Listen "A British Sunday dinner"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, we’re back home on a Sunday afternoon.You can smell roast potatoes in the air, hear gravy bubbling on the stove, see steam on the windows. Someone’s shouting for more Yorkshire puddings from the other room.I talk about my memories of the British Sunday roast - a meal that’s part of our national story.This episode is all about tradition, comfort, and how this meal changed over time, from big feasts in castles to factory families to vegan gravy in a French bar on a rainy day.If you’ve ever missed the taste of a meal from home, this one’s for you!🧠 Today We Learn:Vocabulary: Food & Cooking, Sensory Description & Texture, Phrasal Verbs & Idioms, History & CultureGrammar: Causatives (make someone do something, let someone do something) to show that one person causes another person to do something (or allows them to), So + adjective + that to shows a strong result caused by a quality and adds emotional or dramatic emphasis, Zero and First Conditionals (including some no-“if” versions) to talk about general truths (zero) or real future possibilities (first).✨ Get this episode’s transcript: https://www.patreon.com/posts/136038150📲 Follow me, Get transcripts, Book a class with me: https://linktr.ee/jamesbradleyenglish😎 Too easy? Search:“Everyday English with James” (advanced)🐣 Too difficult? Search:“Beginner English with James” (beginner)
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