Monday 2 August 2010

TV: TopGear (with fast cars and British accent)

Do you like cars? Well, I am no big fan of cars at all, but I know a little friend of mine who is an expert of cars, and he loves this show, TopGear!

Richard, Jeremy, James and the Stig

Quoting from Wikipedia,

Top Gear is an Emmy award winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily carsIt began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous style. The show is currently presented by Jeremy ClarksonRichard Hammond and James May, and also features a test driver known as The Stig. The programme is estimated to have 350 million viewers worldwide.


Okay, you might be asking, "what's good about this show if I don't like cars?" Well, there are a lot of fun stuff to watch on this show. All you need to do, is give it a try!

You get crazy competitions between the greatest machines on this planet...

You get action-packed reviews on the latest fast cars and the comparisons of their performance...

You get to watch skilful driving techniques of the three hosts and their competitions of their choice of cars...

You get to see very weird yet funny stuff ...

And small stuff ...

And you get to practise your British English listening skills!!!!

You get to watch the show on Youtube under BBCWorldwide and TopGear Channel, and according to Wikipedia, you can watch it on TVB Pearl (Season 13, every Monday 9:30pm) and on BBC Knowledge!

Great show for the weekend, or Mondays!!!


Vocabulary:
quirky -- (adj) unusual in an attractive and interesting way

Resources:
http://www.topgear.com/uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)

http://www.youtube.com/user/TopGear#g/u
http://www.youtube.com/user/BBCWorldwide#g/u

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NZ9X9A2efA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGRXIDf9yTg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaZExdTHHjY&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzxuEOxYSLE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Top_Gear_broadcasters_and_video_releases#Hong_Kong
http://programme.tvb.com/lifestyle/topgear13/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/quirky