Conversación en inglés 2.9: Londres – London

Londres es famosa por su moda, música, restaurantes, tiendas y sus muchas atracciones turísticas: hablamos de todo ello en esta sección de la conversación.

Terminamos hablando de cómo es vivir en Londres a largo plazo: ser estudiante en Londres, la cultura, el coste, el transporte, estilo de vida y clima.

La clase que sigue a la conversación de hoy va sobre el «Cockney Rhyming Slang» (el lenguaje cockney de las rimas), un increíble dialecto del este de Londres popular en películas de gángsters ambientadas en Londres, como ‘Cerdos y diamantes‘.

Fragmento de la transcripción de la conversación

TOM: Good afternoon! My name’s Tom and I’m sitting here with Mark, hello Mark!
MARK: Hi Tom!
TOM: We’re back in Turó Park in Barcelona, and there are two children…uh…letting off[1] fireworks[2] in the park, so if there’s a big bang[3] that’s what it is, so please try and ignore it. Today we’re gonna talk all about London…
MARK: Ah, good old London…
TOM: Yes, our favourite city in the world, or perhaps not. Anyway why…what do we know about London?
MARK: We know quite a lot; Umm…I was born there, and lived there for a large number of years, I won’t say how many, and I believe you spent[4] twelve or thirteen years living in London yourself…
TOM: Twelve years, yes, I went there to London University and I spent twelve years there; for five as a student and then I worked there for six or seven years, so we know a lot about London, but we both left! So, can you tell us a little bit about the history of London? And …uhh…maybe some stats[5] and facts…
MARK: It’s a very, very old city, going back nearly two thousand years; it was founded in A.D. 43 as a Roman settlement[7] and comprised the City of London[8] and the City of Westminster[9] after that. So more or less it’s two cities in one, which may help to explain why it’s such a big place today…

Sobre la Conversación en inglés…

This English conversation is all about London, the capital of England and along with New York & Tokyo, one of the three main financial centres in the world. We both know London well… I lived in London for twelve years, and Mark was born in London and lived there all his life – until he left for Australia in 2002.

We begin the chat with a brief history of London, followed by a look at some facts and statistics about London.
We then talk about London’s rich culture. With 300 different languages spoken there, and 40% of its inhabitants foreign-born, it’s viewed (quite rightly) by many as the multi-cultural capital of the world. London’s famous for fashion, music, restaurants, shopping and its many tourist attractions – all of these we cover during this section of the conversation.

We finish off by talking about what it’s like living in London longer term. We discuss being a student in London, the culture, the cost, the transport, lifestyle and weather.

The language class that follows the conversation today is all about «Cockney Rhyming Slang», an amazing dialect from East London popular in gangster films based in London, like ‘Cerdos y diamantes’ (literally «Pigs & Diamonds» – Snatch).

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