[Classic Bonus] Simplified Speech #168 – The ballet

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🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Do you like ballet? In this episode, Andrew and Suzanne talk about this unique style of dancing. They discuss its origins and characteristics, and explain some specific vocabulary along the way. Suzanne, a former professional dancer, shares her own story and what ballet means to her. Study with the interactive transcript: click here Become a Culips member: click here Join the Culips Discord server: click here Fun facts In this episode, Suzanne mentions breaking new ballet shoes. The process can include soaking them in water, pounding them with a hammer, and shaving the sole with a razor. However, despite all the effort, ballet shoes don’t last long before they need to be replaced: they lose their shape and wear out within a few weeks or sometimes even days! Expressions included in the study guide Intricate To eat, breathe, and sleep [something] To get sucked into [something] I’ll tell you what To break in [something] To dig deep

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it is Andrew here. The Culeps team and I are taking a little time off for the holiday season.
0:07.2	So there isn't going to be a bonus episode this week, but instead what we're going to do is replay a classic simplified speech
0:16.2	episode that we first released in April this year about the ballet. Now if you listen to last week's episode the Christmas one with
0:25.2	Cassie and I you'll know that I'm spending Christmas this year by going to see a
0:30.3	ballet the nutcracker so I thought it would be great for me to brush up on my knowledge of the ballet
0:36.4	by listening to this episode again too. By the way, do you know that expression, to brush up on something?
0:44.0	I said I want to brush up on my knowledge of the ballet.
0:48.0	Well, to brush up on something means to improve your knowledge, your skill, or memory about something.
0:55.0	So let's brush up on the ballet together by listening to this conversation that I had with
1:00.4	Suzanne where she tells us all about this interesting form of dance.
1:05.9	We'll make the interactive transcript for this episode free for everyone, a little Christmas gift,
1:11.5	if you will, so just follow the link in the description to follow along with it
1:16.2	while you listen and we'll be back a little bit later this week with our final
1:20.9	episode of 2023 where Cassie and I recap our year and talk about our
1:26.4	goals and our plans for 2024. So stay tuned for that a little bit later this week as I mentioned. But for now, it's time to talk about
1:36.8	the ballet. So enjoy this episode and as always, happy English studies.
1:46.0	Today joining me is my co-host, Suzanne.
1:49.6	Hello Suzanne.
1:51.0	Hey Andrew, hey everybody. So Suzanne. Hey, Andrew, hey everybody.
1:53.9	So Suzanne, could you tell us what we're going to be talking about today?
1:58.0	This episode topic was actually your suggestion, so I'll let you introduce it. Yeah absolutely. So today's
2:06.2	topic is the ballet. I recently went to a ballet performance and I really enjoyed it so I thought we could talk about this wonderful form of dance and expression together and yeah kind of share our thoughts and opinions and maybe some about my experience with
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