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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 07
Section 6 - Carolina
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Section 6 follows Carolina – a girl who has come to the United Kingdom (UK) to live, study, and to have fun exploring a different country and culture. Listening to this can help you if you find yourself in a similar situation. You will see that there is often more than one way of saying the same thing in English.
Suggestion: listen to Carolina's conversation at the chemist and then do exercises 1 and 2.
Practice materials - Exercise 1
Put the phrases in the correct places in the conversation
Practice materials - Exercise 2
Choosing phrases that are NOT correct
Practice materials - Exercise 3
Imagine that you are in the UK, and you aren’t feeling very well. Maybe you’ve got a bad cold like Carolina. Talk to the chemist. You can practise the conversation with a friend.
Chemist: Good morning. Can I help you?
You: Yes. I hope so. (tell the chemist what’s wrong)
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Chemist: Have you got a sore throat? A headache? A cough?
You: ............................................................................................
Chemist: And have you got a temperature?
You: ............................................................................................
Chemist: Have you got any allergies?
You: ............................................................................................
Chemist: OK. Well, this should help.
You: ............................................................................................
Chemist: Two spoonfuls, four times a day. The instructions are on the bottle. Don’t take it if you’re driving, it might make you sleepy.
You: ............................................................................................
Chemist: Vitamin C will help. Here you are. Take one of these three times a day. And drink plenty of water. Where are you from, if you don’t mind me asking?
You: ............................................................................................
Chemist: Ah. That’s a nice place. Have you been in Britain long?
You: ............................................................................................
Chemist: I see. Well, spend the rest of the day in bed. You’ll feel a lot better tomorrow.
You: ............................................................................................
Chemist: If you still feel terrible in two or three days then you should go and see a doctor.
You: ............................................................................................
Chemist: That’s £9.50 please
You: ............................................................................................
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Transcript
Tess: OK. Time now to find out how Carolina’s getting on in Newcastle. Carolina, you might remember, is a student from Venezuela who’s come to Britain to live, study and have fun. Last time we listened, Carolina joined some societies at the university but this time she’s not feeling too well.
In the shared residence kitchen
Carolina: Hi Emily.
Emily: Hi. What are you doing here? I thought you had a seminar at 10 o’clock.
Carolina: I did, but I’m not feeling very well. (she sneezes)
Emily: Bless you! You sound terrible. You’d better go to bed. Did you tell your tutor that you were ill?
Carolina: No, I was early, he wasn’t there, but I left a note on the door. I said I was sorry, but I was very constipated.
Emily: Constipated? Why did you tell him you were constipated?
Carolina: Well, because I am. (she sneezes) See, I can’t stop sneezing.
Emily: You don’t sneeze when you’re constipated. Constipated means that you can’t go to the toilet, you know, you’re blocked ….. , you know, you try and try but you can’t …. well you know.
Carolina: Oh no! I was thinking in Spanish! In Spanish we say I’m constipada! (she sneezes)
Emily: Well in English it’s a cold. You say I’ve got a cold – a bad cold.
Carolina: I knew that! I’ve got a cold! What a stupid mistake! It’s because I’m ill – my head feels like it’s full of, I don’t know, ….. cake.
Emily: Cake?!
Carolina: And I left a note on the door. Everyone’s going to laugh at me.
Emily: No they won’t. Don’t be silly. Everyone knows English isn’t your first language – you made a mistake that’s all.
Carolina: But they won’t know it’s a mistake. (she sneezes) They’ll think I wanted to tell everyone that I was constipated, that I couldn’t go to the toilet. Oh, I want to go home to Venezuela.
Emily: Look, it’s not ten o’clock yet. I’ll go the room and take the note off the door and explain to…. who?
Carolina: Professor Grogan. Room 102. It’ll be too late.
Emily: And you can go to the chemist’s and get yourself something to take. Then come back here and go to bed. You look awful. Have some hot lemon and honey – that’s what my mother always gives me.
Carolina: (she sneezes) OK, thanks a lot Emily.
At the chemist’s
Chemist: Good morning. Can I help you?
Carolina: (she sneezes) Yes please. I can’t stop sneezing. (she sneezes) Have you got anything I can take?
Chemist: Is it a cold or an allergy?
Carolina: It’s a cold. I don’t have any allergies, at least I don’t think so.
Chemist: Have you got any other symptoms? (Carolina sneezes) A sore throat? A headache? A cough?
Carolina: Yes, my throat hurts – it hurts when I eat or drink, and my head hurts too.
Chemist: Have you got a temperature?
Carolina: A temperature? (she sneezes) What’s that? I’m sorry, my English is terrible today.
Chemist: You know, have you got a high temperature, do you feel hot? Is your face hot?
Carolina: You mean a fever? Yes, yes, I think so, my face is hot but my body feels cold.
Chemist: OK. It sounds like a bad cold. Let’s see … ... this should help. Are you allergic to any medicines?
Carolina: No, no I’m not. How often do I have to take it?
Chemist: Two spoonfuls, four times a day. The instructions are on the bottle. Don’t take it if you’re driving, it might make you sleepy.
Carolina: That’s OK. I just want to go to bed. Should I take anything else?
Chemist: Vitamin C will help. Here you are. Take one of these three times a day. And drink plenty of water. Where are you from, if you don’t mind me asking?
Carolina: Venezuela. I’ve only been here a few weeks.
Chemist: Ah. Venezuela. I expect our English weather is a bit too cold for you then. Spend the rest of the day in bed and keep warm. You’ll feel a lot better tomorrow.
Carolina: I hope so.
Chemist: If you still feel terrible in two or three days then you should go and see a doctor.
Carolina: Thank you very much. And how much is that for the medicines?
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