英语博客-北美风情 119、Urban Legends, Old Wives’ T

图片1 In this episode we are talking about interesting, funny, and strange beliefs in North American culture. Robin and Maura share a couple scary stories that they have known since they were kids. They also review popular old wives tales like, An

英语博客-北美风情 109、Baby talk

图片1 Babies are special little people that have vocabulary special to them. In this episode, we look at vocabulary for before the baby gets here, when the mother is in labour, and after the baby is born and starts to grow. Do you know what a onesi

英语博客-北美风情 108、It happened out of the blue!

图片1 Sometimes life is unpredictable and things happen out of the blue. Sometimes people say things that seem to come from out of nowhere. In situations like this you might react by saying, Where did that come from?, or I didnt see that coming. Yo

英语博客-北美风情 26、Vocabulary: Grumpy, Grouchy, I

图片1 In this episode we talk about being grumpy and other words with the same meaning. We are not usually grumpy people, so we act out some examples for you. Here is one below:

英语博客-北美风情 31、Idiom: Are you eavesdropping?

图片1 When you listen to our Culips podcast, are you eavesdropping? No, you arent because that would be rude. What is eavesdropping? It is a special kind of listening. In this episode, we explain the word eavesdropping and overhearing. Listen here!

英语博客-北美风情 253 Working around the clock

The expressions in this weeks episode are used when people get really focused on things or need to continuously work at something. Its like these people are doing it all the time, and nothing else! These expressions are often used to exaggerate that

英语博客-北美风情 248 To dot your i’s and cross your t’s

At Culips, we always try to focus on the details and get everything right for you! The expressions in this episode are used to talk about analyzing and examining things, checking for information, or making sure that everything is perfect. Of course,

英语博客-北美风情 251 Introducing Emily

Were really happy to know Emily, so that we could interview her and bring her stories to you! Shes done a lot of nursing work in other countries, including the United States and Chad. Because of this, she has many interesting stories to share. Listen

英语博客-北美风情 252 Meet Andrew, the new Culips co-host

We have some very, very exciting new at Culips: Weve added a new co-host to our team! Now, along with Maura and Harp, youll hear Andrews voice too. Hes got lots of experience and training in teaching languages, and hes travelled a bunch too! Hes also

英语博客-北美风情 250 Trying to make ends meet

Some people have a lot of money and some people have only a little bit. This episode focuses on expressions that people use when they are talking about trying not to spend money, often because they dont have very much. There are people who pinch penn

英语博客-北美风情 63、Expression: Cut to the chase

图片1 When someone is telling you a story with a lot of little details and you want them to get to the main point, you can say cut to the chase. This expression is used with friends when you want them to cut to the most interesting part of the stor

英语博客-北美风情 247 Getting educated in Canada

A big thank you to Carlos for asking us about education in Canada! This episode is all about that very subject. Harp and Maura talk about the Canadian public school system, and outline what college and university are in Canada. They also talk about t

英语博客-北美风情 255 An interview with Alexandre

In this episode, you get to meet Alexandre. Thats a French name. He speaks English and French, and is from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. In todays episode, we talk about Acadian culture, growing up Anglophone and Francophone, and enjoying del

英语博客-北美风情 30、Culture: Living Off Campus

图片1 This is our new podcast Chatterbox! Here we talk about everything cultural. This is Part 2 about University Life. In this episode Harp talks about living off campus, what she liked and what she didnt like. Harp liked her moms homecooking but

英语博客-北美风情 153、Homeowners!

图片1 Buying a home can be a very different process depending on where in the world you would like to buy one. Find out about buying one in Canada is like! Harp talks about buying a home in this episode, and discusses types of homes and how to pay

英语博客-北美风情 244 Like water off a duck’s back

When someone says something negative or critical about you, sometimes it can bother or upset you. But its important not to take things like this too personally, just like this weeks expression: like water off a ducks back. In this episode, we look at

英语博客-北美风情 245 Customer service

Everyone likes to get good customer service, but we dont always get it. In this episode, we talk about tipping (where, when, and how much), and about how to handle a situation when the service was not so good. Harp and Maura also share their own pers

英语博客-北美风情 246 The numbers are skyrocketing

What goes up must come down! Things are always changing in todays world, and thats why we decided to make an episode about things going up and going down. Especially in the news, we often hear about increases and decreases, and they use lots of diffe

英语博客-北美风情 90、Tips on studying abroad

图片1 Rita is back! We previously interviewed Rita at Culips but decided to do it again because it was a popular episode, and because Rita has started her own business helping out international students who are interested in coming to Montreal. In

英语博客-北美风情 3、Culture Shock!

图片1 In this episode Jen and Chris meet up in a crowded caf to discuss Chriss latest adventure. He is Canadian and has just come back from an exciting trip to Tokyo. They discuss about Chriss experiences in another country and culture. Here we exp