0618 Daily Easy English Lesson PODCAST—What a joke~~

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2016

⏱️ 5 minutes

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When something is STUPID or NOT FUNNY or RIDICULOUS or FRUSTRATING...we can use an expression which might surprise you! Enjoy today's podcast and have a SUPER Thursday! Coach Shane Today's English expression and dialog: What a joke~ What a joke. What? President Obama's Press Secretary's name is Josh Earnest. Yeah, so? Josh—to lie. Earnest—very serious. So…he's a serious liar. Yeah~ What a joke! Subscribe on iTunes and get this English podcast EVERY DAY! PLEASE support my sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com/free www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Study English, FREE ENGLISH LESSONS, on our YouTube channels: http://letsmasterenglish.com/tv Support the Let's Master English team! On PayPal: Send to parmyproductions@gmail.com Or you can go here: www.patreon.com/coachshane

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to Easy English Expressions.
0:11.0	Come on, let's master English.
0:15.0	Hello, everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.
0:20.0	Okay, so on Tuesday we studied the verb to Josh.
0:26.8	And on Wednesday, we studied the adjective, earnest.
0:32.8	Interestingly, today we're going to put those words together, and it's going to be pretty funny.
0:40.1	Now, today's expression is actually, what a joke. Now listen to the intonation.
0:46.4	What a joke. Oh man, what a joke. This is a joke.
0:54.9	Oh, what a joke.
0:56.6	I can't believe it.
0:57.8	What a joke.
0:59.2	In this situation, when we say, what a joke, it doesn't mean, you know, a funny joke.
1:05.5	It means something is really stupid or really bad or really unbelievable, but usually in a negative way, not in a funny,
1:16.0	funny, ha ha ha, ha, ha, way, more in a negative way. Do you understand? So, for example, I had plans
1:23.8	this weekend to have a picnic outside, but now the weather says it's going to rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain.
1:30.9	I look and I say, oh, what a joke.
1:34.0	I can't believe it.
1:34.9	This is ridiculous.
1:36.4	Oh, yeah, God is laughing at my plans.
1:40.0	I can't have a picnic now.
1:41.7	What a joke.
1:42.8	This is terrible.
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