MODULE 4 TELEVISION TRANSCRIPTS - That's English JR

teaching was very good. There were lots of
textbooks and very little conversation.
Barbara I learned Italian. Buon giorno. I listened to the
tapes on my Walkman when I was cooking,
ironing ... Every day I listened to the tapes,
whatever I was doing.
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Barbara You must practise even, day'.
Matt I'm learning Japanese. Konichiwa. I practise
Japanese every day.
Joni ¡Hola! I speak Spanish, and for me it's important
to visit the country and to talk to people.
Mark If there's a word you don't understand,. look it up
in the dictionary, write it down and then repeat it
until you really know it.
John It's really important to practise every day and try
to practise the language, with other students.
Chris Well, I think you should try and learn one word
every day.
The ad spot
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thousand words. It's got the spellings. It's got the
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It's got abbreviations. And have a look at this,
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It's got short words. Long words. Strange words.
It's got easy words and it's got difficult words, and
they are all, ladies and gentlemen, in alphabetical
order. For just five pounds you can speak Spanish.
Lucinda iHola, guapo!
Johnny Wappo ... wappo ...
Don't make me laugh!
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the funniest man in the
world, Danny Dodds!
Danny Thank you, thank you. Thank you very much. I have
a son. He's a wonderful little boy. Well, not so little
now -he's seventeen. He's at college - a clever lad,
and very interested in languages. He asked me to pay
for three language courses - £50 for French, £50 for
Spanish and £200 for Scotch. Get it? Do you
understand? £200 for Scotch? Scotch whisky? Never
mind. I'm quite good at languages too, you know.
Really, I am. I speak three languages - fair French,
good German and Great Britain. Fair French, good
German and Great Britain! My son had examinations
at college last week. He was very worried about
them. He worked night and day, night and day. After
the examinations I asked him., 'Son, how were the
exam questions?' He said, 'Dad, the questions were
easy, but the answers were difficult.' The questions
were easy, but the answers were difficult. Get it? No?
The questions were easy, but the answers were
difficult
Street interviews
Fraser I usually read newspapers and I write down words
on small pieces of paper, and then I read them on
the train again and again and again.
John When I'm learning a new word, I listen to it on a
cassette to check the pronunciation, and I always
look it up in the dictionary to check the spelling.
Song time I love grammar
Ooh, I love that do and don't.
Ooh. I love that will and won't.
I love saying have and has.
Grammar is as hot as jazz!
Two, four, six, eight,
I love grammar, grammar's great.
Eight, six,, four, two,
I love grammar, how about you?
Ooh, I love that can and can't.
Ooh, I love that are and aren't.
I love saying does and do,
'Cos grammar is as sweet as you.
DOCUMENTARY
Gary (VO) Edinburgh. A wonderful city for tourists and a
perfect place for students of English.
Gary (VO) This is Nuria López. She's twenty-three,
Spanish. In 1991 she came to Edinburgh,
because she's got some family here. She is
studying tourism and English. She's one of the
many Spanish students who decided to learn
English in the United Kingdom. Nowadays
English is necessary to get a job.
Nuria When I was younger, I wasn't very interested in
English. But about three years ago I did a course
on tourism in Spain and I had to do a three
months' work experience in a hotel. So it was
there when I realized that English was very
important for my professional life. So I decided I
had to come here to learn English
Sara (VO) As any student, Nuria had problems at the
beginning: it was difficult to understand British
people. But after a time that was no problem.
Sara It's important to find a good school to learn
English. But what you learn at school is not
enough. You have to learn many things by
yourself.
Nuria Well, when I arrived here, my level wasn't very
good, so it was difficult to understand people. I
used to carry a pocket dictionary with me, and
also read English newspapers, watch TV,
television; listen to the radio is very useful as
well and read children's books, because I think
they are quite easy to understand.
Gary (VO) Nuria understood that the best way to learn a
language is talking to people. At the school
where she studies there are many young people
from different countries learning English. Using
English in the group is one way of helping each
other learn English and it is also more
interesting. But Nuria has also lots of friends