The English We Speak: Festival Phrases

Learning English Conversations

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2011

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week we're looking at phrases related to festivals.

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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.
0:14.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:20.0	Hello I'm Yang Lee and this is the English we speak.
0:24.0	I'm William Kramer. Welcome to the program.
0:26.0	Ah, William, I'm so excited.
0:28.0	Really? What's brought this on then?
0:30.0	This weekend something really, really, really great is happening. Do you know what it is?
0:35.6	No. It has to do with music.
0:39.1	Hmm. Is it a big opera? It takes place outdoors.
0:44.0	Is it opera in the park?
0:47.0	No, no, it's not opera.
0:48.0	It's Glastonbury.
0:51.0	Oh, wow, the huge music festival. I've never been. What's the lineup this year?
0:57.0	Oh no, you don't need to queue. You can just get tickets online. But of course they are sold out now.
1:03.2	No, no, no, the lineup, Lee.
1:05.7	Who's playing?
1:06.7	Oh, I see.
1:08.7	There's U-2 and the Chemical Brothers and Fleet Foxes and Elbow and loads and loads of bands of course but
1:16.9	William I'm confused about this phrase line up.
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