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The English We Speak broadcasts. Welcome to the English we speak from BBC Learning English. I'm Faye

and I'm joint today by Jen.

Hi there we're going to go on a day trip today and we're going to explore how the

color red fits into London life.

I've packed my sandwiches and I've got my camera.

Let's go.

So here we are on Oxford Street. It's one of the busiest streets in London.

So let's play a game. How many red things can you see? You go first, Faye Faye Faye. It's easy to see red things can you see you go first faith it's easy to see red things in London

look over there there's a red post box there are hundreds of them around the

UK although some of them were painted gold after the Olympics.

Oh yes that's a good one. Okay my turn there are a couple of red telephone boxes

over there not many people use them nowadays because almost everyone has

mobile phones but they are certainly another iconic symbol of London. If something

is iconic it typically represents something.

So a red telephone box typically represents London.

Here comes one of the most iconic symbols of London,

a big red double-decker bus.

Oh, shall we get on it and head over to Hyde Park for a stroll?

Good idea.

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