Bonus episode #111 – Things I’m looking forward to

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4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew shares his excitement about an upcoming trip to his home country, Canada. He discusses three main things he's looking forward to: reuniting with old friends in Victoria, enjoying lake swimming in his hometown of Kelowna, and visiting Banff in the Rocky Mountains. He also shares personal stories about Canadian summer activities and the beauty of the country.

This episode will help you improve your English in the following ways:

* Listening comprehension: Practice understanding a native English speaker discussing personal experiences and future plans in detail.
* Vocabulary expansion: Learn new words and expressions related to travel, outdoor activities, and Canadian geography, such as "swimmable," "high dive," and "scenic spot."
* Idioms and expressions: Learn helpful English expressions like "crack my list," "don't get me wrong," and "I'm all over that" used in context.
* Pronunciation: Listen to the correct pronunciation of spoken English, including place names and casual speech patterns, which you can then practice on your own.
* Cultural insights: Improve your understanding of Canadian geography, summer activities, and cultural events, providing context for future conversations about travel and leisure.
* English speaking practice: Join discussions with other listeners on the Culips Discord server for additional speaking practice.

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* Become a Culips member
* Participate in the Osaka meetup on July 30th!
* Study with the interactive transcript
* Join the Culips Discord server
* Small-group discussion class schedule (member only)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody welcome back to the Q-Lips English podcast my name's Andrew how's it going this is bonus
0:06.0	episode 1111-111 a very fun number to say so in today's episode what I'm going to do is tell you about three things
0:16.1	that I'm looking forward to in the near future when I visit my home country of Canada.
0:21.6	But before we get to that story I have a few
0:23.8	announcement. The first announcement is about our Osaka Meetup. This is going to be
0:28.7	the very first Q-Lips meetup ever in the history of the podcast, so I am very excited about it, as you might
0:36.1	imagine, and we have a few spaces available still for people who would like to join us for the
0:42.0	meetup.
0:42.6	Of course, it's 100% free.
0:44.6	All you need to do is bring yourself
0:46.9	and it will be great to meet you and to hang out with you
0:50.6	and other Kuleps members.
0:52.1	So if you live in the Osaka Japan area, then we'd love to have you
0:56.0	join us. The date for the meetup will be on July the 30th. That's a Tuesday and it's going to be happening at 7 p.m. I'll put all of the details and the link
1:06.8	to sign up for the meetup in the description for this episode so if you're interested
1:11.5	please check that out.
1:13.0	Also, I want to let you know that there's a free interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary that will explain some of the difficult vocabulary that you'll hear me use in this episode and it's free for everybody
1:27.0	So we'll put that link in the description for this episode as well. Just follow the link and you can get those amazing study tools.
1:34.8	Now if you're a Q-ups member, we'll also include a comprehension quiz so you can test your
1:40.3	understanding after you finish listening to this episode.
1:44.0	If you'd like to become a Qeloups member, it's very easy to sign up and you can do so at an affordable
1:49.2	price.
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