Hi everybody. I am Georgiana, your English teacher and founder of speak Englishpodcast.com. My mission is to help you to speak English fluently. In this episode, we're going to continue to learn virtues in English. Maybe we'll discover

that we possess those virtues by the end of the episode with a bit of luck. In the second part of

the show, you'll practice your English with a mini-story, with questions and answers

related to virtues. Remember that at speak-Englishpodcast.com, you can find the transcript of this

episode. Okay, in the previous episode, I talked about these four virtues.

Loyalty, sensitivity, serenity, and resilience. Today, we will look at four more virtues that I will further discuss and give examples.

We will all end up very virtuous.

Let's start.

Number one, gratitude.

Okay, this is a virtue that is lacking in our society.

It involves giving thanks, either in word or with an action.

That is, you can reciprocate with gratitude to someone

by helping them with something or by showing kindness, etc.

From the word gratitude, we get the word grateful.

Example. Pam has no gratitude towards her parents.

Her parents saved all their lives so she could go to college.

But she dropped out of college to travel the world with a backpack.

And while Pam surely has a great time, she has been very ungrateful towards her parents.

Let's look at the next one.

Number two, perseverance.

Well, this word, I think it's easy to remember.

It means to be persistent in some projects, which typically may take quite some time.

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