SO_E_U11_Audio.doc

  Elementary Unit 11 Audio Script

  UNIT 11  Recording 1

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  UNIT 11  Recording 2

P = Presenter     D = Doctor

P:              And this week in Health Matters, we’re talking about colds and flu. What’s the difference, and more importantly, how to cure them? With me in the studio is Dr Elizabeth Harper. Dr Harper … How is flu different from a common cold?

D:              Well, flu starts very suddenly. One minute you’re fine, the next minute you feel terrible. You’ve got a headache – often a very bad headache – and a cough. You’ve got a sore throat and your arms and legs hurt. You’re very hot. Usually you’ve got a temperature of over thirty-eight degrees centigrade and you’re too ill to do anything. You can’t work. You just want to go home and go to bed. Sometimes you have to stay in bed for a week or more.

P:              Awful. I see, yes. And what about a typical cold?

D:              A cold starts slowly. Maybe it takes two or three days to start. It’s a cold when you’ve got a sore throat … or a cough and a runny nose and you don’t feel very well. But – and here’s the big difference – if you can get up and go to work, then you’ve probably got a cold, not flu. After a week you feel better. After flu, you often feel very tired for a very long time, maybe two or three weeks!

P:              Mmm. OK, so the next question …

  UNIT 11  Recording 3

You should drink lots of water.

You should eat fruit.

You shouldn’t take antibiotics.

  UNIT 11  Recording 4

W1 = 1st woman     W2 = 2nd woman     W3 = 3rd woman             
M1 = 1st man     M2 = 2nd man     M3 = 3rd man

Situation 1

W1:              Oh, no. My papers!

M1:              Here, let me help. What a mess!

W1:              Thank you very much.

M 1:              No problem.

Situation 2

W2:              Er … Excuse me … sir?

M2:              Uhhh …

W2:              Are you all right? Shall I call an ambulance?

M2:              No … Yes … Uh… Thanks so much …

W2:              That’s OK.

Situation 3

W3:              Hmm … Uh … Mmm …

M3:              Oh, look. I’ll do that for you. Where do you want it?

W3:              Just over here, in front of the window … Thanks a lot. That’s kind
of you.

M3:              You’re welcome.

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1              Let me help.             

2              Shall I call an ambulance?

3              I’ll do that for you.

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  UNIT 11  Recording 7

P = Pharmacist     C = Customer

P:              Hello, can I help you?

C:              Yes, have you got anything for an earache?

P:              An earache? Hmm … When did it start?

C:              Yesterday afternoon. I took some paracetomol, but it didn’t help.

P:              And do you have any other pain?

C:              No, just my ear.

P:              Do you often have earaches?

C:              No, it’s the first time, but it hurts a lot.

P:              OK. I’m going to give you some ear drops. They’re very mild.

C:              Sorry, I don’t understand. Mild?

P:              They’re not very strong. Put these drops in your ear, three times daily.

C:              Three times a day?

P:              That’s right. When you get up, at lunch and just before you go to bed.
If it doesn’t get better, you should see a doctor.

C:              Thank you. How much is that?