016: Friendships in America
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Rachel's English
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🗓️ 25 October 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Today we answer questions about making with Americans—and growing friendships with Americans. Is it normal to have good friends of both sexes? Do Americans avoid talking about the difficulties in life? How to meet friends and start conversations with Americans?
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Rachel's English podcast. I'm so glad to have you here. In this podcast, we discuss topics in American conversation, pronunciation, and culture. And today's episode focuses on culture. If you would like a free transcript for this podcast, just visit rachelsenglish.com slash podcast and look for this episode. |
| 0:25.7 | Today I'm here with my husband David. Hey David. Hey, everybody. And we're going to talk about friendships in America. |
| 0:32.4 | David, you have lots of friends. I do. So I think you're probably going to have a lot to add to this one. |
| 0:38.0 | All right. So I want to're probably going to have a lot to add to this one. All right. |
| 0:46.2 | So I want to, the thing that made me think about this podcast is two different emails that I got. |
| 0:52.4 | Actually, one was a comment on YouTube. And this person whose username is management courses said, |
| 0:55.6 | you're so lucky to have friends who are supportive, |
| 1:02.2 | both males and females. David, this was on a video that I made with Dave at the 4th of July when we were in Clark Park talking about 4th of July traditions. Do you remember that video? |
| 1:07.2 | Yeah, I do. I'll link to that video on the show notes, everybody. But it was me with |
| 1:11.5 | a friend who's a man discussing what we like to do on the 4th of July. So this person says, |
| 1:17.1 | can you make a video on how to build more supportive friendships? What do you do to be a better |
| 1:22.6 | friend? In my culture, after marriage, the wife's friendships suffer, and you can't keep close friendships with opposite sex. |
| 1:32.0 | I have the misconception that Americans don't value friendship or their friendships are not long-lasting or shallow. |
| 1:38.6 | Your videos showed me the opposite. |
| 1:40.6 | So that's great. |
| 1:41.4 | I'm so glad that my videos showed that Americans do value friendship and that |
| 1:45.7 | friendships are not just shallow or short-lived. Absolutely. But so let's try to talk a little |
| 1:54.0 | bit about friendships. Let's focus in on some of the specific questions. How to build more supportive |
| 1:59.8 | friendships. Now, part of what's so great about having |
| 2:04.7 | David on this podcast is not only does he have a ton of friends, but he's also a therapist. And so he |
| 2:10.4 | talks to a lot of other people about their friendships and their relationships in general. |
| 2:15.8 | And, you know, has a lot of things to say about this kind of thing, I think. |
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