are learning English.

  • CBC news is a very well made new show. If you have access to it,

  • I certainly recommend it and I don't read national geographic for news,

  • but that is a great magazine for stories from around the world.

  • Um, let's see here. This next question is not about the news,

  • but I'm going to answer it anyways. Laila Lolita says, hi teacher.

  • Do you often celebrate Valentine's day in Canada?

  • So happy Valentine's day to all of you. Um,

  • I should put a heart in the chat. Should I um,

  • isn't that what you're supposed to do? Um, happy Valentine's day to everyone.

  • It is Valentine's day here in Canada. Yes,

  • we do celebrate Valentine's day in Canada. Um,

  • I'm probably going to celebrate it this evening by going out with Jen.

  • We might do a little bit of shopping and go out for coffee. Um, but yes,

  • Valentine's day is definitely celebrated here in Canada. Um,

  • and if you're wondering what Valentine's day is,

  • it's an evening that you spend with the person you love and you usually you do

  • something romantic. Um, let's see here. Um,

  • remember I will only answer questions that are related to the topic.

  • Okay. Uh, thank you Isabella Lopez for becoming a member.

  • That is awesome of you. I appreciate it. Thank you so much.

  • Enjoy your little crown and your, um, your name is in green now,

  • so I will see you in the comments or in the chat just a little bit better.

  • Thank you very much. Zarine says hello Bob.

  • What is the meaning of hard line journalism?

  • So hard line journalism means that they will always tell the truth and they will

  • most likely ask really hard questions if they are interviewing someone.

  • So hard line journalism tries to get to the bottom of things.

  • When you try to get to the bottom of something, it means you want the truth.

  • Um, and regardless of the consequences, you will always try to get the truth.

  • So that's definitely what hard line journalism is.

  • Um, let's see here. Another question about what I prefer real quick.

  • I'm all from KSA. Hi Bob. Thanks a lot for your efforts.

  • My question is which one do you prefer watching news on TV or the internet or

  • newspapers? It really depends day to day. I like the news on TV,

  • but when I really want to know something I go to the internet and if it's

  • the weekend and there is a newspaper, I will read it.

  • Let me do one more question and then we will move on with the lesson. Um,

  • let's see here. Amman says, hi teacher Bob.

  • My question is why is news called breaking news? I know that is urgent news,

  • but why brick? So it's breaking news.

  • So we say breaking news, I'm not sure why it's called breaking news,

  • but breaking news is news that happens outside of the normal time on TV.

  • So if the news is usually on at six o'clock and then all of the sudden you're

  • watching TV at 9:00 PM,

  • you're watching a different show just for entertainment and they stopped the

  • show and the news anchor or reporter comes on,

  • they would say breaking news and then they would report,

  • would report on something that just happened. Anyways, let's keep going.

  • Our next news source is of course the newspaper.

  • And I had a newspaper here. The newspaper is the print news.

  • It is one of the older forms of getting the news.

  • The newspaper in Canada has been, um,

  • the newspapers in Canada have been having trouble lately because people have

  • started to get their news from the internet,

  • so they don't buy newspapers as often as they used to. Um,

  • we also have what are called tabloids.

  • Tabloids are usually entertainment news, um,

  • and they are usually in Canada,

  • found in the checkout aisle of the grocery store.

  • So if you go to the grocery store and you're buying groceries,

  • when you go to pay for your groceries,

  • there are tabloids for sale in the checkout line.

  • Um,

  • and generally tabloids report on sensational news and sometimes fake news.

  • Okay. So that is what, uh, I don't buy tabloids.

  • I not a,

  • I'm not a big fan of sensational news or fake news or entertainment news.

  • I'm a person who is, uh,

  • works for a newspaper is called a journalist or a columnist.

  • This is hard to say. Columnist, columnist.

  • I'm a journalist and columnist are very much the same.

  • A journalist reports on all kinds of things.

  • A columnist usually writes on the same topic every week,

  • but they are somewhat interchangeable, so for sure.

  • Let me just check something here. Um, Nope, we're good. Sorry.

  • I just wanted to make sure the audio is still working. Um,

  • so the person who works at the newspaper is called a journalist.

  • Um, they write articles, so they write news articles,

  • but we do still just call them stories. Okay.

  • If you aren't sure what to call, um,

  • what someone is reporting on it is almost always just called a news story.

  • Did you read that news story the other day about the dog that ran away?

  • Okay.

  • But particularly in newspapers we would also call them news articles.

  • Okay. I say okay. Luck. Okay. Okay.

