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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast episode 613: Being a First- Time Parent.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 613. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

We have a website at eslpod.com. If you go there, you can improve your English even faster by downloading one of the 8- to 10-page Learning Guides that we provide for this episode. It contains a complete transcript of everything I say, as well as lots of other good stuff: vocabulary, cultural notes, that sort of thing.

This episode is called “Being a First-Time Parent.” It is a dialogue between Ricardo and Zuly. They’re going to be talking about being parents, having a baby for the first time. Let’s get started.

Zuly: Hello.

Ricardo: Hi, Zuly. How are you?

Zuly: Oh, Ricardo, it’s you. I’m doing okay. How are you?

Ricardo: I wanted to call and congratulate you on the birth of your new baby.

Zuly: Thanks