A barrel is a kind of container that, er, you can use to keep beer in. Er, but actually they're not very dangerous as a person. I think he's got a big heart. So his bark is worse than his bite. And the last idiom i'm going to teach you is, er, she's a barrel of laughs. K, now, a barrel of laughed means someone who's really, really good fun some one who's very, very funny,. ok? Some one who laughs a lot, and some one who makes you laugh a lot. Ok, so that is the end of the language section. Don't forget look at the web page. You
This podcast is about Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer who recently became very famous all over the world on YouTube. The language section is about idioms to describe personality.
The feature section is about her and her performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical Les Miserables. Why was it so special? Why have so many people in the world seen it? Why has she become so famous? Why do the Americans love her?
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