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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 482: Talking About Architecture.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 482. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

Our website is eslpod.com. Go there to download a Learning Guide for this episode, which will give you all of the vocabulary, definitions, sample sentences, additional definitions, comprehension questions, cultural notes, and a complete transcript of everything we say on this episode.

This episode is a dialogue between Iktinos and Pinda; they’re going to be talking about “architecture,” the way that we make buildings, including a lot of very common vocabulary to talk about buildings and houses. Let’s get started.

Iktinos: I can’t believe we’re in one of the world’s most famous structures. Look at this architecture!

Pinda: Yeah, great, another old building. I’m going to sit in that bay window and rest my feet while you walk around.

Iktinos: Come on, come with me. Just look at these columns and beams. They’re