Posts tagged On the other hand
The corporate world
04/7/2013
by Culips
in Chatterbox
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Work! Love it or hate it, most of us have to do it. In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about the corporate world and what it’s like nowadays. Almost everyone hopes to make as much money as they can, and some people work to climb the corporate ladder in order to get prestige as well. Harp and Maura also talk about the latest interview trends and discuss what the job market currently looks like. This is a super-informative episode, and some of the ideas in this episode were suggested by two Culips listeners!
| Harp: | It seems that more and more people are working around the clock because of things like smart phones and laptops at home. People are always connected so they feel like they have to respond to emails, they have to answer calls. |
| Maura: | That is definitely true. The idea of working just 9 to 5 doesn’t really exist if you’re in the corporate world and you’re trying to climb the corporate ladder. Now, another part of working and living in the corporate world is the rat race. |
| Harp: | The rat race. |
| Maura: | And we want to give a very special thank you to one of our Culips listeners, who suggested that we talk about the rat race, on Facebook. |
| Harp: | Yeah. Thanks, Ehsanaagha. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| To climb the corporate ladder | On the other hand |
| A go-getter | A career path |
| VP and CEO | The glass ceiling |
| To take something | To work around the clock |
| To get around something | A workaholic |
| The rat race | A shout-out |
| A split-second decision | The STAR approach to answering behavioural questions |
| Baby boomers | Booming |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Photo Culips
What a klutz!
10/28/2012
by Culips
in Catch Word
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Sometimes people accidentally fall, trip, or break things. In fact, there are so many incidents like these that we’ve got a bunch of expressions to talk about them. In some cases, a person might just have a clumsy moment, but other people are clumsy all the time! In this episode, Harp and Maura give examples of what clumsy people do and explain the expressions we can use to talk about them!
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| Maura: | Now, a person who is a klutz is a clumsy person, is the kind of person that we just described, who might often break things or walks into things or falls down. |
| Harp: | Exactly. When someone does something like this, you can call them a klutz, or when someone’s doing it all the time, they’re a klutz. |
| Maura: | Right. So you might be starting to think of someone that you know who is a klutz, because we all know people who are really clumsy. |
| Harp: | Yup. I’m thinking about someone at my work. He is always running into things and dropping things. I would never give him a nice glass. I’m sure he would break it. He’s such a klutz |
| Maura: | Yeah. Sometimes there are just people who often have accidents and break things. Sometimes it’s funny, but sometimes if they break something or hurt themselves, it’s not so funny. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| Clumsy | A klutz |
| On the other hand | A pain in the butt |
| A teacup/mug | To be all thumbs |
| Fine motor skills | You know what they say |
| To get the hang of something | The two pronunciations of vase |
| To have two left feet |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Image: ©Mugen
