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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 403: Understanding Drug Labels.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 403. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Understanding Drug Labels.” It’s a dialogue between Bernie and Gloria about some typical vocabulary that you will find if you are looking at medication; that is, drugs. This can be very important, especially if you are in an English-speaking country and need to takes some drugs that you buy, so let’s get started.

Bernie: Oh, I’m in so much pain! Where is the medication we got from the pharmacy?

Gloria: It’s right here, but we need to read the label first. Okay, these are the active ingredients and they seem okay. This warning says that we need to watch out