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In this episode from Perfect English with Danny Podcast, we will talk about music. We will learn words that are very useful when we are talking about music, which happens to be a very common topic people talk about all the time. Find the full transcript in the following link

In this episode, we will focus on artists and some details about literature, which we can use when we want to talk about literature. Check the full transcript, the full translations of the keywords in 62 languages, and the interactive and downloadable activities in the link below: https://www.dannyballan.com/the-arts-and-literature-artists-and-literature

This week, we will be talking about the arts and literature. We will discuss the different types of art, from literature to fine arts and performing arts, we will learn about artists and some details about literature. In this episode, we will focus on the different types of art, literature, fine arts and performing arts. Click on the link below to get the full transcript, full translations of the keywords and interactive and downloadable activities: https://www.dannyballan.com/the-arts-and-literature-the-arts

In this episode, we will talk about the top ten global issues to conclude our global problems week. You will learn about: climate change, pollution, violence, well being, lack, unemployment, corruption, malnourished, substance abuse, and terrorism. Use the link below to get the full transcript of the episode and the translations of the keywords in 62 languages. In addition to that, you will find interactive and downloadable activities in the link. https://www.dannyballan.com/global-problems-top-ten-global-issues

This week in Perfect English with Danny Podcast, we will be talking about global problems. We will talk about natural disasters, the verbs we use with natural disasters, the people involved in disasters and finally the top ten global problems. We talked about natural disasters in episode 136 and episode 137. In this episode, we will talk about people involved in disasters. Check the full transcript of this episode and the translations of the keywords into 62 languages in the link below: http://www.dannyballan.com/global-problems-people-involved-in-disasters

In this episode, we will continue talking about natural disasters in English, with their translations into different languages and a lot of interesting facts and information about these disasters. Use this link if you would like to read the whole transcript of the episode and if you want to check the translations of the keywords into 62 languages. https://www.dannyballan.com/global-problems-natural-disasters-2

This week, we will be talking about global problems. We will talk about natural disasters, the verbs we use with natural disasters, the people involved in disasters and finally the top ten global problems. In this episode, we will start talking about natural disasters, we will translate the keywords into many different languages. Click on this link to see the translations into 62 languages and to see the episode transcript. https://www.dannyballan.com/global-problems-natural-disasters-1

We are learning words we can use to describe personality this week. Today, we are going to learn: generousinnocentambitiousassertive In the episode, you will learn about these four words and more with Danny, Joe, and Ben. The words will also be translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic in the episode, and into 62 languages you can find in the description below. For a better format and to find the full transcript of the episode, use this link: http://perfectenglishwithdanny.com/episode-135-vocabulary-builder-describing-personality-1-5 It is the end of the week, so it is time to practice what you have learned, click this link to access interactive activities and a downloadable PDF with activities on the 20 words covered in this week's episodes: https://www.dannyballan.com/describing-personality Episode Transcript Danny: Welcome to another episode from Perfect English with Danny. Today, we will continue with our theme of the week, describing personality. We will have four new adjectives to learn today. The adjectives are generous, innocent, ambitious, and assertive. We have our friends Joe and Ben to help us out with the words and the translations into 5 languages. Let me remind you that you can find the translations for these four adjectives in 62 different languages in the description of the episode, and also don't forget that today is the end of the week, so you will have a link that will take you to a webpage with interactive and downloadable activities you can use to practice the 20 words of this week, retain them and add them to your active vocabulary bank. Let's get to it. So, Joe, how well do you know today's words? Joe: I'm familiar with all the words we have today. Danny: That's great! So, let's start right away with our first word, generous. It is spelled … generous. I will leave to you Joe to tell me what generous means. Joe: All right. You see, this word is not only related to people who give money to other people. It is a lot more than that. It is true that a generous person gives more of something, especially money than is usual or expected, but a generous person is also friendly, helpful, and willing to see the good qualities in someone or something. You know generous people are givers, they give without expecting anything in return. It is the act of giving that makes them happy. Danny: So generous people are not only those who give money to other people. Anything you give, especially when you give away something you might need; this could be your money, your time, your thoughts, etc. If you just do this to help, you are a generous person. Joe: Yeah. That's right, Danny. Thank you. I couldn't have put it better myself. Danny: Thank you. Joe: So, we can safely say that generous is always considered a positive word, right? Danny: That's right, but sometimes, people confuse generous with a person who spends too much money. If you spend too much money, more than you can afford, you are not generous by any means. If you keep throwing fancy parties, invite so many people, and spend a fortune on fancy gifts you give to your friends and family, especially if you are not that rich, we cannot say you are generous. Joe: I agree. This is not generous by any means, but what do we call a person who does that? Danny: We call him or her extravagant, which is a negative word, of course. Joe: So generous is a positive word, extravagant is a negative word, but they don't have the same meaning. Danny: No, but I have just put them side by side because people sometimes call an extravagant person generous, which is wrong. Now let's move to Ben and find out about the translations of generous in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic. Ben: So, we have generous as our first word for today. In French, it is généreux or généreuse In Spanish, it is generoso In Italian, it is generoso In Portuguese, it is generoso And in Arabic, it is كريم Danny: Thank you, Ben. Now,...

