Learn English Vocabulary Daily #11.1 - British English Podcast

Hello and welcome to The English like a Native Podcast.

My name is Anna and you're listening to Week 11, Day 1 of Your English Five a

Day, the series that aims to increase your vocabulary by five pieces every single

day of the week, from Monday to Friday.

So, let's get started with today's list.

Top of the list today is a noun and it is globetrotting, globetrotting.

We spell this G L O B E T R O T T I N G.

Globetrotting.

This describes the act of travelling to many different countries.

I have done my fair share of globetrotting in the past, and as

many of you listening are polyglots, then I would expect that many of you

are used to globetrotting as well.

Here's an example sentence.

" After years of globetrotting, I have finally settled down in Spain...

until I get itchy feet again!"

Next on our list is an adjective and it is innate, innate.

We spell this I N N A T E.

Innate.

An innate quality or ability is one that you were born with,

not one that you have learned.

So, something that comes very naturally to you.

Here's an example sentence.

"Cyril's most impressive quality is his innate goodness."

Next, we have a verb and it is venture, venture.

We spell this V E N T U R E.

To venture is to start a new activity, or start thinking in a new way, or

start doing an activity in a new place.

So, to venture, to start.

Here's an example sentence.

"I thought we might venture into the countryside this weekend, it's

been ages since we got away from the hustle and bustle of the city."

Next, we have an idiom.

Woohoo!

We love idioms.

This is a very short and simple one.

It is to stay put.

To stay put.

This is spelled S T A Y, stay, and then put, P U T.

To stay put.

This is to remain in the same place or position.

So, if I am out with my children and I need to go to the desk at a hotel,

or I need to go to the counter in a café or restaurant to order something,

then I would say to the children,

"You stand here and stay put.

Don't move.

Don't run away as soon as my back is turned.

Stay put.

Remain exactly where you are."

Here's another example.

"You stay put and look after the bags, I'll go and buy our

tickets from the cashier."

Next and last on our list is the verb cherish, to cherish something.

Now, this is spelled C H E R I S H.

Cherish, cherish.

The verb cherish is often used with hopes, memories, or ideas, or people.

We cherish people.

We cherish moments that we spend with people we care about.

So, this means to keep those hopes and memories and ideas in your

mind because they're important to you and they bring you pleasure.

So, you hold them and you try to remember them.

You keep them safe in your mind and in your heart.

Here's an example sentence.

"I cherish every moment with you, we never seem to have long enough together

so I make the most of it when I can."

Is there a special person in your life that you cherish?

In fact, this Christmas I bought both of my sons a little music box which plays You

Are My Sunshine, and this is a song that I've sung to my boys every night since

they were born, and they really relate that song to me and our relationship.

So, these little wind up music boxes, that they have to use a

little crank to wind themselves, they really cherish those music boxes.

They were probably the most cherished Christmas presents because they meant

so much to the boys that they now have them next to their beds on their little

shelf next to their beds and they play them every night when they first

get into bed and it makes them smile.

And I hope that they will cherish them for the rest of their

lives if they last that long.

So, that's our five for today.

Let's do a quick recap.

We started with the noun globetrotting, which is the act of travelling

to many different countries.

Then we had the adjective innate, which is like this natural ability

or quality that you're born with.

Then we have the verb venture, to venture, which is to start a new activity

or to start thinking in a new way.

Then we have the idiom stay put, which is, "Don't move,

stay in the same place please."

And we finished with the verb to cherish, to keep something in your

mind because it's important to you and it brings you pleasure.

So, let's do this now for pronunciation purposes.

Please repeat after me.

Globetrotting.

Globetrotting.

Innate.

Innate.

Venture.

Venture.

Stay put.

Stay put.

Cherish.

Cherish.

Fantastic.

So, remind me, what adjective would I use to suggest that

your happiness and positivity is something that you were born with?

Innate.

It's an innate quality within you.

And what noun would I use to describe your love of travelling to different countries?

Globetrotting.

Globetrotting.

And what verb would I use to describe the start of a new activity?

This is your new...

venture.

You're off on a new venture.

You're venturing into the unknown.

And what verb would I use to describe keeping something in your mind

because it's very important to you?

Cherish.

You will cherish that special thing.

And if I don't want you to go anywhere, I need you to remain exactly where

you are, I would use the idiom...

stay put.

Stay put.

Exactly.

Right.

Well done.

Let's bring everything together in a little story.

Listen out for today's words and phrases.

With an innate curiosity for travel, you won't find me staying

put in one place for long.

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to see the world, to experience

other countries, the food, the different climates, the people.

My mother didn't share my or my brother's thirst for adventure, so during the school

holidays, we didn't venture far from home.

I spent more time staying with friends than I did with my family,

I wasn't going to waste six weeks holiday sitting indoors!

I've been to Bali, the Maldives, The Seychelles, Fiji, Australia,

Singapore, and Thailand, to name but a few, and I cherish every single

memory, every person I met and interacted with, every experience that

opened my eyes to a whole new world.

I've made friends for life, I've bought mementos from every country, a

memento is an object that you keep to remember a person, place, or event.

And I've got hundreds of photos that I fondly keep close to my heart to

remind myself of the journeys that I've been lucky enough to enjoy.

Sharing these experiences with my children is also very important to me,

whether it's going away as a family or talking about what I've done and

what they have to look forward to.

They're already planning their travels with friends once they leave school,

I've definitely given them the bug!

My days of globetrotting are far from over though, I'm just saving

up for the next far-flung adventure!

And that brings us to the end of today's episode.

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