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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 835: Getting Shocking News.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 835. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California. Eslpod.com is our website. Go there, become a member, and improve your English faster than you ever thought possible.

This episode is a dialogue between Karla and Chris about some surprising or shocking news. Let’s get started!

Karla: You look like you’ve had a shock.

Chris: Yeah, that phone call threw me for a loop. My ex-girlfriend is pregnant and she wants me to take a paternity test.

Karla: Wow, that’s quite a bombshell. Are you going to do it?

Chris: Of course. If the baby is biologically mine, I want to take responsibility for it. I wanted to start a family with my ex: get married and have children – the whole shebang. So if the baby is mine, I’ll provide child support, no question. I might