Today on ‘Wellbeing English Impulse: Episode 2: fads or trends’, Annie and Clare talk about the differences between a fad and a trend and discuss some of the more interesting exercise fads happening today. Listen to the podcast below and then check out some of the vocabulary and expressions used in today’s episode.
VOCABULARY
Fad
- a popular activity that lasts for a short period of time.
- Fidget spinners where the biggest fad a couple of years ago.
- It can be difficult for companies to stay up to date with all the new fads for consumers.
Trend
- a more general change or development in people’s behavior.
- Today, there is a trend towards using influencers to promote products instead of using more traditional means.
- Online learning is a growing trend that has lasted years, whereas the ice-bucket challenge was just a fad.
Infused
- to cause something to be filled with the quality of something else.
- The tea is infused with lemon and rose petals.
- The speech she made was infused with hope and optimism.
EXPRESSIONS
Spread like gossip
- When something is disseminated in a rapid way, similar to casual or scandalous talk about people.
- If you tell Jenny anything it will spread like gossip, so keep it to yourself right now.
- This is not something that we can have spread like gossip.
Third time’s a charm
- An idiom used to say that the third attempt at something will be more successful than the previous two attempts.
- I know you weren’t happy about the last two presentations you did, but don’t lose hope – third time’s a charm.
- He didn’t pass his driver’s test the first two times, but you never know – third time is a charm.
ENGLISH IMPULSE PODCAST
Now that you have listened to ‘Wellbeing English Impulse: Episode 2: fads or trends’, have a listen to more of our other episodes:
Wellbeing English Impulse: Episode 1: Sleep or lack there of
Business English Impulse: Episode 2: How to join a conversation
