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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 206, “A Generation Gap.”

You're listening to English as a Second Language Podcast episode 206. 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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On today's podcast we're going to talk about how parents and their children sometimes don't understand each other. It's called, “A Generation Gap.” Let's get started.

Carlos: Belinda, maybe you can explain it to me. My parents still don’t get me. I got a couple of tattoos and they freaked out.

Belinda: Why are you asking me? I may be a few years older than you are, but I don’t understand parents any better than you do. They’re hopelessly behind the times.

Carlos: I don’t really expect them to keep up with what’s going on right now or to know anything about what’s in and what’s out, but I thought they’d understand if I wanted