Hi everybody. Welcome to a new episode of Easy English. So, as you can see, we're back in Brighton.
And so, that means we're going to bring you more conversations with [music] strangers. Here, you're going to be able to pick up on nuances and phrases and some slang which you maybe you've never heard before to help you sound more like a native English speaker. Before we start this week's episode, if you are someone trying to improve your conversation skills, then why don't you consider joining our conversation membership and joining our online Zoom conversation classes on Tuesday nights by clicking the link up here.
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[music] [music] Hello. Hi. How's it going?
Yeah, I'm good. How are you? I'm not bad, thanks.
Uh, excuse me. Yeah. Hi.
How's it going? Good, thanks. How's it going?
Yeah, I'm pretty good, thanks. Excuse me. Hi.
Hi. How are you doing? Very well, thank you.
Yeah, having a nice day today. Pardon? Having a nice day today?
We're having a walk. Yeah, the back's not killing me at the moment, so I'm fine. [laughter] Yes, I have any.
Hi. Oh, hello. [laughter] Great acting skills, by the way.
Sorry. Excuse me. Hi.
Hi. How's it going? Yeah, not quite.
How are you? Yeah, I'm good. Sorry to interrupt your day.
Um, what you what are you up to? Um, I'm just walking around Brighton with my friend. We've just moved, so having a look around.
Ah, you say you've just moved? Yes. Wow.
Okay. And where did you move from? Uh, well, I only moved from 20 minutes away.
Um, but there's a few of us. We all were in Bristol before, so we've technically moved from Bristol. How's it going?
Good, thanks. You all good? Yeah.
Having a nice day today in Brighton? Yeah, we just come from the gym. Excuse me.
Hi. Hi. Sorry to interrupt your day.
No worries, man. How's your day going? It's going all right, thank you.
Yeah. What are we up to today in Brighton? Taking my daughter to Sea Life Center today.
Oh, cute. How old is your daughter? Uh, she's nearly two.
Nearly 2 years old. Okay. And does she have uh did it was her request or your suggestion?
Uh my suggestion, we've taken her before, but she was a little bit younger and she really likes fish, so we thought it's a no-brainer to take her. Any fish specifically or? Uh any like sharks, but I'm not sure we're going to have much luck seeing lots of sharks in there, but uh I think she'll just like the bright colorful fish.
What are you up to today exactly? I'm walking down the this seafront and we're going to go play golf where the big gorilla is. Uh yeah, some uh crazy golf.
Crazy golf. Yeah. Nice.
is uh are you from Brighton? Um yes, you are from Brighton, but you've never done the crazy golf in Brighton. I've done it once on my birthday.
My parents sent me. [laughter] Okay. There's like bucket list things you kind of have to do in Brighton, I guess.
Yes, it is essential. Are you walking to anywhere specifically or just focusing on the walking bit? No.
Well, I come from the Hov Lagoon and I tend I used to walk all the way along to the marina. Wow. How long is that?
It's quite a bit. Oh, it's uh 2 miles. Yeah, it's 2 miles there, 2 miles back.
Four miles. No, no, it's four miles there. Four miles 8 miles.
Wow. Okay. Well, that's quite a bit of time you invested into this walking.
Oh, well, that's what you do. [laughter] Not working, so I don't have to do any of that. How's it going?
Oh, great. Yeah. How's it [laughter] going with you?
Yeah, I'm really good, thank you. How's your day going? Are you Do you have any plans?
Yeah, we're going to go to a cafe and we're going to have some cake and a catch up cuz we haven't seen each other in like six months time. Yeah. Oh, really?
Wow. So, one of you is from here and the other not or um actually I'm from here and I go to uni here, but you go to uni Bristol, but I'm also from here. So, I'm back for the holidays when we're crossing over.
Last holiday you were busy. You Poland. Oh, yeah.
I forgot about that. You got good memory. And so then what you up to with your day?
Um we're just going on a wonder finding a cafe. Um what else are we going to do? It's a nice day for that.
Yeah, it's gorgeous. So sunny, really warm. Um, and yeah, get a coffee and go to the library.
And go to the library. Okay. Wow.
