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hello everybody my name is teacher Rich
also known as Professor
rich and we're here today to talk about
Mysteries of the world also known as
World Mysteries welcome to this stream
today on Oxford online English
this is one of our final
streams we will no longer be
streaming in
2024 there are four of my streams left
after this
one that's today next week the
23rd and the 30th will be my final
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English
so smash that like button if you like
that news um the dire the Channel's
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that's simply the way things are YouTube
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in the way that we wanted but thank you
so much for your
support I've been streaming on Oxford
online English for over two years I
believe it's either over two years or
almost two years maybe it's almost 3
years and it's been a lot of fun I have
enjoyed it a lot and if you wish to
continue to see me stream you can I
stream twice per week on my channel
which is
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rich English teacher live and I'm sure
you'll find that channel and I'll post
it in the chat later as this is the
countdown to the end of an era of Oxford
online English
streams so welcome to everybody today
how are you all doing hello there
raldo how are you doing raldo hello
there to
yoges how are you doing Alicia Khan
how's it going with you are you all
right where are you from I love Sunshine
says hello mate hello there uh Cameron
says hello I'm from aaban and I'm new
here welcome Cameron Welcome to our
final four streams
today hello dear English hello Maria
hello Manuel Julia nisin San and
tunan so I will be streaming on my
channel after this and we'll be doing a
bit of a follow-up to the lesson today
so do check that out do check that out
we'll be streaming after
this but today we're going to talk about
world Mysteries so what do I mean when I
say World Mysteries let me show you some
pictures there so have a look at those
pictures and tell me now in the
chat what do those pictures mean to you
what do you think I'm talking
about what are these pictures what do
they mean what is the history
here what do you
think let me know your thoughts
there let me know your thoughts in the
chat let's see what you think about
this Bermuda the Bermuda Triangle what
is the Bermuda Triangle and why is that
significant what is significant about
the bemuda
triangle what is significant about the
bemuda
triangle
YouTube drives me crazy sometimes I'm
trying to format a message here and the
bloody thing it won't do it no no he
doesn't want to do
it
Mia fine fine YouTube I'll do it myself
there we go
done so Manuel says so in this triangle
it's like a black hole ships aircrafts
and people
suddenly
disappear that's
interesting Julia says it's known for
its mysterious place of missing
airplanes and RL says it's an area of
the Atlantic Ocean where a lot of ships
have
disappeared not have been disappeared
there raml we want to use the
present the uh sorry the active there
so they have disappeared not have been
disappeared so nobody knows why this
happens in particular but for some
reason we get many many many ships and
planes
that disappear in this part of the
world and there are a number of
explanations that we're going to talk
about but first let's have a look at
another mystery so what is this and
what's the
mystery what is it where is it why is it
a mystery and what are some of the
theories to explain it so we can talk
about both of these Stonehenge and the
Bermuda TR
triangle where is it why is it a mystery
and what are some of the explanations
for
it let just adjust my camera a little
bit hello there mub maxud how are you
doing Neel says airplanes and ships
vanish there that's right how are you
doing Nal where are you you
from there's a big ghost hidden under
the beuda triangle says yogish that is
one of the
explanations it's
perhaps excuse
me it's perhaps one of the explanations
that I'm not entirely sympathetic with
but it is one of the
explanations so I'm going to read some
information about these
Mysteries I want you to listen and type
in the chat the information you hear
type the answers to the questions in the
chat I'm going to read some information
about these Mysteries and I want you to
type the answers to the questions that
you hear in the chat are you
ready
the Bermuda Triangle is a strange area
in the Atlantic Ocean it's between
Florida and Puerto
Rico this place is known for many
unexplained
happenings lots of ships and airplanes
have gone missing here in unusual ways
people have been interested in the
Bermuda Triangle for a long time
some think there are strange natural
things happening like weird magnetic
fields others have more unusual ideas
like
aliens or even hidden cities Under the
