The lovebugs | Learn English with real-life stories | Bonus 109
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- In this episode, Andrew discusses the recent lovebug outbreak in Seoul. He describes these insects, explains their unusual name, and talks about his experience dealing with them this summer. Andrew also explores the bigger topic of how people approach killing insects, and shares his own opinion about this issue.
0:00 - Introduction
1:06 - Free vocabulary glossary and interactive transcript
1:47 - This week’s small-group discussion sessions
3:30 - This week’s main story: Lovebugs in Seoul
22:56 - Update to last week’s episode
24:27 - Wrap up and conclusion
This episode will help improve your English in the following ways:
✅ Listening comprehension: Practice understanding a native English speaker discussing a real-life situation in detail.
✅ Vocabulary expansion: Learn new words and expressions related to insects and pest control, such as "proliferating," "symbiotic relationship," "keep in check,” and "creepy crawly."
✅ Idioms: Learn helpful English idioms like "out of the blue," "attached at the hip," and "it's on" used in context.
✅ Pronunciation: Listen to the correct pronunciation of spoken English, which you can then practice on your own.
✅ Cultural insights: Improve your understanding of how people in different cultures deal with household pests.
✅ English speaking practice: Join discussions with other listeners on the Culips Discord server for additional speaking practice.
Important links:
🍽Small-group class schedule: esl.culips.com/online-classes...
🍽 Get the interactive transcript: esl.culips.com/2024/07/bonus-...
🍽 Website: culips.co
🍽 Instagram: / culips_english
🍽 Free study guides: esl.culips.com/free-samples/
🍽Join the Culips Discord server: / discord
Episode notes:
🐛 The scientific name of the lovebug is plecia nearctica.
🐛 Contrary to what Andrew mentions, a centipede can have between 15 pairs to 191 pairs of legs and a millipede can have between 40 and 1,306 pairs of legs.
🐛 Footage from Mt. Bukhan courtesy of / @jaegari
Thank you for this bonus, Andrew!
As a mom, tissues becomes the necessity that I can’t leave my house without 😂
Thanks for checking this one out! I can imagine that tissues are a must-have item for moms on the go.
I love your way of telling simple but interesting stories😅. You're a great storyteller. Thanks a bunch. A tissue is a very useful material to clean all the disgusting bugs that can get stuck in your fly swatter (or "matamoscas" as we say in Argentina) 😂.
Glad you enjoyed this one! Thanks for checking it out.
Haha! This episode is very interesting. I enjoyed listening very much. Thanks! And you know the high-tech fly swatter was invented by a Taiwanese factory owner, who made the electronic racket for killing massive mosquitos around his factory. I think this is really a great invention!
I feel not only tissue, but slipper and rubber band are good weapons for killing bugs.
I had no idea! Thanks for teaching me something new, and I agree, it's a pretty useful invention.
It was a beautiful story today it made me cry and needed a tissue
😂😂😂 Thanks for checking out this episode. Well done!
Hello Andrew. Title of podcast gives some hints about my recently situation. I had to handle insect problem in my company and this disgusting problem still going on. On the other hand, I went to travel at my annual holiday. Many insects bit me. I don't want to see bugs or insect. I like some insects like grasshopper, ants, or bee but not all of them.
Sounds like a difficult situation! I hope the bugs stop bothering you soon. And I agree! While many bugs are fascinating, I’d still prefer not to interact with them.
Tissue 🎉
Great job 👏
My husband use the tissue to catch the house lizard and take them away from my house .
Well done! I'm glad I don't have to deal with house lizards where I live. That sounds like a lot of work!
TISSUE
Sometimes I got bitten by mosquitos and I couldn't catch them, I would use alcohol to spray them ,then they drop on the floor immediately
Well done! That sounds like an effective way to get rid of mosquitoes!
Tissue 🐜
Nice work!
Have u ever felt some weird feeling when u squish kind of big cocroach with tissue? ^^
Unfortunately, yes 😩. Thanks for learning with this episode!
I got the beetle 🪲 with tissue and take them away. It was gross 😖
Great job!!
Tissue
Excellent work!
tissue
Well done!
Thank you sir love from India ❤❤❤❤tissue😂
Well done! Thanks for checking out this episode.
TISSUE
Great job!
Tissue
Great job!
Tissue
Great job!