7/18/2019 British Council Exploring English 3.1 Transcript

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 Exploring English:

language and culture

Exploring English© British Council 2014

WEEK 3: COUNTRYSIDE

ACTIVITY 3.1

TRANSCRIPT

NICOLE: Hi. This week, we’re going to look at the British countryside. Now, whether you’ve visited

Britain or not, you probably have some ideas about the countryside here. Do you have a picture

in your head of what Britain looks like? Or an idea of what the weather is like here? What sort of

words come to mind?

We asked several people who have moved from other countries to live in Britain what they think

about the countryside and the climate here. Here are some of the things they said:

Fernando from Brazil talked about his first visit to England in 2006. He says:

“It was just beautiful: the green fields, small villages and castles seemed like they came straight

out of a fairy tale.” 

I think that’s a very traditional view of the British countryside –  especially the English countryside

 –  green fields, villages, castles. We’ll see this week that there’s more to the British countryside

than that.

But how about the weather? This is what Anne-Lise from Denmark said::

I love the British climate! The winters are short and mild, and the summers not too hot. You can

wear black tights all year round and don’t have to worry about not being suntanned as lots of

people aren’t. And I like the rain too!

So Anne-Lise thinks the British climate is OK because it lets her wear the clothes she wants to!There are lots of reasons why people might like or not like the countryside and climate in Britain.

In the next step, we’ll look at some more opinions of Britain’s countryside and climate and then

you will share your views and opinions with other learners.