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In this podcast, the word “pirated” means copied illegally without permission from the original creator: “Would you ever consider buying pirated software to save money, even though you know it is wrong?” Or, “The music company is trying to fight against pirated music by creating a technology that will make it impossible to copy its CDs.” The word can also be used as a verb, “to pirate”: “Someone pirated that movie even before it was being shown in movie theaters!” Finally, a “pirate” is a person, usually a man, who works on a large ship, attacking other boats to steal things from them and always looking for gold: “Captain Hook in the book Peter Pan is probably one of the most famous pirates.” 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 396 – Dealing in the Black Market
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 396: Dealing in the Black Market.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 396. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. Go there and you can find a Learning Guide for this episode, an 8 to 10 page PDF file that you can download, and use to improve your English even faster.
This episode is called “Dealing in the Black Market.” This is something that happens in most countries, I think, where people buy and sell things that they aren’t paying taxes on, or perhaps might even be illegal. Let’s get started.
Jasinda: Was that your friend Mitch?
Thomas: Yeah, he and I had lunch today to talk about some business opportunities.
Jasinda: What line of work is he in?
Thomas: Well, I guess you could say he’s in the import/export business.
Jasinda: Hmm…Why are you being so shifty? Isn’t his business on the up and up? He doesn’t deal in the black market,
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