This week, we will learn adjectives we can use to describe personality. We have new additions to Vocabulary Builder. We have Ben and Joe to help and we have translations into French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic within the episode and the translation into 62 more languages in the description below. Or use this link to see the description in a better format and the full transcript of the episode: http://perfectenglishwithdanny.com/episode-134-vocabulary-builder-describing-personality-1-4 Our words for today are: unconventional frankbroad-mindedenquiring Audio Transcript Danny Welcome to another episode from Perfect English with Danny. Today, we will continue with our theme of the week, describing personality. We will have four new adjectives to learn today. The adjectives we are going to learn today are unconventional, frank, broad-minded, and inquiring. We have our friends Joe and Ben to help us out with the words and the translations into 5 languages. Let me remind you that you can find the translations for these four adjectives in 62 different languages in the description of the episode, and also don't forget that at the end of the week, you will have a link that will take you to a webpage with interactive and downloadable activities you can use to practice the 20 words of this week, retain them and add them to your active vocabulary bank. So let's get to it. So, Joe, how well do you know today's words? Joe Well, I have to say that I am only familiar with frank, but I am not so sure about the other three. Danny Great! That means you have a few words to learn today. Let's start with unconventional. It is spelled … unconventional. If you describe a person or their attitude or behavior as unconventional, you mean that they do not behave in the same way as most other people in their society. This is a positive adjective. Joe How is that positive? You just said that an unconventional person is a person who does strange things. Danny Not exactly. I didn't say strange things. I said this person does things differently. We usually look at unconventional people with admiration because they are not bound by the social norms and rules and they are doing things the way they want rather than the way they are supposed to. Joe But some people hate that. So they do not look at unconventional people with any kind of admiration. Some traditional folks think unconventional people are crazy. Danny You're right. It depends on your point of view, but usually when we say unconventional, we mean it in a positive way. So if you want to talk about someone who is different or who behaves in a different way, you say unconventional if you think it is a positive thing, or if you like it. Joe And what if I don't like it? Danny Well, in this case, you should use negative words that have almost the same meaning, but with a negative connotation. You can use words like eccentric, odd, peculiar or weird. Joe Ok, it all depends on what I think. Danny Of course, almost all the words we have been talking about this week depend on what you think. For example, you may think I am generous, but someone else might think I am not, or even worse; they may think I am mean. It's all a matter of perspective. Joe Yeah, I see. Danny So, our first word is unconventional. Ben, how would you translate that? Ben Well, our first word is unconventional In French, it is peu conventionnel In Spanish, it is poco convencional In Italian, it is anticonvenzionale In Portuguese, it is nao convencional And in Arabic it is غير تقليدي Danny Thank you, Ben. Now let's move to our second word, frank. You said you knew this word, Joe. What does it mean to you? Joe Well, I think I am frank. I always tell the truth. I don't care if people around will like what I say or not, but I just speak out my mind no matter what. So this is what frank means. Saying whatever comes to your mind as long as it is the truth, even if people don't like it, or...

