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Es un “Variety Show” emitido en prime-time por las tardes en directo desde nuestros estudios en Madrid, de lunes a viernes a partir de las 18:30 GMT+1.
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All right, we are back everybody and we're into the final half hour.
We have a lot to talk about in this half hour, including another interactive section.
That's right, we'll get you participating with this one.
Let's get into today's what's that sound?
What's that sound?
What's that sound?
David is going to play a sound for us.
I honestly don't know what it is.
But I mean, it's when I surprise that.
So if you want to participate with us, you can write in David.
How can they find us online?
I'm Kyle Miller.
Yeah, that's right.
I'm Kyle Miller on Instagram, on Twitter, on X, as they say.
So you can write in and tell me how or tell me what the sound is.
Not just say, oh, it's popcorn, but you know, describe it, right?
In an interesting way, describe the sound as well as you can and we'll see who can guess it correctly or give the most interesting answer using it.
All right.
David, can we hear the sound?
Yes, this one is not a difficult one, but I want you to say exactly what it is.
Okay, because it could be multiple things, but there's only one correct, okay?
Okay, okay.
Listen carefully.
Okay.
Ah.
Interesting.
Okay, and I think I think could it be related to St. Patrick's Day possibly?
Well, not really.
No.
Oh, no.
No.
No.
It's a normal sound.
It's not related to beer or whatever.
It's not related.
Is this okay?
Well, let's maybe we should hear it one more time.
Can we hear it again?
Okay.
I mean, I think we roughly know, but there could be a little twist here, un detaillé.
I don't know.
Okay.
So, we'll wait for your responses there.
Now, we also have a bunch of people writing in because we had our Twitter translation and people are commenting there.
I said, come and see you in English.
So, people can still write in.
It's not too late.
It's not too late to participate in our Twitter translation.
We'll get into that a little later on in our show, but for now, why don't we go ahead?
Well, you know, I love facts.
Let's get into, as we often do, a section we call, and that's a fact.
All right, everybody, and that's a fact today.
Some facts about, yes, about St. Patrick's Day.
Exactly, a little bit more.
Fact number one, we should probably wear blue instead of green.
Now, St. Patrick himself would have to deal with, well, would probably agree.
His color was St. Patrick's blue, a light shade of blue.
The only green or the color green only became associated with the day after it was linked to the Irish independence movement of the late 18th century.
So, St. Patrick himself actually wore blue and fits may not like the reality of this, but St. Patrick himself was British.
Although he made his mark by introducing Christianity to Ireland, he wasn't Irish himself. He was born to Roman parents in Scotland or Wales in the late 4th century.
And the Irish do take the day seriously, as you might expect. It's a big deal in Ireland.
It's a national holiday in both Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and in Northern Ireland.
Another interesting fact is that New Yorkers also take it very seriously New York and Boston and Chicago.
But New York's annual St. Patrick's Day parade is one of the world's largest parades.
And they started back in 1762.
250,000 marchers have gone up or go up Fifth Avenue on foot.
And the parade does not allow floats or cars or other modern things, right?
So, a float is when you have like a... I don't know how you say that, David, you know what?
A float in a parade when you have like those big like and fires to have less fires, but it's like a big wooden thing.
But a float can be like that on top of a truck or something like that that moves along. They call it a float.
I don't know what you call it in Spanish.
Yeah, maybe it would be, I don't know, carabana or something related.
Now, New York, sorry Chicago also gets in on the action famously.
And the city of Chicago has been celebrating St. Patrick by dumping green dye into the Chicago River by...
1962, it takes 40 tons of dye to get the river to look green.
And they did that, I think it was on Saturday, they did that.
And also the reason for the sham rocks, yes according to the legend, it relates to, as I mentioned this earlier, the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
As he introduced Christianity to Ireland and apparently he used the sham rock to illustrate the three.
Corned beef and cabbage, a traditional St. Patrick's Day meal, which doesn't have anything to do with corn.
Instead, it's an acknowledgement of the large grains of salt that were historically used to cure meats, which were also used,
which were also known as corns.
Interesting.
The leprechaun, apparently there were no records acknowledging female leprechauns.
In traditional Irish folk tales, there are no female leprechauns only male leprechauns.
Interesting, but strange.
Anyhow, a little bit interesting, I think, as we look at a few interesting facts about St. Patrick's Day.
In a few minutes we're going to learn more about St. Patrick's Day through our interrogative challenge, but first let's have a look at our phrasal verb of the day.
Yes, the drive time phrasal verb.
Our phrasal verb today to catch up.
To catch up.
So to catch up with someone to get caught up on something or in something, we caught up to the leader.
It was difficult to catch up or to catch up with him or with them.
Alonso is trying to catch up with the leader.
