A conversation with my Dad, Rick Thompson. We answer various questions sent to us by listeners on Facebook.
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Rick is a journalist who worked for the BBC for about 30 years. He now runs his own media training company, called T-Media. He’s also been my Dad for 35 years. In my family we consider him to be like Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. His knowledge is pretty encyclopedic. If I have a question, he is usually able to give quite an extended answer to it, although sometimes the facts can be a little bit unreliable. That’s why I’ve started to call him “Rickipedia”.
In this episode I ask my Dad various questions which were sent in by fans of Luke’s English Podcast on Facebook. To visit and like the facebook page, click here.
What do you think of my Dad’s answers? Leave your comments below.
My Dad and I both hope you enjoy this episode, and find it interesting and useful as a way of practising your English listening.
Questions from Listeners
Here are the questions that some of my listeners sent in via Facebook.
[4:47] Tuan Do Sir What’s the difference between UK today and UK 30 years ago?
[12:25] André Domen What does it feel like to be British these days?
[13:52] Bruno Alves Which team is going to win UEFA Champions League this season?
[16:35] Stefano Pierini I’d like to know what he thinks about Eastern Europe, especially the South-Eastern part (Serbia and bordering states)… I know he worked there sometimes.
[21:56] Hiroshi Maruyama Why did you (Rick) get the good idea to present dram set to your sons for Christmas many years ago?
[25:45] Hiroshi Maruyama Have you ever had Tetrisitis?
[27:34] Hiroshi Maruyama Please tell me about the pleasure of bird watching. In Kumamoto, my home town, we have a lake and lots of birds come. I sometime go to watch them.
[31:16] Francesco Moscato Good afternoon Mr. Thompson. A few months ago Luke uploaded an episode about the Maya people and their prophecy about the end of the world. What do you think about them?
[32:25] Romain Bsn Hi Luke’s Dad, I’d like to know what are your thoughts about French people (it can be about any topics)?
[35:54] Lucianna Liveira Ask him if he can speak Portuguese or whatever language?
[37:09] Garoina De Vergerach Hi Mr.Thompson! What dou you think about the Spanish bullfighting?
[39:55] Стефан Слободяну Hi, Luke! Please ask him what he thinks about life in the UK! What are the best and the worst things? :)
[47:10] Claudio Natale Hi Luke! According to your dad, which are the most common stereotypes about Italy and Italians.
[50:12] Claudio Natale What’s his favorite food?
[50:37] Khazan Anna Hi Luke! Please ask your dad what his favourite dishes are. What does he think about English food. What does he have for breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.? Does he have high tea?
[57:05] Mariana Ramirez Hey Luke. Does he have any funny anecdotes or stories of you and your brother when you were children.
[1:00:35] Ubiratan Silva Silva Why 2 + 2 = 4?
[1:02:10] Jairo Trujillo García Well, we could ask the Oprah’s legendary: “What are you sure of?” as a final question maybe.