Bonus episode #125 – The perfect crime

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this week's bonus episode, Andrew tells a funny yet unfortunate tale about some bad luck that he and his wife both experienced with their favorite gadgets at almost the same time! You'll hear about exactly what happened, the lessons they learned, and how they dealt with it all.

How this episode will improve your English:

* Listening practice: Follow a real-life story filled with natural speech. Practice understanding a longer, detailed narrative about everyday challenges.
* Vocabulary building: Learn useful tech and household vocabulary like “frequency,” “static,” “routine,” and “vicinity.” Master words you might encounter in conversations about gadgets and home life.
* Idioms and expressions: Pick up natural expressions like “pump up,” “crime of opportunity,” and “a baddie.” Learn how English speakers talk about responsibility, accidents, and routines in casual language.
* Speaking skills: 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
* Simplified Speech 201 - Audiobooks
* Join the Culips Discord server
* Small-group discussion class schedule (member only)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to bonus episode number 125 of the Culeps English podcast.
0:06.6	My name's Andrew. I will be your host and your English study buddy for today. I hope you're
0:11.5	doing well. In this episode, I'm going to tell you about a kind of funny and sad story that
0:17.5	ironically happened to me and happened to my wife at the same time. Actually, they're two
0:22.8	totally different disconnected stories, but in a weird way, they're actually connected. So I hope
0:30.4	you'll enjoy this story and I'll get started with it in just a moment. But before I do, I want to
0:35.7	introduce what our bonus episodes are all about.
0:39.0	So as I said, my name's Andrew and I'm a Canadian English teacher who's currently based
0:43.7	out of Seoul, South Korea. And in our bonus episode series, what I do is I tell you some
0:48.8	stories from my life. And I hope that by listening to these stories, you will be able to Big B, B-I-G-B.
0:56.7	That is our motto for this series and it's an acronym. It stands for build your fluency,
1:03.1	increase your cultural knowledge, grow your vocabulary and ultimately become a clearer and
1:09.4	better communicator.
1:14.0	So if you are interested in big being,
1:15.6	then you're in the right place, and I'm going to try and help you achieve that goal with this series.
1:20.2	And to accompany this episode,
1:22.1	there's a 100% free interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary that you can get just by clicking the link
1:29.2	in the description for this episode. And if you're a Culeps member, well, then we're also going to
1:35.0	give you a comprehension quiz so you can check how much you are able to understand from listening
1:40.3	to this episode. Now, speaking of Culeps membership, guys, I want to give a shout out to
1:46.0	all of our Culeps members out there. We love you guys. The Culeps member community is what supports
1:51.7	the work that we do here at Culeps. It allows us to keep making English lessons each and every week.
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