ask away

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 410: Being Evasive.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 410. 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 “Being Evasive.” Someone who is “evasive” doesn’t tell you the truth; gives you the half truth, but not the whole truth. It’s a dialogue between a daughter and her father, and the father has difficulty answering the questions of his daughter. Let’s get started.

Olivia: Dad, can I ask you a question?

Dad: You just did.

Olivia: I mean, can I ask you another question?

Dad: Ask away.

Olivia: Where do babies come from?

Dad: What? Where did you come up with that one?

Olivia: I don’t know.

Dad: Let me tell you. That’s for grown-ups to know. You’re just a pipsqueak.