Posts tagged To go through a phase
You eat like a bird
11/18/2012
by Culips
in Catch Word
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Eating is something people do every day, so there are tons of expressions about it. In this episode, we talk about the amount that people eat. Sometimes we have big appetites and other times we don’t want to eat much. Sometimes our eyes are bigger than our stomachs and we make so much food that we can’t eat it all. By the end of this episode, you’ll probably want a snack.
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| Maura: | Now that we’ve talked about not eating very much, let’s look at some expressions that have to do with eating a whole bunch of food. |
| Harp: | This is much more like me. |
| Maura: | The next expression is to eat like a horse. |
| Harp: | Yes. To eat like a horse. |
| Maura: | And this makes sense because a horse is a pretty big animal, so we can imagine that it must need to eat a lot because it’s so big. |
| Harp: | Yup. And it seems like horses are just eating all the time. |
| Maura: | That’s true. You always see their mouths moving and chewing and chomping. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| To eat like a bird | To nibble |
| To take food to go | A buffet |
| To see | To eat like a horse |
| Didn’t you just go a couple of days ago? | To go through a phase |
| To grab a bite | To build up an appetite |
| My eyes are bigger than my stomach | To finish your plate |
| Leftovers |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Image: Cheez Burger
Hobbies
10/21/2012
by Culips
in Chatterbox
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Here’s another episode based on a great episode idea from a Culips listener! Outside of work or school, hopefully you have some free time just for yourself. In this episode, Maura and Harp discuss hobbies, what hobbies are popular in Canada and the US, and their own hobbies, past and present. Does it really sound natural to ask someone directly, “What are your hobbies?” We’ll answer that question for you too!
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| Harp: | I have to be honest; I didn’t actually ever make anything. I just knit long pieces that could maybe be a scarf, but I didn’t know how to finish it, so I just threw in the towel and gave up knitting. |
| Maura: | Sometimes that happens, too. We start a hobby and then time passes and we realize that we’re not interested, or maybe it’s too difficult, like in your case, and you just want a change. You don’t wanna do it anymore. |
| Harp: | Yeah, exactly. What about you? What were some hobbies you did when you were young? |
| Maura: | Well, when I was a kid, I took dance lessons. |
| Harp: | Oh, that’s fun. What kind of dance? |
| Maura: | I pretty much took it all. I started in ballet, and I took tap dancing for a year or two, and the rest of the years I was doing jazz dancing. |
| Harp: | Oh, that’s fun. |
| Maura: | It was pretty fun and I liked it, but when I become a teenager, I didn’t really wanna do it anymore. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| Free time, spare time, a pastime | An artist |
| Out there | Knitting, scrapbooking, and cross-stitching |
| The metro | To go through a phase |
| What do you do in your spare time? | To stick with someone |
| To take something up | To suck at something |
| To throw in the towel | Ballet |
| To have two left feet |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Image: ©iStock
