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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 518: Learning Self- Defense.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 518. 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 “Learning Self-Defense.” It’s a dialogue between a teacher and a student. The student is learning how she can defend herself against other people who may try to harm or hurt her, but she isn’t a very good student. Let’s get started.

Teacher: Welcome, everybody, to this self-defense class. Today, you’ll learn how to size up a situation and how to tell the difference between a harmless situation and a threatening one. You’ll also begin to learn some hand-to-hand combat moves to defend yourselves.

Amy: Oh, good. I can’t wait to learn some martial arts so I can beat up anyone who tries anything.

Teacher: Well, the best thing we can do in a dangerous