2025-03-19
18 分钟Hello and welcome to the English like a native podcast.
My name is Anna and you're listening to week 11 day 3 of your English 5 a day.
The second season.
This is the series that is dedicated to giving you a healthy,
daily dose of English vocabulary so that you can start to feel more like yourself when communicating in English.
You can get more from your experience by accessing the database which contains all of the vocabulary from the entire series or taking it further by becoming a plus member and interacting with the vocabulary that you're learning.
I'll leave all the links you need in the show notes but now let's start with a snapshot.
The old cars engine began to splutter as calum drove through the gloomy bushland.
It's rusted parts struggling against the rough terrain.
Near the roadside a charred tree trunk stood as a silent witness to a long ago fire
that had swept through this part of the countryside.
Burnt branches reached towards the grey sky like skeletal fingers, a reminder of nature's destructive power.
Alright, let's begin our deep dive with the adjective charred.
Charred.
This is an interesting word.
We spell it C-H-A-R-R-E-D.
Charred.
But notice I do not pronounce the letters R and R. They are completely silent.
It just becomes a long vowel R. Charred.
Okay, so charred, if something is charred it means that it is burnt and black.