Bonus episode #105 – Weekend away

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew talks about his weekend trip to Boryeong, a small city on the west coast of South Korea. He shares his experiences of traveling by train, staying with friends, and participating in the Boryeong Half Marathon. Andrew describes the city's famous mud festival and the enjoyable moments he had running and spending time with his friends. He also discusses the challenges of the race and the satisfaction of achieving personal goals.

This episode will help you improve your English in several ways:

* Listening skills: Practice understanding spoken English through Andrew's storytelling about his trip and race.
* Vocabulary building: Learn new words related to travel and cultural and sporting events. You will learn some useful idioms like "stand corrected," "infamous," "have your hands full," and "draw the shortest straw."
* Pronunciation practice: Use the episode to shadow Andrew's pronunciation to become a clearer speaker.
* English speaking practice: Join discussions with other listeners on the Culips Discord server for additional speaking practice.

Enjoy the episode and happy learning!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:28 - Announcement of the Culips small-group discussion classes

00:04:30 - Announcement of a meet-up in Japan

00:06:17 - Introduction to the "Weekend Away" story

00:13:48 - Arriving in Boryeong

00:16:36 - Nightmare train ride

00:18:54 - The night before the race

00:21:01 - The morning of the race

00:23:10 - Race report

00:32:15 - Conclusion

Important links:

* Become a Culips member
* Study with the interactive transcript
* Join the Culips Discord server

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to Bonus episode number 105 of the Kuleps English
0:05.9	podcast. How's it going? My name's Andrew. I will be your host and your
0:10.7	English study buddy for today and what we do here in our bonus episode series is I just tell you
0:16.8	some stories from my everyday life and I hope that by listening to these
0:20.5	stories you will be able to Big B. These are our goals for our series here.
0:26.3	This is the acronym for our series.
0:28.9	Big B.
0:29.9	It stands for build your fluency, improve your cultural knowledge, grow your vocabulary
0:35.7	and become a better and clearer English communicator. So if those are your goals
0:40.4	then you're here in the right place. And for each and every episode in our bonus series,
0:46.0	we give you a 100% absolutely free interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary,
0:52.0	and if you're a Qulipsips member then we'll also throw in a
0:55.0	comprehension quiz and if you're a Q-Lips member you also get so many extra
0:59.6	bonuses and benefits that are designed by our team of expert English
1:04.3	educators to help you reach your goals with the language. So if you'd like to learn
1:08.9	more about all of those benefits and bonuses that you get when you're a member then you can just visit
1:13.9	our website cuelops.com learn all about them sign up if you'd like to we'll also
1:18.7	put a link in the episode description so you could just follow the link learn all about QLoop's membership
1:23.8	and sign up and become a member. I have a couple of announcements I'd like to say
1:30.8	before we get started with today's stories.
1:33.4	Announcement number one is about our small group conversation sessions.
1:38.3	Have you heard about these yet?
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