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In this podcast, the word “grand” means wonderful or great, sometimes used sarcastically: “The entryway is very grand.” “Grand” can also mean very big and impressive: “They live in a grand mansion at the top of the hill.” In casual conversations, a “grand” is $1,000: “We paid eight grand for that boat.” A “grand piano” is a very large piano with a big body and horizontal strings: “We’d love to have a grand piano, but there isn’t room for one in our house.” In baseball, a “grand slam” happens when a batter hits a home run while all four bases are filled, resulting in four points. Finally, a “grand total” is the final total of all the other number: “First add up the revenues, then subtract returns and the cost of products and labor to arrive at the grand total.” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. www.easytalk.ir www.easytalk.ir English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1188 – Advertising to Children

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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,188 – Advertising to Children.

This is English as a Second Language podcast episode 1,188. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

Visit ESLPod.com – on the Internet, of course – and become a member of ESL Podcast. When you do, you can download the Learning Guide for this episode that contains a complete transcript of everything we say.

This episode is a dialogue between James and Vicky about television ads for children. Let’s get started.

James: Look at that! It’s commercial after commercial. It’s terrible how advertisers are going after kids.

Vicky: They’re just doing their job, marketing to a lucrative demographic.

James: But just look at what our kids are bombarded with: toy commercials and junk food ads!

Vicky: Children’s television is no different from any other type of programming. Commercials

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