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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,195 – Types of Allergies.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,195. 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 a dialogue about types of allergies – a medical condition that you don’t want to have. Let’s get started.

Bert: Doctor, give it to me straight. Is my medical condition serious?

Doctor: I suspect that your rashes and other symptoms are the result of allergies.

Bert: Allergies?! I thought I had some kind of serious disease.

Doctor: Allergies can be serious. I’m going to give you tests to see what you’re allergic to.

Bert: You mean I might have allergies to more than one thing?

Doctor: There are many kinds of allergies. Some