Simplified Speech #194 – Double birthday bash

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🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Episode description: Join Andrew and Kassy as they talk about their upcoming milestone birthdays. Kassy is turning 30, and Andrew is turning 40! They'll chat about their favorite ways to celebrate birthdays, common birthday traditions in the United States and Canada, and the customary foods enjoyed on birthdays in South Korea. This episode is perfect for English learners who want to improve their listening skills and expand their cultural knowledge. What you will learn: Birthday celebrations: Discover how people in North America typically celebrate their birthdays. Cultural traditions: Learn about birthday customs and traditions in the United States, Canada, and South Korea. Personal experiences: Hear Andrew and Kassy share their own birthday memories and preferences. Milestone birthdays: Understand the significance of turning 30 and 40 in Western culture. How this episode will improve your English: Vocabulary building: Learn essential words and phrases related to birthdays and celebrations. Listening skills: Improve your ability to understand native English speakers in a natural, conversational setting. Cultural awareness: Gain insights into birthday celebrations and traditions in different countries. Relatable content: Connect with the hosts' personal stories and experiences, which can help you retain the language more effectively. Speaking practice: Use the study guide and connect with the member community to practice discussing birthday-related topics in English. The best way to learn with this lesson: Culips members get an interactive transcript, helpful study guide, and ad-free audio for this episode. Take your English to the next level by becoming a Culips member. Become a Culips member now: Click here. Members can access the ad-free version here: Click here. Join our Discord community to connect with other learners and get more English practice. Click here to join. Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free Image: Thirdman (pexels.com)

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0:00.0	Hello everybody my name is
0:05.4	my name is Andrew and I'm Cassie and this is the Qubips English
0:10.4	podcast hello friends welcome back to English podcast.
0:18.4	Hello friends, welcome back to simplified speech, the QLips series which features clear,
0:24.8	natural and easy to understand English conversations about an interesting topic between native speakers. Today helping me co-host this episode is Cassie. Hello
0:30.9	Cassie, how's it going? I'm doing excellently, Andrew. How about you?
0:35.0	I'm doing good as well, Cassie.
0:38.0	You told me you just got back from swimming.
0:40.0	Yes, my hair is wet.
0:42.0	That is a interesting piece of behind the scenes trivia, I suppose, or an interesting fact is that often when we record simplified speech
0:54.0	Cassie has wet hair because she just gets straight out of the swimming pool
0:58.0	and into the recording studio. So that's kind of funny.
1:01.0	And probably something that no one would ever imagine. But that's the truth. So anyways guys we'll get started with our episode today. We have a fun celebratory episode Cassie because you and I both have
1:16.8	birthdays in the spring. We're both spring babies and we both have milestone birthdays coming up.
1:24.0	Maybe we should explain what that means.
1:26.0	What does it mean a milestone birthday?
1:30.0	It means like one of the big ones,
1:32.0	and it usually represents a decade of you being on the planet.
1:37.3	So for example for me I am turning 30 this year and Andrew is turning 40.
1:43.0	Yeah, you're probably really happy and I'm depressed about it.
1:49.0	But it's true.
1:51.0	I don't know, Cassie, what would you say the big milestone birthdays are?
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