Posts tagged Hardcore
Commuting
03/17/2013
by Culips
in Chatterbox
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Most of us travel to work many times in one week. Some of us have a quick little trip and others spend hours on public transportation. This episode is all about that—travelling to and from work. Harp and Maura talk about what commuting is like in Canada, how people get to work, and how long it usually takes them. They also share their own experiences of getting to work every day. If you’re a commuter, listen to this episode on your way to work.
| Harp: | And then we’re gonna talk about our some of our own personal experiences with commuting. |
| Maura: | You know, it is something very personal. Sometimes people love their commute, or they hate their commute. So people really have a strong feeling about it. |
| Harp: | Yes. I definitely agree with you. |
| Maura: | OK. So let’s start by talking about how people get to work in Canada. |
| Harp: | Well, I have to be honest; most people get to work by car. |
| Maura: | That is definitely true. I think, internationally, Canada and the US are known for drivers. People really like to drive around here. |
| Harp: | Yeah. People love their cars and they love driving to work, or anywhere. |
| Maura: | And most of the time, people are alone in their cars. So you have a car with one person driving to their workplace. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| To commute/a commute | A carpool/to carpool |
| To take turns | Hardcore |
| A traffic jam | Right off the bat |
| The metro | No problem |
| To hold back | To see where this is going |
| To jaywalk | I don’t blame you |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Photo Culips
She knows it like the back of her hand
01/27/2013
by Culips
in Catch Word
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Sometimes we know just a little bit about something, and other times we know something so well that we have it memorized. This episode is all about expressions we can use to talk about having a very deep knowledge of something. We also have a popular expression for when you’ve got something completely memorized. You may have to listen to this episode a few times before you know these expressions like the back of your hand!
| Harp: | The first expression is to know it like the back of your hand. |
| Maura: | Right. To know something, or to know it, like the back of your hand. Now, have a look down at the back of your hand right now. Looks familiar? I’m sure that you know if very well. You probably see it every day. This expression is used to talk about something that you know very well, just as well as you know the back of your hand. |
| Harp: | Yeah. When you know something very well, you can say that you know it like the back of your hand. |
| Maura: | You know, Harp, I’m kind of a freckly person, and I even have little freckles on my hand. And you’d think that I wouldn’t really be able to notice if I got a new one, but I can. A few times in my life, I’ve looked down and I think, “Oh, I’ve never seen that little brown freckle before. I guess I got a new one!” |
| Harp: | That’s interesting! |
| Maura: | So, anyways, all that to say I know the back of my hands very well. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| To know something like the back of your hand | A freckle |
| All that to say | To get spit out |
| A sense of direction | Stage fright |
| Break a leg | To know something inside out |
| A little birdie told me | Excel |
| To know something by heart | Hardcore |
| The tibia |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Photo allisons daily drama
