Bonus episode #138 – Epic winter hike

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew shares the exciting conclusion of his hiking trip in South Korea with his best friend, Luke. After a chaotic morning rushing to catch a bus, they finally arrive in Taebaek, a small mountain town. Their adventure continues with beautiful snowy trails, a surprise trail closure, and an unexpected challenge at the top of the mountain. As always, you’ll hear natural English and pick up useful vocabulary, expressions, and cultural insights.

How this episode will improve your English:

* Listening: Get better at understanding natural English by following along with a fun and engaging real-life story.
* New vocabulary: Pick up useful words and phrases like spur of the moment, groggy, and to keep an eye on something.
* Idioms and expressions: Hear common expressions in action, such as a rude awakening, hoof it, and clued in, and learn how to use them naturally.
* Pronunciation: Listen to how Andrew changes his speed and tone to create suspense and keep the story interesting.
* Speaking: Join our Culips Discord community and practice using new words and expressions in your own sentences!

Important links:

* Become a Culips member
* Study with the interactive transcript
* Join the Culips Discord server
* Small-group speaking class schedule
* Learn more about Taebaeksan

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to bonus episode number 138 of the Culeps English podcast.
0:07.8	My name is Andrew. I am your Canadian English Study Buddy, and I hope you're doing well.
0:12.9	Thank you for clicking play and joining me for another exciting adventure here at Culeps.
0:19.1	So if you're new to this series, let me quickly explain what it's all
0:22.5	about. I just tell you some stories from my everyday life as a Canadian guy living abroad in
0:28.0	Seoul, South Korea. And I hope by listening to these stories, you will be able to improve
0:32.5	your English fluency and build your vocabulary, improve your knowledge of the culture of English speaking people,
0:39.3	and so much more. So if this sounds like something that you'd like to achieve, then I'm here to
0:45.1	help you, and I think you will enjoy this series. Now, in today's episode, I'm going to tell you
0:51.0	the thrilling conclusion to my hiking story. In the last bonus episode, I told you all about this chaotic morning that I had with my best friend.
1:00.9	He came to Seoul to visit me here and we went on a hike and getting ready for that hike was an adventure in itself.
1:07.7	But eventually, we did do the hike and I'm going to tell you all about that adventure.
1:13.9	Really, we had two adventures that day, the pre-hike adventure and the hike adventure.
1:18.7	I'm going to tell you all about the hike adventure in this week's episode.
1:22.4	To accompany this episode, there is a free, amazing, it's totally 100% free, interactive transcript and
1:30.4	vocabulary glossary. So some of the difficult vocabulary and idioms and expressions that
1:35.8	you'll hear me use when I'm telling you my story, I'll break those down for you and
1:40.8	explain them in the vocabulary glossary. So it's a great way to study and, you know,
1:47.3	know about some of the vocabulary that I think you should know as an English teacher. What do I think
1:53.7	is important for English learners to know? I'm going to explain that in the vocabulary glossary.
1:58.9	So definitely check out those resources free for everyone and the link to get them is in the vocabulary glossary. So definitely check out those resources, free for everyone,
2:02.7	and the link to get them is in the description for this episode. But also, we have a special gift
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