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Stephen: This may look like Paris, but we’re in Blackpool, in the North of England - about an hour’s drive from Manchester. And as you can see, it’s a seaside town and for more than a hundred years people have been coming here for their holidays. In fact, Ashlie and I used to come here when we were kids.
Ashlie: Yes, that’s right. I used to love coming to Blackpool – the beach, the sunshine, the fish and chips. And the ice cream…
Stephen: And I love the theme park and all the rides. Come on Ash, this is going to be great!
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Stephen: Excuse me. Have you just been on this?
Punter: Yeah mate!
Stephen: What was it like?
Punter: It were crazy! I’ve been on it about four times – I can’t get enough!
Stephen: Was it scary?
Punter: It was scary – I think it was.
Stephen: But you enjoyed it?
Punter: Yeah – I loved it.
Stephen: Alright – thanks guys – see you later!
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Stephen: Come on Ash, shall we have a go?
Ashlie: No way!
Stephen: Oh Ash, don’t be such a chicken.
Ashlie: No way, Stephen. You can have a go on that if you want, but there is no way I'm going on it.
Stephen: I’ll wave to you when I go past. See you later!
Ashlie: See you!
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Ashlie: Hiya! Blimey, are you OK? You look a little white, Stephen.
Stephen: What? I’ve never felt better. That was amazing, Ashlie. You should have come on it, too. Shame you were too scared.
Ashlie: You weren’t scared?
Stephen: Of course not. I loved it.
Ashlie: Oh, that’s great - funny though. If you weren’t scared, well then - who’s this is in the photographs?
Stephen: Um ...
Ashlie: I mean it looks like you, doesn’t it? Look, he’s even wearing the same t-shirt.
Stephen: Oh, come on Ash, let’s have a look at the other rides.
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Ashlie: Oh, I like the look of this one, the log flume. Shall we have a go on that?
Stephen: You can if you want, but... to be honest, it doesn’t look like my kind of ride. I like the exciting ones, you know? I’ll watch you. Are you sure you’ll be OK? You’re not scared of getting wet?
Ashlie: Don’t worry – I’ll be fine.
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Ashlie: Stephen, look at you. What happened?
Stephen: Don’t ask! Why aren’t you wet? You know what? I think I’ve had enough of the theme park. I need to sit down.
Ashlie: I’ll tell you what - why don’t we go and have a nice cup of tea, eh?
Stephen: And some fish and chips? Yeah, let’s do that.
Ashlie: Come on then.
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Stephen: Hang on, Ash. We’ll have that cup of tea in a minute, but first I have got to have a go on that.
Comments
Hello chris,
In some varieties of English, different verb forms are used and that is why he speaks this way in this case. In most varieties, one would say 'was', of course, and that's the way I'd encourage you to speak. It's great that you noticed this – keep up the good work!
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
I'm still having problems with watching the videos, I've reported for this ,after that the videos suddenly worked on safari browser on my iPhone !so I thought the problem solved and that was two days ago . However, when I tried to watch the videos today they didn't work !! Please please please help me with that . and by the way I live in uk in case the region has any Connecting With the issue.
Hello aya-A-S,
Our videos require the Adobe Flash Player to work. iPhones and iPads don't typically accept the Flash player, so that may be why the videos aren't working on your device and I'm afraid there's very little we can do about that. I'd suggest you keep trying – if it worked once, perhaps it will again, or perhaps there's an alternative to the Flash player – but otherwise I'm afraid you'll probably have to use a different device to see the videos. Most any computer, for example, should work, especially if you install the Flash player.
Best wishes,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
My task's result awful
i can't see videos since the web site changes...why?
Hello gillesparis,
I'm not sure! Please let us know what system and browser you are using and we will see if we can help in any way. A good first step is to try accessing the site on a different browser to see if it is a browser compatibility issues, but please let us know the information above.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
That was great.
Punter's accent is really unclear for me. Is it true that this is the informal accent in some parts of UK?
I understand Ashlie, Stephen and Rob's sentences very well. They speak clearly.
Hello e245,
There are many, many different accents in different parts of the UK and the rest of the world, and Punter's accent is certainly typical of where he's from. I wouldn't worry about this too much; the more you hear different accents, the more you understand, i.e. with a bit more practice with any particular accent, it gets much easier to understand.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello,
Many thanks for your help; it is working through the internet explorer.
Thanks to all the team.
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