Bonus episode #116 – Whale of a time

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🗓️ 8 September 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew talks about his recent trip to Canada, focusing on his visit to Victoria, British Columbia. He describes his journey from Vancouver to Victoria by ferry, a whale-watching adventure with his wife and an old friend, and a barbecue party with his former bandmates. Andrew shares details about seeing orca and humpback whales, visiting Race Rocks to observe sea lions and seals, and an unexpected change of plans due to COVID-19.

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

* Listening practice: You'll get to hear a native English speaker tell a detailed story about his travel experiences and reunions with friends. This helps improve your understanding of spoken English, especially in story form.
* New vocabulary: Learn words and phrases related to travel, marine life, and social gatherings.
* Useful expressions: Understand common English idioms and colloquialisms such as "hightail it," "spitting fire," "give someone their flowers," and "call it a night" in context.
* Canadian culture: Learn about popular tourist activities in British Columbia, Canadian wildlife, and social customs like summer barbecues.
* Pronunciation: Listen to the correct pronunciation of everyday English words, place names, and wildlife-related vocabulary, which you can practice yourself.
* English speaking practice: Join discussions with other listeners on the Culips Discord server for additional speaking practice.

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

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Bonus episode number 116 of the Kuleps English
0:05.4	podcast called Whale of the Time. The title for this episode is related to what I'm
0:12.4	going to talk about a little bit later on my main story. for this
0:15.0	title for this episode is related to what I'm gonna talk about a little bit later on my main story for this episode is whale watching
0:17.0	but I thought I would introduce this idiom to you in the title
0:21.0	to have a whale of a time is an English idiomatic expression which means to have an
0:27.1	awesome or amazing time. You know whales are really really really big animals, right?
0:32.8	So if you have a whale of a time, it means like the time that you had is so good and so gigantic,
0:38.6	just big and huge like a whale.
0:41.1	So that's an expression for you, right off the start of this episode and the title for this one
0:46.2	A Whale of a Time. As I mentioned I'll tell you that story a little bit later for the main story of this episode but before I do that I want to
0:54.5	introduce myself my name is Andrew and I will be your host and your English
0:59.3	study buddy for this episode and what we do here in our bonus episode series is I just
1:06.1	tell you some stories from my everyday life and I hope that by listening to these
1:10.3	stories you will be able to Big B.
1:12.8	Big B is the motto for this series, the Bonus Episode Series, and it's an acronym.
1:19.4	It stands for B, build your fluency, I increase your cultural knowledge, G grow your vocabulary, and the final B is become
1:29.6	a better and clearer communicator in English. So those are the goals that I'm trying to help you achieve and if you're ready to try and achieve those with me, then hop on a board. You're in the right place and we'll do it together.
1:43.0	Before we get started with the main story though, I do want to let you know that there's a free interactive
1:48.4	transcript and vocabulary glossary available.
1:51.5	You can get it just by following the link in the description for this episode and I hope you'll find these tools
1:57.6	useful and helpful for your study and also if you are a QLops member then there is a comprehension quiz that will provide for you as well.
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