Sea one famous story is about Flight
19 this was a group of five US Navy
planes that
disappeared in
1945 the pilots got lost and their
planes ran out of
fuel even though many people looked for
them they were never
found a plane that went to find them
also
disappeared now scientists think there
could be nor reasons for these
Mysteries they say
storms strong sea currents or mistakes
in
navigation could explain why ships and
planes go missing in the Bermuda
Triangle all right let's see what we
have in the chat
there
so the idea there folks was to type the
answers to those questions while
listening am I waiting for you to just
push the enter key here so I can get
those answers in while you're doing that
I will end our Poll for the
day so do you have a coffee or tea 68%
say yes 31% say no with 75
votes Manuel we'll talk about that
later so anoat yes it's in the Atlantic
Ocean between Puerto Rico and
Florida
sonini says that aliens are the normal
reason and the extraordinary reasons are
storms and human mistakes are you sure
there did you hear
the popular scientific
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explanations
Sergio says hello everyone I'm from
Colombia hi Sergio how are you doing do
you know about the Bermuda
Triangle low
gravity let me say
again scientists think there could be
normal reasons for these Mysteries they
say storms strong sea currents or
mistakes in
navigation could explain why ships and
planes go missing in the Bermuda
Triangle did you get that muid hi
teacher Rich am I late yes but don't
worry it's
okay I will be saying this a lot but we
have four streams left and then we are
ending live streaming on Oxford online
English just four left so really show
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streams and if you want to see more from
me then check out my own channel which
is Prof Rich teaching where I stream
after this so when this stream ends I
will stream on my own channel join me
there hello h how are you
doing so let's talk then about
Stone listen for the information and
type the answers in the chat listen for
the information and type the answers in
the
chat here we
go Stonehenge is a circle of big stones
in Wilshire England it's very old and
famous these stones have been there for
more than 5,000 years but why it was
built and how it was done are still not
known the stones at Stonehenge are
really big some are as heavy as 25 tons
it's a mystery how people long ago moved
and stud up these stones without modern
machines there are many ideas about
Stonehenge some people think it was a
place for sun worship and others think
it was a place to bury important people
some believe the stones are placed for
astronomy they line up with the sunset
in Winter and the sunrise in
summer Stonehenge is still very
important today many people visit it
especially when the Sun rises or sets in
line with the stones during the longest
and shortest days of the
year
all right let's see what we have in the
chat hint says in England really big how
can it be built without
machines and it aligns up with the
sunset or sunrise in summer and
winter is Stonehenge still a mystery yes
yoga Stonehenge is still a
mystery because the stones are very
heavy 25 tons and the Stone comes from
hundreds of miles away chud man
Namaste
Namaste welcome smash that like
button and subscribe to my channel as
well Prof Rich teaching we'll be
streaming in 25 minutes who could handle
those stones the big question is how did
they move stones that were 25
tons over 100 miles
Manuel what is your
explanation you can find the text in the
notes for today if you want to look at
that this cannot be
explained by current scientific theories
do you agree or
disagree what do you think about
that this cannot be explained by current
scientific theories do you agree or
disagree what do you think about
that so samani says they
agree Stonehenge weighed 500 tons well
in total Julia but each stone is 20 25
tons hello Mei how are you
doing Sonia
agrees Manuel
disagrees how was it
built how was it built Manuel you have
the onus of
proof
how did they build Stonehenge let me try
this Q&A answer viewer questions live no
way I'll do that in a
minute tesi says I don't entirely agree
and mati says hello I
agree so one explanation is that they
used canals with boats and they dig the
canal and move it on the the boat as
they
go that's one
explanation Adnan says hello sir hello
Adnan how are you doing today we're
talking about
Stonehenge and the bemuda
triangle aliens might be the answer one
of the explanations that a lot of people
like is
that basically
in the past we had more technology than
we think so these societies actually had
Machinery however somehow that
technology was
lost that's one of the possibility so
let's imagine 3,000 years ago there was
some sort of
technology that we don't have now not
necessarily the same technology maybe
they didn't have electricity
