Afternoon tea at the Ritz

BBC Learning English London Life Afternoon tea at the Ritz Anna:Hello, I'm Anna Jones and this is London Life.And in todays programme were looking at a very English custom. What do you think this woman is describing? I think the whole art of tea-tak

South African in London

BBC Learning English London Life South African in London Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton. You're listening to BBC Learning English dot com. Today: what's it like to be a foreigner living in London? Clips Lindsay Jackie: We're going to talk to Linds

Portobello Road

BBC Learning English London Life Portobello Road Jackie:Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton. Welcome to London Life! This week we find out about one of London's most interesting streets Portobello Road, which is especially famous for its Saturday market. We'll

The Oldest Cinema

BBC Learning English London Life The Oldest Cinema Andrea Im inside Londons - and the UKs - oldest cinema, The Electric, in the West of London. Its very grand in here with gold and cream walls and red velvet carpets. And Im really looking forward to

精美英文欣赏:What Is Immortal何为不朽(威廉.赫兹里

What Is Immortal To see the golden sun and the azure sky, the outstretched ocean, to walk upon the green earth, and to be lord of a thousand creatures, to look down giddy precipices or over distant flowery vales, to see the world spread out under one

Grumpy Londoners

BBC Learning English London Life Grumpy Londoners Jackie: Hello, welcome to London Life with BBC Learning English and me, Jackie Dalton. Growling pussycat Jackie: Do you ever feel a bit like this in the morning? Well you're not the only one and it's

London Chocolate Week

BBC Learning English London Life London Chocolate Week Yvonne:Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer and this is London Life from bbclearningenglish.com! Now don't get me wrong, chocolate's great but I seem to be one of the few people who can live without it. Her

Film predicts a future London

BBC Learning English London Life Film predicts a future London Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In London Life today, we zoom forward in time to consider a vision of London in the year 2027! How is that possible

The Great Fire of London

BBC Learning English London Life The Great Fire of London Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is London Life. I'm not in the comfort of the studio today, as you might be able to hear, I'm out and about in London. To be exact I'm in a street

Indian Jewellery

BBC Learning English London Life Indian Jewellery Anna:Hello, I'm Anna Jones and this is London Life. And in todays programme we focus not so much on London life as one aspect of Indian cultural life that recently came to London. A London gallery re

Thames watermen and lightermen

BBC Learning English London Life Thames watermen and lightermen [Barge FX] William:A sound familiar to all Londoners - a noisy boat moving along the River Thames. [End FX] My names William Kremer and this is London Life. The people who move boats al

City Farm

BBC Learning English London Life City Farm Jackie: Hello welcome to London Life. Who said that London is all hooting taxis and rumbling buses! It is a big noisy city, but there's a part of it that sounds like this Welcome to Hackney City Farm! A far

The real James Bonds

BBC Learning English London Life The real James Bonds Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is London Life. On the banks for the River Thames at a place called Vauxhall there's a very distinctive building. In the movies this building is the ho

Rhyming slang

BBC Learning English London Life Rhyming slang Callum:Hello I'm Callum Robertson and this is London Life In the programme today we take a brief look at rhyming slang, an interesting form of vocabulary where an expression which rhymes with word you m

British breakfasts

BBC Learning English London Life British breakfasts Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In London Life today, we sit down to a traditional British breakfast in a smart London restaurant and a greasy-spoon caf! A gr

Friendliness on the tube

BBC Learning English London Life Friendliness on the tube Yvonne:I'm Yvonne Archer and this is London Life from bbclearningenglish.com. Hello! In today's programme, we're talking about friendliness on London's tubes. Is there any? As you probably kn

Kylie Minogue’s costumes

BBC Learning English London Life Kylie Minogues costumes Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In London Life today, we visit a big exhibition which has just opened in Londons Victoria and Albert Museum. Its entirely

Fancy a pint?

BBC Learning English London Life Fancy a pint? Callum:Hello and I'm Callum Robertson, and this is London Life. They are something of a British institution, they have their own specialised vocabulary and there are over 6000 of them in London alone. W

The Housing Ladder

BBC Learning English London Life The Housing Ladder [ATMOS of Chris looking for a flat] William:This is London Life and Im William Kremer. Chris Hanley is standing outside an old house in West London. [ATMOS of Chris looking for a flat] William:Chri

Stealth Marketing

BBC Learning English London Life Stealth Marketing Callum:Hello, Im Callum Robertson. How do you decide what particular product to buy? These days we are bombarded by advertising and marketing messages: on television, on radio, product placement in