2025-09-10
10 分钟Hello and welcome to the English Like A Native podcast.
My name is Anna and you're listening to week 34,
day three of your English Fiver Day, the second season.
I'm here every day of the working week to help you to feed your habit, your need to daily dip.
into the English language so that slowly but surely you acquire English and start to feel more like yourself when communicating in English.
So, without further ado, let's start as we always do with a snapshot of what's to come.
In the school science fair,
Mia tried to advantage her chances by adding glitter to her volcano
because nothing says geology like sparkle.
Her main rival, Ben, had been quietly building a model with moving lava for weeks.
But Mia was too ambitious to settle for second place.
In her rush, she decided to test it early and jumped the gun, covering the judges in fizzy red foam.
Still, her enthusiasm was over and above what anyone expected.
and she somehow walked away with the most memorable project award.
Okay, let's dive deep into our vocabulary now.
Number one is a verb and it is to advantage someone or something.
So if you advantage someone or something then you make it more likely to be successful by creating a situation that helps them.
Equally, you could disadvantage someone or something by making it harder for them to succeed.
So here's an example sentence.
I'm hoping to advantage my daughter and her language skills by getting her some private lessons.