Culips Everyday English Podcast

Happy 2022!! BONUS EPISODE Episode description Happy 2022! In this short episode, Andrew and the Culips team pass on the greetings and wishes for the new year.

Happy 2022!! BONUS EPISODE Episode description Happy 2022! In this short episode, Andrew and the Culips team pass on the greetings and wishes for the new year.

For some, 2021 was a lot better than 2020. However, that is not the case for everyone. We’re all still dealing with the COVID pandemic. In this episode, the Culips team looks back at some of the highs and lows of the last year. Simplified Speech is a series meant for intermediate English language learners. This series is designed to help you improve your English skills with interesting and easy to listen to episodes. Fun facts The COVID pandemic has disrupted the entire world. Future generations might not fully understand what we went through. On the lighter side, years from now, they might be asking us why the Tokyo 2020 Olympics took place in 2021! Expressions included in the study guide * To recentre * To babble * A fairy-tale [something] * Daunting * A win * Trouper Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Clay Banks (Unsplash.com) Links Andrew mentions in this episode: Culips December Live Stream Anna with 2Ns

For some, 2021 was a lot better than 2020. However, that is not the case for everyone. We’re all still dealing with the COVID pandemic. In this episode, the Culips team looks back at some of the highs and lows of the last year. Simplified Speech is a series meant for intermediate English language learners. This series is designed to help you improve your English skills with interesting and easy to listen to episodes. Fun facts The COVID pandemic has disrupted the entire world. Future generations might not fully understand what we went through. On the lighter side, years from now, they might be asking us why the Tokyo 2020 Olympics took place in 2021! Expressions included in the study guide * To recentre * To babble * A fairy-tale [something] * Daunting * A win * Trouper Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Clay Banks (Unsplash.com) Links Andrew mentions in this episode: Culips December Live Stream Anna with 2Ns

Making a dental appointment, finding the time to go, and paying for dental insurance can all be quite the hassle. But of course, the main part of the whole experience is talking with your dentist about dental health. In this Real Talk episode, hosts Andrew and Kassy help you with the English you can expect to hear in the dentist chair. In this episode, our hosts go over how to respond to the doctor’s polite requests. They also help you with some dental vocabulary, such as molar, canine, incisor, and gum tenderness. We hope you don’t have to use these expressions too regularly, but it’s always good to be prepared before your visit! Fun facts Do you have dental insurance? In the United States, only about 50% of adults aged 18 to 64 have coverage. That number goes up to around 65% in Canada. Expressions included in the study guide * Why don’t you * Tenderness * I’ll just get you to * If you could just * Molar, canine, incisor * To fill a cavity * To be covered by insurance * To go a long way * To brighten [one’s] smile * Two-way street Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Atikah Akhtar(Unsplash.com)

Making a dental appointment, finding the time to go, and paying for dental insurance can all be quite the hassle. But of course, the main part of the whole experience is talking with your dentist about dental health. In this Real Talk episode, hosts Andrew and Kassy help you with the English you can expect to hear in the dentist chair. In this episode, our hosts go over how to respond to the doctor’s polite requests. They also help you with some dental vocabulary, such as molar, canine, incisor, and gum tenderness. We hope you don’t have to use these expressions too regularly, but it’s always good to be prepared before your visit! Fun facts Do you have dental insurance? In the United States, only about 50% of adults aged 18 to 64 have coverage. That number goes up to around 65% in Canada. Expressions included in the study guide * Why don’t you * Tenderness * I’ll just get you to * If you could just * Molar, canine, incisor * To fill a cavity * To be covered by insurance * To go a long way * To brighten [one’s] smile * Two-way street Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Atikah Akhtar(Unsplash.com)

In this episode, Suzanne tells us about her experience of flying internationally during the pandemic, which didn’t go as smoothly as planned. If you are thinking about taking a trip abroad, listen to this episode to get some useful tips on how to avoid problems at the airport. The Simplified Speech series is the perfect way to learn from native speakers who use easy-to-understand English. In this study guide, there are detailed expressions to explain the more difficult words and phrases you hear, with examples to improve your understanding. Fun facts Did you know that there is a rule to make sure that pilots and their copilots don’t eat the same meal before a flight? This is so that if one of the pilots were to become ill due to food poisoning, the other could take over. Expressions included in the study guide * Travel bug * To scratch an itch * Gee * Hours on end * Hubbub * A piece of cake Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Ross Parmly(Unsplash.com)

In this episode, Suzanne tells us about her experience of flying internationally during the pandemic, which didn’t go as smoothly as planned. If you are thinking about taking a trip abroad, listen to this episode to get some useful tips on how to avoid problems at the airport. The Simplified Speech series is the perfect way to learn from native speakers who use easy-to-understand English. In this study guide, there are detailed expressions to explain the more difficult words and phrases you hear, with examples to improve your understanding. Fun facts Did you know that there is a rule to make sure that pilots and their copilots don’t eat the same meal before a flight? This is so that if one of the pilots were to become ill due to food poisoning, the other could take over. Expressions included in the study guide * Travel bug * To scratch an itch * Gee * Hours on end * Hubbub * A piece of cake Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Ross Parmly(Unsplash.com)

