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Bonus episode #114 – Osaka was awesome

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 β€’ 968 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 25 August 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Episode description:
In this episode, Andrew recaps his recent 48-hour trip to Osaka, Japan. He shares his experiences from the first-ever Culips meetup, his shopping adventures for running shoes and vinyl records, and his nighttime run around Osaka Castle. Andrew also describes his encounters with local cuisine, an exceptional coffee shop, and the challenges of exercising in Japan's summer heat.








This episode will help you improve your English in the following ways:

* Listening comprehension: Practice understanding a native English speaker as he gives a detailed account of his travel experiences.
* Vocabulary building: Learn new words and expressions related to travel, shopping, and running, such as "layover," "hustle and bustle," "tax-free plan," and "running crews."
* Idioms: Understand and learn useful English idioms like "put some faces to the community," "all set for," and "it is what it is" used in context.
* Pronunciation: Hear the correct pronunciation of everyday English, which you can then practice on your own.
* English speaking practice: Join discussions with other listeners on the Culips Discord server for additional speaking practice.

Important links:

* Become a Culips member
* Study with the interactive transcript
* Join the Culips Discord server
* Small-group discussion class schedule (member only)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Last month in Bonus Episode 112 I talked to you about the three things that I wanted to do

0:07.1

during a trip to Osaka Japan and guys I'm back in Seoul I went to Osaka and then I went to Canada and now finally I am back here in Seoul my home base and in this episode I'm going to talk to you about that little slice of my trip. I spent three days in Osaka. I had an awesome time and I'm going to tell you all about it in this episode and then probably in the next three four five episodes into the future I'll tell you about

0:36.9

the rest of my trip in Canada because I had an absolutely amazing time it was a wonderful summer vacation. I do have to apologize last week. I wasn't able to upload a bonus episode and that's just because I was traveling back here to Korea and I thought that I might be able to get an episode out, but I wasn't really able to.

0:57.6

There was more travel than I was expecting and I was tired from the jet lag and all of those things.

1:02.4

So I apologize for that, but I'm back and I feel

1:07.1

refreshed and renewed and recharged. I was able to do so many things and I have so many great stories that I'm going to tell you guys over the next few weeks here.

1:16.7

So please look forward to that but in this episode which is Bonus episode 114 I'm going to tell you yeah about some of the things that I got up to during my time in Osaka

1:29.0

Before I get started with my story let me introduce myself my name is Andrew I'm the host here of the

1:34.8

Qulips English podcast and what I do in our bonus episodes is I just tell you some

1:39.6

stories from my everyday life as a Canadian guy who does live abroad in Seoul, South Korea, and I hope that by

1:46.6

listening to these stories you will be able to Big Bee.

1:49.7

That is our series slogan, and it stands for build your fluency, increase your cultural

1:56.7

knowledge, grow your vocabulary and become a better and a clearer

2:01.4

communicator. So if those are your goals with your English studies then,

2:05.2

I think you will be able to benefit from learning with this series. And of course there is a 100% free interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary

2:14.8

available to everyone and you can get those awesome learning tools just by

2:19.4

clicking the link in the description for this episode.

2:23.8

Okay, and two announcements here for you

2:26.5

that I want to share and I have to grab my phone

2:29.8

for the first one is I want to

2:34.3

I don't remember all the details to everything all the time so let me read off

2:38.0

my phone and the first announcement is I want a promo and tell you about our discussion classes that we have coming up this week.

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