Hi everyone, how are you? (I’m fine thanks Luke.) Oh, you’re fine? Glad to hear that. I’m fine too thanks. In fact, I’m in a pretty good mood today. (Why Luke?) Well this weekend I won an award at a business English conference. (Wow, that’s cool. What’s the award?) It’s an award for ‘best presentation for a first time speaker’. I won it with a colleague of mine called Andy Johnson. (Is he related to Luke Johnson?) No, he isn’t! It’s just a coincidence! Actually, you already know Andy because he was in an episode of Luke’s English Podcast once. It was called Luke and Andy’s Crime Stories, remember that? Anyway, I’ll tell you more about that award later.
Let me tell you about this episode of the podcast that you’re about to listen to. This one is the second of 3 episodes I recorded at The Brighton Fringe Festival last month. It might be quite difficult to follow this episode because you will hear a conversation between 4 people and it’s quite fast. Do keep listening though because it is very good practice for you to follow natural and authentic conversation like this.
So, in this episode I talk to Alex, Paul, Moz (and Luke Johnson) again about various subjects including: -The art of flyering -How Alex would describe Paul to an alien -Luke’s lion-like hair (it’s like a lion’s mane) -Paul’s approach to comedy (shouting, funny faces, not many punchlines) -Luke’s approach to comedy (surprisingly similar to Paul’s) -Alex’s approach to comedy (it’s cerebral) -Why Moz is like a pink dolphin in the Amazon (you’ll have to listen to find out why!) -Moz’s weird relationship with the truth -Moz’s comedy (it revolves around bodily functions, and gibberish) -Paul, Alex and Moz’s relationship with the English language -Why the English don’t speak foreign languages -Are the English fundamentally lazy people? -Learning French at school using a book called Tricolore, which was set in La Rochelle in France -Experiences of going to another country and living in another culture -Beeping out swear words (In the end I decided not to ‘beep out’ the swear word here) -Paul’s cultural experiences in the USA -Differences between London and the countryside Alex’s blog: www.alexlove.co.uk
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