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Hello and welcome to the English Like a Native podcast. My name is Anna and you're listening to week 27, day one of Your English Five a Day, the second season.
Join me on this journey of discovery, building your English vocabulary and confidence along the way.
You can tune Tune in every day of the working week from Monday to Friday in order to build your habit of dipping daily into the English language.
So let's start today as we always do with a snapshot of what's to come.
After surviving the terrible car accident, Lorene felt vulnerable and afraid to drive again even though her doctor kept trying to drive the point home that lightning doesn't strike twice.
Her chances of being in another crash were slim, but she preferred to potter about her garden instead of getting behind the wheel.
The peaceful routine of tending to her flowers helped calm her nerves better than any logical argument could.
Okay, let's dive into the vocabulary.
Starting with the idiom.
Lightning doesn't strike twice.
Lightning doesn't strike twice.
Lightning. We spell this L -I -G -H -T -N -I -N -G.
Doesn't. D -O -E -S -N -T.
Strike. s -t -r -i -k -e twice t -w -i -c -e.
Lightning doesn't strike twice means a rare or unusual event is not likely to happen again in the same way.
For example, recently a commercial flight ended in disaster moments after takeoff.
Over 200 people died in that plane crash, but one person miraculously survived.
Now, I'm sure after such a horrific experience, that survivor will feel very anxious if he ever has to get on another plane.
but the likelihood of that one person being in two plane crashes is very, very slim.
Lightning doesn't strike twice.
It could happen, but it's very unlikely to happen.
Here's another example.
He won the lottery last year, but lightning doesn't strike twice.
Okay, moving on to the next idiom and that is to drive the point home.
To drive the point home.
Drive, D -R -I -V -E, the, point, P -O -I -N -T, home, H -O -M -E.
e. To drive the point home means to say something very clearly or forcefully so that others understand it.
You really drive the point home.
When I'm walking my children to school and they're messing around close to the road, I have to drive the point home about how dangerous it is.
I have to drive the point home that if they fall into the road in front of a car, then they could be hit and they could die.
Now, when I tell them, I tell them in a very clear and slightly forceful way so that they really understand that I'm serious about the dangers.
I drive the point home.
Here's another example.
She repeated the warning to drive the point home.
Next, we have the adjective slim.
S -L -I -M, slim. This means small or limited.
So we often pair this with the word chance.
There's a slim chance.
So it means there's a very small chance of something happening.
Here's an example sentence.
There's only a slim chance of catching the last train.
Next, we have the adjective vulnerable, vulnerable.
We spell this V -U -L -N -E -R -A -B -L.
L -E. Vulnerable. If something is described as vulnerable, then it's easily hurt, harmed or affected emotionally or physically.
Children are vulnerable.
The elderly and the sick are also vulnerable.
Sometimes we feel vulnerable for different reasons.
After giving giving birth to my first child, I felt quite vulnerable.
I didn't feel very physically strong.
I was in a completely new situation.
I had a completely different role in life.
And I didn't know what I was doing.
I felt very vulnerable at that time.
I felt like I could be easily affected, easily hurt.
I was looking after this incredibly vulnerable little human being and that made me feel more at risk.
Here's another example.
He felt vulnerable after sharing his feelings.
Next and last on today's list, we have the phrasal verb potter about.
To potter about. about.
Potter is P -O -T -T -E -R, Potter, about, A -B -O -U -T.
To potter about is to move around doing small, unimportant tasks in a relaxed way.
So, if you're trying to fill the time, maybe you're waiting for someone to come home before you can do whatever you've got planned and you're just waiting around, but you don't want to sit and watch TV, so you're just doing a few little things, maybe putting a few things away, doing a little dusting, moving things around.
You're just pottering about.
Here's another example.
I spent the morning pottering about in the garden.
Okay, that's our five, so let's do a quick recap.
We started with the idiom lightning doesn't strike twice, which means a rare or unusual event is not likely to happen again in the same way.
Lightning doesn't strike twice.
We had the idiom drive the point home, which is to say something very clearly or forcefully so others understand it, to drive the point home.
We had the adjective slim, meaning small or limited, slim.
We had the adjective vulnerable, meaning easily hurt or harmed or affected, affected, emotionally or physically vulnerable.
We had the phrasal verb potter about meaning to move around doing small, unimportant tasks in a relaxed way.
Potter about. Let's now do this for pronunciation purposes.
Please repeat after me.
me. Lightning doesn't strike twice.
