Simplified Speech #248 – Life lately
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Simplified Speech #248 – Life lately

A2ElementaryMay 28, 202627 min

What have you been up to lately? In this Simplified Speech catch-up episode, Andrew and Kassy share stories from the past month. Kassy talks about a family visit to Jeju Island, where rainy weather didn’t stop them from hiking Hallasan, the tallest mountain in South Korea, and seeing some of the island’s stranger attractions. Andrew shares what happened during his birthday and fifth wedding anniversary, which fell in the same week and involved more cake than one person should eat in seven days. The Best Way to Learn with This Episode: Culips members get...

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to record Cassie and I'm curious what you've been up to

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And maybe I don't wanna put words in your mouth

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Hello and welcome to Simplified Speech, the Q-Lip series which features clear, natural, and easy to understand English conversations between native speakers. Joining me today as my co-host is Cassie. Hey Cassie, what's up? Hey Andrew, I'm doing great. How about you? I'm doing good as well. And Cassie, we're gonna do just one of our classic

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classic episode styles, a catch-up episode. It's been probably a month or so since we got together to record Cassie and I'm curious what you've been up to in that time and I'm sure our listeners are as well.

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And maybe I don't wanna put words in your mouth or thoughts in your head, but maybe you're curious about me as well. So I'll go-

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