Bonus episode #127 – Special delivery

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this week's bonus episode, Andrew shares his experience receiving a surprise care package from San Francisco. While unpacking delicious American treats with his wife, he reflects on his own journey with homesickness in South Korea and how care packages helped him adjust to life abroad. Listen as Andrew humorously describes his weakness for peanut butter cups and why his wife had to become the official "snack manager" in their house.

How this episode will improve your English:

* Listening practice: Get better at understanding English by following Andrew's story. Practice understanding natural, conversational English as he shares personal experiences and memories.
* Vocabulary building: Learn useful vocabulary related to living abroad like "care package," "homesickness," "non-perishable," "expat," and "self-control." Expand your word bank with terms commonly used when discussing cultural differences and international living.
* Idioms and expressions: Pick up natural English expressions like "the odds are," "work up an appetite," "pig out," and "leave someone in the lurch." Understand how these idioms are used in context and add them to your own speech.
* Cultural understanding: Learn about care packages, a common practice in Western cultures for showing care to loved ones living far away.
* Pronunciation practice: Listen to the correct pronunciation of new words and phrases. Practice copying Andrew's natural speech patterns to improve your own pronunciation and fluency.
* 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
* 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 127 of the Culeups English podcast. How is it going?
0:07.4	My name is Andrew. I will be your host and your English study buddy for this English study session.
0:13.5	What we do here in our bonus episodes is I tell you some stories from my everyday life.
0:18.9	I'm a Canadian who lives abroad in Seoul, South Korea,
0:22.1	and I hope that by listening to my stories, you will be able to Big Bee. This is the goal of
0:27.4	the bonus episode series. Big Bee stands for, build your fluency, increase your cultural
0:32.4	knowledge, grow your vocabulary, and become a clearer and more fluent and better, all of these good words,
0:39.8	English communicator. So really, we want to help you level up your English skills. I'm going to do
0:44.9	my best to help you achieve that goal. And so if those are your goals, if that's what you're
0:50.2	looking to do with your English, then you're in the right place. And I hope you will enjoy today's story. Speaking of today's story, I'm going to share with you about a sweet
1:00.7	care package that my wife and I received in the mail this week. I'm also going to talk a little bit
1:06.8	about what it's like to live in a foreign country and the homesickness that I've experienced
1:12.7	in my life. As I reflected back on my years abroad here in Korea, I realized that there were three
1:19.8	specific types of homesickness that I have encountered. And so I'm going to talk a little bit about
1:26.0	that and talk about this sweet, awesome,
1:28.7	amazing care package that we received in the mail this week. But before I do that, I want to let
1:34.1	you know that there is a 100% free interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary to accompany
1:40.5	this episode. You can get them just by following the link in the description. It works
1:45.7	great on computer, on mobile, on tablet, and I think it's a really, really useful study tool.
1:51.8	So if you haven't checked out the interactive transcript yet, what are you waiting for?
1:56.2	Click that link and take a look at it. Also, if you are a Culeps member, then we'll give you a comprehension
2:03.0	quiz as well. So you can test and see how much you are able to understand from this story
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