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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,180 – Price Gouging.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,180. 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 Pedro and Elisa about companies that increase their prices suddenly. Let’s get started.

Pedro: Why are you changing the prices on all of those items in the store?

Elisa: Haven’t you heard? There’s a hurricane coming. People will be stocking up on basic necessities.

Pedro: I know that, but that still doesn’t explain why you’ve decided to jack up prices.

Elisa: There’s nothing wrong with taking advantage of a spike in demand during emergency situations.