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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 288: A Business Contract.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 288. 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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Our episode is called “A Business Contract.” It's a dialogue between two people – two business people – who are coming to an agreement about something. Let's get started.

Violet: Thanks for agreeing to meet with me about the new contract. It’s important that both parties understand and agree to all of the terms before we can move ahead.

Karik: It’s in the best interest of both of our companies for this agreement to be signed, so I’m glad to be here. How should we proceed?

Violet: You and I have both read the contract, but I think it’s useful to go over the main articles to make sure there aren’t any clauses that are objectionable. If you’ll take a look at Article One... .......

Karik: This looks