MODULE 4 TELEVISION TRANSCRIPTS - That's English JR

a bit moody.
Song time In the stars
What's happening in the stars tonight?
Is Venus joined with Mars tonight?
I know it's superstitious,
But baby you're delicious tonight.
What's happening in Aquarius tonight?
Will I meet a Sagittarius tonight?
They say that love is blind,
But baby I don't mind tonight.
What's happening out in Leo tonight?
Will I meet a man from Rio tonight?
This romantic situation
May lead to infatuation tonight.
DOCUMENTARY
Jeremy Vine Hello, there! My name is Jeremy Vine and I
come from London. I work here, at
Westminster, as a political correspondent for
the BBC.
Pat Jolly Hello! My name is Pat Jolly. I come from
Sydenham, South- East London.
Buck Burns My name is Buck Burns and I live in Sneem,
on the Ring of Kerry, in Southern Ireland.
Steve Rogers Hello! My name is Steve Rogers and I come
from Edinburgh, in Scotland.
Gary (VO) In English, a person's accent says a lot about
that person. We can know where that person
comes from or the social class someone
belongs to.
Sara (VO) Jeremy Vine works as a political correspondent
for the BBC. His English accent is a perfect
example of the Standard English or the Queen's
English. It's the type of English which some
educated people speak.
Jeremy Vine I speak Standard English. Some people might
also call it the Queen's English. This type of
English is spoken by a lot of BBC presenters.
The BBC doesn't insist on any particular
accent, but this kind of English is the kind
you're learning.
Gary (VO) Accent usually indicates the speaker's social
class. A very special case is that of 'cockneys'.
A cockney is a person who was born in the
East End of London. Their speech is recognized
not only for the accent, but also for the
rhyming slang they use. Pat Jolly has some
examples for you.
Pat Jolly I'm a cockney, a Londoner, and we speak different.
In English you say 'what's', in Cockney
we say 'wa''. In English you say 'house', in
Cockney we say ''ouse'. In English you say
'water', in Cockney we say 'wa'er'. We also use
a rhyming slang. In English you say 'hat', in
Cockney 'tit for tat'. In English you say 'shirt',
in Cockney we say 'Dicky Dirt'. In English you
say 'tie', in Cockney we say 'Peckham Rye'. In
English we say 'suit', in Cockney we say
'whistle and flute'.
Sara (VO) Let's now listen to the sound of Scottish
English. Steve Rogers is a bus driver. He lives
in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, and he's going
to give us some examples of the way the Scots
speak.
Steve Rogers Yes, I live in Edinburgh and I speak with a
Scottish accent. In England they would say 'away',
in Scotland we say 'awae'. They would
also say 'town', we say 'toon'. And in England
they would say 'lake', but in Scotland we say
'loch'.
Gary (VO) Now we leave for the Republic of Ireland, to
look at one more way of speaking English.
Buck Burns is a teacher at a primary school in
County Kerry. Here, they also have their own
peculiar way of speaking English
Buck Burns Well, there are many variations of accents in
Ireland. In this part of Ireland, in Kerry, if a
person were saying 'The sticks and the stones
are staying on the fence', that person might
say: 'De sticks and de stones are shtaying on de
fence.' Some Irish people have a difficulty with
pronouncing the 'th' sound. People might say
'dis', 'dat', 'dese' and 'dose'. Or 'tirty-tree' instead
of 'thirty-three.'
Sara (VO) These are only four examples of different
English accents. And to finish, we're going to
listen to our four speakers giving you the same
advice in four different accents. Pay attention
to the advice.
Jeremy Vine Remember: watching 'That's English!' is
interesting and very practical. Go for it.'
Pat Jolly And remember: watching 'That's English!' is
interesting and very practical. Go for it.'
Steve Rogers And remember: watching 'That's English!' is
interesting and very practical. So go for it.'
Buck Burns And remember: watching 'That's English!' is
interesting and very practical. Go for it.'
6 MUSIC IN OUR LIVES
A THE MUSIC OF LOVE
George Shall we sit on the sofa? It's more comfortable.
Rosie Oh, George ...
George Shall I put on some music?
Rosie Oh, yes!
George What shall I put on?
Rosie I don't mind. Some soft, classical music?
George I don't have any.
Rosie Or Frank Sinatra or. . . the music of love.
George Fruitloaf?
Rosie Fruitloaf?
George Early Fruitloaf or ...
Rosie What's Fruitloaf?
George Who is Fruitloaf? Fruitloaf’s a rock singer. Have
you never heard Fruitloaf?
Rosie No. I don't think I like rock music.
George Oh, Rosie! You will love Fruitloaf. This is the
kind of music I like.
Rosie I like music that's not too loud.