ESL Podcast 1 - Introduction

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Friday - July 22, 2005

Welcome to our first English as a Second Language Podcast!

欢迎收听English as a Second Language Podcast（英语作为第二语言播客）！

In this podcast, we are going to introduce you to the format of the podcast, as well as the people who record it.

在本节播客中，我们将向您介绍一下我们播客的形式，以及录制ESL播客的人员。

ESLPodcast is designed especially for people who are intermediate or advanced speakers of English, but want to improve their listening and speaking skills. We plan on providing a new podcast every day, Monday through Friday. The daily podcasts are always free.

ESLPodcast 播客主要是面向拥有中级或者高级英语口语水平，想进一步提高自己的听力和口语水平的听众。从周一到周五，每天我们都会提供一节播客节目。所有的播客内容都可以免费收听。

There will be many different topics for our podcasts. We try to talk about topics that you will find interesting. All of our podcasts use “real English”—the normal, everyday English you will find among native speakers in the United States. ESLPodcast is not a textbook or a course. It is a way to listen to real native speakers talking as they do everyday in English. ESL Podcast tries to provide you with English you can understand. We speak at a slightly slower rate, but always use normal, native speaker English to help you improve.

我们的播客包含很多不同方面的话题，并且尽力做一些您会感兴趣的话题内容。所有的播客内容都是纯正的英语－美国当地人们日常生活所用到的英语。ESL Podcast尽量让您能听得懂。我们使用比较慢的语速，但是内容都是纯正的美国日常英语，来帮助您提高自己的英语水平。

There are two parts to evey podcast: After a brief introduction, there is a discussion or dialog of the topic of the day. This usually lasts 3-6 minutes. In part 2, there is an explanation of the vocabulary and expressions used during part 1. We explain how certain words and phrases are used by native speakers, including both formal and informal expressions.

每天的播客内容由两部分组成：首先是一个简短的介绍，紧接着会有一个关于当天话题的对话或者讨论。这一部分会有3到6分钟。第二部分是对在第一部分中出现的词汇和表达的详细讲解。包括正式的和非正式的用法，我们都会给出特定的词汇和短语在美语人们中的用法解释。

ESLPod cast is currently produced by a team of volunteers. It is a production of the Center for Educational Development, in Los Angeles, California. My name is Dr. Jeff McQuillan, and I’m the host of ESL Podcast. I have been teaching English as a Second Language for many years both here in the United States and in other countries. I received my Ph.D., my doctorate, in applied linguistics from the University of Southern California. I taught as a university professor for several years here in California and in Arizona. I have written many articles and books on the teaching English.

ESLPod cast目前是由志愿者组成的团推制作的。这是由洛杉矶（Los Angeles）教育发展中心（Center for Educational Development）的一个项目。我叫Dr. Jeff McQuillan，是ESL Podcast的主持人。在美国和别的国家，我教授英语课程已经好几年了，当然也包括这里。我拥有南加利福尼亚大学（University of Southern California）获得应用语言学博士学位。我在加利福尼亚和亚利桑那担任教授已经好几年了，并且写过很多关于英语教学方面的文章和书籍。

All of the voices you will hear on ESL Podcast will be native speakers. We suggest that you listen to the entire podcast at least once, and then re-listen to Part 1 until you feel you understand most of it. You will find that your listening comprehension will increase after each listening.

您从ESL Podcast中听到的所有声音都来自美国本土英语使用者。我们建议您最少将整节播客内容收听一遍，然后重新收听第一部分，知道您理解了大部分的内容。您将会发现您的听力水平会越来越高，每听一次都会有所提高。

The text or script of Part 1 of each podcast can be found on our website, www.e-s-l-p-o-d.com. That’s www.eslpod.com. Click on the “Scripts” link in the upper, right hand corner. We would love to hear from you. Please email us to tell us where you live and what topics you would like to hear on future ESL Podcasts. Our email address is e-s-l-p-o-d@e-s-l-p-o-d.com. That’s eslpod@eslpod.com.

播客文字内容您可以在我们的网站上找到：www.eslpod.com。我们很乐意接收您的建议或者其他方面的问题，请给我们发送邮件：eslpod@eslpod.com。

Thank you again for listening. We hope you enjoy these podcasts and that they help you in your goal to improve your English.

感谢收听。我们希望您能喜欢这些播客内容，并希望帮助您实现提高英语水平的目的。