Hi, this is Ivy from Wuzhou, Guangxi, China.
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Welcome to episode 477 of Everybody ESL, the podcast for everybody who wants to improve their English, practice their English or just learn more English.
My name is Ben and I have a mini episode for you today where I am going to teach you about one English topic.
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Okay, let's get on with this mini-episode.
In this episode, I am going to teach you an interesting phrase.
The phrase is soft spot.
Soft spot.
That's S-O-F-T-S-P-O-T.
Soft spot.
In previous episodes, I have talked about the phrases to hit the spot and sweet spot, but today we're doing a different spot phrase.
What is a soft spot?
When do we talk about soft spots?
A soft spot is a special fondness or affection for something.
A soft spot is a special feeling of tenderness for something.
If you really like something, and if something makes you feel tender or affectionate, you can describe that feeling as a soft spot.
You can think of it a little bit like this.
A soft spot is like a weakness.
A soft spot is a place where you are not strong and hard.
Instead, it is a place where you are soft
And affectionate and tender and full of feeling.
We always use the phrase soft spot in this construction.
We always say that someone has a soft spot for something or someone.
I have a soft spot for something.
Or she has a soft spot for something.
We have a soft spot for something.
That is the construction that we always use when we use this phrase soft spot.
Let me give you an example of a situation where someone might use this phrase.
Imagine that two people are talking about the kinds of movies they enjoy watching.
And one person says, I have a soft spot for movies about lost animals.
I have a soft spot for movies about lost animals.
In other words, I feel a special tenderness or a special affection for movies about lost animals.
I really love those movies.
For some reason those movies really affect me.
I have a weakness for them.
I cannot resist them.
I really love those movies.
I have a soft spot for those movies.
Someone could also say i have a soft spot for the town where i grew up i have a soft spot for the town where i grew up in other words the town where i grew up
Gives me all kinds of tender feelings.
I have a special affection for that town.
I have a weakness for that town.
When I think about that town, I feel a lot of affection.
I have a special fondness for that town.
That is soft spot, an interesting and useful phrase that I think you should know.
This is the end of episode 477 of Everybody ESL.
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