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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.