Name: Real-Life Daily English Podcasts | Episode 014 I'm in Debt
Uploaded: 2026-03-25T02:56:53.000Z
Duration: 15 min 57 s
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Hello, English learners, and welcome to another great podcast with EnglishPod.

And today we have another really great lesson for you, elementary lesson.

That's right, and it's another lesson about money.

Let's take a look at our vocabulary preview.

We have two words today in our vocabulary preview, and the first one is recession.

Everyone's talking about it right now, and what does it mean?

Why don't you tell me, Erika, because this isn't my topic for today.

Recession is a period of time when the economy of a country is doing badly.

In a recession, the country is making less money.

So maybe we can give a few examples of things that happen in a recession to show the meaning of this a little bit better.

So, for example, in a recession, many people lose their jobs.

Because companies might close or go bankrupt.

And also, people start spending less money.

And the stock prices of companies fall pretty drastically.

And that's what's going on now in the United States.

Okay, so let's take a look at our second word, and it has to do with recession.

So these are our two words for vocabulary preview today,

and you're going to hear them in the dialogue.

This dialogue is about a man who is in debt.

Corleone, I'm really sorry to trouble you, but I need your help.

Well, sir, you see, this recession has hit me pretty hard.

You know, I've got credit card bills, car payments.

And on top of all that, I have to pay my son's college tuition.

Well, I just thought maybe you could help me out.

You're not the only one who's been hit by the recession.

I lost half my money and the stock market crashed.

He didn't go to the bank to ask for money, did he?

You know it's a bad recession when even the mob runs out of money.

All right, so why don't we start by looking at our language takeaway?

All right, so for today's language takeaway, we have four words from the dialogue which we think are really important.

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Real-Life Daily English Podcasts | Episode 014 I'm in Debt

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