Posts tagged To draw a blank
Media, advertising, and celebrity gossip
03/3/2013
by Culips
in Chatterbox
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Nowadays, people are constantly in contact with media, and advertising is everywhere! This inspired us to make a Culips episode talking all about it. Do you still read the newspaper? Do commercials bother you as much as they bother Maura and Harp? Celebrity gossip is something that has become quite mainstream in Canada and the US. Are you hoping for your own 15 minutes of fame? Check out this episode, and listen to the newest form of radio—the podcast!
| Maura: | Sometimes we have news sources on the Internet that are not available in hard copy, that you can’t get a hard newspaper version of. You can only read it on a website. |
| Harp: | Yeah. A popular one that I’m thinking of is The Huffington Post. |
| Maura: | Right. This one was created online, it never existed before, and you can’t buy a copy of it at a convenience store. So if you wanna read from The Huffington Post, you have to go online. |
| Harp: | It’s funny though, because it has a very traditional-sounding name, The Huffington Post. When I think of something that has post in it, I think of an actual newspaper, but it’s only ever been online. |
| Maura: | That’s a really good point. So maybe it’s trying to bridge the gap between a traditional newspaper and a new source of news online. |
| Harp: | Yeah. I think it is. |
| Maura: | Now there’s one more kind of media that I thought to mention, and this one is really fading and not popular like it used to be. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| Mainstream | To cover (a news story) |
| A hard copy | To bridge the gap |
| To die out | An advertisement/a commercial |
| Catchy | Way back when |
| To hound someone | Spin |
| Public relations | 15 minutes of fame |
| There’s no such thing as bad publicity | A medium and media |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast
We all mess up sometimes
12/16/2012
by Culips
in Catch Word
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Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and this episode is all about expressions to talk about them. Some mistakes are small and minor, and others are really big. And sometimes we make embarrassing mistakes in front of other people—the worst kind or mistakes! But you shouldn’t make a mistake with these expressions once you’ve listened to this episode. So go ahead, check it out.
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| Harp: | So today we’re going to talk about some expressions when you make a mistake. |
| Maura: | Right. We can use these expressions to talk about when people have not done something well, when they’ve made a mistake or done something wrong. |
| Harp: | Yeah. And all of the expressions are a little bit different, but they’re all related to making mistakes. |
| Maura: | Right. So let’s start with the first one. The first expression that we’re going to look at is to mess up. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| There’s no end in sight | To mess up/to screw up |
| And I mean… | To say the least |
| To give it time | To get over something |
| To draw a blank | To butcher something |
| Renos | To learn your lesson |
| To choke | To strike out |
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