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Culips Everyday English Podcast

Chatterbox #328 – What makes you laugh? Part 1

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8968 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew and Anna talk about comedy and what makes them laugh. They share stories about the types of humor they enjoy and discuss the differences in comedy across cultures, from British and American sitcoms to well-known comedians. Tune in to hear their thoughts and add some fun to your English learning!








What You'll Learn:

* Vocabulary related to comedy and humour, such as “deadpan,” “roast,” and “sitcom.”
* The differences between British and American humour.
* Recommendations for popular TV shows and comedians to check out.

How This Episode Will Improve Your English:

* Expand your vocabulary with words and expressions related to comedy and entertainment.
* Improve your listening skills by following a natural conversation between native English speakers.
* Learn how to talk about cultural differences in humour and personal experiences.

Important links:

* Become a Culips member
* Study with the interactive transcript
* Join the Culips Discord server
* Small-group discussion class schedule (member only)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone my name is Andrew and my name is Anna and you're listening to the

0:08.4

Qupips English podcast hello there everyone you're listening cast.

0:20.0

Hello there everyone, you're listening to Chatterbox, the Q-Lip series for intermediate and advanced English learners, and here you can hear natural conversations about interesting topics by native speakers.

0:25.6

My name's Andrew, I'm a Canadian living in Seoul, South Korea, and in just a moment I'll be joined by my co-host Anna who is from the UK but is currently based out of Spain

0:35.9

And in today's episode we're talking all about comedy comedy yes a universal part of life, but very, very different across cultures.

0:47.5

So Anna and I will share our personal stories about how humor has played a role in our lives. We'll discuss the kinds of comedies that we enjoy the most

0:56.4

and we'll also talk about the kind of comedy that we have encountered and enjoyed in our home countries

1:02.2

and also abroad in our adopted home countries we could say.

1:07.0

We'll look at how comedy can connect us, can lighten up difficult moments or tough times and highlight some of the

1:14.4

cultural differences in what makes us laugh. But before we get started with this

1:18.8

episode let's talk about Kuleps membership.

1:22.7

Our members get access to the helpful study guides,

1:25.4

interactive transcripts, and add free audio

1:28.7

for all of our regular episodes.

1:31.2

Plus, you can enjoy the member member only area of our discord community and our

1:35.8

member only series The Fluency files. And you'll also be able to participate in

1:40.5

the weekly conversation classes that we offer for QLips members.

1:45.0

So take your English fluency to the next level and sign up and become a member today.

1:50.0

To learn more and to sign up, just visit our website at qlips.com or follow the link in the

1:56.2

description for this episode.

1:59.2

Next up I'd like to share some feedback and give a shout out to one of our listeners from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia named

2:06.4

Beedar. So Beedar left us a lovely five-star rating and kind review on Apple Podcasts and here's what the review had to say. So, PEDAR said, I can't express my admiration

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