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Let's go on. Let's go on. Okay. What is

this?

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Is it like this? What was that? You were

reaching in for an apple from where?

Garden Eden.

I love Peter Pan.

Peter Pan is with Captain Hook.

hell. at one story.

Don't touch me.

It's called a bonfire. Still not so

fine, by the way, for white life.

But we could walk to Scotland. We could,

but we might die. Excuse me. Sorry. Um,

do you speak English? No, I don't.

Sorry.

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English. Do you speak it? Yes. English.

English. Do you English? English. Do you

speak it? Welcome to the Easy English

podcast. Welcome. Welcome. For those of

you listening to this podcast, uh you

should be made aware of that this

podcast is also available on our YouTube

channel.

And the reason I'm saying this is

because today we're going to discuss

cultural phenomenon in the UK. Yes,

these are cultural phenomenas which you

may not know about in the UK. First

picture. Let's go. I'm ready. Cultural

phenomena number one. Oh, yeah. I I do

know that. What is going on here? I

didn't know what this one person did.

But what do you think this is? This is

certainly a pub quiz situation. Talk to

us about a pub quiz. You've done one.

You've won one.

I did. I just need to remember. Yeah, I

love pub quizzes. So basically what you

do is well it all starts with someone

organizing a popup quiz which is usually

not the pup itself but an independent

pop quiz organizer I would say. So it's

usually people that organize or organize

pup quizzes usually in the same pub

every month for example. So there's a

person coming in with their organized

pup quiz questions um and they host it.

There is James Cordon. James Cordon and

Gavin Stacy.

Wait, what's his name? Smith. Smithy.

Smiffy. Smithy. So they

have like an audio system with a mic and

they host the whole night like Smiffy.

Like Smiffy. You drink 10 beers with it.

and they have um

all created around I don't know 30 to 50

questions some even with videos or music

or like a bit interactive

and then you find yourself in the pub

either you go on your own and you um

form a group with other strangers or

people that you know from your

neighborhood or you go directly with a

group and basically it's table as a

group it's a lot of fun. You get your

drink, you It's all about general

knowledge. What's also good is they have

like interactive rounds as well. For

example, if you go to a really good pub

quiz, you have to pay a fee to get in.

And maybe the more expensive ones might

put you off, but what usually happens is

better prize as well. You get a better

prize if you win, but also there'll be

rounds like um name the song and you

listen to just the intro or sometimes

even the first note, the first second of

the tune. What is it? uh it's Live and

Let Die by Wings or they'll show like a

clip from a movie or even just the even

the production company the opening

titles and you have to guess what movie

it is or they'll have things where

they've joined like four people's faces

together and you have to sort of

distinguish the faces. There's like flag

guessing rounds.

Yeah. And and it goes on for hours and I

won one.

I've never won one uh with Ben who also

did some easy English episodes in the

very beginning. Good point. And his

friends I think yeah we did win but I

wasn't there anymore. It was in

Sheffield back then to enjoy our prize

which was I think a 200

voucher for the pub. Wow. So cultural

phenomenon number one is the pup quiz.

As we're speaking about the pub quiz,

now is a really good time to mention

that Easy and I run our own pub. Did you

know that? Uh, we don't serve any drinks

in our pub, but we do hold really good

conversation. And you can bring a drink

though. You can bring your own drink

like we are right now. Glug. Every

Tuesday and Wednesday, myself, Easy, and

other people who are trying to improve

their speaking and listening skills in

English join on Zoom. uh for a chitchat

about general topics you speak about in

a typical British pub. We have a really

lovely little community

family, easy English family, and it's um

it's very enriching. If you're someone

like me who's a bit anxious about

learning a language and don't want that

spotlight of being put on the spot to

instantly start speaking, then this is a

really good way to just sit back, relax,

and join in if you wish. We're all there

in a big room on Zoom. Sometimes going

into our breakout rooms and we're just

talking about very simple topics for

things like work, pets, friends, which

we've just did. Uh dreams. 20 minutes

ago. Just 20 minutes ago, we speak about

dreams. We speak about holidays,

everything. All the things you normally

speak about with your friends in a

normal pub in England. Come join us.

