M: Hello English learners! Welcome to EnglishPod! My name is Marco. E: And I’m Erica. M: And today we’re gonna be bringing you a very useful lesson about being sick. E: Yeah, um, we’re going to learn, um, how to tell your boss that you can’t go to work, because you’re sick. M: Exactly! This is really important, because we all get sick and sometimes you just can’t go to work. E: Yes! Or maybe sometimes you just don’t want to go to work. M: You just… exactly, maybe you’re lying. E: Yeah. M: But we’re gonna be teaching you how to do it anyway, so, before we start with our dialogue, let’s take a look at “vocabulary preview”. Voice: Vocabulary preview. E: In this vocabulary preview we have two words for you. Uh, the first one is quite ill. M: Quite ill. E: Quite ill. M: So, quite ill… E: Very sick. M: Very sick. E: Uhu. M: Quite is a synonym of very. E: Exactly! M: Okay. E: Yeah. M: And ill… E: Sick. M: Sick. E: Yeah. M: So, they both mean the same thing, no difference. E: No difference at all. I just think, uh, ill is more common in British English. M: Uh, exactly. Alright, let’s take a look at our second word – flu. E: The flu. M: The flu. E: The flu. M: So, the flu is a virus. E: Yeah, it’s a sickness. M: Okay, and, uh… E: Uhu. M: It’s very similar to a cold. E: Yes, but just a lot worse. M: A lot worse, so, it’s stronger. E: Yeah, yeah. Um, it’s also called influenza. M: Influenza. E: Aha. M: Exactly. So, the flu. E: Uhu. M: Okay, so, let’s listen to our dialogue. What’s gonna happen here today? E: Well, we’re going to listen as Julie calls her boss to tell him she’s sick. M: Alright, but is she really sick? E: I don’t know. Let’s find out. DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME M: Alright, so, Julie didn’t really seem to be sick, ha? E: Yeah, I… I don’t know th… that cough was just a little too much. M: It seemed like she was acting. E: Yeah.
M: Hello English learners! Welcome to EnglishPod! My name is Marco. E: And I’m Erica. M: And today we’re gonna be bringing you a very useful lesson about being sick. E: Yeah, um, we’re going to learn, um, how to tell your boss that you can’t go to work, because you’re sick. M: Exactly! This is really important, because we all get sick and sometimes you just can’t go to work. E: Yes! Or maybe sometimes you just don’t want to go to work. M: You just… exactly, maybe you’re lying. E: Yeah. M: But we’re gonna be teaching you how to do it anyway, so, before we start with our dialogue, let’s take a look at “vocabulary preview”. Voice: Vocabulary preview. E: In this vocabulary preview we have two words for you. Uh, the first one is quite ill. M: Quite ill. E: Quite ill. M: So, quite ill… E: Very sick. M: Very sick. E: Uhu. M: Quite is a synonym of very. E: Exactly! M: Okay. E: Yeah. M: And ill… E: Sick. M: Sick. E: Yeah. M: So, they both mean the same thing, no difference. E: No difference at all. I just think, uh, ill is more common in British English. M: Uh, exactly. Alright, let’s take a look at our second word – flu. E: The flu. M: The flu. E: The flu. M: So, the flu is a virus. E: Yeah, it’s a sickness. M: Okay, and, uh… E: Uhu. M: It’s very similar to a cold. E: Yes, but just a lot worse. M: A lot worse, so, it’s stronger. E: Yeah, yeah. Um, it’s also called influenza. M: Influenza. E: Aha. M: Exactly. So, the flu. E: Uhu. M: Okay, so, let’s listen to our dialogue. What’s gonna happen here today? E: Well, we’re going to listen as Julie calls her boss to tell him she’s sick. M: Alright, but is she really sick? E: I don’t know. Let’s find out. DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME M: Alright, so, Julie didn’t really seem to be sick, ha? E: Yeah, I… I don’t know th… that cough was just a little too much. M: It seemed like she was acting. E: Yeah.
