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In this podcast, the word “critical” means negative and harsh, or saying something negative about something or someone: “Don’t be so critical of Trey’s artwork. After all, he’s only six years old.” The word “critical” can also mean crucial or extremely important: “The president made a critical decision to expand the company’s sales in the Western United States.” The phrase “critical condition” is used to talk about one’s health when one is in danger of dying: “After the accident, she was in critical condition for almost a month.” Finally, the phrase “critical thinking” means the ability to evaluate all the facts and create one’s own opinion about something: “The teacher is trying to develop her students’ critical thinking skills by asking them to share their opinion about the ideas in the book.” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 350 – A Movie Review
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 350: A Movie Review.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 350. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Visit our website at eslpod.com and download a Learning Guide for this episode. That 8 to 10 page guide contains much information to help you improve your English even faster, including a complete transcript of this episode.
This episode is called “A Movie Review.” It’s a conversation between Sally and Marcus about a new, exciting movie that they saw. It includes a lot of vocabulary that you might read or hear about in a movie review. Let’s get started.
Sally: Did you see the new movie, The McQuillan Story? I’m writing a movie review for the school paper.
Marcus: I went to the premiere last week. What did you think of it?
Sally: I liked it. I thought it was entertaining, although it wasn’t groundbreaking, by any means.
Marcus: You thought it was entertaining? I thought it was awful. I almost
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