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My name is Anna and you're listening to week 36, day 3 of Your English Five A Day, the second season.
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Let's begin, as we always do, with a snapshot of what's to come.
One summer we stayed in a rambling old house near the forest with rooms spreading in every direction.
Each morning we would explore the wilderness, carrying a thermos of tea for the long walks.
By the end of the week, I felt completely at one with nature, peaceful and relaxed among the trees.
OK, let's deep dive now into our vocabulary.
Number one on our list is an adjective and it is the adjective rambling, rambling.
And this always makes me think of roses because we often use this with the rose bush or plant.
So to be rambling is to be large and spread out in many different directions.
There are a number of different bushes and plants that do ramble.
They spread out and they grow quite vast.
They cover quite a large area of land.
Here's an example sentence using rambling.
Those rambling roses in your garden are gorgeous.
Were they there when you moved in?
Moving on to the next word, we have a verb and it is to explore.
Explore.
This is to search a place, to find out more about it, or to investigate and find all the different little parts of a place.
You explore it.
Here's an example.
Every weekend we go and explore somewhere new.
This week we're off to the Scottish Highlands.
Next on our list is the noun wilderness, wilderness.
This is an interesting word.
It looks like wilderness, wilderness, but we pronounce it wilderness, wilderness.
Wilderness is an area of land where plants grow naturally and often in a very untidy way.
So it's quite a messy, very natural area.
It's not being kept in any way.
It's the wilderness.
Here's an example.
I love being out in the wilderness looking for different flowers and insects.
There's always something new to see.
Next, we have another noun and it is the noun thermos, thermos.
A thermos is a container, often called a flask, that contains liquids, usually hot or perhaps cold, but usually hot.
I always think of the word thermal, a thermos.
You can have hot soup in your thermos or maybe you have tea or coffee or something else.
Mate, perhaps.
Here's an example.
Don't forget to take your thermos of coffee to the football match on Friday.
It's going to be cold out there.
And finally, on our list, we have an idiom and it is at one with nature.
To be at one with nature means to be happy and relaxed in the environment you're in often in a natural environment if you are at one with nature.
So an example would be, I always feel at one with nature when we go to our local woodland park.
Just me, the sun, sky and nature.
OK, so let's run through that list very quickly once again.
We had the adjective rambling, meaning large and spread out in different directions.
We had the verb to explore, to search, to find out more about a place.
We have the noun wilderness, which is an area of very natural land, as nature intended.
We have the noun a thermos, which is a container that holds your hot soup or your warm coffee.
And then we had the idiom at one with nature, to be happy and relaxed in the natural environment.
So just repeat after me for pronunciation purposes.
We have rambling, explore, wilderness, thermos, at one with nature.
OK, let's listen to our snapshot once more.
One summer we stayed in a rambling old house near the forest with rooms spreading in every direction.
Each morning we would explore the wilderness, carrying a thermos of tea for the long walks.
By the end of the week I felt completely at one with nature, peaceful and relaxed among the trees.
Fabulous.
Let's bring all of those words together in a little story.
In the beautiful landscape of the Cotswolds, an elderly couple set out for a leisurely walk, hoping to explore the stunning wilderness.
However, as they strolled along the winding paths lined with rambling wild roses and forest flowers, they soon found themselves lost.
For three long days they made their way through the unknown ground.
The thermos of soup, the only source of food.
Despite their distress, they remained positive, finding comfort in being at one with nature.
The couple embraced the tranquility of their surroundings, taking in the beauty of the rolling hills and charming villages.
With each passing day, their determination grew stronger as they relied on their instincts and the kindness of strangers to find their way back to civilisation.
Finally, their ordeal ended when a search party located them, bringing both relief and thanks.
Though their adventure had taken an unexpected turn, the couple emerged with a newfound appreciation for the Cotswolds and a story to share, reminding us of the importance of being prepared and the importance of respecting the wild beauty of the wilderness.
OK, I hope, what a silly story.
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