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Jul 2007
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Advanced Lesson 003

THOMAS CARLTON
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In this episode, I discuss some of the issues regarding sports in America. Vocabulary: improvise/ad lib/do it on the fly theory controversy vip(s) fine (as a noun) role model  
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