Hello and welcome to the English like a native podcast.
My name is Anna and you're listening to week 10 day 3 of your English 5 a day.
The second season.
In this series we are acutely focused on expanding your active vocabulary so that you can feel
more like yourself when communicating in English.
We do this by visiting 5 items of vocabulary every day of the working week from Monday to Friday.
Now let's begin this episode with a snapshot of what's to come.
Listen carefully.
The new restaurants fusion menu combined Italian and Japanese cooking styles,
creating unexpected flavours that delighted the customers.
As diners began to mingle at the communal tables, sharing bites of their dishes with strangers,
the chef smiled with pride.
The authenticity of the experience reminded him of the friendly neighborhood restaurants
he had grown up with in Naples.
Okay, let's dive into our vocabulary starting with the very simple noun flavour flavour.
We spell this F L A V O U R flavour flavour.
Notice how easy and reduced that final sound is the
O U R becomes a schwa and a sound flavour flavour flavour is the taste of food or drink.
I often have a battle with my children because I want quite a rich flavour to my food and when I
cook I would love to add more variety, more spice, heat to my food, but my children,