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Hey everybody, Coach Shane here.
E-Cube number 501.
A very good expression.
Yesterday I mentioned English Camp and several of you said, what is English Camp?
It's a live class that I do every Sunday.
I think 35, 36 times a year.
It's a yearly membership.
And like one week we study listening, like friends, usually friends, but sometimes the news.
And the next week we study speaking.
So this coming Sunday we'll be doing a speaking class.
And it's so much fun.
So we cover both listening and speaking.
If you're interested in joining English Camp, I'd love to have you.
Absolutely.
You can find out more information in our community.
You can just ask a question.
English camp is every Sunday.
For me, Sunday morning.
I live on the East Coast, New York time zone.
So Sunday morning, 9 a.m. is when we start.
All right, today's expression.
Enjoy it.
Let's go back in time.
Today's expression is a bug.
A bug.
B-U-G.
Now, one definition of a bug is an insect, like a beetle.
B-E-E-T-L-E. Once again, B-E-E-T-L-E. A beetle, yeah.
Ooh, yeah.
A ladybug.
That's a bug.
It's a type of beetle.
An ant.
We can call an ant a bug.
A cockroach.
Ugh.
That's a bug.
Yeah.
Even spiders.
We can call spiders bugs.
Do you like bugs?
No.
Neither do I. I hate bugs.
Bugs are gross.
Some people like bugs.
Some people eat bugs.
It's true.
But today I'm going to talk about a different bug.
A bug that you can find in your cell phone or in your computer.
Yeah.
It means a problem.
There's a bug in the system.
There's a problem in the system.
And not just your software, not just your computer.
If you have some sort of process...
Some sort of SOP, standard operating procedure, if you have some sort of method to do something.
But if there's a problem in that method, you can say, my method has a bug.
My plan has a bug.
This is a good expression, and I want you to think about how to use it.
For now, let's check out the dialogue.
So, how's the update?
Oh, there's a major bug.
What?
My battery life was cut in half.
I switched back to the old system.
Exactly.
Like I said yesterday, whenever I see an update for my software, my iPhone software,
I'm really nervous.
Should I update the software?
I don't like to.
Because the last time I updated the software, I'm not joking, my battery life died.
Usually I could get 10 hours on a battery charge.
Suddenly...
Five hours it was terrible it was terrible my battery life was cut in half so i did i switched back to the old system yeah so yeah sometimes when there's a an update there is a problem
And if it's a big problem, we can say a major bug, M-A-J-O-R, a major bug.
If it's just a little problem, we can say a minor bug, M-I-N-O-R.
So there you go.
Today you get three expressions, a bug, a major bug, and a minor bug.
So let's see what kind of a bug.
Yeah, I'll tell you about a bug that I have in my schedule.
I have a bug.
So as you know, I teach DDM lessons, two lessons every week.
I teach perf one lesson every week.
I have my podcast.
The E-Cubed podcast, which is basically seven days a week.
And I have this video, the E-Cubed video, which is basically five, six days a week.
I do try to take one day off, but sometimes seven days a week.
And then it's a business, so I have to do so much accounting, so much management, file transfers, uploads, social media management.
Oh, my God.
Facebook, Twitter, Google+.
We've got people that are working with us.
I got to make sure the schedules are working.
People are getting their classes, solving problems.
And I'm supposed to do another podcast.
Let's Master English.
People always ask me, where's this other podcast, Shane?
And that's the bug in my schedule.
I have a good schedule.
Do this this day.
Do this this day.
Do this this day.
But...
Unfortunately, it never works.
There's always some emergency.
There's always some problem that occurs, some problem that rises up.
So yeah, I got a bug in my schedule.
Every week it's a different bug.
It's driving me crazy.
But I do my best.
And what can I say?
Thank you.
Thanks to you guys.
I love waking up every morning and solving the bugs and making my classes and podcasts and videos.
I really do love it.
And I just want to say thank you.
So even though there's a bug in my schedule, I'm not complaining.
Now, if there's a bug in my iPhone software, then I'm complaining.
Okay, let's check out the dialogue two more times.
I want you to tell me about a bug that you discovered.
Something that is causing problems in a system, in a plan that you have, okay?
So, how's the update?
Oh, there's a major bug.
What?
My battery life was cut in half.
I switched back to the old system.
So, how's the update?
Oh, there's a major bug.
What?
My battery life was cut in half.
I switched back to the old system.
Thanks so much for listening.
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