Let's not forget practice. Listen and enjoy Bing Crosby's original rendition of White Christmas:
Eye on Idioms
Time for some badly needed pronunciation practice.1) Schwa: As you know, the schwa is the most common sound in English. It is a weak, unstressed sound and it occurs in many words, among others in weak forms of articles and prepositions (and other grammar words).
If you want to sound natural and accurate in English, you have to get the schwa sound correct.
2) /b/ versus /v/
A simple B-V Quiz will help you distinguish these two sounds.
You've already shown your spelling skills a couple times.Approximate Transcript:
Borat - I have come here to greatest university in world, Cambridge. Where most famous men in world study; Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare, Kenny Dalglish, Thompson Twins. To find why this is greatest university in world. Jagshemash.
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Borat - And what is the "Cambridge Ball"? Everyone say the "The Cambridge Ball".
Student - The Cambridge Ball's are just big things where you dress up in a white or black tie.
Borat - Like a party?
Student - Yeah, like a party.
Borat - And they bring in woman especially for this?
Student - No, there is no special women brought in. You bring your own woman I'm afraid.
Borat - So they do not bring in prostitutes?
Student - Absolutely not... Prostitutes... I don't think.
Borat - So how do you party? Without...
Student - Well in England we don't really use prostitutes at parties. It's one of those odd things.
Borat - Why not?
Student - I don't know. It's just not tradition.
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Borat - Will there be wrestling with no clothes and a horse polo and...
Student - Well there certainly will not be wrestling with no clothes. There might be polo somewhere.
Borat - Yes...
Student - But I think that some of the kinds of parties that maybe you are thinking of you're not going to find here at all.
Borat - And will there be a woman where you go and you do it...like sex with them?
Student - I am sorry you are going to have to cut that off. That's an inappropriate question. There will be no such thing! This is a serious university and there is not going to be any prostitution that you have just mentioned. That would be inappropriate.
Borat - OK OK. So about the... Forget the party
Student - I'm sorry that's over.
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Student 1 - I am going to tell everyone!
Borat - Borat, like Barry.
Student 1 - What is your name anyway?
Borat - Borat, like Barry.
Borat - Borat, like Barry. But people call me Steve.
Student 1 - Ok Steve.
Borat - People call me Steve.
Student 1 - Can I call you Brian?
Borat - Why?
Student 1 - I don't know
Borat - Why?
Student 1 - No reason really.
Borat - In Kazakhstan there was Englishman he called me Steve.
Student 1 - Yeah?
Borat - Today I look for Steve, there is one Steve here, one Steve there. All Steves.
Borat - So today we met the most intelligent people in Britain. In one day at Cambridge I had more fun than six years at Almaaty University. And the best thing of all Government pay for this! We have lots of lessons to learn.
The mystery of Alexander Litvinenko's death, a tragic story reminiscent of cold war days.Watch how Martha Stewart (homekeeping expert) tries to teach Borat how to make a bed in Jay Leno's show.
Christmas is around the corner. Good chance to start delighting ourselves in the culinary pleasures that await us.
Long holiday ahead! Time to do some deciphering: mysterious Spanish psychophonies have found their way into seemingly innocent English songs.
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