wet behind the ears

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 504: Training Inexperienced Employees.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 504. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

Our website is eslpod.com. Go there to download a Learning Guide for this episode, an 8- to 10-page guide that will help you improve your English even faster.

This episode is called “Training Inexperienced Employees.” It’s a dialogue between Kazuko and Martin using a lot of vocabulary that relates to experience or “inexperience” (someone without experience) at work. Let’s get started.

Kazuko: I really appreciate you helping with the training of the newbies. I couldn’t have done it without you.

Martin: Don’t mention it. I remember when I was still wet behind the ears and the veterans in the company gave me the benefit of their time and expertise. They propped me up until I could stand on my own two feet.

Kazuko: I can’t imagine you as a novice. Everybody here thinks of you as the cornerstone of the institution.

Martin: Well, that