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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 286: Describing Facial Features.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 286. 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 “Describing Facial Features.” It’s going to be about a woman who was, unfortunately, robbed. She’s going to try to describe who the person was that stole her money. Let’s get started.

I was mugged while I was walking home last night. This morning, I was at the police station with a sketch artist to see if we could come up with a picture of what the thief looked like.

Sketch artist: Okay, you said that this was a man in his 40s. Can you tell me what shape his face was: thin, round,