coffee break english season 1 episode 5 [Music] hello and welcome to coffee break english my name's josie and i'm mark and we're very happy to be back with you today how are you josie i'm fine thank you mark i'm a little tired today but okay how are you i'm very well today and i'm looking forward to visiting australia with you yes me too today we're finding out about the most famous animal in australia excellent let's get started then [Music] today we're listening to matthew from australia and we're focusing on the words much many and a
lot of today okay let's have a listen to the text then over to you matthew what's the first animal that comes to your mind when you think of australia the kangaroo of course kangaroos or rues as australians call them are animals from the macropod family macro pod means bigfoot and kangaroos certainly do have big feet they also have a lot of power in their legs which means that they can hop very high and very fast sometimes they can hop at 70 kilometers per hour they are the only big mammals to use hopping to move around
instead of walking or running kangaroos are native to australia so there aren't many kangaroos in other countries because they only live in zoos but in australia there are around 50 million kangaroos and only 25 million people most of them live in quite areas far from towns and cities but locals say that in most parts of the country you don't have to wait for much time to see one in fact the kangaroo population is growing very fast and rues are now considered to be pests a lot of australians don't have much patience for kangaroos and the
australian government kills some kangaroos every year to make sure that the numbers don't get out of control the meat from these kangaroos is exported to a lot of countries around the world and for a lot of australians it is a healthy alternative to other meat because it doesn't contain much fat although they are sometimes annoying australians are very proud of ruse they are the national animal and there aren't many australian businesses and products which don't use pictures of kangaroos in advertising you can see kangaroos on the logos of airlines government organizations and even the australian
army so if you visit australia get ready to see lots of kangaroos [Music] another very interesting text i would love to go to australia have you ever seen a kangaroo josie no i have never seen a kangaroo i have been to australia but i've never seen a kangaroo i've only seen a kangaroo in a zoo okay shall we go through the text good idea let's read through the text and talk about the language that we find would you like to read mark okay what's the first animal that comes to your mind when you think of
australia yes so your your mind that is your your brain isn't it yeah so what's the first animal that comes into your head when you think of australia the kangaroo of course kangaroos or ruse as australians call them are animals from the macropod family micropod means big food and kangaroos certainly do have big feet yes and they do have big feet remember that feet is the plural of foot and it's an irregular plural so one foot two feet that's right we don't say two foots okay they also have a lot of power in their legs
which means they can hop very high and very fast sometimes they can hop at 70 kilometers per hour yes so in this sentence we have the first example of our language point for today they also have a lot of power a lot of means a great number of or a great quantity of okay so they have a great quantity of power in their legs so they have a lot of power in their legs and that means they can hop very high and very fast yes so hop means the same as jump and kangaroos can jump
very high high is the opposite of low of course and sometimes they can hop at 70 kilometers per hour that is very fast indeed they are the only big mammals to use hopping to move around instead of walking or running yes they are the only big mammals what's a mammal mark a mammal is an animal that feeds its babies on milk from its body yes so humans are mammals too yes so kangaroos are the only big mammals which use hopping to move around instead of walking or running what does instead of mean mark it's like
saying in place of so the hob rather than or in place of walking or running that's right let's continue kangaroos are native to australia so there aren't many kangaroos in other countries because they only live in zoos yes so kangaroos are native to australia native means that they live naturally in australia okay so the kangaroos grow naturally in australia and there aren't many kangaroos in other countries yes so there aren't many kangaroos in other countries remember aren't means are not so the words not many this means not a big number of kangaroos earlier we saw
the phrase a lot of power in their legs so not many is kind of the opposite of a lot of okay there aren't many kangaroos in other countries because they only live in zoos but in australia there are around 50 million kangaroos and only 25 million people yes that is a lot of kangaroos two kangaroos for every person yes wow most of them live in quiet areas far from towns and cities but locals see that in most parts of the country you don't have to wait for much time to see one yes so locals say
locals are the people who live in an area the local people okay and the locals say that you don't have to wait for much time to see a kangaroo so not much not much time this has a similar meaning to not many not many kangaroos not much time not a big amount of time okay so what's the difference between not much and not many good question we use not many with countable nouns and we use not much with uncountable nouns so a countable noun is something that we can count in numbers like kangaroos exactly one
kangaroo five kangaroos ten kangaroos okay but what's an uncountable noun mark that would be something like coffee water rice or money that's right something which we can't count in numbers we don't say one water ten waters it's just water in general okay good let's continue okay in fact the kangaroo population is growing very fast and ruse are now considered to be pests that's an interesting word yes it is a pest is something very annoying very irritating usually we use it for animals maybe insects which are a problem that's right so an animal which can cause
damage to plants or food that's right so maybe if you have rats in your house they are pests yes definitely unless you have pet rats which is different that's right that would be that would be different okay can we also use pest to talk about a person we can we would use this in um a kind of funny way so if you have a younger brother or sister who is very annoying you could describe them as a pest okay let's continue a lot of australians don't have much patience for kangaroos and the australian government kills
some kangaroos every year to make sure that the numbers don't get out of control good we have a lot of things to talk about in this sentence let's go back to the beginning a lot of australians so here we have a lot of again meaning a big number of australians now mark the last time that we saw a lot of we saw a lot of power what's the difference between a lot of power and a lot of australians well a lot of power power is uncountable and australians are countable exactly we can count australians there
