Saving the planet seems to be a topic that we hear about more and more. Environmental policies are often a political topic, and they especially are in Canada. In this episode, Andrew and Maura talk about our impact on the environment and what people

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 In this episode we look at verbs and nouns with the word turn; Turn on, turn off, turn up, and turn down! When we add a different preposition on the end the meaning changes and here we talk about all their meanings. So turn on this episode an

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Over the years, some friends come and go, but others last a lifetime. This week at Culips, were talking about friends. First, we talk about childhood friendships and what that can be like, and we also talk about making friends as an adult, which can

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Do you wish that everything could be easy? In this episode, we talk about expressions to describe something that is easy and simple. You can use these expressions to talk about a test or even just finding your way to a new destination. After listenin

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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

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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

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Nowadays, people are constantly in contact with media, and advertising is everywhere! This inspired us to make a Culips episode talking all about it. Do you still read the newspaper? Do commercials bother you as much as they bother Maura and Harp? Ce

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Before we had e-mail, the popular way to exchange written messages was by sending letters through snail mail. Canadas postal service recently went through a period when they werent delivering mail, which inspired us to create this episode. We talk ab

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Happy New Year! Today were bringing you an episode where we look back at the past year at Culips and also forward into 2012. (The year 2012 can be said as two thousand and twelve or twenty-twelve.) In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about changes i

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

This episode is all about gaining experience. We look at three different kinds of expressions relating to everything from having no experience to mastering a new skill. As always, we give you lots of explanations and examples, and tell you about the

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图片1 The expression when pigs fly is used when people talk about something they would never do, or some event that would never happen. It is a very old expression, and no one knows why we talk about pigs! We can also use the similar expression, wh

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Youve already heard our interview with Harp, now heres the interview with Maura! How much do you know about Maura already? Do you know which countries she visited when she travelled around Europe? Do you know in which country she taught English? Set

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People love stories, especially stories with secret information in them. In this episode, we talk about expressions that people use when they telling a story, whether its true or possibly not. These stories might be told by a person who heard it dire

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Some people are able to control others. This could happen because one person really likes another person, because they want to make a good impression, or because they have been manipulated by the other person. When one person is under another persons

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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

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图片1 Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Do you know this expression? Its a good one for kids to know. Check it out and other definitions like the one below in this episode!

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Linda has started her new job and meets one of her new colleagues. What can you say when you meet someone new? It is the best time to make a first impression, so lets listen to what Alice and Linda talk about here.

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图片1 Do you have all English idioms down cold? If you dont know every English idiom, listen to this podcast to learn a couple more. The question this week is about the expression to have something down cold.

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Of course we all need to push some buttons to turn on a computer or our MP3 players. But to push someones buttons has a very different meaning from that literal meaning. In fact, its usually not a good idea to push someones buttons! In this e

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