Hello and welcome to the English Like a Native podcast.
My name is Anna and you're listening to week 27,
day one of Your English Five a Day, the second season.
Join me on this journey of discovery, building your English vocabulary and confidence along the way.
You can tune in every day of the working week from Monday to Friday.
in order to build your habit of dipping daily into the English language.
So let's start today, as we always do, with a snapshot of what's to come.
After surviving the terrible car accident, Lorene felt vulnerable and afraid to drive again,
even though her doctor kept trying to drive the point home.
that lightning doesn't strike twice.
Her chances of being in another crash were slim,
but she preferred to potter about her garden instead of getting behind the wheel.
The peaceful routine of tending to her flowers helped calm her nerves better than any logical argument could.
Okay, let's dive into the vocabulary.
Starting with the idiom, lightning doesn't strike twice.
Lightning doesn't strike twice.
Lightning, we spell this L-I-G-H-T-N-I-N-G doesn't, D-O-E-S-N apostrophe T, strike.
S-T-R-I-K-E, twice, T-W-I-C-E.
Lightning doesn't strike twice means a rare or unusual event is not likely to happen again in the same way.
For example, recently a commercial flight ended in disaster moments after take-off.