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

【话匣子英语】旅行中的故事

今天这期讨论的是旅行中的故事 This episode were all here sharing our favourite stories from some of our journeys abroad. Andrew talks about an interesting place he visited outside Berlin, Harp tells us about her search for tigers, and Ma

【话匣子英语】开车

当你开车的时候，最烦什么呢。最烦后座有个老司机对你指指点点，这样很容易令人感到反感。 Harp: Can you drive a manual car? Maura: To be honest, I learned a little probably a little bit, probably about 10 or 15 ye

【话匣子英语】一些与地方有关的英文表达

毛拉和哈皮讨论的是，英语中有很多与地点有关的英文表达。 Harp: Lets look at some space-related idioms. Maura: So, the first one is Are you from Mars? Harp: No, Im not from Mars. Im from Earth. Maura: So, you might get asked i

【话匣子英语】约会

传统的约会方式现在还流行吗，人们是否更偏向于网上交友呢 Harp: So those are some traditional ways where we find people to date. Maura: Right, but more and more people take classes, and they work, and of course they have frien

【话匣子英语】小吃

加拿大的小吃都有什么呢 Maura: Yeah, so at convenience stores you can definitely buy big bags of potato chips or small bags, which is really a snack size.. Harp: Yup, exactly. You again have so many different flavours ketchup, barbecue, sou

英语博客-北美风情 114、Are you seeing anyone?

图片1 Are you single or dating someone? Are you in a relationship, but remember your days of dating? This is a fun episode with Harp and Maura talking about dating in North America. They talk about dating rules, some of their own experiences, and r

英语博客-北美风情 185、Starting from scratch

Heres another Catch Word episode! This one focuses on expressions with the word scratch . We look at to start from scratch , to scratch the surface , and to make something from scratch . Scratch in these expressions talks about starting at the beginn

英语博客-北美风情 219 I’ve got you wrapped around my finger

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

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 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 136、Christmas Questions.....

图片1 Happy Holidays wherever you are! This year we asked what people wanted to know about the holiday season in Canada and we got some questions! In this episode, Harp and Maura answer these questions, talking about clementines and whether Christm

【话匣子英语】哈皮去印度的旅行

哈皮去印度旅行归来，哈皮说印度的购物方式和北美是完全不同的，到底不同在什么地方呢 Sample transcript Maura: And what is shopping like in India? Harp: Oh it is fantastic. It is completely different from North Amer

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 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 57、Culture: Facebook

图片1 Have you already heard of Facebook? Are you already on Facebook? Facebook is a very popular website and so we wanted to tell you a little bit about it, in case you dont know about it. It is fun to use and helps you stay connected to people yo

好听的英文歌曲：The Good Kind - The Wreckers

The Good Kind The Wreckers by Michelle Branch Jessica Harp Do you wanna run away together? I would say it was your best line ever Too bad i fell for it And i walked alone Waiting for you to come along Take my tortured heart by the hand And write me o

【话匣子英语】圣诞节

Sample Dialogue: Harp: So I never had mistletoe at my house but I have always seen it in TV. Can you describe to me what it is? Maura: Sure, it is a small plant and it has green leaves and little white berries and yeah I had one at my house when I wa

【话匣子英语】电影黑暗骑士

Sample transcript Harp: Did you watch the first one of this series, the Batman Begins? Maura: Nope, not even. Harp: Oh, that was a very good one. Maura: Oh really? Harp: Really good, its the only superhero that Ive ever liked. Maura: Well youll proba

【话匣子英语】大学校园生活（2）

Sample transcript Maura: In this episode we are continuing on the theme of university life and Harp, give us a little introduction on your university and college days. Harp: Ok, so mine was different from yours in that I went to a 2-year community co