Bonus episode #139 – Hawaiian sun

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew shares stories from his recent trip to Hawaii. He talks about visiting famous places like Waikiki Beach, snorkeling in Hanauma Bay, and hiking up Diamond Head. Along the way, he reflects on fun moments with his wife, the excitement of exploring new places, and even a few surprises. You’ll feel like you’re right there with him as he brings his Hawaiian adventure to life.

How this episode will improve your English:

* Listening: Improve your listening skills by hearing Andrew talk naturally about his travel experiences in Hawaii.
* New vocabulary: Build your vocabulary with useful words and phrases like whirlwind trip, propel, vital, and to be wiped out, so you can express yourself clearly when speaking about travel or daily life.
* Idioms and expressions: Understand and practice expressions such as hit the ground running, check the boxes, and get off the beaten path, helping you sound natural when talking with native speakers.
* Pronunciation: Use this episode for shadowing or listen-and-repeat practice to improve your pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation.
* Speaking: Join our Culips Discord community and practice using new words and expressions in your own sentences!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to bonus episode number 139 of the Culep's English podcast.
0:07.4	How's it going?
0:08.1	I hope you're doing well.
0:09.2	Thank you for clicking play and joining me for this English study session today.
0:13.8	My name is Andrew, and in this series, what I do is tell you some stories from my everyday
0:19.2	life as a Canadian guy living abroad in Seoul,
0:22.9	South Korea. And the goal here is that I want to just hang out with you and tell you some
0:28.7	stories. And by listening to them, you will be able to improve your English comprehension,
0:34.1	improve your listening skills, improve your English vocabulary, grow your vocabulary,
0:39.9	build your vocabulary, and ultimately become a clearer and better English communicator along
0:45.5	the way. So if that's something that you want to do with your English learning, then I'm here
0:50.1	to help and I'm going to try my best to help you achieve this goal. So everyone, in this
0:56.6	episode, I'm going to tell you about my recent trip, my recent trip. I just got back from this
1:03.0	whirlwind trip. I was lucky enough to get to spend one week in Hawaii and about six days
1:09.7	in Japan. So we went to Hawaii first and then on the way back,
1:13.4	it's really nice here in South Korea in between Hawaii and Korea is Japan. So we stopped over in
1:20.1	Japan as well. And I'm not going to tell you the whole story of that trip here in this episode
1:25.9	because that would take me like three hours.
1:29.9	And I know many Culep's listeners actually prefer shorter content rather than me just rambling
1:35.4	on and on and on for a long time. So what I'm going to do is break it up and maybe over the next
1:42.3	three or four bonus episodes here, I'll tell you about
1:45.6	some of the highs and lows because there were some really low points on this trip as well.
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