Yeah. So, if you're someone who has

maybe hit a wall with their English and

wants to take their English to that next

level to really feel like you're

understanding people who are speaking

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speak fluently like a native Brit or a

non-native English speaker, then come

join us in the Easy English Pub on

Tuesday nights and Wednesday afternoons

by going to easyenglish.vide/membership

and become a conversation member. Let's

go on. Let's go on. Okay. What is this?

Um

um can you guess? You know the word, I

think. Is this mimming? It's a form of

mime. Mime. I have never seen this in

like life. Not even not life. I know it

exists. I know that your parents said

that you should take me there because

it's British culture. This is very

British culture. Yeah. And I that's

actually something where I haven't been

or I haven't been introduced to this and

I would love to do it. Maybe make it an

episode to go there. That is a great

idea. So this is called pantomime. Oh,

pantoime. Yeah. And this happens

traditionally around the Christmas

period.

Is it like this? What was that? You were

reaching in for an apple from where?

Garden Eden.

I don't know.

Uh

so the pantomime is usually on around

Christmas time and it is in basically

all the theaters in every single town,

village, city around the UK. And what do

they mime?

Good question. So usually it is uh

stories like fairy tales, folklore tales

like the brothers grim tales will be

part of a bedtime story. Yeah. Uh and so

usually celebrities

celebrities people who are maybe on soap

operas or on daytime television will

star as the lead characters in your

town, your city. That's how they

advertise it. Mhm. And it's a way that

all like families can go to the theater

together, enjoy this sort of buildup

going to Christmas time. Are all East

Enders doing it? All of East Enders are

doing it usually. All of Casualty, like

a hospital drama soap opera series. Is

it Is it British Grace Anatomy? Yeah.

The Bill, which is a police soap opera.

Emmaale, which is a farm soap opera. Did

you just say it's for charity? No, I

didn't. But it should probably

The set. So, it's a very like colorful,

quite camp, very extravagant thing that

happens. Like all the dresses are bit

like a circus. It does look like a

circus. Exactly. You know, it's it's for

the whole family and there's lots of

singing, there's dancing. Oh, is it like

a musical then? There's lots of musical

elements. Yeah. So, I and I want to play

a little game with you. Okay. So, first

one. What do you think they're

recreating on stage in this pantomime?

This guy with the hat on has a hook.

Yeah, that is Captain Hook. But it is

Yeah. And there's a maid.

What's Captain Hook from?

Um,

the main character Hook in Hook. Hook.

No, but who is his Who is his nemesis?

Who is the hero? Oh, I don't know. Peter

Pan. I love Peter Pan.

Peter Pan is with Captain Hook.

hell. at one story.

Peter Pan featuring Boy George as Hook.

Boy George. I can go to Boy George.

Exactly. Okay. What's What pan are they

recreating?

Is it all Disney? Jesus.

Well, that looks like Peter Pan. Jack

and the Beanstalk. Do you not know this?

And there's a giant up in the clouds.

Okay,

this is this is a good segment. Yeah,

great. Amazing work. Next one. What is

this recreation in pantomime? Lion King.

Oh, no. That's Oz. It's Oz. The Wizard

of Oz. That's not a good Doroth. See,

the line looks like you can see. I You

know, I only got it from the metal. Ah,

yeah. The Tin Man. Tin Man. I only got

it from the Tim Man. And then finally,

is that like a Disney?

Yeah. Well, Disney meets wrestling

kind of. Yeah. But can you guess what?

Disney mania. Can No, but can you guess

what Disney movie this is trying to

represent?

Beauty and the Beast. It's Beauty. Yeah.

And that guy is the naked guy is a

beast. He's the beast, but he's the

beast that And who's the beauty on the

far right? Why not on the far left?

That's the fairy godmother, I think. Why

not on the the other two? Don't know who

they are, but they're probably all

famous celebrities.

