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Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression, and today is July 4th, 2014.

I don't know if you can hear behind me, but the fireworks have begun. Yeah, it's pretty exciting. Lots of fireworks. Families having fireworks. And of course, the city will have its

fireworks in about 15 minutes. so it's pretty exciting here.

July 4th is America's birthday.

And today's expression is perfect.

It is hoopla, hoopla, hoopla, H-O-O-P-L-A.

Now, we usually use this word like this.

What's all the hoopla?

What is all the hoopla?

Hoopla means excitement, noise, craziness, chaos.

That's the idea.

And right now, if you, oh, I wish you could hear it,

but there's lots of explosions, lots of noises,

lots of whistles outside.

So if you did not know it was the 4th of July,

you would say, what's all the hoopla?

Check out the dialogue.

What's all the hoopla?

It's the 4th of July.

Are those fireworks?

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