Simplified Speech #201 – Audiobooks

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

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🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this Culips episode, Andrew and Kassy talk about audiobooks. They discuss how audiobooks have become more popular in recent years. Andrew shares his experience of listening to audiobooks while running, and Kassy talks about why she has limited experience with them. They also talk about the good and bad points of audiobooks compared to reading regular books.

This episode will help you improve your English in the following ways:

* Listening practice: You'll hear two native English speakers have a natural conversation about audiobooks. This will help you get better at understanding spoken English.
* New vocabulary: Learn words and expressions related to books and technology.
* Everyday expressions: Hear common English idioms and expressions used in context, such as "Cringeworthy" and "Make it or break it."
* Cultural knowledge: Learn about how people in English-speaking countries enjoy books in different ways.
* Pronunciation: Listen to clear English pronunciation, which you can practice repeating.
* Conversation skills: Talk about this episode with other Culips listeners on our Discord server and speaking classes.

The best way to learn with this lesson:

* Culips members get an interactive transcript, helpful study guide, quiz, ad-free audio, and more for this episode. Take your English to the next level by becoming a Culips member.
* Sign up and become a Culips member now!
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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to simplified speech, the Q-loop series where you can listen and learn with clear and easy to understand English conversations about interesting topics by native speakers. My name's Andrew. I'm a Canadian based in Seoul, South Korea and
0:16.3	today I am happy to have my American co-host, Cassie, joining me in just a moment for this episode and today we are going to
0:26.2	talk all about audio books the pros the cons and everything in between about audio books.
0:34.6	But before we start, I want to remind you that the best way to study with this episode
0:39.0	is by using our interactive Transcript and Study Guide.
0:43.1	As a Q-ups member, you'll get full access
0:45.6	to these tools that can really improve your English learning.
0:49.2	The Interactive Transcript lets you click on any word
0:52.4	and hear the audio from that point, which is great for practicing
0:56.5	pronunciation or focusing on specific parts of the episode that may be a little difficult for you. You can go back and hear them
1:05.0	again and again and again. And the study guide goes into more detail about the key
1:10.2	expressions from this episode which will help you to build your vocabulary and
1:14.9	to sound more natural in English. Plus there's also a quiz to check how well you
1:20.2	understood the content of this episode. So if you're not a Q-Woop's
1:24.4	member yet we would be happy to have you join us as a member. Membership also
1:28.9	gives you access to our which is for members only plus bonus audio and there's even small group
1:44.8	conversation classes that you can participate in each and every week to
1:49.8	practice your English speaking with other members of our Culeps community.
1:54.5	And all of these tools are designed by us here at Culeps to help you improve your English
1:59.4	communication skills and to reach your English goals. So if you're thinking about taking your
2:04.4	English to the next level then sign up and become a member. You can find all the
2:09.1	details and sign up on our website, QLips.com, or by following the link in the description for this episode.
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