Hello and welcome back to your English five a day on the English Like a Native podcast.
This is a short daily podcast for intermediate to advanced level English learners who want to build natural English vocabulary through stories.
My name is Anna.
And this is week eight, day one of our story following Gabriel's journey around the UK.
If you are new to this story, then you can go back and listen to week one.
But if you just want to dip your toe and find out what this is all about,
then you can join the story here too.
Just listening on a regular basis will help you to improve your English.
Previously, Gabriel explored the storied streets of Edinburgh.
This week, he heads west to Scotland's biggest city, Glasgow,
a place famous for its humour, warmth and very distinctive expressions.
Supporting materials for today's lesson are available at www.joinelan.com forward slash plus.
Let's begin now with a snapshot.
On the drive into Glasgow, Callum tells Gabriel the city is a belter.
He explains that pure means ferry, warns another driver with gane no day that.
tells Gabriel not to greet about the rain and points out that some football fans outside a pub might already be steaming.
OK,
don't worry if you are confused about any of that vocabulary
because we're going to dive into it right now in our vocabulary breakdown.
So these are some expressions that are quite specific to Scotland.