Very British Problems, un serial TV de pe Channel 4, este distractiv de vizionat și excelent pentru practicarea abilităților de ascultare și vorbire engleză. Este util mai ales pentru cei care se pregătesc Ielts, Cambridge FCE, CAE și CPE.
Acest clip este din primul episod al problemelor foarte britanice (sezonul 1 - episodul 1 - alți oameni).
Nigel Havers și Rich Hall discută despre utilizarea expresiei „au o zi bună” în Marea Britanie.
Transcriere
Having tried to inject a little Continental sophistication into our interactions and failed, we certainly won't be making the same mistake with our over-friendly American cousins.
"Have a nice day"?
I say, "Please, that's up to me to have a nice day. I don't need you to tell me to have one. I'm having a very nasty day at the moment. I don't know how it's going to go, but it's nothing to do with you."
Of course that was never going to work. And with good reason!
Most Brits see right through that because they know it's not possible to have a nice day.
You could say, "Have a nice quarter of an hour," and Brits would go, "Thank you very much," because that's manageable.
You can have a good 15 minutes in this country without anything screwing up, but... minute 16, something's going to happen.
