Bonus episode #136 – Onwards and upwards

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

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🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew talks about going to his nephew’s elementary school graduation and realizing the power of celebrating small wins. He shares how a simple ceremony can bring families closer, boost confidence, and lead to bigger successes. He also explains why supporting each other’s achievements, even when they seem small, can make a big difference. This real-life story will help you improve your English skills and become a better communicator.

How this episode will improve your English:

* Listening: Hear natural, everyday English as Andrew describes his day at the graduation and how it changed his perspective on small victories.
* New Vocabulary: Learn words and phrases related to school ceremonies, encouragement, and showing support to loved ones.
* Idioms and Expressions: Discover helpful English expressions like “no easy feat,” “to miss by just a hair,” and “in the whole scheme of things,” and see how they are used in real conversations.
* Pronunciation: Listen for how Andrew clearly pronounces words, stresses important syllables, and connects phrases. Then practice repeating short parts of the episode to develop your pronunciation skills and speak more clearly.
* Speaking: Join discussions with other listeners on the Culips Discord server, share your own surprise stories, and practice using new vocabulary in casual conversations.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	When's the last time you celebrated a small victory in your life?
0:04.0	Sometimes these small wins can lead to huge accomplishments, and they make a real big difference.
0:11.0	In this week's bonus episode, I'm going to tell you the story about celebrating a small win in my nephew's life.
0:19.0	My name's Andrew, and I help you improve your English fluency through
0:22.6	real-life stories and helpful English lessons. To accompany this episode, there's a 100%
0:28.5	absolutely free interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary that you can get just by clicking
0:34.7	the link in the description. Also, if you're a Culeps member, we'll throw in a comprehension quiz and add free audio.
0:43.3	Plus, you'll also get unlimited access to all of our learning materials that we've designed
0:48.3	to help you improve your English fluency faster and better than ever.
0:52.3	To join Culeps as a member, just visit our website,
0:56.1	culips.com. So guys, the story for this week is all about me going to the burbs outside of
1:02.6	Seoul to check out my nephew's graduation ceremony. He graduated from elementary school
1:09.0	and is now going into middle school.
1:11.7	And I'm going to talk about celebrating small wins and why I realize they're so important.
1:18.2	So we'll get to that story right now.
1:20.5	Here we go. Enjoy.
1:23.3	Chapter 1. The graduation ceremony.
1:35.3	Gats Chapter 1, the graduation ceremony. Getting to our nephews graduation ceremony was no easy feat.
1:42.5	We had to take three trains and a bus to get there. My brother-in-law and his family, they live a little bit outside of Seoul in one of the suburbs of Seoul.
1:46.0	Distance-wise, it's not too far, but when you take public transit, it does take a little while to get there.
1:52.1	And it took us even longer than expected to get there because one of our connecting trains, we missed by just a hair.
2:00.3	Just a hair. And to miss something by just a hair
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