You got a fun pack day. Yes. Busy.
So, what are you doing now? You going to treat yourself now? You've done a gym session.
Well, we're going home for lunch. Going home for lunch. It's about treating yourself.
Not sure. Depends what it lunches, isn't it? Leftovers.
[laughter] Nice. And then after lunch, what are you going to do? Have you got Oh, I don't know.
I'll probably do a bit of housework. What about you, Magnus? Um, probably a I'm going to continue with the nothing with the [laughter] nothing that I've been doing this week.
School holidays. Yeah, fair enough. Nothing is something when you're on holiday.
Come for a little walk. I've visited an old friend of mine and I've bought some hand cream cuz my hands were getting a bit dry. Nice.
Are you from Brighton? Uh, I grew up in Lewis. Okay.
So, very close by, but I've lived here for about 15 years now. Right. [music] [music] Excuse me.
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[music] And uh what have you got planned for later today after the Sea Life Center? What how you going to treat yourself? Uh I don't know.
I think it's just nice to have uh a Tuesday. Is it Tuesday today? Yeah, [laughter] have a have a Tuesday off of um off of work and stuff and spend time with my family.
So, yeah, just family day. We'll spend as long as we can in the uh in the Sea Life Center and then might even go over to the pier and go on the slot machines and stuff. So, sounds nice.
Yeah, nice chilled out day with the family. It'll be good. And uh what are you up to tonight then after you finish Crazy Girlfriend?
Uh we're going to go eat a Japanese restaurant. Oh, really? Yeah.
H I like Japanese food. [laughter] What was what's it called? Uh Sushi Garden, I think.
Sushi Garden. Nice. What's your order?
Sushi Garden. But like it's like sea fish ramen. Sea fish.
Oh, really? Nice. Yeah.
I'm also a big ramen fan. So then what what have you got planned for later on tonight then after you've done your walk? Collapsing the heat.
Probably [laughter] get depressed reading the paper and watching the news. Oh god, why would you do that to yourself? [laughter] And so you guys just catching up over coffee or so?
Yeah. [laughter] And hopefully a lot of cake. Yes.
Yeah. Nice. And where whereabouts are you going to the reading room?
Oh, yeah. I heard of this place. And where is it?
Could you direct me to the reading room? Directly along here and then to your left. Great.
Okay. Nice. Elizabeth or Edwardian?
Edwardian or tea and coffee room. And um then what about later tonight then? You got any plans?
Watching some TV. Yeah. And uh make a nice meal.
What you watching at the moment? Um, we're gonna watch Laugh Out Loud. No, last one.
Laughing. Oh, yeah. Right.
I love that. Bob Morton. Yes.
Oh, he's so good. And Sam Campbell. And Sam.
Oh, yeah. Sam also. And what are you up to tonight then after the relaxing or just more and more relaxing?
I don't know. We haven't got any special plans. Don't have any special plans.
Tell you to watch a film last night. We probably watched the end of a film. Did we?
We did. Oh, we did. Yeah, we did.
Ah, you had well and truly lost in those Easter holidays. [laughter] Well, along there may that continued. I hope you have a nice rest of your walk.
So, which way are you going? You heading back to home? I haven't decided yet.
I might get enthusiastic and go that way a bit just to go along to the um the the lift again. I might not. [laughter] I might probably go up in through the around the pavilion.
See how far they got. Nice. Oh, yeah.
I might go check out the pavilion now, actually. Yeah. Nice to meet you.
Fine. Have a nice rest of your day. Thank you very much.
You too. Anyway, it's nice to meet you. Have a nice rest of your day.
Yeah, pleasure. Thank you very much. All right, man.
Take care. Thank you very much. Nice to meet you.
No worries. Have a nice day. See you later.
Thanks. Thanks for the recommendation. No worries.
Have a nice rest of your day. Thank you. You, too.
[laughter] Okay. Well, I hope you enjoy and have a nice time catching up. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too. Bye. Thank you very much for your time.
Really nice to meet you, too. All right. Thanks.
All right. Cheers. Nice.
Well, I hope you have a nice rest of your day. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.
Bye. Bye. Great acting.
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