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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 742: Admiring Someone from Afar.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 742. 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.

This episode is called “Admiring Someone from Afar.” When you see someone that you like at a distance, that’s what we’re talking about here. It’s going to be about love, of course. Let’s get started.

Perry: Look at her! What I wouldn’t give to get a date with her.

Lynn: You should go talk to her and ask her for her number.

Perry: No way! She’s completely out of my league. See that guy she’s talking to? He’s the kind of guy who’ll get her number.

Lynn: That guy has nothing on you. The only thing that guy has that you don’t is confidence.

Perry: See? She’s giving him her number. I don’t have a chance.

Lynn: But look what he’s doing with it. He’s throwing it away.