Fancy A Cuppa? - British English and UK Culture

In this episode, Elisa and Emma chat Halloween, from its origins of Samhain to its modern incarnation and how the tradition has evolved... and not always for the best. Plus, they go through a few spooky idioms and expressions that aren't really spooky at all!

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In this episode, Elisa interviews Emma on where she has been travelling for the last month, as they catch up after some time apart. She asks her all sorts of questions, including 'What was your highlight?', 'Did anything go wrong?', 'What did you eat?' and 'How did you travel around?'. Plus, the all important question... 'Did you eat any chocolate?'.

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In this episode, Emma and Elisa are talking all about one of England's greatest figures - William Shakespeare. They chat a little bit about his history, their experience of Shakespeare, and talk about some of the plays themselves. However, the most interesting part is the amount of influence he had on the English language and Emma shares some of the expressions and words that he invented that we still use today.

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In this episode, Emma and Elisa run through the big supermarkets in the UK, share their opinions and also go over some of the features you can find and some of the vocabulary you might need to know - including some weird spelling!

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Welcome to Half A Cup; a half length episode of our normal show, where we discuss a couple of interesting news stories from the previous month. This month, the famous Bayeux Tapestry is being displayed in London, but what would we have on a tapestry depicting our lives? Also, we chat about price transparency on EU flights and how included hand luggage and other rules to help holidaymakers are being introduced on EU flights.

Find more about the Bayeux Tapestry here

EU flight article here

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In this episode, Emma and Elisa are talking about some of the popular events that are either held in the UK over the summer or the ones that, as a nation, people enjoy watching together. They also share some of their own experiences too! Share in the comments if you've attended any of these and what your own experiences were like.

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This is a mini episode to celebrate the podcast's first birthday! Elisa and Emma chat Jaffa Cakes (cake or biscuit?), their highlights from the year and what they hope for in the future. Thank you so much to all of you for listening!! Here's to more cups of tea and a LOT more biscuits!

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Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear, Peter Rabbit, The Gruffalo...

In this episode, Emma and Elisa discuss why children's books can be a great tool for language learners and share some memorable books from their childhoods, along with some very popular ones, plus some they still enjoy reading now. Have you read any of these before?

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In this episode, Emma and Elisa recorded their visit to the Cambridge Beer Festival to share a little bit about British beer, and CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale). Emma's dad also pops in to give a deeper insight into some aspects of the beer scene and to share his excellent beer-based knowledge. Let's get merry!

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Welcome to Half A Cup; a half length episode of our normal show, where we discuss a couple of interesting news stories from the previous month. This month we're talking about Britain's 'National Treasure' David Attenborough and the celebrations for his 100th birthday. Plus, Emma continues on the theme of the natural world by picking a local news story all about sustainability.

David Attenborough letter video here - https://www.instagram.com/p/DYFyK6boqC2/

VanJarred Refillery news story here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62xzk45g96o

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