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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 331: Washing Clothes.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 331. 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 about something everyone has to do, or have done for them, and that is washing your clothes. It’s a dialogue between Mina and Arlo about using a washing machine. Let’s get started.

Mina: What happened here? Is the washing machine not working?

Arlo: What do you mean?

Mina: Why are all of your white T-shirts now pink?

Arlo: That just happens. Sometimes they turn pink, gray, or another color, depending on which clothes I put in a load.

Mina: Didn’t anyone teach you how to do laundry? You’re supposed to separate your whites from your colors and wash them separately.

Arlo: It doesn’t really matter.