Bonus episode #140 – Ready, set, relax

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew shares his plans for the upcoming Seoul Marathon. He discusses his preparation struggles due to recent illness, travel, and limited training time. You'll hear about his plans with his running buddy, Jimmy, his strategy to enjoy the marathon without stressing about his personal record, and his thoughts about dealing with challenging weather conditions on race day.

How this episode will improve your English:

* Listening: Practice your listening skills by hearing Andrew naturally discuss his marathon preparations and expectations.
* New vocabulary: Expand your vocabulary with useful words and phrases like "booked up," "bout," "ramping up," "stagger," and "smash a PR," to clearly express yourself about personal challenges or achievements.
* Idioms and expressions: Learn everyday expressions like "pump someone's tires," "the Goldilocks zone," and "it all boils down to," to sound more natural when speaking English.
* Pronunciation: Improve your pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation through shadowing or listen-and-repeat practice using Andrew's natural speech.
* 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

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, and welcome to bonus episode number 140 of the Culep's English podcast.
0:06.4	My name's Andrew.
0:07.6	I'm your Canadian study buddy and host for this episode.
0:11.0	I hope you're doing great.
0:12.4	I hope you had a wonderful week.
0:14.3	And thank you for clicking play on this episode and tuning in to another bonus episode.
0:19.7	For all of you who are new here,
0:21.4	let me quickly explain what this series is all about.
0:24.3	I'm a Canadian, but I live abroad in Seoul, South Korea,
0:27.2	and I tell you some stories each and every week
0:29.7	to help you improve your English fluency
0:32.5	and become a better, more fluent, clearer communicator.
0:36.7	Those are our ultimate goals. Well, everybody, in this
0:40.9	episode, I'm going to really try and keep it on the short side. And I have a good excuse and a good
0:46.0	reason to keep this episode short for this week. And that is because usually I make these bonus
0:52.6	episodes on the weekend before they're released.
0:55.7	This is kind of my weekend project.
0:57.3	I work on the bonus episode and then every Monday we release the bonus episode.
1:02.6	But this weekend, both Saturday and Sunday, I am busy.
1:06.6	I'm all booked up and so I have to keep this episode short so that I can work on it during the
1:11.5	week and get it ready for you for Monday.
1:15.0	So let me tell you all about my weekend plans, and just before I do that, I want to remind
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