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In this podcast, the word “stand-up” means a type of comedy where one comedian speaks informally and talks directly to the audience: “If you’re shy and you don’t like speaking in public, you shouldn’t be a stand-up comedian.” A similar phrase, “to stand up for something or someone” means to support or defend something or someone: “It’s important to stand up for what you believe in.” The phrase “to stand somebody up” means to not meet someone who was expecting you: “Carina spent all afternoon getting ready for her date, but the guy stood her up and he didn’t even call her to apologize.” A “stand-up guy” is a trustworthy, reliable male friend: “Everybody likes Ben. He’s a stand-up guy.” 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 242 – The Comedy Club
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 242: The Comedy Club.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 242. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Remember to visit our website at eslpod.com. We have some new things on the website, which we think you will be interested in and, of course, you can download our Learning Guide for this episode as well as take look at our new ESL Podcast Store.
Our episode is called “The Comedy Club.” Let's go!
On Friday night, I went with a group of friends from work to a comedy club. I don’t really like sketch comedy, but I do like stand-up, and the comedian who was going to perform there was one of my favorites.
There were six of us and we were a pretty rowdy group. We stood in line outside, and when we got to the box office window, we paid the cover charge. The hostess showed us to a table right next to the stage and told us that there was a two-drink minimum. She took our drink orders and we waited for the opening act.
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