  • Um, I think you're familiar with what headlines are.

  • The headline is the title of the news story or article.

  • So you will have headlines where the words are in a really,

  • really big font and headlines kind of give you an idea of what the news story is

  • going to be about. And of course we have with newspapers,

  • the front page,

  • it is exciting when you get your picture on the front page of the newspaper.

  • If it's for something good,

  • it's probably less exciting if your pictures on the front page of the newspaper

  • if you did something bad.

  • But the front page or front page news is the most important news of the day or

  • the news that the newspaper thinks is the most important news of the day.

  • Let me jump over and a few more questions. And then we will keep moving along.

  • Let's see here. This is a question from Sean.

  • Let me get pieced in here. Um, hello Shawn or Shawn.

  • Hello, I'm new here. Do the Canadians often watch us news? Yes.

  • So I will watch Canadian news most of the time,

  • but I also watch us news a lot.

  • We are close enough to the U S border, uh,

  • that we can watch news from the United States park. Hi Bob. How are you?

  • Who is your favorite anchor and who is the most famous anchor in Canada? Um,

  • well I don't really have a favorite anchor. Um,

  • my favorite anchor was a person. Uh, I'm just gonna check his stats here.

  • Let's see. Here is a person called Peter Mansbridge.

  • He was a reporter on the CBC. He was an anchor. Uh,

  • he was definitely my favorite. Currently I do not have a favorite anchor. Um,

  • Leonora, let me find Leonora. Hi Bob. Good morning.

  • Do you think reading news everyday is a good way to practice English?

  • So here is what I always recommend you do.

  • Read the news in your own language and then read the same news stories in

  • English and then watch those news stories in English.

  • So read it first in your own language so you completely understand the story.

  • So if you're reading a story about the Corona virus,

  • read about it in your own language,

  • then read stories about it in English,

  • and then watch the news in English.

  • It's a great way to help you learn new vocabulary and to learn new things.

  • It's just an awesome technique. Um, let's see here.

  • Kuo says, hi Bob.

  • What's the hottest news in Canada recently? Thank you.

  • I think the biggest news story in Canada is about the cruise ship just off the

  • coast of Japan where people are not allowed off the ship because they're the

  • Corona viruses on the ship.

  • And the latest story I read was that 12 Canadians on that ship are now sick.

  • So, and many other people. So that is probably the top news story.

  • Um, Matt from Taiwan high teacher. Bob,

  • do you like gossip news? No, I like normal, good logical,

  • true news. I'm not a big fan of, uh,

  • of anything gossipy or untrue. Uh,

  • Norma has the next question. Hello Bob.

  • I think newspapers will disappear little by little. Do you agree?

  • I think newspapers in this form,

  • I think these will disappear slowly. Um, but I think, uh,

  • the news on the internet will survive.

  • I think most of us will get our news from the internet as time goes on.

  • Let me clean up my questions here. Uh, let's see. Next question.

  • Let me find another one that's about the news again.

  • If you asked a question and it wasn't about the news,

  • then I'm just gonna skip over it. I, Layla, Lolita, hi again.

  • I don't like to watch a lot,

  • especially when it's not about bad news cause it affects in a bad way.

  • Do you agree? I like to watch happy news,

  • but I do also like to know what's happening in the world.

  • So I will watch mostly news that is uplifting,

  • that makes me happy. But I will also watch news that is more serious for sure.

  • Okay. Um, we were talking about where we're,

  • we were talking about the newspaper as a source of news.

  • A newspaper is divided into sections,

  • so there are different sections of the newspaper. Um,

  • and those sections can include,

  • the first part is really just the news section and it can be

  • local news news that's happening in your city.

  • It can be national news news that is happening in your country and it can be

  • world news news that is happening around the world. Okay.

  • So the first section of the newspaper is just really the news section.

  • It's where you will read stories about things that are happening around the

  • world, around your city and in your country. Um,

  • there is also a business section. In fact,

  • the one I've been holding up is the business section of the globe and mail.

  • And the business section gives you information about companies and business and

  • trade and stocks and money.

  • It just talks about all the things in the world that have to do with business

  • and money and finances. Um,

  • another popular section of the newspaper is the sports section.

  • So obviously this is the first section that some people grab notice.

  • A section of a newspaper actually comes apart.

  • Like you can take sections of the newspaper out. When I was a kid,

  • when the newspaper came, uh, I would always grab the comics.

  • There was a section that just had comics. Uh,

  • and when I was a kid I would grab that section and that would be the first

  • section I would read.

