Bonus episode #133 – Not so fast

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this week’s bonus episode, Andrew shares a story about how his New Year’s plans took an unexpected turn. After a fun trip to Canada, he returned to South Korea feeling under the weather. Despite his plans to start the year with a bang, he spent the first few days battling jet lag and coming down with something. Andrew also talks about celebrating New Year’s Eve with his wife and gives us a glimpse of his gift exchange. As you listen, you’ll learn useful English expressions like “coming down with something” and “start with a bang,” while improving your vocabulary, fluency, and listening skills.

Save 25% off a yearly Culips membership until January 15th: click here.

How this episode will improve your English:

* Listening: Hear natural, everyday English as Andrew shares a personal story about his New Year’s experience in a clear, easy-to-understand way.
* New vocabulary: Learn words and phrases about winter, feeling sick, and celebrating holidays.
* Idioms and expressions: Understand common expressions like "rest up," "work up an appetite," and "sometimes life throws you a curveball.”
* Pronunciation: Listen to Andrew’s rhythm and intonation, then practice speaking along to improve your fluency and confidence.
* Speaking: 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

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to bonus episode number 133 of the Culep's English podcast.
0:07.1	How is it going? I hope you're doing better than me.
0:10.2	Maybe you can hear in my voice that I have a little bit of a cold and I'll talk about that in a moment.
0:15.4	But I hope you're doing well.
0:17.1	Great to be back here with you for another bonus episode.
0:20.7	If you're new to our series, I'll just
0:22.4	briefly outline what we do here in our bonus episodes. It's the place where I hang out with you
0:27.6	each and every week and I tell you some stories from my everyday life as a Canadian living abroad
0:33.4	in South Korea. And I hope that by listening to these real life stories of mine, you will be able
0:39.2	to build your English fluency and increase your cultural knowledge, grow your vocabulary,
0:45.8	and become a better and clear English communicator. We also give away 100% for free,
0:51.9	an interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary for all of our bonus episodes.
0:57.9	Plus, if you're a Culeps member, well, then we'll also give you a comprehension quiz so you can
1:03.6	test how much you are able to understand from the episode after studying with it.
1:09.2	And speaking of Culep's membership, guys, we have a terrific promotion
1:13.3	happening right now to celebrate the new year. We're offering a 25% discount on all yearly
1:20.7	Culeps memberships. Or if you're currently a Culep's member, you can also renew at this
1:26.9	discounted price or extend your membership at this
1:30.4	discounted price. Or maybe if you're a monthly member, you could change to a yearly membership
1:35.5	to save a lot of money as well. So you can sign up and become a member for only $79 for the
1:42.7	entire year, which is a terrific value.
1:45.8	You'll get access to all of our learning materials and study resources that we
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -38 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Culips English Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Culips English Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.