they didn't have computers but maybe
they had a water pump machine or some
sort of tools we don't know about people
really like this explanation another
possibility is that there was some
Advanced civilization on Earth with a
lot of technology that didn't share it
with others but they did help other
civilizations to do things like build
Stonehenge this would be the Atlantis
the city of Atlantis
Theory Cameron says there are many
things that scientists don't know about
they cannot provide accurate information
for example about the Egyptian pyramids
and the abuda triangle they just Express
an opinion yes that's correct Cameron
science is just an opinion that's backed
up by the scientific
method science on the whole does t tend
to have a higher degree of Truth than
random opinion this is the Aristotelian
tradition of Science and
logic but I think it's important that we
maintain that science can indeed be
questioned it could be like the pyramid
says Sonia I like the way you phrase
that thank you Sonia that relates to the
lesson that we'll be doing today on Prof
Rich so make sure you check that
out we'll be talking about pass models
for
deduction if you want to amput your
grammar and get a 9.0 in ielt guaranteed
not guaranteed then check that out after
this and I'm going to have a coffee to
wake myself up
Aristotle invented the lever 2,500 years
ago with lever it's easy to move huge
Stones do you think so Manuel why has
nobody done it is there a video on
YouTube showing somebody do that I'd
like to see that okay moving on I have
some questions for you are there any
famous Mysteries or legends from your
country so we talked about Stonehenge
from England I'd like you to tell me in
the chat are there any famous Mysteries
or legends from your country I think
Manuel was talking about
Larona Manuel is telling a joke about
his age he says I was living in England
in the year
2525 so I could see how they were
building the monument very good
Manuel the science in earlier
civilizations was more advanced than it
is today I like that
Theory science requires empirical
evidence which makes it
believable empirical evidence is good
isn't
it but what about rational evidence do
you think teshi do you think rational
evidence is stronger than empirical
evidence for example if I use
rationality to determine that I exist
which would be I think the
I exist therefore I exist as a thing
which thinks this is
rationality can we say that is more
true than the
statement all cats have a tail how do I
know all cats have a tail because I have
empirical evidence I have seen one cat
two cat three cats 100 cats and so I
declare all cats have a tail
which statement is more true all cats
have a tale
or I think therefore I
exist this is empiricism and
rationalism and they are not the only
ways of getting truth are they there's
another way of getting
truth you know folks we got four streams
left on Oxford online
English we will be ending the three
classes on Oxford online English so let
me take this moment to go a bit off
script let's talk about the Third Way of
finding
truth so way number one
empiricism You
observe and from your observations you
find rules to shape the world
number
two you use
rationality to determine what
rules are true in the world and then you
check those rules against your
experience and then the Third
Way
we
examine our subjective
experience not in a rational way but in
an experential
way in an
attempt to
experience ultimate
truth
is is anyone freaking
out so I want to know are there any
famous Mysteries or legends from your
country and there's some other questions
there for you to discuss in the chat
we'll talk together about these and I'll
give them numbers to make it a little
bit easier to follow what everybody's
talking about please
do write the number for the question
which you are talking about write the
number for the question which you are
talking about so we all know which
question you're talking
about Jalena says greetings from
Lithuania thank you for your perfect
lectures that's a very nice thing to say
Jalena feel free to make any other
comments in the chat
we're moving on to question time in a
minute so if you have any questions
about English or life in general then go
right
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ahead cabet Deo says matild in
mosambique Africa kabeel
Deo is that head of what's
v KET
fell
ooh it's a natural rock that looks a bit
like a
head
nice yeah that looks
great wait in mosm Beque
Africa for me it's coming up with
Portugal
oh there's another kabet
Deo it seems like the Kaba Deo I guess
it's head of rock or something is uh
something that happens in several places
that's really cool though I like the one
in Africa that comes out the
ground that's great wow that's a natural
mystery not a man-made
mystery thank you very much there for
the shout out anat do appreciate
it I need a coffee folks my energy is
