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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 517: Watching Competitive Sports.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 517. 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 between Bruno and Tamara about watching sporting events that are “competitive,” meaning someone wins and someone loses. That’s a pretty broad category, but we’ll talk about some vocabulary that you would use in a sporting event such as a football game or a baseball game. Let’s get started.

Bruno: Hey, what are you doing? Give me back that remote!

Tamara: The movie I want to watch is on right now. Do you mind?

Bruno: Of course I mind! I’m watching the playoffs. Can’t you see that?

Tamara: The playoffs? Oh, I’ll watch with you.

Bruno: You? You don’t know anything about sports.

Tamara: It doesn’t matter. I