to do (someone or something) justice

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 853: Reading an Obituary

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 853. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California. How are you today? Oh, me? Pretty good, thanks for asking.

This episode, like all of our episodes, has a Learning Guide, and you can find that guide at ESLPod.com.

This is a dialog between Ivy and Stephan about reading an obituary, a notice in the newspaper or on the Internet about someone who’s died. Let’s get started.

[start of dialog]

Ivy: This is so sad!

Stephan: What is?

Ivy: I’m reading the obituary for one of my favorite actors as a child, Mr. McBoo. He had quite a life.

Stephan: Oh, yeah?

Ivy: Yeah, and this article has really done him justice. It’s a nice tribute to a man who touched so many lives. It says here that he’s survived by his wife and five children.

Stephan: Did he live to a ripe old age?

Ivy: He was 97 when he died. There’ll be a memorial service and funeral