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Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English, the Podcast. Today's expression is a very special expression.
It is RIP, R -I -P, which stands for Rest in Peace.
and we use this expression when somebody dies.
Sometimes we say RIP, sometimes we say rest in peace, usually RIP we write it, RIP.
So you can listen to well for example today we'll talk about Bea Bea King.
Bea Bea King was a famous very very super famous blues singer and guitarist in America, maybe you have heard of him.
He's an amazing man and he died just a couple days ago May 14th 2015.
He was 89. So if you go to YouTube and you listen to a song by BB King you can leave the comment, rip our IP.
And it means, rest in peace.
Hope you're in heaven resting in peace.
Yeah, BB King is one of those people.
You know, many people in the world, famous people, some people love them.
Some people hate them.
BB King, almost everybody loved because he was a good guy.
He never hurt. Well, as far as we know in general, he never heard anybody.
He never said bad things, all he did was play his music.
All he did was entertain.
He started with nothing, nothing at all, no money.
His parents were dirt poor.
They had nothing. He bought his first guitar with his money that he saved for years and years and years.
he taught himself how to play the guitar.
He sang in church, he was good, he started moving along, he got bigger and bigger and bigger and he never stopped entertaining.
BB King. What a great American.
Let's check out the dialogue.
Did you hear the news?
What? maybe king died what a shame he was such a great entertainer may he rest in peace yes he was an absolute entertainer he entertained up until last year 2014 until he was 88 years old seriously he never stopped he had the gift of making people happy, of making people forget their problems and of putting smiles on people's faces and he did it as a young boy he did it all through his life and now thanks to YouTube and CDs and mp3s and DVDs and whatever else there is he can continue entertaining us.
Do you have a favorite Bebe King song?
My mine you know I'm a rock boy from the 1980s so my favorite version is a song that he did with you two.
It's called When Love Comes to Town.
I just think it's such a great song and his voice his guitar make it extra special when love comes to town go check it out see if you can find it on YouTube it is a great song.
BB King rest in peace rip we are going to be missed that's today's expression everybody can you think of someone maybe in your personal life in your country who has Has died?
Died recently? Well, in English, a nice thing is very short, but it's very nice to simply say rip, R -I -P, rest in peace.
If you want to be a little bit more formal, just like in the dialogue, may he or she rest in peace.
Practice the dialog a couple more times.
And together let's master English!
Did you hear the news?
What? B .B. King died.
Oh, what a shame! He was such a great entertainer.
May he rest in peace.
Did you hear the news?
What? B .B. King died.
Oh, what a shame! He was such a great entertainer.
May he rest in peace.
