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What does a heat wave actually do to your day? Andrew and Anna compare their summers from opposite sides of the world. Anna is in Madrid, where a hot day reaches 40 degrees and the blinds stay closed until evening. Andrew is in Seoul, where the rainy season just ended but the humidity stayed. They talk about air conditioning, lost sleep, cold showers, and the wildfires that burned west of Madrid this summer. Keep an ear out for these phrases during the episode: Not so fast Respite Bar none To do one’s business Bone dry To bu...
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Hello and welcome to Chatterbox, the Culep series for intermediate to advanced English learners that is designed to help you improve your fluency. My name's Andrew and in just a sec, I'll be joined by my co-host Anna. And today we are going to talk about the hot, hot summer.
That's right. If you live in the Northern hemisphere, then you can relate to us because we have been having a very hot summer indeed. It doesn't matter if you're in North America or Europe or here in Asia where I am right now,
it has been a very hot summer and one that's filled with not only record-breaking heat but devastating forest fires and death and just it's been a terrible summer so far really. So Anna and I are going to share our experiences on the ground. Of course she lives in Spain in Madrid so she'll tell us what it's like in Europe and then of
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