Simplified Speech #138 – What do you think about online trolls?

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🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Trolls. No, we’re not talking about mean mythical creatures who live under bridges. We’re talking about online trolls. They are very real and very mean people who like to anger others by posting nasty and cruel comments online. This has become a big problem associated with social media. In this Simplified Speech episode, hosts Andrew and Kassy discuss the various ways online trolls operate, and how you can deal with them in your own way Fun facts The troll character comes from Scandinavian mythology and has been around for centuries. Online trolls, however, date back to the early beginnings of the internet. Expressions included in the study guide To scratch [one’s] head To brush [something] off To get a kick out of [something] To spew Tainted To solve [something] overnight Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Headway (Unsplash.com)

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0:00.0	Hello there everyone. My name's Andrew and I'm Cassie and this is the
0:07.8	Culeps you're listening to simplified speech
0:22.3	simplified speech is the QLips series that features natural, clear, and easy to understand English conversations
0:31.0	about fascinating topics. Today I'm joined by my co-host, Cassie. Hey there
0:37.4	Cassie!
0:38.4	Hey Andrew, we have an interesting topic for everyone today because we're going to talk about online trolls.
0:48.0	Online trolls. Yeah, I'm really excited for this conversation. I think it is a really interesting topic and we're both going to have a lot to say about it.
1:01.0	And some of our listeners may actually be scratching their heads right now, Cassie, and might be curious about what we mean by online trolls, but don't worry worry everyone will break it down and explain it in just a moment
1:17.6	But before we start our conversation Cassie I think we should let everyone know about the study guide for this episode.
1:26.0	Yes, exactly.
1:28.0	There's a great study guide that accompanies this episode and in it you guys can find a full transcript detailed
1:35.7	vocabulary explanations and examples of the important vocabulary that
1:41.8	Andrew and I are going to use here today in this episode.
1:46.1	It has a quiz and much, much more. And you can download it in a PDF file and print it off or you can view it in a mobile friendly
1:56.6	version that looks great even on your smartphone. To access it you just need to
2:01.2	visit cueips.com and become a kelips member.
2:05.1	We also wanted to give a shout out to one of our listeners who is named Nicole Soyon from South Korea. And Nicole Soyon left us a five-star rating and a very kind review on Apple
2:18.7	podcasts. Yeah, Nicole wrote, I've been studying with Culeps for about half a year.
2:25.2	My English is not good enough, so I usually listen to simplified speech.
2:30.0	My study routine is, one, listen to an episode at least twice.
2:35.0	Two, read a translation.
2:37.5	Three, memorize the words and phrases I don't know well.
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