TALKING NEWS Toyohashi Edition Dec 12th 2018 Headline News #13

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  1. Sho14 December 2018 at 07:00

    when I saw deforested area Amazon a few decade ago, I instinctively felt very sad.
    Rain forest is most important for human being. when we breathe we intake oxygen and emit carbon.
    Forest intake carbon and emit oxygen.

    Father more eyeopening, it is said half of wildlife disappeared in the last 40 years.
    It took long time to form now existing ecosystem. humans destroy them only in a minute.
    Wildlife, forest and humans are mutually dependent and poised.
    Once balance was disrupted, no more they can be retrieved.
    pride goes before destruction!

    Anyway idioms last time: A miss is as good as a mile.
    Now we live in the digital age and it can understand only on and off.
    When you make it's copy to CD or DVD, no more you can say them copy. All are original.
    If a error, cause fatal error.

    Similar in format but different meanings:
    A change is as good as a rest.
    A nod is as good as a wink to blind horse.

    Next! Ian's turn!
    Give him enough _____, and he will ____ himself.
    Preaching choir? no! just a practice.

    #13 recipe for fatal!

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    1. Ian G14 December 2018 at 12:54

      Well, you've been busy, Shoji.

      Good ecological awareness.

      A miss is as good as a mile?
      In other words, losing 1-0 or 50-0,
      it doesn't matter. To lose is to lose!?

      Can't you say, 'This is an original copy!' ?

      Yes, a change is always as good as a rest!

      And finally, Always practice what you preach!

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  2. Yuki F.14 December 2018 at 12:22

    Damn! Of course it’s a title! “People Make the World Go Round”
    “Go underground, young men” —Does the song encourage us to take action?
    It’s such a cool, languid song. So, sounds like it’s cynically saying “there’s nothing I can do.”
    Please explain what the message is. Stand up or give up?

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    1. Ian G14 December 2018 at 13:00

      Thank you for your analysis, Yuki.
      Many great songs are ambiguous.
      You can take it whichever way you feel it.
      Positive or negative, perhaps cynical or idealistic?

      Here are the lyrics to ponder...

      Trash men didn't get my trash today
      Oh, why
      Because they want more pay
      Buses on strike want a raise in fare
      So they can help pollute the air
      But that's what makes the world go 'round
      The up and down, the carousel
      Changing people, they'll go around
      Go underground, young man
      People make the world go 'round
      Wall Street losing dough on every share
      They're blaming it on longer hair
      Big men smoking in their easy chairs
      On a fat cigar without a care
      But that's what makes the world go 'round
      The up and down, the carousel
      Changing people, they'll go around
      Go underground, young man
      People make the world go 'round
      But that's what makes the world go 'round
      The up and down, the carousel
      Changing people, they'll go around
      Go underground, young man
      People make the world go 'round

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    2. Yuki F.14 December 2018 at 13:07

      Hmm, so it’s ambiguous to you too.
      Thanks for posting the lyrics.
      I love the lyrics, the music and the vocal. It’s super cool👍
      Please play it during the news quiz in the next lesson!

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    3. Ian G14 December 2018 at 13:09

      Good Idea!

      I like to 'jazz it up!'

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