Comments on: Our Favorite Christmas Carols

By: Naoko NY

Naoko NY — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:29:50 +0000

Dear Jeff and Lucy,

Thank you for all your work for this ESL Podcast.

Happy holidays to both of you!

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:03 +0000

If you are asking me why I am alone in this time of the year.the reason is if the elephont man had a brother definitly it would be me!

By the way

Tucked away means a quite place where barely people are aware of its existance

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:07:51 +0000

Dear Daniel,
I said eye-jerker?
sorry,the thing is, I do most of my posts at work, and sometimes I have to be versatile ( doing so many things all at the same time),so these kind of honest mistakes are inevetible .it happens when I have a huge workload along with a pile of backlog to deal with.you know what sometimes it is not easy to connect dots( thanks to Jeff).however ,the term is cry-jerker that I heared it a couple of times from my native speaker profs back in university.I doubt the authencity( validity) of it.it basicly means some thing that make you cry.

I had heared the term “rehoterical questions” at school as well.but ,I really don’t know it is correct or not untill Jeff explained the term.Accordingly ,I assumed the term ” cry-Jerker” is valid as well.

By the way guys,
the idoms”take a leaf out of somebody’s book” is a good one which means use somebodyelse words or sayings
like what I did with respect to conect dots that we have learnt just recently
I used it on this comment,so I took a leaf out of Jeff’s book
No matter how many you took the ideams comes alway with a leaf
wish you delightful holiday and please wish me slow business season (LOL) silly ,isn’t it

By the way Guys

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:42:37 +0000

My dear profs,
you caught me off guard with all the new terms you threw at me on the latest episod .
your top-notch program is doing it for me.the latest episode is utterly beautiful, perfect in so many ways. Now , I can take more than a leaf out of your book(LOL)
definitly ,the episod is a whole another level.

But,he more you throw English terms my way the happier I am.

I picked up alot ,thanks for taking it up a notch.you definitly know your audience ,no question about it!

I work late tonight no time to stop and smell roses.Don’t worry Jeff; It does not make a big problem simply because I don’t have any beloved person around .Just my boss and I who is gonna stay late tonight perpoursly to make my life a living hell.
I definitly have a bone to pich with him
I found a tucked away place at work though I Can take shelter there
His truaculant attitude does not do it for me.he is very difficult.he is too much
no mean to snide
thanks that Eslpod is my oasis away from everyday misery.
Hope you have a deligtfull holiday filled with joy and hapiness

I work late today ,I just rolled out of bed

By: Tania

Tania — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:56:28 +0000

Hi ! I have put my little Christmas tree near the window . It is decorated with colored electric lights , candles , colored globes and candies along
the branches . It is nice , isn’t it ? I listen to your delicate carol “Little Drummer Boy ” . Thank you , Dr. Lucy .
Merry Christmas !

Tania

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:46:07 +0000

to be percise The contortionist’s handbook is the name of the book , I got it form one friend ,pretty amamzing. it is a bit pricy though

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:58:42 +0000

seems like Lucy was the momentousness required to get the Blog look a bit more christmassy. Good Job!

Maybe the holiday season is delightful for you guys ,but it does not work for me that way. For me ,Christmas means a huge workload on my lap. Tonight ,I have to work late .The kicker is:my boss is gonna stay late as well.Man,such a pain.What is more ,all the new year bonuses are cut short? It means ,I am working extended hours for free. We Received a kind of memo one hour ego. Talk about a morale booster

No mean to snide;just getting off my chest.

However,it was not the point of me straining your eyes.

I was goona introduce you a book I read just recently. It does not pertain to Christmas ,but very classy. The book title is “Contortionist Daughter.”
Perfect in so many ways. It starts out a bit rough, but it will pick up. It is about 1100 pages ;very classy and wordy.Please back me up on this Lucy. I know you have read the book.Get a copy and you thank me later.

By: dongsung

dongsung — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:46:06 +0000

Thank you for the carol Lucy,
I love to listening and singing carols when it’s christmas time when I was young.
unfortunately, I can’t feel the same way that I had in my school days any more.
I must be too old,
but I feel fresh again that I’m singing with hearing the carol that you’ve picked.
thank you and every personel who work for ELS pod cast merry christmas.

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:38:18 +0000

I listened a Christmas carol for the first time. And this was really soothing to my ears.

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:32:02 +0000

Merry Christmas to everybody.