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Simplified Speech #139 – Wedding traditions in France

Culips Everyday English Podcast

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🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that every country has their own special wedding traditions? Recently, Suzanne travelled to France to start planning her wedding. In this episode, Suzanne tells Andrew about the wedding traditions she discovered there. In our Simplified Speech series, native English speakers have natural conversations about common topics. These episodes are designed to boost your English listening skills and increase your vocabulary. On occasion, our hosts share their personal stories, making it easy to listen to these English audio lessons. Fun facts White-ribbon cutting is an old wedding tradition in France. It isn’t used much anymore, except in small villages. The wedding party travels from the bride’s home to the church. Along the way, children block their path with white ribbons, forcing the bride to cut the ribbons to pass through. The tradition symbolizes the bride overcoming obstacles that married life might bring. Expressions included in the study guide Camp out Partner Culture clash Juxtaposition Finger food Stand [one’s] ground 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: Norbu Gyachung (Unsplash.com)

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0:00.0

Hello everyone. My name is Andrew. Hey guys I'm Suzanne. And this is the

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Q-Lips English podcast. Welcome back to Q-Lips. Today we have a simplified speech episode for you and

0:19.3

simplified speech is the Q-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U- series for English language learners that features clear, natural, and easy to understand conversations about an interesting topic.

0:31.6

And joining me today today fresh off of a recent trip to France is my co-host

0:37.7

Suzanne. Hey there Sue. Bonsieur! Hi Andrew, hey everyone. Yes, as we talked about recently here on simplified speech,

0:48.9

I just returned from visiting France. Yes, and listeners, Suzanne and I were talking off the air about this trip and by the way off the

1:01.1

air is an expression that TV and radio broadcasters and I guess even

1:07.1

podcasters like us we use to talk about conversations that aren't recorded or broadcasted.

1:15.0

So usually before or after a filming or recording session,

1:19.2

people can use this expression off the air. So Sue, and I we were talking off the air and you

1:26.1

mentioned that you learned some fascinating French wedding traditions during your

1:31.8

trip and that's what we're going to talk about here in this

1:35.4

episode today. Yes absolutely I can't wait to share what I learned with you all here in

1:42.2

just a moment. But before we start, everyone, I want to let you

1:46.9

know that there is a transcript and a study guide for this episode that is available for all QLips members.

1:57.0

So following along with the transcript and doing the practice exercises and quiz in the study guide is a great way to learn

2:08.2

with this episode. Sign up and become a QLips member so you can get the study guide and transcript.

2:15.9

Just visit our website, QLips.com.

2:19.3

We also want to give a shout out to Sam, one of our listeners from Columbia who left a five-star rating and review on Apple

2:28.7

podcasts.

2:30.3

And Sam wrote in the review,

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Hi, I wanted to tell you that I connected with your show instantly.

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