Famous celebrities. So, is this a show

like a comedy show where I go to and I'm

sitting around a table and can get

drinks? Yeah. And there's loads of

audience participation. You can drink

and there's always a thing of like the

bad guy creeps up behind the hero and

everyone shouts, "He's behind you and

they're like and then they touch you."

Do they touch you? No. No. On the stage,

the audience are shouting at the

character. Do they come into the

audience? Sometimes they come in. Hate

it. Never go. They might pull someone up

onto the stage. I will never go. I will

never go. Okay. Well done. Don't touch

me.

Don't touch her.

Okay, next one. Yep. Who is this? Oh,

handsome chap. Um, Guy Forks. Okay.

The guy that wanted to storm or did

storm what's Yeah. the parliament. And

that's why you all do. You all I don't.

Why England on 5th of November? Right.

That's all the fireworks.

Yeah. It's burning of the things which

is fine. It's called a bonfire. Still

not so fine by the way for white life.

It's called a bonfire though. The

history behind this is Guy Fox was a

Catholic and he wanted to kill the

Protestant king and install a Catholic

king. So he planned to blow up the

Houses of Parliament, but he was stopped

at the last minute and then they burnt

him on a stake on a bonfire which is

what we now do. But the amazing thing is

is this is now you wouldn't even maybe

know this, but he now is a figure of

another thing which is you'd recognize

this. Oh yeah. And this is the face of

Anonymous or Occupy and is more of an

anti- capitalist movement. Does that

make sense though? In a way because why

did they use him? Because he's the face

of like revolution. People will know

this figure because of the movie and

comic book Vif for Vendetta. So V for

Vendetta, this character was an anti-

capitalist or anti-fascist

kind of uh revolutionary. And so that

actually weirdly became a modern-day

cult figure. Yeah. Guy who was

originally a terrorist.

Okay, cool. Now, next one. H

public football my my actually

after music and pubs and pop quizzes.

No, but I think after music they are my

biggest joy in the UK after British

music and

I've said it so often. So England is

covered by public footpaths that are

everywhere and basically you can walk

into the lands into nature.

Not kind of how you want but every field

every Yeah. Every field you can cross

somehow. Even if there's livestock on

it. Livestock is a weird word. Um that's

what they will say. um sheep or cows or

horses or if I think even if they

um grow something there. Yeah, you can

walk over it. There is maps for it. You

can see where to walk. You

It's so nice. It's just it's such a

freedom

that we don't have in Germany that you

can really not have to stick to streets

or to ways where you can also cycle. So

it's not that we don't have walkways or

cycle ways but this like go just into

the field is amazing that freedom and

then also lots of country pubs on the

way. I just love it. Walking in the UK,

if you like walking or hiking, is

an absolute joy. Exactly. And our you'll

see these in most places you go, you'll

see signposts like this. And they're

divided by public public footpaths,

which is for just people on their feet.

Bridal ways, which are for foot for

walkers, for horse riders, and for

cyclists. And then there then the next

scale up goes to like you can have like

a motorbike on it or like small like

motorized vehicles and they are dotted

all around the UK. You can just you can

easily walk from Brighton to Scotland

without ever having to really walk on

like a main street on the pavement.

You'll be able to find your way through

all the little fields and farmers lands.

And should we walk from Brighton to

Scotland? Well, we would like to walk

the South Downs, which goes from

Eastborne on the east of Brighton, all

the way up to Winchester, which was the

old capital of England. But we could

walk to Scotland. We could, but we might

die. We stay in pubs. We need pop. Cost

us a fortune. Three months. It would

literally take us 3 months, I think, to

do it. Is there any

pop Shane that wants to support our

trip? might need to get supported by

some sort of St. John's ambulance for

all the injuries we'll we'll get from

doing this. Okay, so yeah, public

footpaths. Good one. Last one. Cultural

phenomenon. Wow. Do you recognize it?

