Name: Real-Life English Podcasts | Episode 005 Upper-Intermediate | Protest
Uploaded: 2026-02-22T16:07:22.000Z
Duration: 12 min 34 s
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And today with Erica, we have a very aggressive lesson for you today.

So, Erica, why don't you tell us what a protest is?

Well, when you protest something, you go into the streets and show your disagreement.

And you yell and you have signs and everyone's just protesting.

And if it's not clear now, it'll be clear after the dialogue, I'm sure.

So why don't we start with our vocabulary preview?

We have two words in our vocabulary preview today.

So if a company goes bankrupt, what happens?

It means the company doesn't have any more money.

So basically, if it's bankrupt, it's probably going to close.

So bailout is when the government gives money to a company that is about to go bankrupt.

It's emergency money that will help save the company.

Well, these two words are taken directly from our dialogue.

And in today's dialogue, we're going to bring you live to a newscast.

So why don't we just listen to the dialogue?

This is Action 5 News reporter Sarah O' Connell reporting live from Washington D.C.

Thousands of angry citizens are protesting against the proposed bailout of the auto manufacturing industry.

We're here because we feel this is an injustice.

The financial irresponsibility of big business has to stop.

We're here to show the government that we don't like the way they're spending our tax doll.

But what exactly is making everyone so angry?

The U.S. government wants to give $25 billion of taxpayers money to the auto industry.

These are companies that have been mismanaged and are now nearly bankrupt.

But many supporters of the bailout argue that it could help save the jobs of millions of hard working Americans.

And I for one don't want to see anyone lose their job.

But how can these CEOs ask for a bailout when they're making millions of dollars?

And then the nerve to fly to Washington in private jets this costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This is Sarah O' Connell reporting live from Washington, D.C. back to you, Tom.

Well, I think they have some good points, and we'll talk about that later.

There was some great language in this dialogue.

A lot of language we use to express our anger.

And one of those words, and the first one for language takeaway, is injustice.

So an injustice is something that isn't fair.

So, Erica, why don't you give us an example on how you would use outrage?

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