When and how do you use these formal titles for females? Should you call every woman Mrs.? Miss or Ms.? Ms. Maura and Ms.Harp will tell you here.

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(33) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Harp and Maura love talking about the weather and so they devoted a whole Culips episode to it! They talk about weather-related terms and share memories they have connected to the weather. If you want to make small talk about weather, listen

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

This episode were talking about moments that people usually dont like to talk about their embarrassing ones! We go over some things that embarrass most people, like flying low. Then we discuss how people react to the moments, like turning red or brus

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 As Harp and Robin explain in this episode, to tear a strip off someone, is to get very upset at them and to express that emotion in a very harsh and angry way. This could involve yelling or screaming, or just very angry, mean words. As you ca

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Harp recently had a chat with Adam, a friend of Culips, when he was staying in Montreal. Adam currently lives in Japan and was back in Canada for a short time visiting before returning to Japan. While he was here we talked to him about his ex

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Some movies and television shows can be very tense and dramatic, and weve got a handful of expressions to talk about them. This episodes all about the exciting things we see on screen or read in books that keep us wanting to know more and make us anx

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Who doesnt like to play games? Weve got an episode for you all about board games, which ones are popular in Canada and which ones Harp and Maura have memories of playing. Have you heard of The Game of Life? Do you know Monopoly? Listen and learn here

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

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

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(34) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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.

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(32) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

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

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(34) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Americans are not just shopping online. They are buying pricey items on the Web. Nearly 3 out of 10 online shoppers in the United States have bought a product that costs a thousand dollars or more. That is according to an NPR/Mari

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

图片1 Its one week until Valentines Day and to get you in the mood for love we are uploading our episode a week early! Maura talks a bit about the history of Valentines Day to start and then we listen to a REAL conversation between Robin and Harp a

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Everyone eats, but we all have different habits and favorite foods. The food you eat is often cultural. In this episode Harp and Maura try to explain what Canadian food is. They also talk about comfort food and what typical North American com

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情