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Simplified Speech #221 – Adult Friendships

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8968 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew and Kassy talk about how friendship changes as we grow older, especially when life gets busy with work, relationships, and family. They discuss how marriage and parenthood can shift friendship dynamics, how the media creates unrealistic ideas about friendship, and what real connection looks like today. Listen to this episode to hear a natural conversation about adult relationships while building your fluency and learning new vocabulary about friendship, connection, and modern life.








How this episode will improve your English:

* Vocabulary: Learn useful expressions like “on the fence” (not sure about something) and “long-lost friend” (a friend you haven’t seen in a long time).
* Listening: Practice understanding natural English conversations about everyday life topics like making and maintaining friendships.
* Speaking: Build your fluency by joining Culips’ small-group speaking classes to talk about your own friendships and experiences.
* Culture: Discover how adult friendships work in different countries and what influences them.
* Fluency: Listening to real conversations helps train your brain to think in English and use English more naturally.

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

Hello, how's it going?

0:02.7

Welcome to Simplified Speech, the Culep series that helps you build your English fluency

0:07.8

by listening to real, natural, and easy to understand conversations.

0:12.9

My name's Andrew, and in just a moment, I'll be joined by my co-host, Cassie, and in today's

0:19.1

episode, we're going to have a fascinating conversation about the

0:23.6

topic of adult friendships.

0:26.9

And we'll be talking about how these kinds of friendships that we have when we're adults,

0:31.9

how they change and shift over time, why they can be hard to keep, and how things like work, family, and even the media

0:39.9

and TV affect our relationships. For a great way to learn with this episode, make sure to check

0:46.9

out the study guide. It comes with an interactive transcript, helpful vocabulary explanations,

0:53.2

and even a quiz. It's one of the many resources you

0:56.4

get with a Q-Wi-WiP membership, along with access to our full library of lessons,

1:02.0

add-free audio, and more. And also don't forget to join our QLips Discord community. It's a great

1:07.9

place to meet other learners just like you, to ask questions, to connect with

1:12.5

me and the other Culep's hosts, and to practice your English every day. The link to join the

1:17.6

Discord, which is completely free, by the way, is in the description for this episode. Okay, it's time to

1:24.1

welcome Cassie to the show and get started. Enjoy. Here we go.

1:31.0

Joining me now to talk about adult friendships is my co-host Cassie.

1:37.6

Hey there, Cassie.

1:38.4

How's it going?

1:39.8

Hey, Andrew.

1:40.4

I'm doing well.

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