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Episode description
A Culips listener on Facebook recently requested that we do more interviews, so here’s another one! This time it’s our friend Jade who’s talking to you. In this episode, Andrew asks her about her life growing up in the province of British Columbia, about going off to university, and about what she’s up to now. Listen in to learn about Jade and the dynamic life of another Canadian!
Expressions included in the study guide
- I wouldn’t miss it for the world
- At the crack of dawn
- A farmhand
- Does that count?
- UVic and UBC
- Guess I wouldn’t have met you
- To bounce all over the place
- To branch out
- The common denominator
- To hold something in a very special place in your heart
- To move on to bigger and better things
- If you will
- Shoot
- A morning person or a night owl
Informal Contractions in this Episode
Informal contractions are unofficial short forms of other words, and they’re usually only used in casual conversation. For example, when a native English speaker talks casually, they might say gonna instead of going to, or whaddya instead of what do you. Even though informal contractions are usually only used in spoken English, we include them in the Culips written transcripts to help you get used to how they’re used and what they sound like.
These are the informal contractions used in today’s episode, along with their meanings:
- ’cause: because
- kinda: kind of
- gonna: going to
- gotta: got to
- wanna: want to
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Chatterbox #130 – Interview with Jade
Episode description
A Culips listener on Facebook recently requested that we do more interviews, so here’s another one! This time it’s our friend Jade who’s talking to you. In this episode, Andrew asks her about her life growing up in the province of British Columbia, about going off to university, and about what she’s up to now. Listen in to learn about Jade and the dynamic life of another Canadian!Expressions included in the study guide
- I wouldn’t miss it for the world
- At the crack of dawn
- A farmhand
- Does that count?
- UVic and UBC
- Guess I wouldn’t have met you
- To bounce all over the place
- To branch out
- The common denominator
- To hold something in a very special place in your heart
- To move on to bigger and better things
- If you will
- Shoot
- A morning person or a night owl
Informal Contractions in this Episode
Informal contractions are unofficial short forms of other words, and they’re usually only used in casual conversation. For example, when a native English speaker talks casually, they might say gonna instead of going to, or whaddya instead of what do you. Even though informal contractions are usually only used in spoken English, we include them in the Culips written transcripts to help you get used to how they’re used and what they sound like. These are the informal contractions used in today’s episode, along with their meanings:- ’cause: because
- kinda: kind of
- gonna: going to
- gotta: got to
- wanna: want to
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