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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 344: At the Convention Center.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 344. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful, but today a little rainy, Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “At the Convention Center.” We’re going to go to a conference, or a convention. I’m going to talk about typical vocabulary associated with going to a professional conference. Let’s get started.

I left my hotel early so I would arrive at the convention center in time for my presentation, but the bad traffic made me late. My presentation was supposed to start at 2:00 and it was already 1:55! To make matters worse, I had never been to this convention center before and I didn’t know my way