This week, we will learn adjectives we can use to describe personality. We have new additions to Vocabulary Builder. We have Ben and Joe to help and we have translations into French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic within the episode and the translation into 57 more languages in the description below. Or use this link to see the description in a better format and the full transcript of the episode: http://perfectenglishwithdanny.com/episode-133-vocabulary-builder-describign-personality-1-3 Our words for today are: jealousdeterminedeconomicalconfident Full Transcript Danny Welcome to another episode from Perfect English with Danny. Today, we will continue with our theme of the week, describing personality. We will have four new adjectives to learn today. The adjectives we are going to learn today are jealous, determined, economical and confident. We have our friends Joe and Ben to help us out with the words and the translations into 5 languages. Let me remind you that you can find the translations for these four adjectives in 62 different languages in the description of the episode, and also don't forget that at the end of the week, you will have a link that will take you to a webpage with interactive and downloadable activities you can use to practice the 20 words of this week, retain them and add them to your active vocabulary bank. Now without further ado, let's get cracking. So, what do you think of today's adjectives, Joe? Are you familiar with them? Joe Well, I have to say that I am quite sure about jealous and confident, but I think I need to learn more about determined and economical. Danny That's good. There's always something new to learn, right? Joe Absolutely! Danny So let's start with our first word for today and that is jealous. Jealous is spelled … Jealous. Now since you are familiar with the word, why don't you give us an example from your own experience, Joe. Have you ever been jealous? Joe Well, I guess I have. It happened a while back when I had that beautiful girlfriend, Maria, oh my god, she was so beautiful. I couldn't help myself not to get angry when people looked at her, especially men. Whenever she talked to a man, I would get crazy and that showed. I kind of felt that because she was so beautiful, everyone tried to take her away from me. I felt I should not let anyone talk to her or let her talk to anyone. I admit I was a little young and crazy back then. I failed to notice because I was jealous all the time, I was not doing anything to help our relationship grow. Danny What happened? Joe Well, after some time, she got tired of me following her around and scrutinizing every single detail of her life, so she broke up with me. I got mad back then and I thought I was right to be jealous, but now I know that I lost her because of my jealousy. If I'd had enough confidence in myself and of course in her, we might have made it together. We were a great couple. Danny I'm sorry to hear that, Joe. It must have hurt, but it's good that you are looking back and learning something from what happened. So do you think it is always bad to be jealous? Joe Not really. To be jealous is natural, and sometimes healthy to a relationship, but not when it becomes stronger than the trust between the couple, especially when it shows lack of self-confidence in a man, like what happened with me. Danny Thank you for sharing your story, Joe. I really appreciate your openness. I believe now we have a very good idea of what jealous means. If someone is jealous, they feel angry or bitter because they think that another person is trying to take a lover or friend, or a possession, away from them. For example, Jason has several female friends and says his wife has never been jealous. But notice how jealous changes a little when we add the preposition of to it. If you are jealous of another person's possessions or qualities, you feel angry or bitter because you do not have them. So just to make...

This week, we will learn adjectives we can use to describe personality. We have new additions to Vocabulary Builder. We have Ben and Joe to help and we have translations into French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic within the episode and the translation into 57 more languages in the description below. Or use this link to see the description in a better format http://perfectenglishwithdanny.com/episode-132-vocabulary-builder-describing-personality-1-2 Our words for today are: sociableargumentativecruelrude Translations into 62 languages

This week, we will learn adjectives we can use to describe personality. We have new additions to Vocabulary Builder. We have Ben and Joe to help and we have translations into French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic within the episode and the translation into 57 more languages in the description below. Our words for today are: reliableoptimisticintrovertedsensible Translations into 62 languages

Today is the last vocabulary builder episode for this week. The last four words we are going to learn in this episode are: vocationvowwaylaywither Practice the words you have learned this week by following this link: https:www.dannyballan.com/vocabulary-builder-week-03 This link will take you to a page where you will find interactive activities and a downloadable PDF you can use to practice, retain the words, and add them to your active vocabulary bank.

