Hello, welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast. My name is Anna and you're listening to Week 31, Day 5 of Your English Five a Day. Yes, we've reached the end of Week 31. How has your week been going so far? I hope you've had a good one. Well, let's go out with a bang and start today's list with a noun and it is respect. Something that I have for all of you and the work and the dedication that you put into learning English and tuning in to podcast every day. So, I have respect for you. Are we going to spell this out today? R E S P E C T. I really want to sing it."R E S P E C T." Great song. Okay. So, I'm sure you're familiar with the word respect, but in case you're not, it means that you have admiration for someone. You hold them on a pedestal. You look at them and think, you are wonderful, because they've got certain qualities, or they've achieved certain things or they contribute in some way. You have respect for them. So, you contribute to this podcast by listening and I respect you very, very much. Alright, so let's have a look at an example sentence."The students showed great respect for their teacher, who had dedicated her life to education." Next on the list, we have the adjective damning, damning. We spell this D A M N I N G, damning. Damning. Notice the N is silent. Damning. Damning. So, if something is damning, and this is usually a report or a comment, so it's normally some form of feedback from someone about someone else or about something. If it is damning, then it's very critical. It shows that someone is believed to be wrong or guilty. So, for example, if I were to employ someone to check buildings for me, maybe I'm some form of surveyor or something, or a property developer. And I have this person go in and check the structural integrity of these buildings. Are they likely to fall down or are they safe? Are they strong? Are they in good state of repair? If one property is in a bad way, then there might be a damning report that comes back to me from my employee, whose job it is to check these properties. If there is an independent inquiry into the behaviour of a senior Member of Parliament, so maybe the Prime Minister's right-hand man has been behaving badly, apparently, and someone has been asked to check it out, to investigate. If they find that this Member of Parliament has been acting in a terrible way, and he's guilty of everything that he's accused of, then there would be a damning report that comes from that investigation. Here's another example,"The judge delivered a damning verdict, declaring the defendant guilty beyond doubt." Alright, moving on. We've had respect and damning. Now we have a verb and it is deviate. Deviate. We spell this D E V I A T E. Deviate. Deviate. To deviate is to stray from the path, to stray from the plan, to go away from the norm, what is expected, or to move out of an established pattern. So, here's an example,"How many times have I told you not to deviate from the map? One of these days you're going to get totally lost out there in the wilderness." So, there is literally someone going off the track that has been provided to them on the map. They've decided just to wander off so now, they don't know where they are as they're wandering around. They have deviated. Some people may have a deviated septum, which is the little soft cartilage that sits between your nostrils. A deviated septum, meaning it's not straight. Therefore, one side of your nose, one nostril is quite narrow, sometimes even blocked by a deviated septum, whereas the other side would be quite wide and open. And often a deviated septum would need to be corrected in order to help you to breathe properly. So, it's not normal for your septum to be wonky, deviated. And so, it would normally be corrected in order to help you, to aid you in breathing. Okay, so that's to deviate. Next on the list is the idiom the fruits of one's labour. The fruits of one's labour. Fruits. We spell this F R U I T S, like the fruit you have for breakfast. What fruit do you have? I tend to have a bit of banana, maybe some chopped-up apple in my porridge. Usually, a couple of handfuls of berries like blueberries or raspberries. Strawberries. The fruits of one's labour. L A B O U R. Labour referring to hard work and effort. So, the fruits of one's labour, this idiom means the rewards or the results of hard work. For example, we started this podcast over a year ago and I've worked for many hours, as have my team, who helped me with pre-production and post-production, helped me making sure that it's released on time. It's been a great effort, a lot of hard work from everyone involved to ensure this podcast goes out. Now it started as a little hobby and just grew quite large quite quickly, but what we can see is the downloads are growing at quite a fast rate. So, there's more and more people listening every day. So, just looking at that graph, knowing that more and more people are listening to our podcast and benefitting from the work that we're doing, that in itself is the fruits of our labour. Some people may have a fancy house and a fancy car and you say,"Wow, you've got a fancy house and a fancy car." And they say,"Yeah, it's the fruits of my labour. I've worked incredibly hard all my life. I studied a lot when I was younger. I got a good degree and I went into a career that's hard, that demands a lot of your time and dedication and continuous study while you're working. And now I have a nice house and a nice car, those are the fruits of my labour. I worked hard." For a teacher, the fruits of her labour would be her successful students. Okay, here's another example."After years of dedication and sacrifice, the successful entrepreneur finally enjoyed the sweet fruits of her labour". Next on our list is the phrasal