Englishpod（英语播客）第二期：Calling In Sick请病假下面是音频： 下面是主持人对话：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. 正文： A: Hello, Daniel speaking, how may I help you? B: Hi, Daniel, Julie here. A: Hi, Julie, how are you? B: Actually, I’m feeling quite ill today. A: I’m sorry to hear that. What’s wrong? B: I think I’m coming down with the flu. I have a headache, a sore throat a runny nose and I’m feeling slightly feverish. A: I see... so you’re calling in sick? B: Yes, I was hoping to take the day off to recover. A: OK, then. Try and get some rest. 正文结束 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: Alright, so, let’s take a look at some of this vocabulary in “language takeaway”. Voice: Language takeaway. E: We have five words for you here and these are all great words to describe a sickness, right? M: Uhu. E: Alright, the first one – headache. M: Headache. E: Headache. M: Headache. E: So, when you have a headache, you have a sore head, right? M: Right, your head hurts. E: Uhu. M: So, it’s pretty simple. E: Yep. M: You have a headache. E: It’s the way you feel after, um, being at a bar too late. M: Yeah… E: Yeah. M: When you drink too much… E: Yeah. M: You get a headache. E: Yeah. M: Alright, let’s take a look at our next word – sore throat. E: Sore throat. M: Sore throat. E: Sore throat. M: So, basically, we have two words here, let’s look at the first one – sore. E: Hurting. M: It hurts, right? E: Yeah. M: And your throat is… E: Well, it… you know it’s the part right here, at the back… oh, you can’t see me. [Comment: Erica points at her throat, but realizes right away that we can’t see her, because it’s a podcast, not a videocast] M: Hehe. E: Well, it’s the part, um, at the back of your mouth that goes down to your stomach. M: Alright, that’s your throat. E: Yeah. M: So, you use your throat to swallow. E: Uhu. M: Okay. Now, we can use the word sore with different body parts, right? E: Yeah, like, um, a sore back. M: A sore back, right? Or maybe you were playing tennis all weekend, so you have a sore arm. E: Aha, or even a sore neck. M: Right. E: Uhu. M: So, the word sore. Let’s take a look at our third word – running nose. E: Running nose. M: Running nose. E: Running nose. M: This is a very strange word. E: I know. M: But it doesn’t mean that your nose is running, right? E: No, but… okay, um, it… no, but when you have a running nose, um, there’s lots of water coming out of your nose, right? M: Right. E: So, it’s interesting though, because when you run, you go fast, right? M: Hehe. So, a lot of water is… E: Coming fast out of your nose. M: Out of your nose. Running nose. E: Yeah. M: Okay, our forth word today – slightly feverish. E: Slightly feverish. M: Slightly feverish. E: Slightly feverish. M: So, again, slightly is… E: A little bit. M: A little bit… E: Uhu. M: Right? A little bit. And feverish? E: Well, let’s break this word down. Um, we know fever, right? M: Uhu. E: Um, so, when you’re… when your body is very, very hot… M: Right. E: Because you’re sick. So, feverish is the feeling or your body being very, very hot. M: Uhu. Okay, so, you have a high temperature. E: It’s not that you have a high temperature, but you feel like you have a high temperature. M: Okay, so, slightly feverish. E: Uhu. M: And our last word – to recover. E: Recover. M: Recover. E: Recover. M: So, this means to get better, right? E: Exactly. M: Can you only use it when you’re sick? E: So, when you recover, you get better and you rest, so, maybe you can say, um, “I was so busy this week, I need to recover at this weekend”. M: Okay, so, yeah, if you feel tired… E: Yeah. M: Or you feel sick, you can recover. E: Uhu. M: Okay, let’s listen to our dialogue again and we can listen to these words that we’ve just talked about. 正文 A: Hello, Daniel speaking, how may I help you? B: Hi, Daniel, Julie here. A: Hi, Julie, how are you? B: Actually, I’m feeling quite ill today. A: I’m sorry to hear that. What’s wrong? B: I think I’m coming down with the flu. I have a headache, a sore throat a runny nose and I’m feeling slightly feverish. A: I see... so you’re calling in sick? B: Yes, I was hoping to take the day off to recover. A: OK, then. Try and get some rest. 