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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 544: Working from a Home Office.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 544. 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 called “Working from a Home Office.” It’s a dialogue between Adrina and Victor, using vocabulary associated with having an office at home. Let’s get started.

Adrina: So this is your new home office. It’s nice.

Victor: It’s functional, and I like it. When my company decided to lower its overhead by decentralizing, it gave employees the option to work from home. When I heard that, I didn’t think twice about making the change.

Adrina: I’m not surprised. Lots of people would kill to work from home. Did you have to get dedicated phone and