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Culips Everyday English Podcast

Simplified Speech #220 – Semi-destination wedding

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8968 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Indiana catch up and talk all about weddings. Indiana shares her recent experience traveling to Florida for her husband’s cousin’s wedding, which was held in Miami. She explains what a Jewish wedding is like and describes some unique traditions, such as the chuppah, the ketubah, the breaking of a glass, and the fun dance called the hora. Andrew and Indiana also compare weddings in Canada, the United States, and Korea, talking about receptions, wedding cakes, group photos, and gift-giving traditions.








How this episode will improve your English:

* Vocabulary: Learn useful words and expressions related to weddings, travel, and cultural traditions.
* Listening: Develop your listening skills by following a natural, friendly, and unscripted conversation between native English speakers.
* Speaking: Talk about wedding customs in your country on our Discord server or in a Culips small-group speaking class.
* Culture: Learn about real-life wedding experiences in different countries and cultures.
* Fluency: Level up your fluency by spending time with real, everyday English that native speakers use in daily life, with support from the study guide to help you practice.

The Best Way to Learn with This Episode:

* 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. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, how's it going? My name's Andrew. I hope you're doing well. Thank you for clicking play

0:04.9

and joining me for this episode today. Actually, this episode is a simplified speech episode.

0:11.9

If you're new to Culeps and you don't know what simplified speech is, let me briefly explain.

0:16.4

It's just our series which features clear, natural, and easy to understand conversations between

0:22.1

native speakers, and we hope that by listening to these conversations, you will be able to

0:26.9

build your English fluency. That's what it's all about here at Culeps, becoming clearer and better

0:32.9

and more fluent English communicators. So in just a second, I'll be joined by my co-host, Indiana,

0:39.0

and today we're going to talk about a recent wedding that Indiana attended in Miami, Florida.

0:45.7

To accompany this episode, there's a helpful study guide, an interactive transcript, a quiz, and more.

0:51.5

You can get it if you're a Culeps member for information about signing up

0:56.0

and becoming a Culep's member

0:57.6

and all of the bonuses and benefits that you get

1:00.1

with a membership.

1:01.4

Just visit our website, culeps.com.

1:04.3

Okay, let's welcome Indiana to the episode now

1:07.2

and we'll get started with our conversation.

1:09.6

I hope you enjoy it.

1:11.6

Here we go.

1:23.8

Joining me now to talk about a recent trip and wedding that she attended is my co-host, Indiana.

1:25.5

Hello there, Indiana.

1:26.3

How's it going?

1:30.4

I'm good. How are you, Andrew? I'm doing really well, and I'm excited to hear your story about this trip and this wedding that you went to recently,

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