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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 474: Having Trouble Sleeping.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 474. 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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We’re going to listen to a dialogue between Luis and Stevie; Stevie is a girl – a woman, here. Stevie is going to be talking to Luis about how she is having trouble sleeping at night, using a lot of vocabulary we might used to talk about that situation. Let’s get started.

Luis: So, how are the newlyweds doing?

Stevie: Oh, we’re great. I’m just a little tired.

Luis: Well, that goes with the territory, right?

Stevie: No, that’s not what I mean. Patrick has been keeping me up with his snoring.

Luis: Oh, that’s a bummer.

Stevie: Yeah, it really is. I’m usually awakened