But I'm rapido, rapido, que no nos da tiempo alcanzarle.
He's going so fast that we can't catch up to him.
We can't catch up to him.
For fin estoy al día con mi trabajo.
I'm finally caught up on all my work.
Sigue intentando ponerse al día.
They're still trying to get caught up.
They're still trying to get caught up.
No pudimos alcanzarles.
We couldn't catch up to them.
Su economía está alcanzando el resto de Europa.
Their economy is catching up with the rest of Europe.
Remember him, David?
The great Spanish cyclist.
No one could catch up with me.
He was great.
Are you going to get caught up this weekend?
If you fall behind, it will be difficult to catch up to them.
Do you think we can catch up to him?
Tricky, right?
But a good one.
That is our drive time phrasal verb to catch up.
We never say catch him up or catch myself up.
It's inseparable.
Catch up, catch up with someone or to catch up on work, for example.
There you have it.
I love challenges and I love challenges that help you improve your English.
Of course, por sostamos.
Today we can focus in and learn a little bit more about St. Patrick's Day in Ireland
in today's Interrogative Challenge.
Interrogative Challenge.
Interrogative Challenge.
I'm going to give you the answer to the question.
You can ask me the question that I've already answered.
Okay.
Number one, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th.
When is St. Patrick's Day celebrated?
Hey, when is St. Patrick's Day celebrated on March 17th?
St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.
Who is St. Patrick?
Yeah, the patron saint of Ireland.
The symbol most associated with St. Patrick is the shamrock.
What is the symbol most associated with St. Patrick?
Yeah, the shamrock, the treble.
The color worn on St. Patrick's Day is green.
What is the color worn on St. Patrick's Day?
It's green.
St. Patrick's Day Parades first started in America.
Where did St. Patrick's Day Parades first start?
The first St. Patrick's Day Parade took place in New York City.
Where did the first St. Patrick's Day Parade take place?
The Chicago River is dyed green using vegetable dye.
How is the Chicago River dyed green?
The official symbol of Ireland is the harp.
What is the official symbol of Ireland?
Yeah. Hey, what's the official symbol of Ireland of the harp?
St. Patrick's Day became a public holiday in Ireland in 1903.
When did St. Patrick's Day become a holiday in 1903?
Not for fits.
Not for fits. That's right.
Traditional Irish music often features the fiddle.
What does traditional Irish music often feature?
The fiddle.
The Irish name for Ireland is I.E.D.
What is the Irish name for Ireland?
Maybe it's Irish. Maybe it's Irish.
I'm probably mispronouncing it.
I should know that, but I don't.
Patrick's Day Festival in Dublin lasts for five days.
How long does the St. Patrick's Day Festival in Dublin last?
Irish soda bread is made with baking soda.
What is Irish soda bread made with?
Yeah, baking soda.
And there you have it, folks. I think that's good.
I think that's good for today.
I think we've done well.
I think we're learning some...
We've learned a fair bit about Ireland today.
Do you feel you've learned a bit about Ireland in St. Patrick's Day today, David?
Well, yes. Let's say some certain things.
Yeah. I've learned.
I think so.
It's been a fun time here.
Acknowledging St. Patrick's Day here on the Drive Time Show.
Anyway, we have a bunch of questions from listeners, David, that have come in.
So why don't we go ahead and take a look at some of those as we look at today's buy request.
Buy request.
English.
Alacata.
All right, we've got questions.
Everybody, people have written in.
And if you want to participate, remember you can always join the fun in our free Facebook group.
It's called English with Kyle.
English with Kyle, you can send me your questions there.
Also, if you're a member of the English collective, you can also write to me there.
And answer questions.
I will answer them either there.
I'll answer them there as well, but also on the Drive Time Show.
You can also reach me, of course, on Instagram or on Twitter.
So there's so many ways to reach me.
I'm Kyle Miller on Instagram, Twitter X.
Manuel says, I'd like to know the difference between or among these three words.
He said, scream, shout and yell.
Okay, scream is like tiara.
More high pitch.
I feel it's like more aguda.
Scream.
And shout and yell are very similar.
Shout and yell.
They're essentially the same.
They're very similar.
Okay, now what is important?
We talked about this last week, I think.
Someone and yell at.
So two is like, hey, David, I'm over here.
I'm yelling to someone to get their attention.
But if you yell at them, it's like to reganyar.
You're angry at someone, right?
You yell at them.
Okay.
All right, now we have another one here.
Beatrice wrote here and said, hi, Kyle.
Could you please tell me how I can translate el paro?
El paro se va ajo un dos por ciento.
El paro se va ajo un dos por ciento.
El paro.
So unemployment fell by 2%.
Or it declined by 2%.
Now it's important.
