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Hello and welcome to the English we.
Speak, where we explain phrases used by.
Fluent english speakers so that you can use them too.
I'm fei fei.
And I am Beth.
How are you doing, fei fei?
I'm very well, thank you.
The phrase we're looking at in this.
Program is second nature.
I heard someone use it at work recently, talking with a new colleague.
He said, although recording programs like this looks complicated, it quickly becomes second nature.
Yes, second nature.
That is a great expression.
So when something is second nature, it is so familiar to you that you can do it really easily without having to think about it.
I have a good example for this.
I had to learn how to use.
A computer and a mobile phone because.
When I was a child, they didn't exist.
However, for my son, using technology like.
This will be second nature.