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Easy English Expression, rehashed.
Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to Easy English Expressions.
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D-Cube number 222 coming at you on a beautiful Sunday.
It's beautiful for me.
Nice, cool fall weather.
I live in Vermont and beautiful.
Fall is one of the best times to be in Vermont.
That's for sure.
All right.
A great expression, especially if you are the boss or if you want to talk about somebody that is the boss.
Enjoy it.
Let's go back in time.
Today's expression is very good.
It is to be at the helm.
H-E-L-M.
To be at the helm.
Now a couple days ago, we had the expression to give a wide berth.
And that expression, as I told you, is related to shipping.
Well, to be at the helm is also related to shipping.
Well...
I think Cortez was an explorer, right?
Anyway.
Helm.
H-E-L-M.
A helm is the place where you steer and guide the ship.
That's where the captain stands.
The captain of the ship.
The skipper, he or she, I guess, of course, there are female captains.
That person stands up there.
They are the leader.
They guide the ship.
They can steer the ship.
They tell the ship where to go.
So who is at the helm means who's the captain.
And who is at the helm in daily English means who is in charge, who is the boss, who is the leader.
To be at the helm means to be the leader.
For me, in my house, I am at the helm.
Next in line would be my cat, Minty.
And then Cass.
But Cass is just a slave.
We force her to wash dishes and wash clothes.
Yes, Minty.
I'll feed you in a minute.
Just a sec.
Just a second, Minty.
Okay, I have to go feed my cat.
Why don't you guys check out a dialogue?
Are you looking at the stock market?
My Apple stock is up.
Who took over after Jobs died?
Tim Cook's at the helm.
He's doing great apple stock.
Do you invest?
Do you buy stocks?
S-t-o-c-k-s.
You know the stock market, the new york stock exchange, the footsie, the financial times straits index, all those big.
The nikkei in japan yeah, all those giant stock indexes.
Do you have stock?
Yeah, I don't.
No, I don't have any money, so I don't have stock.
But people who have Apple stock, boy, they're happy.
Apple stock is one of the most valuable not the most valuable, but definitely a very valuable stock.
And you know that stock value goes up, and if your stock value goes up you're happy because you're making money.
But the real one was who took over after Jobs died?
So as you know, probably, Stephen Jobs, it's not Jobs, it's Jobs.
Stephen Jobs was the leader.
He was the president or CEO or something of Apple.
He was on top.
But he did die.
He died a few years ago.
Still made a great company.
And so the question was, who took over?
Who is the new president boss, who is the new leader, who is the new captain at apple?
And the answer tim cook is at the helm.
Tim cook's at the helm, he's in charge.
He's the new boss, he's the leader, he is the captain of the apple ship.
I, just a minute ago, I told you that I was the captain.
I was at the helm in my house.
No, I think it's actually my minty.
Yeah, minty is at the helm in my house.
I'll be honest.
I know the truth.
I know the truth.
Who's at the helm in your house?
Is it you?
Your wife, your husband, your mom, your dad, your brother, your sister, your cat, your dog, your bird, your I don't know cockroach.
Does anybody have a cockroach in their house?
You know there's a song, La cucaracha, la cucaracha, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
Yeah, it means the cockroach with a broken leg or something like that.
Very famous song.
Anyway, who is at the helm to be at the helm to be the leader?
Check out the dialogue two more times.
Are you looking at the stock market?
My Apple stock is up.
Who took over after Jobs died?
Tim Cook's at the helm.
He's doing great.
Are you looking at the stock market?
My Apple stock is up.
Who took over after Jobs died?
Tim Cook's at the helm.
He's doing great.
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