Podcasts are evolving. From the technology used to the companies producing them and everything in between, the podcasting industry is seeing a lot of new, exciting changes. In this episode, Andrew and Anna talk about the changes they’ve seen, and discuss what it might mean for the future of podcasting. The Chatterbox series is designed for intermediate and advanced English learners. Podcasts and audio lessons are a great way to improve your English listening skills. Culips’ Chatterbox episodes feature natural, unedited conversations between native speakers, so you can build your English skills and learn something new at the same time. Fun facts As of November 2021, there are over two million podcasts available in the world, with over 48 million episodes total. The average podcast listener listens to between five and seven different shows per week. Expressions included in the study guide * Come on [one’s] radar * The Wild West * Hedge [one’s] bets * Saturate * Raise the bar * Walled garden Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: CoWomen(Unsplash.com)

Podcasts are evolving. From the technology used to the companies producing them and everything in between, the podcasting industry is seeing a lot of new, exciting changes. In this episode, Andrew and Anna talk about the changes they’ve seen, and discuss what it might mean for the future of podcasting. The Chatterbox series is designed for intermediate and advanced English learners. Podcasts and audio lessons are a great way to improve your English listening skills. Culips’ Chatterbox episodes feature natural, unedited conversations between native speakers, so you can build your English skills and learn something new at the same time. Fun facts As of November 2021, there are over two million podcasts available in the world, with over 48 million episodes total. The average podcast listener listens to between five and seven different shows per week. Expressions included in the study guide * Come on [one’s] radar * The Wild West * Hedge [one’s] bets * Saturate * Raise the bar * Walled garden Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: CoWomen(Unsplash.com)

Have you ever wished there was another way to describe how friendly you are with certain people? In this Catch Word episode, Andrew and Kassy share a couple ways native English speakers refer to their relationships with others. The Culips Catch Word series explains idioms, phrasal verbs, and expressions used in everyday life. Listening to our Catch Word audio lessons helps improve your English listening and speaking skills while also giving you new, fun ways to talk about how well you get along with your friends. Fun facts Studies show that animals, like chimpanzees, baboons, horses, hyenas, elephants, bats, turtles, and dolphins, to name a few, recognize and befriend individuals that aren’t from their species. (So your pet thinks of you as a good friend, too!) Expressions included in the study guide * To click * To gel * Working relationship * Break in the action * Chemistry Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Colton Sturgeon (Unsplash.com) Link to talk with Dr. Naomi Barron Article we summarized in the episode

Have you ever wished there was another way to describe how friendly you are with certain people? In this Catch Word episode, Andrew and Kassy share a couple ways native English speakers refer to their relationships with others. The Culips Catch Word series explains idioms, phrasal verbs, and expressions used in everyday life. Listening to our Catch Word audio lessons helps improve your English listening and speaking skills while also giving you new, fun ways to talk about how well you get along with your friends. Fun facts Studies show that animals, like chimpanzees, baboons, horses, hyenas, elephants, bats, turtles, and dolphins, to name a few, recognize and befriend individuals that aren’t from their species. (So your pet thinks of you as a good friend, too!) Expressions included in the study guide * To click * To gel * Working relationship * Break in the action * Chemistry Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Colton Sturgeon (Unsplash.com) Link to talk with Dr. Naomi Barron Article we summarized in the episode

In this episode, Andrew and Anna debate the pros and cons of reading paper books and digital e-books. They also discuss their experiences with reading online and talk about the daily distractions that prevent them from reading properly. Our Chatterbox series is the perfect way to learn English with our Culips hosts who discuss interesting and contemporary topics using everyday English. If you want to learn how to talk like a native speaker, then this is the podcast series for you! Fun facts The first e-book was published way back in 1971. Michael Stern Hart was a technologist who decided to transcribe the US Declaration of Independence onto his computer and make it available to other users on the network. However, the first physical e-book invented was the Rocketbook in 1997. Expressions included in the study guide * Mindless * On the surface * To go by the wayside * To catch oneself * Clueless * Workaround Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Colton Sturgeon (Unsplash.com) Link to talk with Dr. Naomi Barron Article we summarized in the episode

In this episode, Andrew and Anna debate the pros and cons of reading paper books and digital e-books. They also discuss their experiences with reading online and talk about the daily distractions that prevent them from reading properly. Our Chatterbox series is the perfect way to learn English with our Culips hosts who discuss interesting and contemporary topics using everyday English. If you want to learn how to talk like a native speaker, then this is the podcast series for you! Fun facts The first e-book was published way back in 1971. Michael Stern Hart was a technologist who decided to transcribe the US Declaration of Independence onto his computer and make it available to other users on the network. However, the first physical e-book invented was the Rocketbook in 1997. Expressions included in the study guide * Mindless * On the surface * To go by the wayside * To catch oneself * Clueless * Workaround Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Colton Sturgeon (Unsplash.com) Link to talk with Dr. Naomi Barron Article we summarized in the episode

Would you like to have a bombshell dropped on you? That sounds pretty bad, but don’t worry, our hosts Andrew and Suzanne are here to explain expressions you can use when you’re shocked at hearing big news. In this Catch Word episode, the two main expressions are to drop a bombshell and a rude awakening. Do you think you know what they mean? Give the episode a listen and find out! With the Catch Word series, Culips works hard to provide intermediate and advanced English language learners with fun and interesting content so they can improve their English fluency. Fun facts One of the main expressions from this episode is a rude awakening. Although unrelated to this expression, you might want to check out the Academy Award–nominated 1990 movie called Awakenings, starring Robert De Niro and Robert Williams. It’s a touching movie about a doctor’s relationships while helping his catatonic patients. If you see it, tell us what you think! Expressions included in the study guide * To drop a bombshell * To be set for life * Across town * A rude awakening * A hard pill to swallow * Out of [one’s] league Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Colton Sturgeon (Unsplash.com)