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You just heard a young Chinese Woman, Sun Hai Nin. Recently, Hai Nin was
lucky enough to win a competition – congratulations! - and the prize was a
two-week study trip to London.
She isn’t in London anymore, but while she was here she kept an audio diary
for BBC Learning English, and you just heard a little bit of it:
In today’s programme we’re going to experience some of London’s most
famous sights together with Hai Nin. Let’s start off with somewhere that Hai
Nin describes as scary… but is it really scary? See if you can guess where Hai
Nin is.
Hai Nin: It’s kind of scary because I, I, you can’t imagine, it is so high really, so tall, and
when you look at it, erm, it’s, it’s really strange to think it’s, it’s a real clock
rather than a picture, really. It’s the first time I see it from, from such a close
look.
William: Did you work out where Hai Nin is? She’s standing in front of London’s
famous clock tower, Big Ben. She says it’s kind of scary because it’s so tall.
She also says it’s strange to think of it as a real clock rather than just a picture.
Hai Nin: We’re waiting for the Big Ben to ring, ring the bell - famous bell really. I think
it’s 12 o’clock. Ah!
[Clock strikes]
Hai Nin: Yeah! Though… Ah yeah! It’s striking.
William: So there you go – one of London’s most famous sounds. No – I’m not talking
about the police sirens! Now let’s listen to the next clip. Where is Hai Nin now
and how does she describe what she can see?
Hai Nin: We are in front of Buckingham Palace. We are just outside the great gate of the
Palace. It was a magnificent sight – they have, they have like fountains, they
have statues and they have people…. People all over the place… they are
waiting for, maybe for the changing guards, I think...
William: Hai Nin is in front of Buckingham Palace. She can see the fountains, the
statues and the people and she describes it as a ‘magnificent sight’, magnificent
sight. Everyone is waiting for ‘the Changing of the Guard’. This is an
impressive display by soldiers outside Buckingham Palace – and it’s very
popular with tourists.
After she watches the Changing of the Guard, Hai Nin describes one thing that
surprises her…
Hai Nin: I’ve seen, I’ve seen the guards marching in and marching out. I’ve seen the…
I’ve seen the…. I think it’s … kind of the Royal Orchestra? – they are playing,
they’re playing music, yeah. They are very, very good. I think the first, the first
piece they played – I don’t know, it was like… Star Wars? Yeah, I was, I was very surprised… they were, they were playing Star Wars in the, in the
forecourt of Buckingham Palace. I was very very surprised to hear that.
William: Hai Nin was very surprised to hear the guards’ marching band play the theme
music from Star Wars.
Now there’s one place that I think everyone who visits the UK has to go to – at
least once. That’s the local pub – the classic British drinking house. Hai Nin
goes into a pub. How does she describe the pub she’s in?
Hai Nin: It, it …it’s more like a small restaurant … and I… I think that it’s quite casual,
it’s quite cosy anyway…. I think it’s good.
William: Hai Nin describes the pub as ‘casual’ and ‘cosy’. If a place is ‘cosy’ it’s usually
small and warm – and very comfortable. Hai Nin is about to tuck into that
famous British dish, ‘fish and chips’.
Hai Nin: Now I, now I have my fish and chips. They look, they look nice and smell nice.
Wow, it’s nicer than I expected, really. And I… I’m already ready to eat…
Yeah… it’s really nice. Next time when you’re in London, try it, definitely try it.
William: The fish and chips is better than Hai Nin expected. Next time you’re in London,
she says, try it – definitely try it.
Well, thank you to Sun Hai Nin for recording that audio diary for us.And if
you’re listening and you’ve never been to London – well, you don’t need to
come anymore. You’ve already seen all the sights! Goodbye.