There is a little listening comprehension for you today. This is the task for Monday 23rd. and you'll have to do it during the day.
Please follow the instructions. This is classwork. Total grade: 10 points.
- Watch the video above , " What do you find most irritating about British people?". There are several conversations between an English person and an American one. The Americans are explaining what they do not like about British people
- Take note of 4 different aspects of British people that irritate the Americans on the video and try to explain them briefly.
- Use the comments sections below to post an answer by today.
- Please make sure that you mention your name and your group ( A or B).
EXTRA CREDIT:
If you can make a brief comment on what variety of English do you understand the best and why.
Hi Arantxa! I´m Laura Duque Mesa from 1A
ReplyDeleteThe four things people find anoying of british people are:
-They make queues for everything.
-A too polite way of talking. For saying one think they add a lot of somes and pleases.
-They never ask you on a personal way like ¨How are you?"
usually they say ¨How is it going?¨. The difference between both expressions is that you are putting some distance with the person you are talking with.
-They dont take care of their teeth(cliche says that british people drinks a lot of tee, who changes natutal colour of them)
Hello Artantxa! I'm Aylén Domínguez. 1A.
ReplyDeleteThese are the four things of British people that irritate the Americans:
1-Say a lot of pleases and sorries to ask for something.
2-Drinking tea to the point that my teeth don't have any natural color in.
3- When you say someone 'Hello, how are you?' British people think why you ask them.
4-Saying see you later because you never see the people who you are saying that.
Thanks for your answer, Aylén. Well done! There is another thing regarding teeth. Do you know what is it?
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DeleteOf course, I know you mean the girl who says that British people does not care about their teeth
DeleteGood afternoon Arantxa !!
ReplyDeleteI am Antonio Sánchez Carrillo from 1ºA.
For the activity, I found, according to the video, four things Americans hate about the British language.
These are:
A) The Americans hate that the British do not take care of their clients and drink too much tee.
B) The British speak very politely.
C) To greet, the British do not ask "How are you?", But do so less closely.
D) To dismiss, the Americans detest that the British, in a colloquial way, say "see you later".
Greetings. Take care.
#Stayathome
Hello Arantxa!
ReplyDeleteI'm Mónica Ferreiro Moro from 1ºA.
These are four of the things about British people that irritate Americans according to the video:
-They are too polite, they say so many pleases and sorries to ask for something.
-Teeth, because they don't care about them at all. According to a cliche this is because they drink a lot of tea, to the point that they don't have any natural color in them.
-British people say a lot of 'see you later' and it irritates Americans because you never see them later.
-They never ask 'How are you?' and when Americans do it they think why are they asking to them. The use 'how it is going?' or 'you alright?', but it is less close.
For me, the variety of English easier to understand is British English because is the one that I heard the most everyday and in class. I'm also used to American English because almost all the series I see in English are Americans.
Well done , Monica!
DeleteGood night Arantxa!
ReplyDeleteI´m María Ortiz Morgado from 1ºA
I´m sorry for sending you at this hours, but better late than never.
Here are four things about the British bothering the Americans according to the video:
The Americans hate that the British don´t pay attention to their customers.
The Americans can’t stand the British drinking too much tea.
British people speak very politely and properly.
The British take waiting shifts for everything they can.
Hi Arantxa! I´m Laura Duque Mesa from 1A
ReplyDeleteThe four things people find anoying of british people are:
-They make queues for everything.
-A too polite way of talking. For saying one think they add a lot of somes and pleases.
-They never ask you on a personal way like ¨How are you?"
usually they say ¨How is it going?¨. The difference between both expressions is that you are putting some distance with the person you are talking with.
-They dont take care of their teeth(cliche says that british people drinks a lot of tee, who changes natutal colour of them)
I`ve already seen your gmail. Here is my homework again. :D
Arac Alfonso Pérez 1A
ReplyDeleteHello Arantxa, I am sorry to say that yesterday I did not let myself send you the work, so I am sending it to you today
Here are four things about the British that irritate Americans:
1 They are too polite and good when they speak: Please, Sorry .... They are words that say a lot with people,
Example: Hi, I need this could you do that Please?
2 They don't take care of their teeth this is because they drink a lot of tea:
"It's like another cliche as well bit i definitely drink far the much tea to the point, like, where my theet don't have any natural color in"
3 Americans hate being told "See you later"
4 They don't ask "How are you?" Americans think he asks them, "How it id going" or "you alright"
thanks for your attention
Gloria Flores, 1A
ReplyDeleteHi Arantxa, I didn´t enter in the blog before because I had some problems, sorry for being late.
- answer:
1. queues, americans hate it because it´s irritanting and have to do it all the time.
2. Americans are not used to being too polite like a england.
3. teeth, because they don´t take care about their own theeth.
4. Americans used to be nice and say hello to someone but england not.
Hi ,I'm María Candón.
ReplyDeleteI didn´t enter in the blog before because I had some problems with my internte ,sorry.
the answer:
1)The Americans can’t stand the British drinking too much tea.
2)They never ask you on a personal way like ¨How are you?". They are more distant at the time of speaking.
3) The British speak very politely.
4)They dont take care of their teeth.Because they have different beauty canon.
Thank you for you attention.