are 25 million australians in australia so does this mean that we can use a lot of with both countable and uncountable nouns exactly that's right we use a lot of in affirmative positive sentences with both countable and uncountable nouns but with not many and not much there is a difference between countable and uncountable okay so a lot of australians don't have much patience not much patience patience is an uncountable noun okay and patience is the quality of being able to stay calm and not get angry yes so if you are a teacher or a parent
of a child you must have a lot of patience you must be patient that's the adjective that's right and if you've got an annoying pest of a brother or sister sometimes you have to be patient too absolutely you need a lot of patience okay so later in this sentence we have the australian government kills some kangaroos every year to make sure to be certain that the numbers don't get out of control what's out of control mark okay if something is out of control it means you cannot control the numbers you cannot manage the numbers of
kangaroos that's right okay let's take a short break and we'll be back in a moment to continue the rest of this text [Music] each episode of the coffee break english podcast is free and you can use our podcast to help you improve your english but there's more that's right we have a full course available on our website which will help you make faster progress and understand everything much better for every lesson we offer videos bonus audio recordings lesson notes with exercises and vocabulary lists in lots of languages all this is available on the coffee break
academy so visit coffee break academy dot com [Music] okay today we are talking about kangaroos yes and we're learning about the words a lot of much and many good so let's continue the meat from these kangaroos is exported to a lot of countries around the world and for a lot of australians it is a healthy alternative to other meat because it doesn't contain much fat yes so the meat from these kangaroos is exported is sent to a lot of countries to a big number of countries around the world could we see many countries can we
replace a lot of with many good question we can a lot of countries and many countries that means exactly the same thing many is a little more formal so we usually use it when we're writing okay so we could also see and for many australians it is a healthy alternative to other meat that's right you hear that quite a lot when we're talking about people many people many australians many scots for example okay and many kangaroos and many kangaroos um so it's a healthy alternative to other meat because it doesn't contain much fat so here
we have not much fat now fat is an uncountable noun so that's why we use not much in this case instead of not many good and we also use much and many in questions that's right so the question in this case would be does kangaroo meat contain much fat or if we want to ask about the specific amount or the specific quantity of fat we can use the word how much how much fat does kangaroo meat contain we could also use hal with many so how many kangaroos are there in that field that's right exactly
and if the field is in australia there are probably a lot of kangaroos in it indeed okay let's continue although they are sometimes annoying australians are very proud of ruse good so although although basically means but but we put it at the beginning of a sentence so we could change this sentence and say they are sometimes annoying but australians are very proud of ruse good we could also have said ruse are very annoying but australians are very proud of them that's right there are often a lot of different ways to make a sentence good and
what about proud what does it mean when you are proud of something if you're proud of something it means you feel very happy about something or about someone so if you are a parent and your child learns to walk for example you are very proud you're a proud parent exactly okay let's continue they are the national animal and there aren't many australian businesses and products which don't use pictures of kangaroos in advertising yes so there aren't many australian businesses again not many it's a negative sentence and businesses are countable accountable noun okay so lots of
australian businesses use kangaroos in advertising when they advertise their products that's right yes when they try to make you buy their products and here are some examples you can see kangaroos on the logos of airlines government organizations and even the australian army yes so kangaroos are on the logos of airlines what's a logo mark a logo would be a symbol used by a company to advertise its products the coffee break english logo is a coffee cup with part of an american flag and part of a british flag on it that's right there are other very
famous logos you might recognize the golden or the yellow m logo from a famous fast food company that's right that's right okay good so logos of airlines an airline is a company which operates airplanes okay so if you visit australia get ready to see lots of kangaroos yes so lots of kangaroos this is an alternative way to say a lot of kangaroos so it's a little bit more informal than a lot of okay so we can see lots of a lot of and many we can we can also say loads of which is even more
informal than lots of excellent okay shall we listen again to the text good idea and make sure you listen for the words a lot of much and many good what's the first animal that comes to your mind when you think of australia the kangaroo of course kangaroos or ruse as australians call them are animals from the macropod family macropod means bigfoot and kangaroos certainly do have big feet they also have a lot of power in their legs which means that they can hop very high and very fast sometimes they can hop at 70 kilometers per
hour they are the only big mammals to use hopping to move around instead of walking or running kangaroos are native to australia so there aren't many kangaroos in other countries because they only live in zoos but in australia there are around 50 million kangaroos and only 25 million people most of them live in quite areas far from towns and cities but locals say that in most parts of the country you don't have to wait for much time to see one in fact the kangaroo population is growing very fast and rues are now considered to be
pests a lot of australians don't have much patience for kangaroos and the australian government kills some kangaroos every year to make sure that the numbers don't get out of control the meat from these kangaroos is exported to a lot of countries around the world and for a lot of australians it is a healthy alternative to other meat because it doesn't contain much fat although they are sometimes annoying australians are very proud of rose they are the national animal and there aren't many australian businesses and products which don't use pictures of kangaroos in advertising you can
see kangaroos on the logos of airlines government organizations and even the australian army so if you visit australia get ready to see lots of kangaroos [Music] thank you matthew that's it for this episode of coffee break english of course if you'd like to find out more about when to use many lots of a lot of not many not much all these words then you can use our lesson notes which are part of the coffee break english course you can find that at coffeebreakacademy.com that's right mark and if you'd like to practice your english you can
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