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	Podcast:		English with Dane
	Episode:		The Accent Challenge #3: Can you guess the Accent?
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:16:18
	Publish Date:		2019-09-15 04:00:00
	Description:		On this episode of English with Dane, test your listening skills and try to complete the 3rd edition of the Accent Challenge! Transcript: Hey! What’s up? Welcome to English with Dane, a show designed to improve your English. As always, I'm you’re host Dane, and you can find me on Instagram and twitter @englishwithdane. As promised, today’s episode is an Accent Challenge. Our 3rd accent challenge to be precise. If you are unfamiliar with the concept of an accent challenge, the rules are simple. I’ll play a series of audios each of which will be a short clip of somebody speaking. You have to guess where the person is from, based on the accent you hear. It's useful to write down (apuntar) your answers on your phone’s notes app to keep track of your answers. Today’s episode features 6 different accents. So, now that you know the rules, let’s start the show. You are listening to the 33rd episode of English with Dane. Hit it! ----- Music: “Aire” by Blanco Palamera Instagram Listen on Spotify ----- Ok, we have officially started the show, so let’s get right into the accent challenge. I’ll play each clip twice so you get a good idea of what each person sounds like. 1) Ok, here we go. Here’s the first one. And once again: 2) Here’s number 2. One more time… 3) And now number 3. Here it is again… 4) Here’s number 4 now: And again… 5) This one is number 5: And again… 6) Number 6 now: One more time… 7) And finally number 7. This one is crazy by the way, I find it really difficult to understand what he’s saying. Check it out: And once again…. I’ll give you some time now to check your answers, finish writing them down or if you want to go back and listen to a few of the audios again… Do it. Now is the time. Short break. Ok. It's time to find out how many you got right. Here are the answers. music The first one was this one: This is an interview with Alex Turner, who is the frontman of the famous indie rock band the Arctic Monkeys. If you guessed England, then you are correct (ding), and if you guessed specifically the Sheffield accent, then you’re a pro. Interview Ok. Moving on to number 2: If you guessed Australia, you are correct! That is none other than Hugh Jackman, sharing a story about growing up, and how he wanted to dance and whatever. He’s on an Australian talk-show called ROVE. Spelled R/O/V/E. Interview Ok, now time for number 3: This one was an example of the Spanish accent when speaking English. This was taken from an interview with the great Javier Bardem so I hope my Spanish listeners recognized that one. Married to Penelope Cruz of course. Remember, it's married to and not married with. Interview Next one. Number 4: I took this one from an old news story from a town in Ireland. Which means if you guess that it was an Irish accent, then great job. You got it. I don’t know if audios from news stations are easier or more difficult, because sometimes they try to sound like a robot for no reason and it makes the accent a little more toned down, or less obvious…. News Story For full transc
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