super super chill at the moment you know
why it's really
cold it's really cold in England we're
below zero it's
freezing I'm desperately trying to stay
warm and
failing I've never visited Morocco
actually I wanted to when I lived in
Spain I never quite got
there all right folks so this is the
countdown to the end live streams are
ending on Oxford online
English here are the dates for the final
streams next week I'll be doing winter
poetry I know how you all love poetry so
there you go we're doing that get on it
poetry is great then 23rd the Christian
in Christmas we're going to talk about
Christianity and
Christmas every time someone does an
English lesson on Christmas they do
International Christmas or Pagan
Christmas or
whatever and I'm going to book the trend
and we're going to talk about
Christianity and Christmas so the
Christian Christmas the birth c a
celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ
let's go for it on the
23rd and then on the 30th is my final
stream on Oxford online English goodbye
but not farewell so
please be there for that that will be
kind of quite an informal
stream and if you want to continue to
follow me you can do
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Saturdays so do get on to that
folks and we're on to question time you
can of course download the notes from
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brilliant classes there on Oxford online
English if you have any questions about
learning English or anything in general
then type that in the class I'm just
going to try this I've never done this
before
uh ask any questions you have about
learning
English let's try
this Q&A mode I'm not sure that I like
this we're now we're now in Q&A
mode let's see how this works if it
works I'll use this in
future
Merry Christmas Manuel said Manuel's
neighbors but they don't say anything
the rest of the year Well Manuel I mean
the positive side of that is they say
something at least in
Christmas
because
because at least they say it then I mean
in England people Burly even say Merry
Christmas so if people say Merry
Christmas at Christmas well it's better
than nothing let's take our wins where
we can uh sammani how can I join your
lesson go to the link saman I posted it
in the chat posted it like three times
now I don't want to overdo it it's there
in the chat
youtube.com/ Professor Rich I'm learning
English but I cannot continue and be
disciplin that is a good
question
so
let's talk about that that's my first
question of the day I cannot be
listening I cannot be
disciplined how do we deal with
this so number
one you need some discipline but
consider that the most
important step is
always the first
one so
examples examples of this in practice
are starting to learn something new
starting to attend
classes starting a study session for the
day starting a new book in English
Etc so really your discipline only only
needs to apply for the first
one your discipline only needs to apply
for the first
one because after that you just keep
going right you just keep going now
advice number two with
this do the things you
love okay
read the books you
love but in
English watch the TV series you love but
in
English do your favorite
hobbies in an
international setting with English as
the lingua
franka which means the language you use
to
communicate and this is a way of
subverting the need for discipline all
right all right let's move on to our
next question because we do have a few
questions it seems that this Q&A thing
is
working pavi will you ever retire from
YouTube or will you ever end your
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lessons um
yes but probably not for a long
time so I do intend to continue on my
channel youtube.com/ Professor reach for
a long time to
come thank you for the question pavi
moving on next question can I say like
the questions answered oh I can select
questions select
question how can I improve my English
vocabulary so I have many videos about
this on my channel um the first thing to
do is understand the
difference between passive and active
vocabulary and understand
how to learn each so passive vocabulary
are the words and phrases which you
understand active vocabulary are the
words and phrases which you use in
writing or
speaking to learn passive
vocabulary you don't need to do anything
you just
need input that you understand so if you
understand what I'm saying right now you
are improving your passive vocabulary
just by listening
in active vocabulary is different in
order to improve active vocabulary you
must
engage so you must get a vocabulary
notebook but the key with your
vocabulary notebook is take a note of
the phrases you wish to
use it's not about what you understand
it's about what you want to
use take note of the things that you you
want to
use so whether you understand it or not
is not important well it is important
but it's not the critical issue with
