Bonus Ep 92 - 'This is Your British Life' Ft. Chris from Instant English
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Yeah, she was my first love. I think it was year three. So it must have been again.
Sorry, your first love. At year three. Okay, I'm not... Mummy, I'm in love. Do you think you can love at year three? What is that? You're a seven to eight year old.
I feel bad that you're not really in touch with your emotions like me. But yes, I was... I was about two years old. And my grandfather, also from Ireland, not that we should be plugging stereotypes, but he actually gave me a spoonful of whiskey. My first ever memory was a bad one, which I think quite common, right? I don't know about you. My first one is me going through a cat flap.
Could be traumatic for the cat. Yeah, right. I never thought about the cat's opinion in that story. No, selfish. What can a school dinner, a first pint, a playground chant and a childhood telly crush tell you about British culture? A surprising amount actually. Today I'm joined by Chris from the YouTube channel Instant English for a brand new chat show style episode where I basically raid his memory and force him to relive the most British moments of his life. We're talking first memories, first freedoms, first jobs, first embarrassing obsessions, all of the weird little cultural details that native speakers grow up with but rarely stop to explain. And as always, this isn't just a chat. It's a culture led English lesson in disguise.
You'll hear natural expressions, real native grammar, pronunciation, humor, awkwardness, nostalgia, the lot. So, yeah, grab a drink, a tea, a pint, an orange juice or squash. And welcome to this new style of interview called This Is Your Life. Hello, Chris. How are you doing? Splendid.
Doing well.
How are you doing? Yeah, very well. Very well. Thank you very much for coming on the show. Always an honour. Never a chore. Good. Yes. Very nice phrase. Always an honour. Never a chore. Well, I mean, we've got to make it less of a chore and give you a fictitious drink, I think. I'm treating this like it's kind of like, you know, Alan Carr Chatty Man. Do you remember that? Yeah. a bit like that i think so have a little drink with you just like a panel panel not a panel show what is it an interview a talk show just talk talk show talk show yeah it's been a while it's been a while since i've watched mainstream tv so it's all it's all left my brain uh yeah because yeah do i get an option then or is it do i have to choose it's all just your imagination so so i get to do whatever i want whatever you want this is crazy summon it up like a genie so what what is your go-to what's your tipple what's your go-to it
Okay. I think if we're going, it's going to be quite a long podcast because I've got a lot to say. So if I'm going to have a long night, I would normally have a few espresso martinis. Okay.
What is the new 'This Is Your Life' interview format and who is the guest?
Yeah, three of those and you're rocking until 6 a.m. You know, I can actually make them. Really?
All right.
Yeah. In your imagination or really?
Both. Both. Yeah, I'm doing it right now. Yeah. No, we did a contest at Christmas in Australia just to throw Australia out there. So it was hot, right? So it wasn't like got to have brandy and eggnog. No, we did like a cocktail competition and I went for espresso martini. So I got the little espresso beans, did the little three on the wide glass. And I've got a good coffee machine so I could whip you up a lovely one.
yeah my only thing is they're too small normally i want to like you know you get like a mug of coffee i kind of want to get a mug of espresso martini as well but they're normally like a little cocktail glass aren't they it's like wow done okay okay so i've got two questions there one um are you an alcoholic and two are you a maniac um because that's a lot of caffeine one answer yes no uh they're just so they're so moorish you know they are quite moorish they're just like you finish them you're like oh i could have more whereas if you have like um some other cocktail i feel like i can taste the alcohol too much so i'm an alcoholic in disguise really or i'm an alcoholic but i don't know it yet yeah okay so you've got to have a lot of sweet to sort of disguise the alcohol yeah that's more me yeah okay so a sex on the beach you like that
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00β3:26
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What is the new 'This Is Your Life' interview format and who is the guest?
3:26β12:34
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What imaginary drink do they choose and why does it set the tone?
12:34β30:51
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What is Chrisβs earliest memory of danger crossing the road?
30:51β31:55
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