正文结束 M: In this dialogue we listened to some really interesting phrases of how you can tell your boss that you’re feeling sick, right? E: Yeah, some great phrases, so, let’s look at these in “fluency builder”. Voice: Fluency builder. M: Okay, let’s take a look at our first phrase on fluency builder – I’m coming down with. E: I’m coming down with. M: I’m coming down with. E: I’m coming down with. M: Alright, so, let’s listen to some examples and then we’ll come back and explain this interesting phrase. Voice: Example one. A: My throat really hurts. I think I’m coming down with a cold. Voice: Example two. B: You have a running nose. Are you coming down with the flu? Voice: Example three. C: I don’t feel well. I think I’m coming down with something. M: Okay, so, basically, coming down with means… E: Starting to get sick. M: Uh… um, beginning to feel sick. E: Yes. M: Okay, so, you can use it with “I’m coming down with the flu”. E: Aha, I’m coming down with a cold. M: Uhu. Or I’m coming down with a cough. E: Yeah, or I’m coming down with something. M: With something, you don’t what it is. E: Exactly. M: Okay, let’s take a look at our second phrase – calling in sick. E: Calling in sick. M: Okay, calling in sick. E: So, this phrase is great! You know, when you say “I’m calling in sick”… M: Uhu. E: You’re saying “hey I’m not going to come to work today, because I’m sick”. M: Okay, so, literally, it means that you call your office… E: Yeah. M: And you say you’re not going to work. E: Yes, um, but it’s great, cause it’s three words that show such a long idea. M: Right, because otherwise you would have to say “I’m calling, because I don’t feel well, so, I’m not gonna go to work”. E: Yes! M: But if you say “I’m calling in sick”, everyone knows… E: Everyone understands. M: That you’re not gonna go to work. E: Yep. M: Okay, now, let’s take a look at our last phrase – take the day off. E: Take the day off. M: Take the day off. E: Take the day off. M: Now, this is a great phrase! To take the day off is to… E: Not go to work. M: On that day. E: Yes! M: Now, you can say “take the… week off”. E: Uhu, take the month off. M: Take the month off or… E: Yeah. M: Take the year off. E: Yeah, if you’re so lucky. M: Hehe. Alright, so, take the day off means to not go to work on that day. E: Uhu. M: Alright, let’s listen to our dialogue again now and then we’ll come back and talk a little bit more. 正文： A: Hello, Daniel speaking, how may I help you? B: Hi, Daniel, Julie here. A: Hi, Julie, how are you? B: Actually, I’m feeling quite ill today. A: I’m sorry to hear that. What’s wrong? B: I think I’m coming down with the flu. I have a headache, a sore throat a runny nose and I’m feeling slightly feverish. A: I see... so you’re calling in sick? B: Yes, I was hoping to take the day off to recover. A: OK, then. Try and get some rest. 正文结束 E: Well, Marco, um, have you ever done what Julie did? Did you ever call your boss to say you’re sick to… when you’re not really? M: Yeah, of course! I mean, sometimes you just don’t feel very well, but you’re not really sick, you just don’t feel like going to work. E: Yes. M: Or sometimes you have something to do. E: Uh. M: Right? E: Yep! You know what we call those in Canada? Um, we call them personal days. M: Personal days. E: Yeah! So, you say “oh, I’m gonna take a personal day”… M: Ouh. E: Meaning I’m gonna call in sick, but then go shopping. M: Hehe. We used to do that a lot, because, for example, soccer games are such a big deal. E: Oh, yeah! M: And, you know, sometimes you would have, ah, a soccer match between, I don’t know,Brazil… and it would be maybe at 10 a.m. or 11 a.m., so, everyone would call in sick on that day. E: Yeah, so, the boss at least could plan that he would have an empty office. M: Yeah, or sometimes you would take half the day off. E: Uh. M: So, you would just go… you say “well, I’m not gonna make it in the morning, but I’ll come in the afternoon”. E: So, you would recover… M: A l… E: Very quickly. M: Yeah, I’m feeling a little bit sick, but I’m going to be better in the afternoon. E: Yeah. M: Alright, so, well, if you have any questions or comments, please come to our website and if you have any calling in sick stories, please let us know. E: Yes, you can visit us at englishpod.com and Marco and I are always there to answer your questions. M: Alright, folks, so, we’ll see you next time. E: Thank for listening, good bye! M: Bye! 下面是正文：A: Hello, Daniel speaking, how may I help you? B: Hi, Daniel, Julie here. A: Hi, Julie, how are you? B: Actually, I’m feeling quite ill today. A: I’m sorry to hear that. What’s wrong? B: I think I’m coming down with the flu. I have a headache, a sore throat a runny nose and I’m feeling slightly feverish. A: I see... so you’re calling in sick? B: Yes, I was hoping to take the day off to recover. A: OK, then. Try and get some rest. |
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