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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,266 – Being a Refugee.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,266. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California (beautiful Los Angeles, beautiful Los Angeles, beautiful Los Angeles, California).

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This lesson is all about being a refugee – someone who has to leave his country. Let’s get started.

Sara: How’s work been?

Tarek: Really hard. Our agency is working to resettle refugees who have fled McQuillanland because