Pilot - Welcome to RoPeCast, reloaded

From the campus studios

of Saarland university,

this is RoPeCast,

the light-hearted podcast

for learners of English,

with Roger Charlton

and Peter Tischer.

Hello everyone!

My name is Peter,

and you are listening to RoPeCast,

the podcast on interesting, funny, strange

and surprising aspects
of the English language.

Well, and this means we have quite

a lot of topics in store for you.

And when I say we

that is not myself alone

That is a friend of mine
and a colleague of mine

Roger Charlton. Hi Roger!

Hi Peter!

Well, and, Roger, actually,

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

sitting on his lap,

so you might as well tell our listeners,

what we have in store for them,

in the next few weeks.

Right! Yeah, for example, does it matter

if I make a grammatical mistake

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

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

No. Maybe it's more important

to get the words right,

the vocabulary right.

Which is a problem for me, too,

from time to time,

since I'm not a native speaker of English.

So, guys out there, and girls,

bear with me,

I'm in the same boat with you!

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

sport and sports, for example,

how do you understand the word football?

OK, well, I understand it as being a game

that is really rough, for tough guys

- like me -

I mean, unfortunately

you cannot see me in the studio,

but I have really broad shoulders.

And for me it would be soccer.

Aha, ok, ok. You are more the elegant

... person.

- Thank you!

And then, some practical hints about ...

Well, is it a good idea

to go to an English speaking country

to get more practice?

If so - which country?

How do I organise myself?

How do I pay for it?

Are there scholarships?

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

Scholarships, training abroad ...

One thing that is interesting for me,

once I am there,

how do you make the most of it?

I mean, you're there

in the English speaking world,

and you're saying:

How do I improve my English here?

Yeah! - I mean, they know it,

but how do I get better?

That's right,

so there'll ne plenty of tips!

Ahah.

Plenty of topics and plenty of things

that we will try to explain to you

that may be confusing to

non-native speakers of English,

especially to Germans.

And, since we're talking
about confusing things,

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

who's listening to us right now,

is actually the title of our podcast- Yes.

- which is "RoPeCast".

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

The first and most straight forward reason

is actually our names.

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

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

And, of course we are doing a podCAST,

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

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

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

a ... something you could grab hold of,

something to give you security
if you're sinking,

drowning - Drowning in that sea of words

- Yes! - that is the English language.

Right! - Right!

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

and you girls of course,

a lifeline to survive

when you're speaking English.

I hope you can understand us,

'cause this is a podcast
for advanced learners.

But we're trying to speak slowly here,

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

in your English learning process.

And next time,

we will have something
really interesting for you,

which are words
that are called 'false friends',

and we're gonna tell you, for example,

why it may come in handy

to have a Beemer with you

if you're travelling across the USA.

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

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

So, stay tuned or tune in again,

download that podcast,

keep it on your iTunes

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

So, here's us, Roger and Peter,

signing off for this week.

Bye-bye for now. - Bye!

You've been listening to RoPeCast,

brought to you by Saarland University,

featuring Roger Charltonand Peter Tischer,

Tune in for the next edifying episode,

on your podcast dial!

You know what, Roger?

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

- And you never will!