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This is the Let's Master English podcast, and I'm your host, Coach Shane.
Hey everybody, Coach Shane here.
It's the end of March, can you believe it?
March 31st, 2025. The Let's Master English podcast number 114.
Thank you so much for listening.
I hope you enjoy our podcast. Today, of course, we've got three fantastic stories, a fact from Country Shane, the step number five in the eight steps to master English as an adult.
We're getting close to the end.
Of course, what to celebrate this week, birthdays this week, and, if you are a member, lots of excellent music.
Let me give you a highlight here.
What have we We've got Lovin' Rockets, 21 Pilots, Zane and Shade, Baby Metal, Elton John, Milky Chants, Marvin Gaye, Robin Thicke and Pharrell.
And finally, Lo Fidelity All Stars.
Oh my gosh, great music, huge mix.
And it's all for you if you're interested in mastering English.
If you're not a member, send us an email.
let's master english .com is our website our email address contact at let's master english .com let's go ahead and get it going if you are a member this is loving Rockets so alive beachgoers in Daytona were surprised to see a giant human -sized Lego brick wash shore.
The bright yellow block said, no real, then you are.
Similar mysterious LEGO bricks have shown up on beaches in California and the Netherlands over the years.
No one knows exactly who's behind them.
A man in Mexico has gone viral after revealing that his pet parrot brings him small groceries from a nearby market.
The bird, named Poncho, wears a little pouch and can be heard politely saying, ¡Gracias!
before flying back home with snacks and receipts.
And finally, a startup in Japan successfully conducted a public test of a single passenger flying car over a stadium in Osaka.
The sleek, drone -like vehicle flew for several minutes and is expected to be released commercially by 2026.
That's next year. That's amazing.
Finally, flying cars.
Ever since the 1950s, we've been talking about one day we'll have flying cars.
I know they have them but they don't sell them.
Can you go buy a flying car?
Can you? I don't know, can you?
I'm sure they're very expensive.
With the drones now, seems it would be easy.
Alright let's go back to the first story.
Do you know the children's toy, Legos?
L -E -G -O, Legos? My boys ABSOLUTELY LOVE LEGOS.
It's those little tiny bricks, those plastic bricks, red, white, blue, all the different colors green, and you can make things.
Which my boys do, they love their Legos.
Jimmy likes to break Legos because Mikey, Mikey's my older son, he's really good and then Jimmy gets jealous, so he breaks Mikey's Legos.
So we've had to buy two sets of everything like, there's a little airplane all right you can make, you can make a Lego airplane and we used to just buy one but now we have to buy two and Mikey makes both.
He makes his and then he gives and then he makes another one for his brother Jimmy, isn't that sweet?
Anyway, yeah, it's real sweet.
Legos have been around forever, you know that, right?
I remember when I was a kid, I loved Legos.
My uncles had Legos, but my mom and dad never bought me Legos, isn't that terrible?
Maybe because they never bought me Legos, I'm now an English teacher.
Maybe we should thank them.
Beach -goers, people who enjoy going to the beach, Do you enjoy going to the beach in Daytona?
Daytona is a city in Florida.
I think most of you know Florida one of the states of the United States.
Beach goers in Daytona were surprised to see a giant Lego brick.
A human -sized Lego brick.
A giant human -sized Lego brick washed ashore.
So out in the ocean there was this huge Lego brick and it was floating and floating in the ocean and then a couple days ago hmm it came to a beach in Florida it was a yellow one the bright yellow block said no real then you are mmm even I don't know exactly what that means no real N -O real, R -E -A -L than T -H -A -N -U -R.
So obviously this is some sort of art, I'm guessing.
And the meaning of the art is to show that you, a human, are no more real than a giant Lego brick.
Ah, it's like the matrix.
We're just a part of the machine.
Yeah, we're real, but are we really unique, or oh.
Ooh, maybe this has a deep meaning.
You and I are just Lego bricks.
Huh, what do you think?
I think that's what it means.
I don't know. The bright yellow block said, no real, then you are.
