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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,200 – Learning a Skilled Trade.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,200. 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 a dialogue about learning a skilled trade – that is, learning to do something with your hands and mind in order to make money. Let’s get started.

Jeannine: What are you going to do now that you’ve graduated from high school?

Orlando: I’m going to trade school. My father was a stone and brick mason and my brother is a mechanic, but I think I’m going to try something different.

Jeannine: Like what?

Orlando: Maybe I’ll study to become an