That's a big one. Is that actually

Brighton? That's Brighton Pier. That's a

weird Never seen it from that

perspective. Right. That is Brighton

Pier. That is Brighton Pier. And peers

in general. Peers in general is the

cultural phenomenon of seaside towns.

And seaside towns. Yeah. And what

happens on the pier? Easy. Um mainly you

eat and play. Eat and play. Great for

kids. That sounds to me. So you usually

have

um arcades which I also have to learn

what that is. Just basically a sheep

casino. Yeah. For children. Gambling

children. So it's just um those automat

games. Yeah. Um and you lots of video

games. Big massive video games. can lose

a lot of money and be in the dark while

you're at the seaside, which is like

basically makes no sense. Um, at the end

of the pier, sometimes, not always,

there's like a theme park uh with roller

coasters and definitely you get all the

stuff of the theme park, all the food,

you get all the junk food, all the fries

and candy floss and

ice cream, fish and chips, all the

sweets, all the naughty food. Exactly.

Yeah. And then there usually also like

one or two restaurants that are a bit

tacky. Always a little bit tacky. You

don't really want to eat there. Exactly.

Yeah. And it's full of seagulls that eat

your food anyway. So it doesn't really

make sense to eat there. Yeah. And so

peers are kind of hangovers from the

Victorian E era of like decadence. Like

people would go from this big Ming

cities that all dirty to the seaside and

they'd have these amazing constructions

built out on the sea. in, you know, this

is in the 19th century, and that's where

you'd go to have a great time. You go on

like a little old roller coaster, play

some games, lose your money, have some

naughty sweets, and that's how you'd

enjoy your time as a Victorian. And

there's even this I found this one,

which in South End on sea. It's so far

out you have to get a train to it, out

to the pier. It's like the longest pier

in maybe Europe or maybe the world. No,

I wouldn't do that. But it looks like

the Caribbean. Look. Beautiful. know

beautiful that's a very rare day south

that is east of London isn't it? Yeah,

it's like by Margate. Yeah, very good. I

like that. Nice surprise. You're very

welcome. So, there you go. Let us know

in the comments below if you had known

of any of these cultural phenomenons cuz

these are unknown ones. And maybe you

can write in the comments also any other

ones which you know about which maybe

aren't so obvious in terms of not like

queuing or drinking cups of tea. What

are some bizarre cultural phenomenons

you found in the UK? Let us know in the

comments. And thank you for listening.

And as always, we'll see you next time.

T.

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Oh, that's all I saw. She has to go. I

didn't say goodbye. Off you go. Bye.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
reaching /ˈriːtʃɪŋ/ B1	verb - to stretch out one's hand or arm to grasp or touch something
garden /ˈɡɑːrdən/ A2	noun - a plot of land used for growing plants, vegetables, or flowers
bonfire /ˈbɒnfaɪər/ B1	noun - a large open-air fire
fine /faɪn/ A2	adjective - of high quality; good
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn
die /daɪ/ A2	verb - to stop living
speak /spiːk/ A2	verb - to say words; to talk
discuss /dɪˈskʌs/ B1	verb - to talk about something with another person or people
phenomenon /fɪˈnɒmɪnən/ C1	noun - a remarkable person, thing, or event
quiz /kwɪz/ B1	noun - a form of game or mind sport in which players attempt to answer questions correctly
organizing /ˈɔːɡənaɪzɪŋ/ B1	verb - to arrange systematically
interactive /ˌɪntərˈæktɪv/ B2	adjective - allowing two-way communication between a user and a system
rounds /raʊndz/ A2	noun - a part of a game or contest
celebrities /sɪˈlebrɪtiz/ B1	noun - a famous person, especially in entertainment
extravagant /ɪkˈstrævəɡənt/ C1	adjective - lacking restraint in spending money or using resources
audience /ˈɔːdiəns/ B1	noun - the people who gather to watch or listen to something
participation /ˌpɑːrtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/ B2	noun - the act of taking part in something
anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ B1	adjective - experiencing worry, unease, or nervousness