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From the campus studios

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of Saarland university,

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this is RoPeCast,

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the light-hearted podcast

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for learners of English,

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with Roger Charlton

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and Peter Tischer.

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Hello everyone!

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My name is Peter,

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and you are listening to RoPeCast,

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the podcast on interesting, funny, strange

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and surprising aspects
of the English language.

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Well, and this means we have quite

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a lot of topics in store for you.

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And when I say we

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that is not myself alone

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That is a friend of mine
and a colleague of mine

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Roger Charlton. Hi Roger!

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Hi Peter!

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Well, and, Roger, actually,

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you're the one who's got the topic list

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sitting on his lap,

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so you might as well tell our listeners,

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what we have in store for them,

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in the next few weeks.

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Right! Yeah, for example, does it matter

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if I make a grammatical mistake

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when I'm using English or is it ...

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... ehem, I ...
I sure hope it doesn't!

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No. Maybe it's more important

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to get the words right,

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the vocabulary right.

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Which is a problem for me, too,

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from time to time,

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since I'm not a native speaker of English.

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So, guys out there, and girls,

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bear with me,

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I'm in the same boat with you!

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And then, perhaps, we'll take a look at

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sport and sports, for example,

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how do you understand the word football?

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OK, well, I understand it as being a game

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that is really rough, for tough guys

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- like me -

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I mean, unfortunately

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you cannot see me in the studio,

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but I have really broad shoulders.

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And for me it would be soccer.

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Aha, ok, ok. You are more the elegant

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... person.

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- Thank you!

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And then, some practical hints about ...

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Well, is it a good idea

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to go to an English speaking country

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to get more practice?

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If so - which country?

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How do I organise myself?

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How do I pay for it?

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Are there scholarships?

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Yeah, where do I get the money? - Exactly!

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Scholarships, training abroad ...

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One thing that is interesting for me,

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once I am there,

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how do you make the most of it?

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I mean, you're there

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in the English speaking world,

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and you're saying:

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How do I improve my English here?

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Yeah! - I mean, they know it,

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but how do I get better?

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That's right,

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so there'll ne plenty of tips!

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Ahah.

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Plenty of topics and plenty of things

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that we will try to explain to you

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that may be confusing to

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non-native speakers of English,

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especially to Germans.

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And, since we're talking
about confusing things,

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a few ... one thing that may be
confusing to everybody

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who's listening to us right now,

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is actually the title of our podcast- Yes.

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- which is "RoPeCast".

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And, well, there's more
than one reason for this title.

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The first and most straight forward reason

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is actually our names.

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Yeah, my name is Roger,
which gives us "Ro".

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And my name is Peter,which gives you "Pe".

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And, of course we are doing a podCAST,

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and together this gives us
"Ro-Pe-Cast" - RoPeCast.

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- Yes! - But that's not
the only reason, actually:

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No, we're also thinking, a rope is kind of

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a ... something you could grab hold of,

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something to give you security
if you're sinking,

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drowning - Drowning in that sea of words

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- Yes! - that is the English language.

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Right! - Right!

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So, folks, we're actually trying
to throw you guys,

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and you girls of course,

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a lifeline to survive

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when you're speaking English.

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I hope you can understand us,

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'cause this is a podcast
for advanced learners.

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But we're trying to speak slowly here,

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and we're trying
to get you a little bit further

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in your English learning process.

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And next time,

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we will have something
really interesting for you,

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which are words
that are called 'false friends',

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and we're gonna tell you, for example,

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why it may come in handy

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to have a Beemer with you

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if you're travelling across the USA.

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- That's right!- Not surprising to you, Roger,

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but maybe to a few of you. - I think so!

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So, stay tuned or tune in again,

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download that podcast,

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keep it on your iTunes

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when we're gonna talk about
Beemers and stuff, next time.

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So, here's us, Roger and Peter,

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signing off for this week.

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Bye-bye for now. - Bye!

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You've been listening to RoPeCast,

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brought to you by Saarland University,

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featuring Roger Charltonand Peter Tischer,

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Tune in for the next edifying episode,

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on your podcast dial!

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You know what, Roger?

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There's still a lot of things I don't get.

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- And you never will!