ESL Podcast 231 – The Supermarket Checkout
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ESL Podcast 231 – The Supermarket Checkout

B1IntermediateJune 13, 202015 min

#ESL Podcast 231 – The Supermarket Checkout ##GLOSSARY **cashier –** a store employee who takes the money for things that a customer buys and provides a receipt *The cashier said he couldn’t help me with the clothes I wanted to buy because he works only in the shoe department. **lane –** a narrow (small and long) area in a grocery store where shoppers stand in a line to wait for a cashie...

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Our episode is called the supermarket checkout. Let's go.

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friendly, but this one must have been having a hard day.

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Welcome to English as a second language podcast, number 231. The supermarket check out. This is English as a second language podcast episode 231. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McWillen.

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Coming to you from the Center for Educational Development. beautiful Los Angeles, California. Remember to visit our website at ESLPOD.com and download the learning guide for this episode. This is an eight to ten page document that contains all of the vocabulary definitions, cultural notes, additional vocabulary we don't talk about

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on the podcast, as well as a complete transcript of this episode. Our episode is called the supermarket checkout. Let's go. I went to the supermarket to do my weekly shopping. The cashiers at this market are usually pretty friendly, but this one must have been having a hard day.

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