Hmm. Similar, mysterious Lego bricks have shown up on beaches in California and the Netherlands over the years.
No one knows exactly who's behind them.
Have you heard about this story?
It's not the first time.
It's been happening.
Do you think this is like really cool art?
I don't know. Art? I guess it's art and, you know, everybody likes to do their own thing.
That's cool. but it's kind of weird art maybe.
What do you think, I'm curious?
You know, it's funny, we have a community of our DDM students and perf students, and sometimes we talk about art things.
Oh my gosh. So many of my students around the world are so talented, they're so artistic.
Margarita, Evelyn, Wyatt with his photography.
These are just a few names that come to mind.
I apologize because I'm not remembering everybody.
And there are so many super talented artistic people in our group.
Especially to those three, if you're listening, is this art too?
Do you But anyway, it's interesting.
Number two, this is cool.
A man in Mexico has gone viral, so evidently he has some videos or something and they went super, super, super popular.
To go viral means you went super popular on the internet after revealing, after showing that his pet parrot.
You know the bird, parrot, P -A -R -R -O -T.
The parrot bird, it can talk.
Hello, hello. Goodbye.
Goodbye." That's my parrot voice.
A man in Mexico has gone viral after revealing that his pet parrot Brings him small groceries from a nearby market.
So this parrot doesn't only talk.
Of course it talks.
Parrots talk. This parrot goes shopping.
This parrot goes to the store and goes shopping.
for milk, not for eggs, for small groceries, unbelievable, like a candy bar or potato chips, something small, wow!
I have three cats and one dog, they don't do anything, nothing, and this bird is shopping, I have two boys, well you know what, I've started to train my boys so like if I'm having lunch or something and I don't have a water I'll just say hey Jimmy go get me a water and he gets me water or if I'm like you know shutting down the house at night and I see that the downstairs light is on I'll say hey Mikey go turn off the light yeah so this is this is fun so this guy I don't know if he has kids but he's got a parrot who does the same thing go to the store go to the store give me some chips I like this guy
and I like the bird the bird named poncho poncho that's the birds name where's a little pouch or a little pouch this is like basically a purse okay a little bag so it wears a little bag and can be heard politely saying gracias thank you gracias and and wait parrot talk gracias gracias thank you before are flying back home with snacks and receipts.
So the bird does not pay, but the bird receives a bill.
So I guess the guy has to go to the store later and pay the bill.
But that is cool, you're watching a soccer game, and it's really exciting.
But you need some potato chips, and you don't have any potato chips.
Hey Pancho, go get me some potato chips, And the bird flies out and brings back potato chips.
That is so cool. I love this bird that guy is amazing I love that guy too And finally our third story a startup a startup is a company a new company Venture new adventure and business basically my business is not a startup anymore.
I don't think We're over 10 years old.
So we're we're kind of strong a startup in Japan successfully conducted a test, did a test, a public test. So, companies that invent something, they have to test it, right?
They have to test their product and they tested their product in public.
What's the product?
A single passenger flying car, wow.
Where? Over a stadium in Osaka, so cool.
Would you like to fly, in a flying car?
My answer is no. No thank you.
I like, it's cool. Very cool, but no thank you.
I would not be interested.
No. And the only reason is, falling out of the sky is usually not a good thing.
Right? Falling out of the sky is not a good thing, and if it's a single passenger flying car, then I am the only one responsible.
And I'm a very responsible driver.
But flying? Would you like to?
Would you like to fly in a single passenger flying car?
A lot of people would.
The Sleek S -L -E -E -K, really cool looking.
The Sleek, really cool looking, drone -like, it's like a drone.
vehicle flew for several minutes Wow and is expected to be to be released commercially they're gonna sell it by 2026 that's next year that's amazing I wonder what the price would be that is really cool I hope to god that my sons mikey and Jimmy never want to do this but who knows you know you never know what's going to happen in the future We've been waiting for flying cars for decades.
Maybe the time is finally here.
So in, I was inspired by this last story and I got two songs actually that kinda go with it.
One is by Twenty One Pilots, it's called Ride.
