Hello and welcome to the English Like A Native podcast.
My name is Anna and this is my off the cuff ramble about swimming.
Yes, we are diving in to swimming vocabulary in a very natural way.
All week we've been talking about different aspects of the gym.
We have been in the sauna.
We've done some weight training.
Some cardio and today is all about the pool
because most people enjoy taking a little dip in the pool.
In this country,
most swimming happens indoors
because we don't have weather that supports outdoor swimming on a regular basis.
If you're lucky enough to be in a warm country, then perhaps you take a little dip outdoors.
Maybe you even swim in the ocean.
But today's all about an indoor pool experience.
But the vocabulary that you're going to hear will be relevant for lots of types of swimming,
whether it be swimming in a lake, in the ocean, in an outdoor pool or in an indoor pool.
and in some cases you'll also be able to use some of this vocabulary for other things for example when we first jump into the pool some people go in gently don't they they like to dip their toe oh there's an idiom to dip your toe into something to dip your toe this means to very gently try something without fully committing to it for example
if I want to try singing with a choir but I've never done it before and I'm very nervous and my friend says why don't you come along to the school fair
because there's going to be a little class run by the choir where people who are at the fair can come and have a little sing song but there's no commitment and it's just ten minutes so then you can dip your toe into being part of a choir and see
if it's for you and