Hello and welcome to the English we speak where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers

so that you can use them too. I'm Fay Faye and I am Beth. How are you doing Faye? I'm very well. Thank you. The phrase we're looking at in this

program is second nature. I heard someone use it at work recently talking with a new colleague. He said,

although recording programs like this looks complicated, it quickly becomes

second nature. Yes, second nature.

Yes, second nature, that is a great expression.

So when something is second nature, it is so familiar to you that you can do it really easily without having to think about it.

I have a good example for this.

I had to learn how to use a computer and a mobile phone because when I was a child they didn't exist. However for my son

using technology like this will be second nature he's grown up with it. And now for

you using technology is second nature as well.

For your son he hasn't known life without a computer and mobile phones,

so it's really easy and obvious for him.

Now normally when we use this phrase second nature,

we start with the thing that is second nature.

Yes, that's right.

For example, using technology is second nature for my son.

Beth, what is second nature to you?

I would say driving a car, so I learned how to drive when I was 17 and I'm much older than 17 now so I've been

driving a car for many years I don't really need to think about it and I just do it it's second nature.

That does make you a very experienced driver.

Now here are some more examples of the expression second nature. So the first thing I do every day when I wake up is make a cup of coffee.

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