Hello and welcome back to your English five a day season three on the Elan podcast.
This is a short daily podcast for intermediate to advanced level English learners who want to build natural English vocabulary through stories.
I'm Anna and this is week four, day four of our story following Gabriel in Manchester.
Yesterday, a night of celebration stretched later and later.
Today,
Gabriel's journey continues into the early hours and this time it's the sounds around him that shape the experience.
Today you'll learn five vivid words that English speakers use to describe sound.
Supporting materials for this lesson are available at www.joineelan.com forward slash plus.
Let's begin today's episode with a snapshot of what's to come.
music fades from thumping bass to a distant booming rhythm.
He walks on, humming tunes to himself,
while voices and music come echoing through stairwells and alleys.
Later, harsh electronic sounds come blaring out of speakers in a crowded basement.
All right, it's time for today's vocabulary breakdown.
humming.
This means to be quietly singing or making a low musical sound.
She walked along humming to herself.
Next, thumping.
Thumping.
Thumping is a deep, heavy rhythmic sound.