Bonus episode #169 – Stories from Canada
Culips Everyday English Podcast
Culips English Podcast
4.8 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Canada is famous for its cold winters, but what is it really like to visit in January? In this week’s bonus episode, Andrew shares stories about his recent trip back to his hometown in Canada. He traveled there to enjoy the snow and do some classic winter activities. However, the weather didn’t exactly match his plans! You will hear about his experience ice skating high up in the mountains and his trip to watch a local ice hockey game that had a very wild and surprising moment. Listening to this story will help you improve your English fluency. You will also learn useful, everyday words about winter weather, sports, and Canadian culture.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Culep's English podcast. This is bonus episode number 169, and I am your |
| 0:06.5 | host and your study buddy, Andrew. What I do here in the bonus episode series is I tell you some |
| 0:13.0 | stories from my everyday life as a Canadian living abroad in Seoul, South Korea. And I hope that |
| 0:18.3 | by listening to these stories, you will be able to improve your |
| 0:21.8 | English fluency. That's what we're all about here at Culeps is helping you hit and achieve your |
| 0:27.2 | goals with English. So if that's what you want to do, then you're in the right place. And I hope |
| 0:31.7 | you'll enjoy my stories and find them useful for building your English skills. So guys, in today's episode, I'm going to tell you two short stories about spending some time in Canada. |
| 0:43.3 | I just went back to Canada last month for a week in the dead of winter, |
| 0:48.3 | and I'll tell you just about some of the highlights from that trip, some of the things that were memorable and fun to me. |
| 0:53.3 | So we'll get into |
| 0:54.3 | that and I'll tell you those stories here in just a sec. But before I do, I want to let you know |
| 0:59.3 | that there is an interactive transcript and a vocabulary glossary available for this episode |
| 1:04.5 | for free for everyone. And you can get it just by following the link that's in the description. |
| 1:10.2 | Plus, if you're a Q-Lopes member, then you'll also get a comprehension quiz so you can test and see |
| 1:15.2 | how much you were able to understand after listening to the story. |
| 1:18.5 | So if you'd like to get that, you do have to be a Culeps member, but you can sign up and find |
| 1:23.0 | all of the information about becoming a member on our website, Culips.com. And when you sign up, you don't just get the comprehension quizzes. |
| 1:31.4 | You get so, so much more, all of our best tools and materials to help you hit your |
| 1:36.9 | fluency goals faster than ever. So that includes transcripts and study guides to all of our |
| 1:42.9 | episodes. It includes our bonus series, |
| 1:45.6 | which is member only, called the Fluency Files. It includes our weekly speaking classes, |
| 1:51.2 | which are just so much fun and a joy to take part in. And I think you will really enjoy them |
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