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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,047 – Having Breathing Problems.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,047. 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 “Having Breathing Problems,” a dialogue between Russ and Cheryl with a vocabulary related to “breathing” – putting air into your lungs and breathing out again. Let’s get started.

Russ: Why are you wheezing like that?

Cheryl: I’m not wheezing. I’m just a little short of breath. My lungs feel like they’ve closed up.

Russ: Maybe you should get that checked out. You could have asthma.

Cheryl: Do you really think so? My nasal passages have been stopped up, so I just thought I had a bad