Man: Hey! Nice pants!
Woman: Excuse me?
Man: I said nice pants.
Woman: You can’t see my pants, can you?
Man: Of course I can.
Woman: How can you see my pants?
Man: They’re on your legs!
Woman: Ha. You haven’t been to America recently, have you?
Man: Oh I er …I er actually just got back from LA! That’s “Los Angeles” by the way....
Woman: I know.
Man: Yeah, I picked up some of the American words, and now I forget which ones to use! So confusing!
Woman: We call these “trousers” in Britain.
Man: Of course we do...you know there are so many things …that’s it’s exactly a completely different language sometimes!
Woman: Really?
Man: Yeah!
Woman: Would you like a crisp?
Man: Crisps? In the States, they’re “chips”!
Woman: Oh. So if I want to order our chips in America, what do I ask for?
Man: French fries!
Woman: I see.
Man: And you know what that is, don’t you?
Woman: A fizzy drink.
Man: That’s a “soda”!
Woman: Hmm…
Man: You know the lift over there?
Woman: Yeah?
Man: That’s an elevator.
Woman: Oh really?
Man: You know in the States, you don’t go to watch a film...
Woman: You “watch a movie”!
Man: Exactly! And you don’t walk on the pavement…
Woman: You walk on the “sidewalk”!
Man: You got it!
Woman: I’ve watched a lot of films...oops...movies!
Comments
Hi everyone!
For me, i like both British and American accents, because i think that each one has its own unique so i recommend that we should try to understand both of them instead of choosing to learn by considering that which one is better than the other, so that we will be able to communicate in English at anytime and anywhere in the world. Is there anyone agree with me?
yes.i totally agree with your statement :)
it my first comment on this useful site.
it is really nice and useful video, i like it.
For me british english is much easy and easy to learn because this is where i start to learn to improve my english and until now i'm still using this website,i know it really diferrent to american to british some time when i m talking to native speaker they look at me may be they're wondering or maybe because my accent little bit different but for me i'm happy now cause for me british is much beuatiful language i ever learn thank you british council
I agree with you. You're right.
Hello,
When I listened to elementary podcast, I was like "wow, I can easily understand than I thought before", but when I listened to the video here, it was really hard for me to understand what are they saying, especially the man. His accent is quite thick. I wish I can learn to pick up his accent fast.
nice one...how can i download this video?
team
Hello netz75!
I'm glad you like our materials enough to want to download them! Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, these videos are not currently available for download. However, you can download some of our other materials, like our Elementary Podcasts. Just go to the page and click 'Downloads and materials'.
Enjoy the rest of the site!
Jeremy Bee
The Learn English Team
nice video thanks... :)
That was a nice video, I'm going to use it in my own class today as a teacher !