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

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 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 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 113、Do you usually try to look...

图片1 When you find yourself in a bad situation, do you try to look on the bright side? If your friend gets some bad news, have you ever said: Every cloud has a silver lining? When life gives you lemons, do you make lemonade? In this episode, we ar

英语博客-北美风情 126、Air travel

图片1 Everyone at Culips is a traveler. And if you are learning English, then maybe you also like to visit other countries and experience different cultures. Taking airplanes is part of the fun of traveling, and there is lots of special vocabulary

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 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 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 19、Vocabulary: Wave

图片1 Hey! Over here! Were over here! We are waving at you so you look over here! This weeks word is wave and all of its different meanings. Listen in and see if you are on the same wavelength as us.

英语博客-北美风情 37、Culture: Birthday Parties

图片1 In honour of Harp and Mauras birthdays we decided to do a podcast about birthdays! In this episode, we talk about birthday parties (mostly for kids and teenagers) and what activities are a usually part of them. We also talk about the special

英语博客-北美风情 48、Expression: Call it a day

图片1 Here we look at a question about the expressions, Lets call it a day and Lets call it a night. These expressions are used often after work has been done or you are feeling tired. Listen to this episode for specific cases of when these express

英语博客-北美风情 49、Are you getting Cold Feet?

图片1 Have you ever had cold feet? As an expression this is not actually connected to the temperature of your feet! If you have cold feet it means that you are not sure about a big decision. You are reconsidering that decision and you are not certa

英语博客-北美风情 51、Expression: Pig out!

图片1 Everyone likes to pig out sometimes! We usually pig out at parties or on special occasions. But sometimes we dont need a special excuse to pig out. To pig out is related to food and eating. To understand exactly when and how to use listen to

英语博客-北美风情 53、Culture: Love At First Sight

图片1 Happy Valentines Day! In this episode we are talking about the phenomenon of falling in love at first sight. Actually Robin and Harp are continuing their conversation from last episode and Maura explains some of the expressions they use. Youl

英语博客-北美风情 55、Expression: Plan B

图片1 Sometimes we have a plan to do something and it does not work. In that case we need to plan something different, and that is when we use this expression. If you want to listen to this podcast, but your internet is not working, you will have t

英语博客-北美风情 77、To put your foot in your mouth

图片1 Sometimes we embarrass ourselves by saying something stupid. You can say, I embarrassed myself by saying something stupid or you can say I put my foot in my mouth. In this episode we look at that expression and also to make a fool of myself.

英语博客-北美风情 68、Expression: Get it over with

图片1 Sometimes studying another language is really hard. We wish we could just get it over with and speak the language well. That is todays expression to get something over with. We usually use this expression when we have an obligation to do some

英语博客-北美风情 79、Expression: Wing it

图片1 At Culips, we plan our episodes in advance, we dont just wing it. You can be specific and say that people can wing presentations or speeches, or you can simply say wing it. When you are not prepared, but you have to do something, you should t

英语博客-北美风情 14、Blind Date part 2

图片1 Jen gets mixed up and Rick is a couch potato! Do you already know these funny expressions? After finding out about Jens date in part 1 of Catching Up, she asks Rick about his night. Find out what is new with him.