The English We Speak: Do

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2011

⏱️ 2 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at a different usage of the word 'do'.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English We Speak.
0:15.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:17.0	Hello and welcome to we speak, I'm Neil Edgler.
0:25.0	And I'm Fung-Fufu.
0:27.0	Neil, you look terrible.
0:30.0	You've got red ice, gray skin, and your voice is so rough.
0:34.5	Oh, Faye, you're right.
0:36.6	I feel terrible.
0:39.3	I went to a leaving dew last night and I drank too much beer and wine.
0:47.0	A leaving do? Do?
0:50.0	Yes, a leaving do.
0:52.0	A colleague has got a job at another company and had a party to celebrate his last day.
0:58.0	So it was a party? Yes, yes, that's what I said. It was a leaving do. Right. So do is a noun and it means party?
1:07.0	Yes, that's right. It's British English.
1:10.0	Oh. Ah, so in British English English another word for party is do.
1:16.0	Did you enjoy Mary's wedding?
1:18.0	It was an amazing do. The food was delicious and there was an excellent band playing. We danced all night.
1:25.3	Oh hi Dave, we're having a bit of a do on Saturday and wondered if you and Sally would
1:31.7	like to come over.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.