Chatterbox #325 – Overtourism
Culips Everyday English Podcast
Culips English Podcast
4.8 • 968 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
What you will learn about in this episode:
* Overtourism: Find out what overtourism is and how it causes problems in cities like Barcelona, impacting the lives of local residents.
* Tourist shaming: Learn about tourist shaming and its effects on both visitors and locals.
How you will improve your English with this episode
* Build your vocabulary: Learn new words and phrases related to tourism and social issues.
* Strengthen your listening skills: Strengthen your ability to follow and understand natural conversations between native speakers.
* Refine your pronunciation: Listen to and mimic native speaker pronunciation to sound more natural.
* Increase your cultural knowledge: Learn about cultural and social issues that will help you communicate more effectively in English.
* Practice speaking English: Join discussions with other listeners on the Culips Discord server for additional speaking practice.
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* Join the Culips Discord server
* Small-group discussion class schedule (member only)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there everyone it's Andrew here and you are listening to Chatterbox the Qup series for intermediate to advanced English learners |
| 0:08.4 | where you can hear clear and natural conversations about fascinating topics. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm going to be joined by my co-host Anna here in just a moment, |
| 0:17.6 | and today we are going to talk about an issue that has been covered a lot in the news recently. So I think you may have heard of it. |
| 0:26.3 | It is, over tourism and tourist shaming. This is a really hot topic and as travel becomes more and more accessible and many popular destinations are experiencing the negative impacts of having too many visitors. |
| 0:42.0 | Well, this causes some problems. So that's what we'll discuss in this |
| 0:47.0 | episode today. It's a timely topic, it's a relevant topic, and we're excited to share our thoughts and insights with you today. |
| 0:55.9 | But before we get started, I have to ask you a question. |
| 0:59.2 | The question is, are you ready to take your English fluency to the next level? |
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| 1:21.8 | with the click of a mouse or the tap of your finger. |
| 1:25.1 | You'll also get in-depth study guides, which break down key expressions helping you |
| 1:30.2 | use them confidently in your real English conversations. But that's not all. You'll |
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| 1:47.0 | In the conversation classes, you can practice with other learners and with our expert teachers, and it's just a wonderful way to become a more |
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| 2:05.8 | QLips.com or you can follow the link in the description for this episode. And now |
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