Lightning doesn't strike twice.
Drive the point home.
Drive the point home Slim Slim Vulnerable Vulnerable Potter about Potter about out?
Very good. Okay. Let me test your memory now.
If something happens and it's quite an unusual thing, like someone knocks on your door and gives you a hundred pounds because they're feeling generous and it's not likely to happen again.
So I tell you something to remind you that it's not likely to happen again', what idiom am I going to give you?
Lightning doesn't strike twice so unfortunately it's not likely to happen again.
And if I need to repeat a warning, or at least say it very forcefully because I really need you to clearly understand this warning, what idiom could you use to describe what I'm doing?
I'm trying to drive the point home.
If I want to say that there's a limited chance that something could happen, what adjective could I use instead of limited?
Slim. Yes, there's a slim chance that something will happen.
And if this afternoon you find yourself with nothing to do and you spend some time in your garden doing little things, unimportant tasks for a while.
What are you doing?
What phrasal verb could we use here?
Potter about. Yes, you're pottering about your garden.
And finally, how would you describe a child who is easily hurt, physically and emotionally, what adjective would we use?
Vulnerable. The child is vulnerable.
Fantastic. OK, so let's now repeat our snapshot.
After surviving the terrible car accident, Laureen felt vulnerable and afraid to drive again, even though her doctor kept trying to drive the point home that lightning doesn't strike twice.
Her chances of being in another crash were slim but she preferred to potter about her garden instead of getting behind the wheel.
The peaceful routine of tending to her flowers helped calm her nerves better than any logical argument could.
OK, I want you to listen out for this target vocabulary as we head into Storytime.
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Tommy Hughes stood in the tunnel at Wembley Stadium, his hands shaking as he gripped the captain's armband.
Six months ago, full Brook United had been bottom of League Two.
Their fans had given up hope and the club was weeks away from bankruptcy.
Now, they were 90 minutes away from completing the impossible treble.
Lightning doesn't strike twice, the pundits had said after their shock FA Cup victory in January.
A team like Fulbrook can't possibly win the league and the playoff final in the same season.
But here they were, having already lifted the League Two title and the FA Trophy.
Tonight's League Cup final against Premier League giants, Manchester City would complete the most remarkable story in football history.
Manager Jack Morrison gathered his players in a circle.
His weathered face showed the strain of the incredible journey, but his eyes burned with determination.
The former Sunday League coach had been appointed when the club couldn't afford anyone else.
Critics said his tactics were too simple, his experience too slim for professional football.
You've proved everyone wrong, Morrison told his team.
But we're not done yet.
Those City players think we're just lucky.
They believe we're vulnerable under pressure.
Tonight, we drive the point home that heart beats money every time.
The team had changed beyond recognition since August. Gone were the prima donnas who thought they were too good for lower league football.
Instead, Morrison had built a squad of grafters, people who understood what it meant to fight for every ball.
Young striker Danny Walsh, signed from non -league Brackley Town for just £5 ,000, had scored 37 goals in all competitions.
Left back Marcus Chen, a tireless runner signed from Conference North, had become a fan favourite with his endless energy and pinpoint crosses.
In the dressing room before kick -off, the atmosphere was electric.
These weren't players pottering about nervously.
They moved with purpose, checking their boots, adjusting their shin pads, mentally preparing for the biggest match of their lives.
the fans songs echoed through the stadium walls 20 000 fullbrook supporters had made the journey to london many spending their last pennies to witness history they sang about their miracle team their voices carrying hope and disbelief in equal measure six months ago we were nobody body, Morrison said, his voice cutting through the noise.
Tonight, we become legends.
Remember, you belong here.
You've earned the right to be here.
As the referee called them to the tunnel, Tommy looked at his teammates.
Danny, whose father worked three jobs to support his football dreams. Marcus, who had faced discrimination at every level but never gave up.
Goalkeeper, Pete Williams, who had been released by eight clubs before finding his home at Fulbrook.
The Wembley roar hit them like a wall of sound as they emerged into the floodlights.
Manchester City's stars looked calm and professional, but Tommy saw something different in their eyes.
uncertainty. For the first time in months, the underdogs weren't afraid.
And that brings us to the end of today's episode.
I do hope you found it useful.
And if you can't remember all of the vocabulary from today, don't worry because I list it along along with all the vocabulary from the entire series, into a huge database with the definition and example sentences.
And you can access this for free using the link in the show notes.
Until tomorrow, take very good care.
And goodbye.