vocabulary note taking the critical
issue is what do you want to
use write it down make a personalized
example and then say it out loud with
natural pronunciation
example this is the best way to this is
the best way to learn English this is
the best way to learn English this is
the best way to learn English here's a
good Prof Rich shows us the best way to
learn English there's a personalized
example and then say it out loud with
natural pronunciation Prof Rich shows us
the best way to learn English the best
way to the best way to the best way to
the best way to the best way to the best
way to the best way to learn English
what's the best way to learn English
what's the best way to learn English
what's the best way to become a chef
what's the best way to
travel what's the best way to travel
Japan what's the best way to get in
shape what's the best way for a 78y old
old to begin learning a new
language okay there you
go next could you please clarify the
difference between it's raining and it
has been raining
really it is raining
now it was
raining
recently and may
or may not wait has been raining has
been being no wait has been raining it
has rained it's rained it's rained it's
been raining it's been raining it's been
raining it's been raining it's been
raining not be finished yeah may or may
not be finished
yeah we don't need to say
recently it's been raining it was
raining in the past and may or may not
be finished from the context of talking
about the weather I understand that you
mean recently so I hope that helps
next Cameron says I'm learning English I
can speak but my listening is not good
what's your advice for improving
this
uh my advice is go to youtube.com/
Professor Rich And subscribe immediately
that's youtube.com/
profor uh subscribe and that'll help you
with your listening
okay uh but uh more seriously what you
should do
is listen to stuff you like listening
to listen to audio books of stories you
enjoy
listen to radio on on on podcasts listen
to podcasts listen to podcasts on
Spotify for topics which you
like improve your listening by
listening as weird as that sounds just
make sure that the input is
comprehensible it must be comprehensible
input that means you must understand the
input if you understand it and you enjoy
it that's it just do it do it do it
again again again that's all you
need uh pavy says please keep teaching
us we'll do is it necessary to learn
phrasal verbs to improve communication
skills o that's a good one is it
necessary to learn phrasal verbs to
improve communication skills uh
no however it is
useful and can be
fun but it is not necessary you do not
need phrasal verbs you do not need
phrasal
verbs
but they're okay sometimes right pick up
get
up I need I'm going to get up at 5
o'clock tomorrow
can
you can you pick up my kids from
school some phrasal verbs are fun and
phrasal verbs can be very useful for
learning connected speech learning
natural speech can be quite
fun hello Max Amed how are
you uh sirani you should post in the Q&A
section but since you have what's the
difference what is teacher rich like
what does teacher Rich look
like interesting spoke about this
recently
um yeah so it's very simple actually
with this one so maybe we should add a
third one in which is what does teacher
rich like
and we can even add how is teacher Rich
let's add that as well so we can have
all of the
fun all of the fun all right so number
one what is teacher rich like that is
asking about
personality
and
maybe appearance so personality and
appearance personality and appearance
what is teacher rich like personality
and appearance what does teacher Rich
look like that is only
appearance we're not talking about
personality when we say what does
teacher Rich look like just appearance
what does teacher rich like here we're
talking about
likes what food does he
like what animals does he like what
hobbies does he like and how is teacher
Rich we're talking about is he good or
bad or even how does he feel is another
possibility so there's are four
different possibilities there what is
teacher rich like personality and
appearance what does teacher Rich look
like is appearance what does teacher
rich like is likes and how is teacher
rich is he good or
bad I hope that
helps
uh are podcasts more useful than videos
for listening
comprehension
no they're
not they are both
basically there's there's there's no
difference really R the more important
is the topic is it comprehensible are
you interested what's the speaker like
that's more important but the difference
in media is
unimportant one thing I will say is that
videos add more
context so with
videos you have more context you have
visual
context in order to help you to
understand so that makes videos
easier makes it
easier all right everybody thank you
very much for joining me today there are
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