The use of the preposition fell by 2%.
So imagine if unemployment were 8% and it fell by 2%.
Then it is that now it's 6%.
It fell 2%, it fell 2%, 6%.
It fell by 2% to 6.
So to the end result, the temperature increase in the month,
in the summer, the temperature goes up to 40 degrees.
It goes up by 30 degrees from where it is now.
By the change to the end amount.
Okay.
Aless says, how do you say tango suenio?
Okay. Well, I'm tired.
Faddle.
I'm tired.
Dingo suenio.
I am tired.
Yes.
Okay, Diana.
Diana writes in and says, yeah, sorry, David,
did you have a comment there?
Yes, because you said I'm tired,
but I'm tired.
It's more like I'm tired, right?
And tango suenio is like, I'm sleepy, maybe.
Well, am I wrong?
We just say, really we say I'm tired for both.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, I'm sleepy.
I'm sleepy.
Yeah, I'm sleepy.
I'm tired.
Okay.
I tend to say I'm tired for both.
Uh-huh.
But tired is also...
I'm tired, right?
I'm tired.
I'm tired.
Okay, okay.
We tend to say tired for both.
But, yeah, sleepy.
Also, I feel sleepy.
Oh, yeah.
The hell, right?
I feel sleepy.
But we often say I'm tired.
Mm-hmm.
Okay, okay.
Which is not the same as tango un suenio.
No, no.
Like Martin Luther King, right?
Uh-huh.
So he didn't get up there and say,
Dingo un suenio, deal?
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
I'm tired.
No, no.
He wasn't saying that.
It was different, right?
Yeah, yeah.
Imagine that.
Great fuck.
Yeah, yeah.
Yes.
Just so we don't confuse them.
You know what I mean?
All right.
We have, uh, herald.
Ah, yeah.
Yeah.
That's a quick, quick question from herald.
He says, the difference between college and university.
Well, university, death, university.
Um, college, to me,
is a...
A little bit shorter.
The programs.
And maybe more dedicated to, like,
specific oficius.
Maybe specific, like, skills or, uh, trades.
Like, if you want to become an electrician,
you go to a college to do a course on,
an electrician course, let's say.
But university is typically for four-year degrees,
like, bachelor degrees.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
And then you can do a master's degree.
So there's a bit of a difference.
But also, that depends on the,
the country as well.
And there are differences.
There are regional differences for the use of those words,
as well, herald.
But that's a good one.
Okay.
We're almost at a time.
So we do have to look at our responses.
Uh, the Twitter translation.
Today.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Uh-huh.
The Twitter translation today,
as it complexity in English.
Arac glitter engaged as statues.
Louabre Echel.
There's a good one here.
Uh-huh.
By the time you get home.
I will have done it, says car ply.
And that's correct.
Yes, I will have done it.
That's the future perfect tense.
I will have done it or you can contract it to I'll have done it in fact Carmen said I'll have done it
Dana said I'll have done it by the time you get home. I'll have done it when you get home. I'll have done it
Okay, but I like by the time you get home. I'll have done it says Manolo
Sergey got it to I'll have done it said Joaquin by the time you get home. I'll have done it now
We also had our sound as sonido come here. That sound one more time
Now
Born to Ironman share some Irish and then he says by the time you get home I'll have I will have done it correct
The sound let's see Manolo says maybe someone filling up a jug with water from a tap
Well could be yeah as I said it could be multiple things but there's one thing that is the except thing
What do you think it is? Well hold on we have born to Ironman just let me read his response first
He says being St. Patrick's Day. I bet it I bet that fits would be serving us a pint of draft
Guinness beer with some leper cons have and and
and
Yeah, he says
Some leper cons have boy-cotted it. Okay, and regrettably we had to drink
We haven't had the Irish luck is just now. It's just tap water. I wouldn't be full. I don't know
Yeah, I think it's someone filling up a glass with water
What am I missing David?
Yeah, it's okay. It could be a salad or valid though
But it's not it's not that exactly is
Filling a cup of of tea of coffee. Yeah, coffee
A cup of coffee very specific very specific, but okay. I get it. It sounds the same as it would be water
Okay, but filling let's say putting a liquid filling something up is a good answer still, right? Yeah, great
Okay, cool. Well, thank you David and and yeah, and thanks to everyone who participated about so yeah
Filling a jug with water filling a cup. We could say any of these I think that's a good a good one
Anyway, folks. We are just about out of time
I want to thank you for listening today. I hope you enjoy
St. Patrick's Day. Hope you're enjoying it. I should say and it's uh
What it's already the evening now. Maybe you'll have a beer to and to celebrate
The end of St. Patrick's Day
Yes, but we'll be back tomorrow with another episode of the drive time show
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