伦敦英语——伦敦腔.docx

London English: Cockney NB: This is not a word for word transcript Yvonne: Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer. Alice: I'm Alice. Yvonne: And this is6 Minute English! Now, like me, you were born in London, weren't you Alice? Alice: Yes I was. Yvonne: Were you born within the sounds of Bow bells, in the East End of London? Alice: No, I wasn ’t born close enough to hear the bells ringing from a certain church in Bow. Yvonne: Ah, so that means officially, you ’ re not a Cockney. But I imagine like me Alice, you're probably interested in "Evolving English – One Language, Many Voices". It’s an exhibition at the British Library which includes a whole section about London English. Alice: London English - how interesting! Yvonne: Hmm, I thought so. Now before we continue, Alice - I've got a tricky little question for you! Are you ready? Alice: I am. Yvonne: OK - in August of 2009, a business decided to officially recognise the Cockney language by delivering its services using Cockney rhyming slang for three months. Now can you guess what type of business it was? a)a hotel b)a restaurant or c)a financial business Alice: Oh, I'm going to guess 'a restaurant', you know, maybe something like a fish and chips restaurant? Yvonne: Hmm, that's a nice answer. But as usual, you'll just have to wait until later on to find out the correct answer! Now the exhibition at the British Library tells us about the 1