  • Many newspapers also have an entertainment section. Okay.

  • So you have a sports section, a business section and entertainment section.

  • They might also have a section called culture.

  • They might have a section for religion in some American cities.

  • The newspaper has a section for religion and they might have a section for

  • classified ads,

  • which are advertisements that people put in the newspaper to sell things.

  • Let me just look through, um,

  • the rest of my lesson here to see how to pace things. Um,

  • we talked about this one already. Um,

  • breaking news is news that happens outside of the normal news cycle.

  • So if the news is normally on at a certain time,

  • but all of the sudden the news is on at a different time,

  • it is probably because there is breaking news,

  • there is something new happening in the world that they want to tell you about.

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  • but it's on Spotify, Apple podcasts, um, and everywhere else.

  • So I'm just so you know that I will put a link below to help you with that.

  • Let me do a few more questions here. Let's see.

  • Leo from Brazil says, um, hi Bob. How's it going?

  • How often do people in Canada spread fake news on the internet?

  • Because here in Brazil, people spread it a lot.

  • So it happens the most when there is an election,

  • when we are voting for a new prime minister or when we are voting for a new

  • premier, those are the names of our leaders.

  • That's when we see the most fake news, um,

  • that for sure. Uh, Divia says,

  • when should I ask questions related to the other topic?

  • Tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM there will be another livestream and it's open

  • question. Um, and if you get your question in early,

  • I will be able to answer it. Um, let's see here.

  • June Lynn says,

  • how to improve writing skills by reading the news or other ways.

  • So here's how you improve your writing skills with the news.

  • You read a news story in your own language,

  • you read it in English as well. You watch it in English,

  • and then you try to write what we call a summary.

  • So you try to remember all the details of the new story and you try to write

  • your own version of the story.

  • So if you read a story about a lost dog in your own language,

  • you read that story in English, you watch a news story about it,

  • then you sit down and say,

  • two days ago a dog named Fifi ran away from their owner.

  • Okay? So read, read, watch, and then tried to write yourself.

  • That would be a great way to practice your writing. Uh, let's see here.

  • Um, Lionel says,

  • what do your coworkers think about your job on YouTube and your passion for

  • teaching? Thank you so much. I don't, here's a little secret.

  • I don't often talk about my YouTube channel with my coworkers.

  • I actually don't often talk about my YouTube channel with anyone.

  • I talk about it with my wife Jen. Uh, we talk about it a lot. Um,

  • and how to make it better. Jen is actually, um,

  • part of making this work really well.

  • I talk about it with my older kids quite a bit cause they helped me, uh,

  • with ideas sometimes. Um,

  • and as a family sometimes we sit around and I talk about the next video and my

  • kids give me ideas,

  • but I don't actually talk about my YouTube channel with my coworkers very much

  • at all, once in a while if they ask. But, uh,

  • not a whole lot. A solo English. Oh, high solo English TV. Welcome again.

  • It's good to see you. Hi Bob.

  • How do you think 24 hours news 24 hour news channels have changed how we watch

  • the news. So I personally don't watch 24 hour news,

  • but I do find it nice that we have a couple of stations on our television that

  • have 24 hour news. So, um, I'm not sure how it's changed things,

  • but I certainly do enjoy that there are channels where I can get the news

  • whenever I want it, but mostly, um,

  • I just watch news or I read news on the internet if I in that moment wants to

  • know what's happening. Uh, let's see here. Sade says, Hey Bob,

  • what about broadcasting news or channels meeting debate that they have guests,

  • do you have specific words refer to those programs?

  • So I'm not sure what you're referring to,

  • but I think maybe you're talking about when there is an election coming up,

  • they will report on the election and there will be debates between the people

  • who are running for president or prime minister and those kinds of things.

  • Kenzo, next question. Kenzo says, hi Bob.

  • That's my first time here. Hi Kenzo. Um,

  • do you think podcasts could replace newspapers too? I think so.

  • I think that podcasts that talk about the news and report on the news could do

  • that for sure. Next question. Lily from Vietnam.

  • What is the difference between a newspaper and a magazine?

  • I don't have a magazine here, Lily. Um,

  • but a newspaper is printed on what we call newspaper newsprint.

  • So it's this big format of paper.

  • A magazine is actually more like a colorful small book.

  • I wish I had one with me. Uh, newspapers usually come out every day.

  • Magazines usually come out every month.

  • So that would be the difference between those two.

  • A Nazir from India. Hi sir, I'm a regular listener of your videos.

