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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 614: Experiencing an Earthquake.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 614. 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 Jamal and Keisha. They’re talking about something which is very common to many parts of the world, including Los Angeles: earthquakes. We’ll go over some of the vocabulary related to that topic. Let’s get started.

Jamal: Did you feel that?

Keisha: Was that an earthquake?

Jamal: Yes, I think so. Turn on the news.

Newscaster: “Reports are coming in about an earthquake that occurred at 4:35 p.m. in the downtown area. We spoke