Could anyone correct my transcription? http://www.bbc.com/news/health-21227449
A staff at a coffee shop said, "Hi, how are you?"
The reporter said, "Hi, I'm very well, thank you. Can I get one coffee and how about you, Harry?"
Harry Wallop said, "I'm gonna get one cappuccino, I mean a small cappuccino."
The staff said, "Anything for you?"
The reporter said, "No. That's it. That's it, thank you. We're gonna go to the machine.
Here we are. Harry Wallop, 10 o'clock in the weekday morning, the first stop on a coffee craw. And with the coffee and your book and called Consumed, I think this book is really linked to the British class system, and have all the classes gone and the place which comes to new classes is base on where we shop or what we buy."
Harry said, "Well, where we are wearing in Mc'donald. It's food and it's always social anxiety of food. And whether you spread salt on the top of the food and putting some tea or supper, but I think these social anxieties are now on brands and companies. What you have in your kitchen cupboard, or where you are going to get a morning cup of coffee? And "Supposedly we are all middle class, and if that is so, how do we distinguish ourselves from each other? And I think people do actually quite enjoy distinguishing themselves."
The reporter said, "But in your book, you have a quite number of classes, what are you telling through that, three main classes there are, that you arrenged?"
Harry said, " Well, the biggest, the most successful is always as the moms, they are heritage of the West women and all politicians desperately get onside. They know where they like to spend their money. And the security is well-know brand. And they call it shai shai??? They are like good and honest brands. Mc'donald is firmly into the category."
The reporter said, "Harry, all right, now we're in host coffee. This is middle, but it's very large and stunning brand, and what's the sort of middle class? What categorizes?"
Harry said, "I call them middle classes named after Carol Cathrin. And she is getting back crisis, but her generation really like her, who join the trading up, who enjoy the taste difference and the taste difference is important for the company's advertisement and the cost has done fantastic as well. And it's the biggest coffee chain in Britin and their sales are good."
Search from various English teachers...
Corrections · 3
1
Could anyone correct my transcription? http://www.bbc.com/news/health-21227449
Barista: "Hi, how are you?"The reporter: "Hi, I'm very well, thank you. Can I get a white coffee and what'd you gonna have?"
Harry Wallop: "I'm more of a cappuccino person, I'm just gonna have a small cappuccino."
Barista: "Anything else for you?"
Reporter: "No. That's it. That's it, thank you. We're on a mission.
Well, here we are, Harry Wallop, it's 10 o'clock on a weekday morning, the first stop on a coffee crawl. Uh, with a copy of your book "Consumed," and the thesis of the book is really, it's about the fall and rise of the British class system, how the old class system is gone in place comes a new class system based on where we shop and what we buy."
Harry: "Well, we are, we are in Mcdonald's and it's food. And there's always been social anxiety over food. Now, whether you sprinkle your salt on the top of the food or you put it on the side. Whether you call it tea, or dinner, or supper, but I think these social anxieties are now on brands and companies. What you have in your kitchen cupboard, or where you are gonna buy your morning cup of coffee? And "Supposedly we are all middle class, and if that is so, then how on earth do we distinguish ourselves from each other? And I think people do actually quite enjoy distinguishing themselves."
Reporter: "Well in the book, you outline quite a number of classes, but why don't you just tell us what the, sort of, three main classes are, that you identified?"
Harry: " Well, one of the biggest, the most successful is the Asda moms, they are the inheritors of the "Worcester Woman" and "Mondeo Man" that all politicians are desperate to get onside. And they know where they like to spend their money. And they like the security of a well-known brand. They don't want anything too {slang for rich/fancy, I don't actually know how to spell it...}. They like good, honest brands and Mcdonalds falls firmly into that category."
Reporter: "All right, Harry, we're now at Costa Coffee. This is the kind of middle, but very large-spanning brand that you've brought me to, and what's the sort of middle class in your categorization?"
Harry: "I call them "Middleton Classes," named after Carol, not Cathrine. She's getting a tarry bad press for being a social climber, but her generation, and people like her, who enjoy trading up, who enjoy "Taste The Difference" from Sainsbury's or Tesco Finest are a very important commercial force in this country and Costa has done fantastically well, they're the biggest coffee chain now in Britain and sales just keep on growing.
(I apologize I can't highlight my corrections, there weren't enough characters left to correct your entire entry. And on another note, you've chosen a really tough interview: you need to have a good grasp of British politics of 20 years ago, British retail/coffee chains and some very British slang to really get the words and the meaning behind them. Not easy for even a native but non-British English speaker!)
Want to progress faster?
Join this learning community and try out free exercises!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!
Start Learning Today
