英语博客-北美风情 5、Catch Word #3 “Break”

图片1 There are also many verbs containing the work break. At Culips we always try to break expressions down for you; To break something down means to break it into smaller parts and explain it. Other break verbs in this episode for you include bre

英语博客-北美风情 6、Catching up Part 1

图片1 Have you caught up with a good friend lately? Tara and Fred have just met in a cafe and are telling each other whats new. Here, learn how to catch up in English with ease, and also hear some new expressions explained for you including over he

英语博客-北美风情 7、Appointment vs. Reservation

Do you have an appointment? Do you have a reservation? Whats the difference between these and when do we use them?

英语博客-北美风情 8、Catching Up Part 2

图片1 Tara and Fred havent seen each other in awhile. In this episode they continue their meeting in a cafe and catch up. And someone walks in on their boss in the washroom! Oh no, how embarrassing! Check out the explanations of all the new vocabul

英语博客-北美风情 9、Blind Date Part 1

图片1 Jen just went on a blind date and Rick tries to find out all the details. A blind date means that Jen and Rick did not know each other before. Learn how to talk about love in this episode. Were there sparks? Was there chemistry? This episode

英语博客-北美风情 10、Catch Word #4 “Put”

图片1 Where did you put your bag? Did you put it up or down? Or did you put it away? Here we are looking at the different meanings with the word put. Have you ever had to put up with a very boring English lesson? We hope not!

英语博客-北美风情 32、Ideas for Answering Machine Gr

图片1 How do I leave a greeting in English on my answering machine at work? There are standard messages and there are more special, funny ones. Listen to this podcast to hear professional messages and Harp and Maura sing!

英语博客-北美风情 144、It’s never good to steal...

图片1 This episode is about people taking attention for themselves, and the expressions we can use to talk about them! A person might steal another persons thunder by accident when they announce important news. Another person might give a great per

英语博客-北美风情 151、The Easter Bunny, Santa Claus

图片1 In todays episode, we talk about things that children across Canada and the US believe in. We thought of making this episode because Easters coming up soon. Wed love to hear what kind of beliefs that you had as children in your country. Did y

英语博客-北美风情 150、To bounce back

图片1 The expressions in this free Culips episode are used to give good news! They focus on recovering and being in good condition after a bad period. If a person or thing experiences a negative time they can bounce back, get back on their feet, or

英语博客-北美风情 149、Introducing Tom!

图片1 Introducing Tom! This weeks episode is an interview, where you can get to know Tom, the Montrealer who has also had a variety of experiences living abroad. We hear about his travels, and also what he loves about Montreal and his hobby of maki

英语博客-北美风情 148、I am dead tired

图片1 Have you ever felt exhausted at the end of a long hard day and just wanted to go to bed? Todays episode looks at expressions to say that you are very, very tired. There are so many ways we can say in English that were very tired, and here we

英语博客-北美风情 146、Another Canadian Winter

图片1 Its March, and winter is still not finished in Montreal and Canada. Since Harp and Maura love to talk about the weather they decided to devote an entire episode to discussing it. They talk about all the things people do during winter, how sno

英语博客-北美风情 145、Stress!!

图片1 Winter can be stressful and depressing for some people, especially in Canada. Today were going to talk about things people get stressed about and techniques for how to cope with stress. We also use and explain expressions associated with stre

英语博客-北美风情 143、Who doesn’t love a good boo

图片1 In this episode we are talking about books! Harp and Maura review some of their favourite books and talk about why they love them. Youll also hear about different kinds of books, book-to-movie-adaptations, and e-books, the latest trend in boo

英语博客-北美风情 142、Don’t cry over spilled milk

图片1 It is always good advice to accept things in the past that you cannot change, and thats what this episode is all about! Dont cry over spilled milk is an expression that warns against being stuck in the past too much. As usual, we look at diff

英语博客-北美风情 141、It’s like trying to find a

图片1 At some time in our lives we all lose something! Hopefully you can easily find it again. Other times it is very difficult to find what you have lost. This episode is about expressions that we can use when we have to look for our lost item tha

英语博客-北美风情 140、Gossip

图片1 People often like to talk about others. The stories that you tell about other people may be true or may not be true. This is when stories become gossip! There are many expressions related to gossip and we talk about some in this episode. So i

英语博客-北美风情 139、Are we on the same page?

图片1 Do you know someone who understands you? Does this person often agree with you or have the same ideas when you are working together? If this is the case, it sounds like you are both on the same page. In this episode we look at that expression

英语博客-北美风情 138、Shopping

图片1 Before Christmas people are shopping for presents to give to their loved ones. After Christmas people shop to find things for themselves on sale. Some people love to go to the mall all the time and others like to stay away. In this episode Ha