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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 944 – Working as an Intern.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 944. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California . . . even though that wasn't very beautiful.

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This episode is a dialogue between Jonas and Crystal about working as an intern in a company. Let’s get started.

Jonas: How’s your new job?

Crystal: It’s not a job exactly. It’s an internship.

Jonas: Oh, so you’re working as somebody’s lackey and getting paid a pittance.

Crystal: No, not exactly. I’m doing a lot of scut work and I’m not getting paid a lot, but I’m getting very valuable on-the-job experience.

Jonas: Sure you are. You’re learning how to fetch coffee and run errands. Yippee! You don’t