  • I off, I listened to them while I'm working. My question, you often say,

  • I'm losing track. What does that mean? Um,

  • so I'm trying to do a lesson about the news,

  • but if there was another thought in my head and I start thinking about that I'm

  • losing track of what I'm supposed to be doing because I'm thinking about

  • something else. So sometimes I'm distracted.

  • I have other things that I have to do after the live stream and while I'm trying

  • to do the live stream,

  • I start thinking about those other things so I lose track of what I'm doing.

  • Um, it doesn't happen too often,

  • but it does happen once in awhile. Let's see here.

  • And Nobrey how often do people around you?

  • Coral with each other over the political news. Thank you for your lessons. Well,

  • first of all, you're, you're welcome and not for the lessons. Um,

  • people argue they don't coral or get angry too often.

  • Canadians in general are quite reserved. We're quite, um,

  • polite to each other. Um,

  • but people do definitely watch the news and form opinions,

  • political opinions about the government and how things should be run.

  • And then they do definitely, uh,

  • talk about it and argue about it once in a while. Uh, let's see here.

  • Next question is from Agora pina high. When you watch TV news,

  • there is a line at the bottom of the screen with some news moving very quickly

  • on it. Some kinds of subtitles. How, what do you call this in English? So yes,

  • if you look here, this is a TV. There's we,

  • I just call this the ticker. I'm a news ticker.

  • This is not the same as what this person is saying. These are just,

  • um, titles of other news stories. Um,

  • so there's often a little string of newspaper titles or sorry,

  • news titles going along the bottom. So I would call it a news ticker.

  • I don't know what the official name is for it, but that's,

  • that's what I would call it. Hey, let's move on.

  • Any kind of news that's covering a certain story is called news coverage.

  • So this is news coverage of an election.

  • So they're talking about an event that's happening and this is news coverage of

  • that event. If there was a large, um, let's see,

  • uh, a large demonstration downtown,

  • if there was a protest where people were angry about something,

  • there would be news coverage of that event.

  • That means that the news reporters are at that event and they are reporting on

  • it while it happens. So we would call that news coverage.

  • This happens a lot when there is an election when there is a strike.

  • So right now in Canada there are a couple of unions that are on strike.

  • That's when the workers don't go to work because they are angry.

  • So there will be news coverage of that event. Okay.

  • That means that they are actively reporting on that event. Um,

  • we talked about this a little bit earlier.

  • There is now something called fake news. Fake news is, um,

  • something that has started to happen in the last five or 10 years. Um,

  • a lot on social media. Fake news, uh,

  • is when someone creates a news story that is not true. Okay.

  • And so this is fake news. Um, it's a problem,

  • especially during elections.

  • There is a lot of fake news when there is an election coming up in Canada.

  • So we have to really be careful about where you get your news and what you read.

  • Uh, let me have a drink of water here.

  • Thank you to the 547 people that are watching. That is awesome.

  • I'm always shocked at that number. I'm going to cough for a sec.

  • So just a minute. [inaudible] or clear my throat. It wasn't really a cough.

  • So a cough is when you like make that sound,

  • but sometimes you just need to clear your throat. Um,

  • we also have, um, I don't want to ruffle any feathers.

  • I don't want to upset anyone.

  • But in Canada we have what's called freedom of the press.

  • So the news is created by the press.

  • When you have freedom of the press,

  • it means that your government allows your news sources and your reporters to for

  • the most part report freely. Okay.

  • I know not every country in the world has freedom of the press.

  • I don't want to name names or accuse anyone of anything, but um,

  • definitely it is a privilege and I appreciate living in a country where we have

  • freedom of the press. It does help quite a bit, um,

  • to get to the bottom and to find the real stories. Um,

  • last thing,

  • sometimes the news person or the reporter will interview someone.

  • So this is the reporter. This is the TV journalist. Um,

  • this is just some lady in the background who didn't know she was going to be on

  • the news that day and this person is being interviewed. Okay.

  • So they are, this person is reporting the news,

  • there is news coverage of this event and she is interviewing this person here.

  • So here we see someone who is being interviewed by a news reporter.

  • Um, I'm going to do a few more questions and then we will wrap this up.

  • Let's see here. Uh, Allen has a great one here.

  • This is a great question. Ellen says,

  • please tell us about some expressions related to the news.

  • Like no news is good news. Thank you. So yes,

  • we do have the saying no news is good news and that means, um,

  • if you aren't hearing anything that's better than hearing bad news. Okay. Um,

  • the other phrase I can tell you is that news travels fast.