verb chime in. Chime in. Chime in. Chime, we spell C H I M E. Chime, like the sound a clock would chime when it hits 12, if it's an old-fashioned clock. In, I N. To chime in. To chime in is to interrupt or to contribute, making a comment on something. So, for example, if I'm sitting in conversation class and my students are having a conversation about the topic that's been set and I'm listening to them have a good conversation, but they're saying something that I feel I can contribute to. Then I might chime in and say,"Sorry, can I just add? I think that you have forgotten about this aspect of it." And give my pennies worth, as we say, to give your pennies worth is to give people your thoughts and opinions on things. So, I chimed in. I interrupted to add my comment to the conversation. Here's another example,"I couldn't help but chime in and share my thoughts on Sophie's wedding plans. She is going totally overboard, and Alan won't be happy at the price tag!" Okay, so that brings us to the end of today's list. So, let's do a quick recap. We started with the noun, respect to admire and have esteem for someone because they've done something wonderful or just be because they are wonderful and helpful. Then we had the adjective damning, something that is very critical or shows that someone's wrong or guilty. Then we had the verb, deviate, deviate when something strays from the norm, it's not staying with the normal pattern of things. Then we had the idiom, the fruits of one's labour. Which is the reward or the result of hard work. Then we have the phrasal verb, chime in. To chime in is to interrupt or contribute to a conversation. So, let's now do this for pronunciation practice. Please repeat after me. Respect. Respect. Damning. Damning. Deviate. Deviate. The fruits of one's labour. The fruits of one's labour. Chime in. Chime in. Very good. Okay, if I admire you because you've done something that I'm in awe of you can speak another language fluently and I'm just like,"Wow, that's just brilliant. I really admire you for doing that, for having the patience and putting in the time to learn another language fluently." What noun could I use? What do I have for you? Respect. Yes, I have lots of respect for you. If I am a judge and I'm looking at someone accused of a crime and evidence is presented to me that shows that you absolutely are guilty, it shows that you are wrong. How would I describe this evidence? What adjective could I use to describe this evidence that clearly shows? It's very critical and it clearly shows that you are wrong. Damning. It is damning evidence. It shows that the person in front of me is guilty. So, next, I am walking down a path. It is a route that I take every day. It's the most direct route to get to work. But then today, for some reason, that I'm not even fully aware of, I just stray from the path. I wander off in a different direction. What verb could we use instead of saying,"I strayed from the path"? What did I do? I didn't do the normal thing. I didn't take my established route to work. I... deviated. I deviated from the path. And if my friends are having a conversation, and I have something that I want to contribute, and I interrupt them, what phrasal verb could I use here? Chime in. Yes, I chime in. And I might apologise for chiming in, but say that I really need to add my comment here. And if I've been working on my garden all winter, and in springtime it's full of beautiful flowers, then this is definitely the result of hard work. What idiom could I use here? The fruits of my labour. Yes, my garden is the fruit of my labour. It's wonderful, isn't it? Absolutely glorious. Alright, let's now listen out for these five items in today's storytime. It was a hot summer's night in Barcelona, one full of possibilities. Partygoers wandered up and down La Rambla. In the midst of it all, a luxurious hotel lobby was the setting of an entrepreneurial networking event. Gary had arrived in Spain yesterday from the US. Tired and jetlagged, he scanned the room, wondering who he might talk to."No, no, no, no... yes," he thought to himself as he saw the buffet."Canape?" asked the waiter."Do you have any champagne?" Gary replied. He watched as the waiter poured the wine into the flute, glug, glug, glug. Although he was at a networking event looking to meet business partners, Gary was shy. He hoped that the alcohol would help him approach people even though he knew that the next day's hangover would make his jet lag and fatigue worse. As a tech nerd, he had worked tirelessly to build his career, often deviating from the norm to find innovative solutions. He saw other groups chatting, exchanging business cards. He had a lot of respect for people who could just go up and talk to strangers like that. As he sipped, he could feel the bubbles going to his head. He felt a little less inhibited. Less focused on his own discomfort, he tuned into the room more. He overheard a couple of entrepreneurs discussing his specialist subject, virtual reality. Time to chime in, he decided. The other business people looked a little surprised at first when he introduced himself. But they were soon all ears, as Gary shared his expertise. He offered to send them a damning report he had written about the industry. They exchanged emails and agreed to keep in touch. Gary went to bed that night tired but relieved and actually looking forward to another day of networking. As Gary's experience shows, if you want to enjoy the fruits of your labour, you have to get out of your comfort zone. And that brings us to the end of today's episode and the end of Week 31. I do hope you've enjoyed today. If you did, please take a moment to leave a like, a rating or review so others may find this podcast too. Until next time, take very good care and goodbye.