Great song. And another one by Zayn and Shade It's called Trampoline, you know, those things that you jump on and you're in the air.
Yeah, so I thought it was kind of cool.
So those are the songs coming up after we check out the three stories one more time.
Don't forget, you can read these stories in their fullness on our, in our community.
So if you're not a member of our community, join, get it, get information contact at letsmasterenglish .com is the email address.
Here we go. Beachgoers in Daytona were surprised to see a giant human sized Lego brick washes shore.
The bright yellow block said, no real than you are.
Similar mysterious Lego bricks have shown up on beaches in California and the Netherlands over the years.
No one knows exactly who's behind them.
A man in Mexico has gone viral after revealing that his pet parrot brings him small groceries from a nearby market.
The bird named Pancho wears a little pouch and can be heard politely saying, ¡Gracias!
before flying back home with snacks and receipts.
And finally, a startup in Japan successfully conducted a public test of a single -passenger flying car over a stadium in Osaka.
The sleek, drone -like vehicle flew for several minutes and is expected to be released commercially by 2026.
you about that Lego brick right Legos those toys, those kids toys, but this is a giant Lego brick.
So some people think this is a PR stunt, you know it's the Lego company trying to go viral with these giant human sized Lego bricks.
You know the mysterious giant Lego bricks have been washing up on shore since 2007 once again they say no real than you are however people think they actually know the real story it's not a PR stunt there's an artist behind it possibly a Dutch man named Eggo Leonard Eggo Leonard take the L off his last name put it on his first name he's Lego Lego entered though we're not really sure if it is him.
And once again these bricks have appeared in California, England, the Netherlands, and now Florida.
It's a giant LEGO mystery unsolved but loved ah that's really interesting Country Shane.
Immediately I thought it was an art thing but you're right it could be a PR stunt.
A PR stunt everybody is when a company does something to go viral in order to sell their product, PR stunt.
Yeah, that would be a smart PR stunt by Lego, definitely, definitely.
But yeah, I'm on the art side of it too.
Yeah, what do you guys think?
Is it art? Is it PR?
Is it actually art?
Ugh, I'm not so sure.
Speaking of PR stunts, I'm just joking.
Baby Metal, this is a request song.
gimme chocolate comin' at chah, hardcore, enjoy.
So you want to master English and you are an adult.
There are eight steps that you need to follow and you need to follow them in order.
Today we're talkin' about step number five, Master Listening.
Now listen, for children, they listen first and then repeat.
That's how they master their mother tongue.
They listen to mom and dad.
Then they repeat. That's how they master the language.
But little children have no vocabulary or grammar in their tiny minds.
It's pure. However, adults, uh, because of school, middle school, high school, our minds are filled with grammar rules and questions and vocabulary and structure.
And this environment does not help us specifically with speaking and listening skills.
However, now that you've mastered steps one, two, three, four, perf pronunciation, intonation, rhythm, and flow and you know how Americans speak and because you understand how Americans speak.
You know what? Your listening ability will explode.
The thing to remember, if you can say it you can hear it.
If you can say words and sentences like a native speaker, you can hear it.
This is a magical time for my students because they really start hearing and understanding more and what happens, it makes them more brave. They feel real progress in English communication.
Isn't this exciting?
I absolutely love this stuff.
So never give up. Always keep going.
I really recommend going through steps one, two, three, four, before you get to step five.
And then you'll find that you are still standing and getting stronger.
So Elton John's got our back.
I'm still standing on the let's master English podcast It is March 31st the 90th day of the year there are 276 days left in 2025 Some important upcoming dates Easter is eight days away Oh, man tax day April 15th 15 days away and Cinco de Mayo is May 5th that is 35 days away This week's national days and fun observances today March 31st national crayon day I have two boys right and we buy them crayons.
I swear to God half of the crayons are broke on on day one.
The box is destroyed, the crayon box is destroyed in two minutes, maybe less than two minutes, and then half of the crayons are broke.
I sit on the sofa, I can hear myself sitting down and breaking crayons.
I woke up this morning in my bed with crayons in my back.