  • That's another English expression. Um, so when you say news travels fast,

  • sometimes you tell someone something you'd know and they've already heard it

  • from another person. So you could say, wow, news travels fast. Um,

  • and then one other phrase I can think of is sometimes you have to tell someone

  • some good news and some bad news. So we will say to someone,

  • I have some good news and some bad news. Which news do you want to hear first?

  • Um, so those are just a few phrases. Uh,

  • Ellen that I can think of off the top of my head is, let's see here.

  • Victor says, my grandpa made a big,

  • Oh my grandpa made a big collection of old newspapers.

  • It is so interesting to read old news. Do you collect newspapers?

  • I don't collect them,

  • but when I was a kid I lived in a very old house and my parents built a new

  • house and we tore the old house down. Okay.

  • So again, we had an old house.

  • We built a new house when we tore the old house down.

  • When we took it apart,

  • we found old newspapers in the walls and it was really fun to read them.

  • It was a really cool experience for me as a kid to read those old newspapers.

  • A REO says happy Valentine's day and good evening. Thank you very much. Uh,

  • are you, I hope you are having a good Valentine's day as well. Let's see here.

  • Danielle has the next question.

  • Is reading the news a good way to improve vocabulary? Thanks. Absolutely. Again,

  • as I mentioned earlier, read the news in your own language,

  • then read it in English and then watch it in English.

  • It is a great way to learn new vocabulary. Absolutely. Uh,

  • let's see here. Ramon has the next question.

  • How's it going? What's your favorite app of news?

  • I've recently read some news on BBC news, which really helps a lot. Um,

  • can you recommend one or two apps you love? I don't use an app to read the news.

  • I have an Android phone and if I swipe all the way in the one direction,

  • I get the news from Google news.

  • So I generally read Google news if I'm reading news on my phone.

  • Let's see here. Um, SEFA has the next question.

  • Greetings from Turkey.

  • Canadians prefer to read news from the newspaper or from the internet.

  • My friend Craig prefers to read the news from the newspaper.

  • He reads the globe and mail every day.

  • My mum prefers to watch the news on TV. So that's,

  • I think it's, it's,

  • it's a pretty mixed result when you start to think about how do people mostly

  • watch the news? Let's see here. Um, Oh,

  • Neary has the next question. Hi Bob.

  • What do you think about the newspapers,

  • which claim to be independent and unbiased,

  • but their owners have many business size with government and other companies.

  • So when a newspaper is biased,

  • it means that instead of reporting the truth,

  • they report the truth from their perspective so that they look good or their

  • friends look good. Uh, what do I think about that? I don't like it.

  • I think it happens in every country.

  • I think even in Canada where I said we have freedom of the press,

  • we still have reporting that is biased.

  • I don't think you can avoid it because we are all humans and humans do things

  • like that sometimes. Um, I'm just going to say a few last things here.

  • Thank you again so much for watching. I hope you have a great Valentine's day.

  • Two things.

  • Please watch this video again tomorrow with English subtitles on.

  • If there were parts that you did not understand,

  • please go back on my channel and watch last Tuesday's video.

  • I think you will really, really like it. I had a lot of fun making it.

  • I bake cookies.

  • If you want to see me bake cookies and learn English in the kitchen,

  • go watch that video, this video.

  • The audio will be available as a podcast in a couple hours. So look for that.

  • And, uh, I'm Bob the Canadian and I'm teaching you English. Uh,

  • if you're new here, don't forget to click the subscribe button. Uh,

  • and give me a thumbs up and I hope you all have a great weekend. Uh,

  • it's Valentine's day today,

  • so I'm going to have a nice day at work and then I'm going to head out

  • this evening. I with Jen,

  • we're just going to go out for some coffee and spend the night on the town.

  • So we're going to go to the city, maybe do a little bit of shopping,

  • maybe walk around,

  • although it's minus 15 Celsius right now outside that's a little bit cold.

  • So, uh, let's see. Your arms here says today,

  • Bob's face looks brighter than before. Yeah,

  • I think the light is acting a little weird or my camera is. But anyways,

  • thanks to Dave and Todd for helping in the chat.

  • Thanks to all of you for being here. Uh, Dick shan't says poor night bought.

  • Um, yeah, night bought, helps us know, uh, quite a bit.

  • He's still saying that you can ask questions, but I'm done now. But anyways,

  • have a good day. I'm going to push the button and we're going to end this.

Is, um, it might seem like a relatively simple topic, but, uh,

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