2025-01-23
18 分钟Hello and welcome to the English like and native podcast.
My name is Anna and you're listening to week three, day four of your English 5 a day, the second season.
This is the series that gives you a healthy daily dose of English vocabulary so
that you can grow in confidence and start to feel more like yourself when communicating in English Let's begin with a little snapshot of what to expect.
Listen carefully.
The future of the wildlife reserve hangs in the balance as the government considers allowing further encroachment for urban development.
Environmentalists scattered protest signs across the park preparing for a demonstration that led to a clash with the local authorities.
Amid the tension,
the organisers strained expression revealed his concern about whether their efforts would be enough to protect the land.
Did you understand that?
It was quite hard for me to say actually all a bit of a mouthful,
but hopefully it made sense if it didn't then don't worry because that's what this episode is all about.
Let's dive straight into the vocabulary with the idiom.
Hang in the balance.
To hang in the balance, hang H-A-N-G-N-I-N-V-T-H-G.
Balance B-A-L-A-N-C-E.
To hang in the balance.
To hang in the balance means that someone's future or the result of something is not certain.
So it's hanging in the balance.
You don't know whether it's going to turn out one way or another.