My son was in my bed coloring and left his crayons in the bed.
Oh my God, National Crayon Day.
That company makes so much money.
April 1st, it's my day.
No, April Fool's Day.
Do you celebrate April Fool's Day in your country?
A day where we make pranks, P -R -A -N -K -S.
Make jokes and stuff like that?
April 2nd National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.
Do you like peanut butter?
Do you like jelly? like strawberry jelly, grape jelly, raspberry jelly.
I am sorry. I've never really been a huge fan of peanut butter and jelly.
It's a sandwich that they, you know, a piece of bread, some peanut butter and jelly, put it together.
It's a sandwich. A lot of people love it.
April 3rd is find a rainbow day.
That sounds nice. It needs to rain.
But remember if it rains, there's a chance there's a rainbow somewhere.
April 4th, I like this.
It's national burrito day burritos Mexican food.
Be you are are ITO Actually today I'm not feeling well today I have a bit of a cold but I needed to eat and nothing in the refrigerator looked that good But I looked in the freezer and I had some frozen burritos Normally when I eat burritos, I just have two today.
I had four Burritos I love burritos April 5th is Deep Dish Pizza Day.
Oh, do you like Deep Dish Pizza?
Very famous in Chicago.
Personally, I prefer a thin crust pizza, pepperoni only.
That's the perfect pizza for me.
And April 6th is National Student -Athlete Day.
I know in a lot of countries, when you're in like middle school and high school, people tend to focus on studying and not sports or music.
band singing that's not the case in the United States though being a student athlete is a very huge part of American the American education system and if you're not an athlete type of person then there's always the student band and the student choir there are many student activities that you can do these are called extracurricular outside the regular studies extracurricular activities.
When I was in high school I was in the choir, I was on the cross -country running team, I was also on the track team, I joined band my senior year and was kicked out because the principal knew that I was just joining band to meet women, which was true.
We got a great song, one of my favorite songs.
This is Milky Chance and I bet these guys eat a lot of burritos Especially when they go to Colorado Birthdays coming up March 31st to April 6th.
Who do we got? Ewan McGregor, he's 54 years old March 31st. Today is his birthday.
Do you know Ewan McGregor?
Logan Paul, 30 years old, YouTuber, and boxer.
A lot of people think of him as a fool and well, he's pretty rich so I don't think he's a fool but he is born on April Fool's Day, April 1st. The late great Marvin Gaye, his birthday would've been April 2nd.
Marvin Gaye, amazing singer.
So many beautiful songs.
Marvin Gaye got into, His Marvin Gaye's mom and dad were having an argument and Marvin Gaye got into the middle of that argument in 1984 and His dad shot him Unbelievable horrible so they're just a terrible tragedy April 3rd Eddie Murphy 64 years old actor and singer, by the way, Beverly Hills Cop coming to America.
Oh great actor I love that guy.
Saturday Night Live.
April 4th, Robert Downey Jr. Iron Man, he's 60.
April 5th, Pharrell Williams. Are you Pharrell?
52 years old. Fantastic musician and producer.
And April 6th, Paul Rudd.
Is 56 years old. He's an actor.
I don't know if he's famous outside of America.
He's got some really funny movies.
Anchorman is my favorite, uh, movie that he is in.
So who's your favorite celebrity here?
Ewan McGregor, Logan Paul, Marvin Gaye, Eddie Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Pharrell Williams, Paul Rudd.
Do you have an opinion?
I would love to hear your opinion.
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Just send an email contact at letsmasterenglish .com to celebrate The late great singer Marvin Gaye.
I gotta play this song.
Gotta give it up. And Pharrell and Robin Thicke got together and made a song called Blurred Lines and it fits perfectly with Gotta Give It Up, enjoy.
Thank you so much everybody for checking out The Let's Master English Podcast, number 114.
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but if you are curious I hope you like it.
It's great. It's low -fidelity all -stars.
I don't think anybody knows these guys surge might Maybe viola, maybe surge and viola.
You'd you two might know this song.
It's called the battle flag and
