278. Marcus Keeley / Northern Ireland (Part 2)

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🗓️ 9 June 2015

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In part 1 of this episode we met Marcus Keeley. In part 2 we are going to talk specifically about Northern Ireland, its culture, the atmosphere there and things you can do if you visit as a tourist. There will be a part 3 of this conversation, which will focus on the accents and dialects in Northern Ireland. Click here for more details http://wp.me/p4IuUx-4hk

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. What is the third most popular book in the UK? Well it is the His Dark Materials trilogy of novels by author Philip Pullman.
0:10.0	This series of fantasy, mystery and adventure stories is perhaps as popular as Harry Potter,
0:16.4	Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia. It was made into a film, but that didn't really
0:21.6	capture the intense enjoyment of the original story.
0:26.1	All the books are available as audio books narrated by the author himself and a full cast of
0:32.0	other actors.
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0:47.0	I was so enthralled that we ran out of gas, imaginative premise, interesting and well-developed characters, and many plot twists.
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1:14.8	but now let's get started with this episode.
1:17.7	You're listening to Luke's English podcast. For more information
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1:25.0	Hello there, welcome back to another episode of Luke's English podcast.
1:31.0	Did you listen to the first part in this series? I was talking to a friend of mine called
1:35.6	Marcus Keeley. He comes from Belfast in Northern Ireland. He was just in town for the weekend to do a bit of sightseeing with his girlfriend and also to do some
1:47.0	comedy shows in town as well.
1:49.0	And of course I jumped at the opportunity to have a genuine sort of accent from Northern Ireland in there.
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