1034 Daily Easy English Lesson PODCAST—to throw a softball question

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

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🗓️ 21 September 2021

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Today's English expression and dialog: 1034 to throw a softball question Inflation is skyrocketing, the borders are open, Afghanistan was a mess, they're trying to mandate vaccines. Let's go LIVE to the White House and listen in on the questions reporters are asking… President Biden? Yes, Kaitlan from the CC…uh, CNN. Go ahead. President Biden, what's your favorite ice cream? What the…why do always throw the man softballs? GET FREE LESSONS: DailyDictationMembers@gmail.com Say, "Free lessons, CS!" Subscribe on iTunes and get my English podcast FRESH! I'm from the USA, I make videos for 𝐄𝐅𝐋/𝐄𝐒𝐋 students and my teaching focuses on 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. I hope my videos help you out. We need your support and there are MANY ways you can do that! 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐃𝐌, 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬. Master your English listening, comprehension and pronunciation https://www.letsmasterenglish.com/signup/ddm/ 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐅𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧. https://www.letsmasterenglish.com/signup/pirf/ 𝐋𝐌𝐄 365The best of the both worlds here—DDM and PIRF together https://www.letsmasterenglish.com/signup/lme-weekly/ 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 Challenge yourself with Coach Clive or Coach Matt https://www.letsmasterenglish.com/signup/action-english/ 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 Newsletter! www.LetsMasterEnglish.com/free Get some coffee for me OR BETTER help buy some diapers for Mikey and Jimmy! paypal.me/LetsMasterEnglish We're on PATREON, too. And we give nice gifts! https://www.patreon.com/coachshane PLEASE support my sponsors: www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) www.gorillamind.com/?atid=106 Get the best NOOTROPICS for your mind and body. http://letsmasterenglish.com/tv http://letsmasterenglish.com/radio #coachshane #esl #englishpronunciation #americanpronunciation #americanenglish #actionenglish #lme #ddm #pirfectenglish #pirf #coachshanepodcast

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to Easy English Expressions.
0:11.1	Come on, let's master English.
0:14.4	Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression, the podcast.
0:22.0	Today we have number 1,034.
0:26.7	The expression is to throw a softball question.
0:34.6	To throw a softball question. Okay, to throw T-H-R-O-W a softball question. To throw a softball question. Okay. To throw T-H-R-O-W, a softball. One word, S-O-F-T-B-A-L, to throw a softball question. Now that T-S-O-F-B-A-L-S-B-A-L-S-E. Now that T that T sound usually kind of disappears. So softball, softball. Typically,
0:59.8	you'll hear softball, softball with no T. Okay. So to throw a softball question is really an excellent expression.
1:12.7	Oh, and by the way, today's podcast is a shout out.
1:17.1	I need to say hi.
1:18.1	I need to say hi to Sultan, Sultan from Kazakhstan.
1:22.5	How you doing, Sultan?
1:24.3	Thanks for listening.
1:25.9	All right.
1:26.4	Back to the story.
1:27.3	Back to the story. Back to the story.
1:28.4	To throw a softball question means to ask a question that is not difficult.
1:39.7	To ask a safe question.
1:45.0	To ask a question that is not controversial.
1:51.0	To ask a question that is not very intellectual.
1:57.4	To ask a question so that the person who answers always looks good.
2:08.5	So when do we throw softball questions?
2:13.6	We throw them to people we love.
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