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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 563: Reducing Household Expenses.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 563. 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 a dialogue between Roland and Ginger about “household expenses,” the money that you have to spend to live in a house or apartment. Let’s get started.

Roland: If we want to save enough money to buy a house, we need to get serious about our finances and do some financial planning. I think the first step is to create a household budget.

Ginger: Okay by me. You know that I’m all about the bottom line.

Roland: Yeah, right. I think we