Bonus episode #106 – Crazy train

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew talks about his recent train journey from Boryeong to Seoul. He shares his experiences of traveling on a crowded train, where he came across a mother and her young children who brought unexpected chaos to the trip. Andrew describes how the children’s behavior affected the other passengers and the surprising reactions from everyone on board. He reflects on the importance of being polite in public places and the challenges of handling difficult situations while traveling. Enjoy the episode and happy learning!

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

* Listening skills: Practice understanding spoken English through Andrew's storytelling about his train ride.
* Vocabulary building: Learn new words and phrases related to travel and public behavior. You will learn useful idioms like "stuffed/packed to the gills," "paint someone in a bad light," and "within earshot."
* 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.

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* Study with the interactive transcript
* Join the Culips Discord server

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone my name is Andrew you are listening to bonus episode number 106 of the
0:06.4	tulips English podcast how's it going I'm excited to be back here with you for another story. Each week in our bonus episode series what I do
0:15.8	is I just tell you some stories from my everyday life as a Canadian guy living abroad in South Korea. and I hope that by listening to these
0:24.6	stories you will be able to improve your English communication skills
0:28.3	specifically our goals here in the Bonus episode series are very clearly and well defined.
0:36.3	What we want to do is we want to Big B.
0:38.9	That is our acronym for this series.
0:40.8	That is our motto and Big B stands for build your fluency the I
0:46.3	stands for increase your cultural knowledge of the culture of English-speaking
0:50.6	people the G stands for grow your vocabulary and then the
0:54.7	final B stands for become a better communicator. So if those goals align with
1:00.4	your goals well then you're in the right place and I think you will enjoy this
1:05.1	series. Before we get started just a couple of announcements, first of all as
1:09.8	always there's a 100% free interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary
1:15.8	available for this episode to everybody.
1:18.8	And if you're a Q-ups member, then we'll also include a comprehension quiz. If you're interested in
1:24.5	getting the quiz or signing up and becoming a Q-loop member and there's a lot of
1:28.9	other benefits and bonuses that you get with Q-loop membership I won't list them all here. There are too many. It's a really helpful way
1:36.9	to improve your English skills is by becoming a QLoves member and at the same time you
1:41.6	also support the work that we do here as well helping us to create
1:45.7	awesome English lessons each and every week. So if you're interested to sign up and
1:50.0	become a Q-Lips member then just visit our website which is Q-Lips member, then just visit our website, which is Q-Lips.com,
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