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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 704: Reselling Products for a Profit.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 704. 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 called “Reselling Products (reselling things) For Profit.” It’s a dialogue between Jessie and Masa about people who buy things and then sell them to other people for a higher price. Let’s get started.

Jessie: Where are you going?

Masa: I’m going to stand in line to get one of the first iDopes. They go on sale this morning at 9 a.m.

Jessie: Why don’t you just wait a couple of days when there’ll be no line?

Masa: I’m sure they’re going to sell out, and plus, I’m going to buy an extra one so I can resell it.

Jessie: You’re going to resell it? Oh, you mean like scalping tickets.

Masa: You got it. I can