dog days of summer

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 799: Dealing With the Heat.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 799. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in – you guessed it – Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is about dealing with or handling the heat, when it gets very hot outside. Let’s get started.

Jolene: I’m sweating like a pig. When is this heat wave going to end?

Eric: I’ve no idea, but I’m not moving a muscle until it does. Hand me that pitcher of iced tea, would you?

Jolene: Get it yourself. I’m not moving until it drops below 80 degrees.

Eric: It’s not the temperature. It’s the humidity. It’s not even the dog days of summer yet and it’s scorching outside.

Jolene: It’s scorching inside, too. Why can’t that fan move any faster?