601. British Comedy: The Day Today (Part 1)
Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
Luke Thompson
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2019
⏱️ 78 minutes
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601. British Comedy: The Day Today (Part 1)
Let's investigate a brilliant British comedy TV show and use it to learn English.
The Day Today was originally broadcast on the BBC in the mid-90s and is now considered a groundbreaking parody of news programmes and launched the careers of various comedians, including Steve Coogan.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello my name's Luke and thank you for choosing to listen to my podcast for |
| 0:05.0 | learners of English. This is episode six hundred and one and this podcast is |
| 0:10.3 | made possible thanks to donations from listeners and also thanks to support from |
| 0:15.5 | my sponsors. The sponsor for this episode is Spoken. Spoken is an online company which |
| 0:22.1 | specialises in teaching you English through messaging apps on your phone, |
| 0:27.0 | like WhatsApp or Line, Viber, We Chat or Facebook messenger and more. |
| 0:33.1 | It's a really convenient and cool way |
| 0:35.6 | to get some English practice into your daily life. |
| 0:38.6 | And we all know that daily practice, |
| 0:40.8 | even just for a few minutes at a time is essential for developing proper English skills. |
| 0:47.0 | The instructors at Spoken are all trained and experienced teachers from the US and the UK, what happens is that after assessing |
| 0:55.8 | your needs and level, your instructor will communicate with you via text, sending you |
| 1:01.3 | a variety of adapted tasks which include a mix of all the skills, including |
| 1:06.7 | speaking using the microphone on your phone. |
| 1:09.7 | Okay, so your sent tasks, you can just respond to those tasks in your own time whenever it's convenient for you. |
| 1:16.0 | And Spoken have a great offer for you, and here it is. First, they're offering you a free one hour consultation in order to establish your English needs and level |
| 1:26.4 | and that's completely free and no strings attached which means that you can take the |
| 1:31.2 | consultation get the feedback, |
| 1:33.5 | and then just carry on your life as normal |
| 1:36.6 | with no obligation to take things further, if you choose. |
| 1:40.1 | But if you want to purchase one of their learning plans |
| 1:43.4 | then you will get 20% off your first month |
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