Chatterbox #316 – Interview with Matthew Skidmore

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Improve your English listening comprehension and communication skills with Culips. In this special episode, Andrew interviews Matthew Skidmore. Matthew shares his experiences growing up in Dudley, England, and his opinions about British food and music. He discusses his background in acting and drama school and his decision to move to Korea. He also reflects on his time in Korea and the memories he made there. He then talks about his unique hobbies that include dancing, tabletop gaming, and exercising, and the benefits they bring to his life. By listening to this episode, you’ll learn English vocabulary related to accents, music, food, hobbies, education, life abroad and cultural differences. If you’re looking to improve you English speaking skills and learn more about different cultures, this episode is for you! Fun facts In this episode, Andrew and Matthew discuss various accents throughout the UK. Did you know that there are about 40 distinct regional accents across the country? Black Country dialect is spoken in the area where Matthew is from. Expressions included in the study guide That’s a tough one To crunch the numbers Rose-colored glasses To take a leap of faith To have it all figured out To blow [one’s] own trumpet Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free Image: Culips

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. My name is Andrew and this. The Kulep series for Intermediate to
0:20.8	advanced English learners which features natural conversations
0:24.7	about fascinating topics. I'm your host Andrew and it's great to be here with you today.
0:29.7	Guys I have to say I'm really excited for this episode.
0:34.0	As some of you may know, I recently visited Australia.
0:38.0	And while I was there, I was able to meet up with one of my friends
0:41.0	who's living in Melbourne while he's completing his PhD.
0:45.8	His name is Matthew, I call him Matt, and he's originally from the UK, but he lived for many years
0:52.4	in Korea and that's where we first met. In fact, we lived on the same streets in Seoul and we'd often run into each other while walking our dogs at the same time and we were also part of the same poker game and we met
1:05.8	regularly with a few other guys to hang out to eat some pizza and play cards, play
1:11.2	poker. Now there's this idea that I've heard on many different podcasts and YouTube channels in the past,
1:18.0	especially ones related to personal developments and becoming a better person or athlete or business person.
1:26.5	And that idea is that you are the average of the five people who you surround yourself with.
1:32.3	Have you heard this idea before at all?
1:34.4	After doing a bit of research, I learned that this idea was first put forward by a
1:39.2	motivational speaker named Jim Rone. And I guess what he's getting at here with this idea that you're the average
1:46.1	of the five people who you spend the most time with is that if the people who you spend time with are
1:51.5	positive, motivated, successful, well then the qualities that they
1:55.9	possess are likely to rub off on you too, and that will influence your own actions and
2:02.0	perspectives in a similar way.
2:05.0	However, on the other hand, if you spend time with people who have negative habits or bad
2:10.5	attitudes, well then those habits and attitudes might influence you in a bad way.
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