Vocabulary Builder week 3 is here from Perfect English with Danny. In this episode, we will talk about four new words: restrictsageslaketerrain Learn about these four words and prepare for the end of the week activity package that will help you add these words to your active vocabulary bank.

Vocabulary Builder week 3 is here from Perfect English with Danny. In this episode, we will talk about four new words: infuriatemotivatepacifistqueue Learn about these four words and prepare for the end of the week activity package that will help you add these words to your active vocabulary bank.

Vocabulary Builder week 3 is here from Perfect English with Danny. In this episode, we will talk about four new words: enigmagloatglobalillusion Learn about these four words and prepare for the end of the week activity package that will help you add these words to your active vocabulary bank.

In this episode from Stream of Imagination, you will listen to three poems. I wrote two of these three poems and the third was written by the Great Percy Bysshe Shelley. Poem 1 Come Take Away by Danny Ballan Come take away what's never been mine— It's young enough to lay to waste But old enough to bear your gun. Beyond the silky threaded skin Are bloody trenches filled with parts That once belonged to one person whole— That girl you thought one day you knew Is a girl from there has long been gone. Come take away what's never been mine— For whom do I fight and clench my fist? For whom do I die and cut my wrist? But for the woman in whom they all had doubts I would have long surrendered And saved you all the trip and thoughts; All your naked principles they finally joined— As sisters they wake up in the wrong era And sleep in oblivion all the time. Come take away what's never been mine— For love is dead and so is the sun Standing still no light to tell If all these rays rise from beneath like heaven was once in just one place and now it pours out down from hell. Look deep beyond the clear blue eyes In which I do too look, just a shade, No more I have than what you do; You dare not look as you can see Nothing while there is life in me— The lifeless face you one day killed Is all you see and comprehend. Come take away what's never been mine— And never yours or so you thought; For just having that fun one night You owned this flesh eternally— The life and dreams and all along, A woman you failed to see it seems. A lonely pawn in a manly game, Tossing around you thought was chess. Come take away what a gun can take— Or leave, I promise, my heart won't break, Nor will this rock within your chest. For once for free, for once willingly, Come feel it pumping down my breasts— Like a miracle I have finally seen, But long before me, there was you. Come feel it like an eagle's nest— From miles away I have seen you, Just leave before my babies wake For then I will reach out and take And do what you came here to do; The piece of flesh you once forsook Enslaved your world with what she thought Her weakest link as all foretold— I, Juno, have enslaved your world, All down to that woman I am. Poem 2 Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert... near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings; Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. Poem 3 La Primavera by Danny Ballan Look at my face and run or flee— I'm as random as the thunder Roaring down an apple tree Hitting the world from down under; For me it shaped that gravity I have been shaking so gently, As far back as I remember. I'm not your hands to move so keen, To stir me up and down the strings; I thought one day I could redeem— little girl was told she had wings, Now feet in earth cannot be seen And fingers wearied by your rings. Look at my face and go or stay— I did have every chance to leave I thought — There — would be far away Or so the stories used to weave; They said to serve you every day And if you die on me, I grieve My eyes without you could not shine I thought I did not have a spine. Too many stories told the wind; Once my breasts were blooming young But bearing like a fruitful spring, They came for me so dark at night They stole a song that was not sung— I thought I could keep all my dolls And dreams until eternity, But life it seems is full of trolls And so...

In this episode from Perfect English with Danny, we will talk about the first and the second conditionals. We will compare them to see the differences between the two structures and we will look into the nuances of the second conditional. The most important thing we will learn is to know what we want to say and use grammar as a tool to help us convey the meaning we want.

Vocabulary Builder week 3 is here from Perfect English with Danny. In this episode, we will talk about four new words: barragebigotdesignatediversity Learn about these four words and prepare for the end of the week activity package that will help you add these words to your active vocabulary bank.

In this episode from Stream of Imagination, we will continue chapter 2 from Long Way from Home Novel. The flashlight is blinding George. How could they come for him that fast? Is it a setup? Will he have to fight his way out of the building, with or without Pamela? Join me in chapter 2 and let's find out. Learn More about Long Way from Home