Name: Real-Life English Podcasts | The weekend | Episode 010 Swim faster
Uploaded: 2026-03-25T02:38:59.000Z
Duration: 12 min 28 s
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So we're going to be talking about swimming and, well, it's a very popular sport, right?

So this is another lesson in our sports series.

So why don't we preview some of the language we'll find in the dialogue?

So you must use the wind to push you forward.

Now let's take a look at our other word, anchor.

But you don't pronounce the C-H as you normally would, right?

Another one of these really difficult, uh, to spell English words.

So you don't say anchor, you would say anchor.

Well, when anchor is used as a noun, it means the hook that you throw over the boat into the water,

and it keeps you staying in the same place.

So you—so to throw the anchor into the water, you would just say to anchor the boat.

But now let's listen to our dialogue for the first time.

Well, we've got two friends here who are sailing in their boat,

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Real-Life English Podcasts | The weekend | Episode 010 Swim faster

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