英语博客-北美风情 23、Can you do me a favour?

图片1 Can you do me a favour? Rich has had an accident and needs some help from a friend. In this episode, he calls Chris and asks him for a favour. (In Canada favour is spelled with a u. For other spelling differences, check out our glossary.) Ric

英语博客-北美风情 107、Languages are always evolving

图片1 Languages are always evolving and changing. Here we look at a pretty modern trend in English, which is to make new words by blending two words together. Sometimes these two words have similar meanings, and sometimes they have opposite meaning

英语博客-北美风情 106、Expression: Over the hill

图片1 This expression is a funny way of saying that someone is old. To be over the hill means that someone is old, and so not able to do things that they used to do. You might see this expression on birthday cards or hear it in movies. This express

英语博客-北美风情 103、We are going to pump you up!

图片1 Everyone at Culips is especially pumped because the summer weather has arrived in Montreal. So, we thought we would make an episode all about feeling excited and full of energy! Here we look at the expressions of pumped up, fired up, stoked,

英语博客-北美风情 101、Slang: Let’s bounce

图片1 In this episode, we explain many slang expressions to say Lets leave. These expressions are strange and funny. Knowing these expressions can help you in your listening comprehension. If you choose to use any of the expressions they should onl

英语博客-北美风情 212、Buying a home according to Harp

If youve ever bought a home, you know just how complicated it can be. And if you never have, heres your chance to learn about the process in English! Harp recently bought a condo, and in this episode, she tells us all about how she was looking for a

英语博客-北美风情 210、Maura’s road trip

Have you ever gone on a long trip in the car? If you have, youve been on a road trip! This summer, Maura is going on a road trip across Canada and the United States. In this episode, Harp interviews Maura about the upcoming trip. Listen to find out w

英语博客-北美风情 194、Sports In Canada

Heres another episode requested by some of our listeners. The athletes out there were curious about sports in Canada. What sports do people play? Which sports are popular to watch? Is hockey really as popular as people think? In this episode, Harp an

英语博客-北美风情 184、Public Speaking

Most people feel nervous about public speaking, and its a difficult thing to do in any language. Greta, one of our listeners, suggested this idea for an episode and we went with it! Harp and Maura talk about their own experiences with public speaking

英语博客-北美风情 193、Back to the drawing board

This episode is about expressions used when starting something again. Sometimes when problems arise, we have to go back to the beginning to start again and do better. You might have to go back to the drawing board because a project had some mistakes.

英语博客-北美风情 196、Multiculturalism in Canada

Heres another episode suggested by a Culips listener. Compared to other countries, Canada is pretty new and very multicultural. Harp and Maura talk about how multiculturalism works in Canada and share their own family backgrounds. Where is Mauras fam

英语博客-北美风情 152、Making small talk

图片1 There are so many different kinds of conversation to have! Small talk is the simple kind of conversation that people often have with others that they dont know very well. In this episode, we give examples of what you can talk about to break t

英语博客-北美风情 62、Slang: Get Down

图片1 Get down is very important for you to know if you like to party! If you like to go out to the club and dance you will hear this expression! Or if you like to listen to dance music, it is fun to know all the slang for dancing. This episode we

英语博客-北美风情 215、Never look a gift horse in the mouth

You cant always get what you want, but you should appreciate what is given to you. This episode is about accepting what people give you and not being critical, even if it is not exactly what you wanted. We have some very old expressions in English to

英语博客-北美风情 214、Maura’s road trip: What actually happened

This past July, Culips podcast host Maura took a road trip west through the United States, into the Rocky Mountains, and then east back across Canada. Before she left, she shared her plans in the Culips episode Mauras Road Trip, and now shes back wit

英语博客-北美风情 213、Birds of a feather flock together

Do you know anyone else just like you? Sometimes we see two people who act or look or even think alike. It happens often enough that weve even got some expressions in English for it! The next time you see two people who look a lot alike, you can tell

英语博客-北美风情 129、Snack time!

图片1 Our eating habits around the world are so different, from the food to eat, to the time we eat, to what we eat. But no matter where you are or where youre from, you snack! In this episode Maura and Harp talk about popular snack habits in Canad

英语博客-北美风情 123、Would you ever butter someone

图片1 Have you ever needed something from someone a lot? Maybe you needed someone to do something for you so much that you buttered them up first. Do you know someone who is a sweet talker and often gets what they want? Or would you kiss someones b

英语博客-北美风情 124、Working for a Living

图片1 Are you working right now? Are you thinking about coming to Canada to work? Are you going to working one day? I think thats about everybody! Listen to this episode to find out about working in Canada. Harp and Maura talk about what it is like

英语博客-北美风情 125、We hope that you are ...

图片1 In this episode we are talking about expressions used to mean that you like something or someone. We look at the popular expressions to be into or to be crazy about something or someone. We also look at to be big on something or to be a big s