Hello and welcome back to your English five a day on the English like a native podcast.
This is your short daily listening resource that will help you to enrich your English vocabulary and comprehension through story.
My name is Anna and this is week seven day one of our story following Gabriel.
Now this week Gabriel travels to Scotland but in true Gabriel fashion he begins by heading in the opposite direction first.
Sometimes even the best travel plans involve a few unexpected twists.
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So let's begin today's episode with a quick snapshot.
As Gabriel approaches Edinburgh.
He catches a striking view of a majestic and iconic castle.
The city feels deeply storied and the castle looks utterly awe-inspiring as it rises above the hill,
setting the tone for everything to come.
Alright, let's now break down that vocabulary.
Today we're looking at five adjectives starting with Majestic Majestic We spell this m-a-j-e-s-t-i-c Majestic This describes something that's grand and impressive in appearance for example The mountains looked majestic in the early light.
Next, awe inspiring.
Now awe we spell A-W-E and then there's a little hyphen and then we go into I-N-S-P-I-R-I-N-G.
Now because we have a vowel sound for the first part,
and then it's a vowel sound to start the next part in-spiring you're going to hear an audible ah sound an intrusive ah sound or or-in or-in or-inspiring or-inspiring or inspiring means that something is so impressive it fills you with wonder and admiration wow Here's an example.
The next adjective is This means that something is very noticeable or impressive.
For example Next we have If something is described as storied, then it's rich in history or legend.