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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 428: Getting a Dream Job.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 428. 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 “Getting a Dream Job” – getting a great job. It’s a dialogue between Tandia and Hank who are looking for a good job, and while talking about it use a lot of vocabulary we would use to describe someone’s job. Let’s get started.

Tandia: Do you want these want ads after I’m finished with them?

Hank: No, I’m not going to find my dream job in the classifieds. I’m going to have to get more creative with my job search.

Tandia: What are you looking for?

Hank: I want a job that’s