221. A Cup of Tea with Corneliu Dragomirescu (Part 2)

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🗓️ 23 September 2014

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Here's part 2 of my conversation with "The Son of the Dragon Tamer" in which we talk about these things: - The difference “pleasshure” and “pleasure”, “bio” and “B.O.” - The importance of ‘passion’ in France - Jamie Oliver’s (fake?) cockney accent - British & American English - Corneliu’s experiences in America, his acting and his accent - Corneliu’s learning experiences with a great teacher when he was a child - The interesting course-book which Corneliu used in his English lessons - The myth of ‘the English gentleman’ - Depictions of Englishness in films - Stereotypes of Romania - Romania & Bulgaria’s entry into the EU and the media panic related to migrant workers - Vampires, Dracula and Romania Click here for more information http://wp.me/p4IuUx-1Z0

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0:00.0	You're listening to Luke's English podcast. For more information, visit teacher Luke.co.uk.
0:07.0	UK.
0:08.0	Hello everyone, welcome back to Luke's English podcast and this is part two of a
0:17.3	conversation that I'm having with the Cornilu Dragon
0:21.1	oh God it's only work the first time.
0:25.0	Yeah, just people just go back to the first episode and he was brilliant then.
0:30.0	Brilliant.
0:31.0	Dragoon me rescue? Yes. Okay. Koneeli Rescu. Yes.
0:33.0	Okay.
0:34.0	Cornilio Dragom-Merezcu is here with me and if you've listened to part one of this conversation
0:38.0	that you will remember us talking about his name, the fact that he's from Romania, the fact that he's a friend of mine from the stand-up comedy scene,
0:45.0	the fact that he's a filmmaker who has a great love and great affection for movies.
0:55.0	And we talked for ages about all sorts of stuff in the last episode and we're going to continue
1:00.1	in this one and the plan is to focus on Cornilio's English learning experiences
1:07.2	and to talk about Romania and the image of Romania and certain issues relating to that.
1:14.4	That's the plan, but we know, don't we, on Luke's English
1:18.3	podcast, that the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry I think that's the phrase absolutely so we will
1:26.8	see what happens the ultimate aim as ever on Luke's English podcast is to keep you entertained, to give you a chance to listen
1:36.6	to some real English as it's actually happening, as it's genuinely spoken in a real conversation,
1:41.9	authentically, some organic English let's say to give you a
1:46.0	chance to try and just keep up with the conversation because in doing that you engage in a very natural and organic way with English, right?
1:59.0	And that aids in your acquisition of the language ultimately keep listening that's my advice okay
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