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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast Number 182, “A Star Trek Convention.”

This is English as a Second Language Podcast Episode 182. I'm your host Dr. Jeff McQuillan coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California. Remember to visit our website at eslpod.com to get a Learning Guide for this podcast which includes the definitions, additional sentences that we don't talk about on the podcast, additional cultural information, and a complete transcript of this podcast. Today's podcast is a little different. Today we are going to talk about a famous television show in the United States and the conventions that people have with this television show. It's a very interesting part of American culture. It's called Star Trek. Engage.

Guido: Whoa. Check you out. That's a great costume. Are you going to the Star Trek convention?

Rita: Yeah. It's in town until Sunday. Have you ever been to one?

Guido: Me? No way. Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of the shows and, no offense, but I thought only geeks went to the conventions.

Rita: Yeah, I thought that too until I went last year with my friend Claire and we had a great time.

Guido: Claire?