Nurse Story – An Example of an Interactive Story
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Listen to the interactive story and write in the words that Mark says.
1. THE NEW JOB (be verbs)
Alec: A young woman is at a big hospital.
Mark:
Alec: She is a nurse.
Mark:
Alec: What colour is her uniform?
Mark:
Alec: What colour are her shoes?
Mark:
Alec: The nurse is tired.
Mark:
Alec: Is she hungry?
Mark:
Alec: She looks at her watch.
Mark:
Alec: Is it an expensive watch?
Mark:
Alec: It is night.
Mark:
Alec: What time is it?
Mark:
Alec: The nurse goes into a room.
Mark:
Alec: There are eight patients in the room.
Mark:
Alec: The nurse looks at the patients.
Mark:
Alec: She sees an old woman.
Mark:
Alec: The woman is a patient.
Mark:
Alec: She is very old.
Mark:
Alec: How old is she?
Mark:
Alec: Is her hair white?
Mark:
Alec: The old woman is sad.
Mark:
Alec: The young nurse talks to the old woman.
Mark:
Alec: The old woman likes the young nurse.
Mark:
Alec: She feels better.
Mark:
Alec: She feels happy.
Mark:
Alec: The old woman talks about her family.
Mark:
Alec: Is her husband still alive?
Mark:
Alec: The young nurse is a new nurse.
Mark:
Alec: This is her new job.
Mark:
Alec: It is her first job.
Mark:
Alec: She looks at her watch again.
Mark:
Alec: It is late.
Mark:
Alec: She goes home.
Mark:
Alec: The young nurse lives in a small apartment.
Mark:
Alec: Is it on the fourth floor?
Mark:
Alec: She lives with a friend.
Mark:
Alec: The friend is not home.
Mark:
Alec: The young nurse goes into the kitchen.
Mark:
Alec: She looks in the fridge.
Mark:
Alec: What colour is the fridge?
Mark:
Alec: Is it big?
Mark:
Alec: What brand is it?
Mark:
Alec: There are some eggs in the fridge.
Mark:
Alec: The young nurse cooks an omelette.
Mark:
Alec: She eats it.
Mark:
Alec: Is it good?
Mark:
Alec: She makes tea.
Mark:
Alec: What kind of tea is it?
Mark:
Alec: She drinks it.
Mark:
Alec: Is it nice?
Mark:
Alec: The nurse goes to the bathroom.
Mark:
Alec: She takes off her clothes.
Mark:
Alec: She takes a shower.
Mark:
Alec: Is the water hot?
Mark:
Alec: After she takes a shower, she dries herself then she puts on her pajamas.
Mark:
Alec: Are they green?
Mark:
Alec: Are they warm?
Mark:
Alec: The nurse looks in the mirror.
Mark:
Alec: Is it a big mirror?
Mark:
Alec: She looks at her face.
Mark:
Alec: She looks at her skin.
Mark:
Alec: Her skin is not clear.
Mark:
Alec: She has pimples.
Mark:
Alec: What color are her pimples?
Mark:
Alec: She is not pretty.
Mark:
Alec: She does not have a boyfriend.
Mark:
Alec: She is not happy.
Mark:
Alec: She is lonely.
Mark:
Alec: The nurse goes to bed.
Mark:
Alec: Is her bed big?
Mark:
Alec: There is a computer in her bedroom.
Mark:
Alec: Is it a Macintosh?
Mark:
Alec: The nurse thinks about her life.
Mark:
Alec: She thinks about the old lady.
Mark:
Alec: She goes to sleep.
Mark:
Alec: She dreams.
Mark:
Alec: Is it a good dream?
Mark:
Alec: What is it about?
Mark:
Alec: The next morning, it is a holiday.
Mark:
Alec: The nurse goes shopping.
Mark:
Alec: She goes into a big department store.
Mark:
Alec: What is the name of the department store?
Mark:
Alec: Is it expensive?
Mark:
Alec: The nurse goes to the clothing section.
Mark:
Alec: She tries on a new dress.
Mark:
Alec: Is it a short dress or a long dress?
Mark:
Alec: How much is it?
Mark:
Alec: What color is it?
Mark:
Alec: The nurse buys the dress.
Mark:
Alec: Outside in the street, the nurse sees a young guy.
Mark:
Alec: He is very handsome.
Mark:
Alec: She looks at him but he does not look at her.
Mark:
Alec: How old is he?
Mark:
Alec: Is he intelligent?
Mark:
Alec: Is he a nice guy?
Mark:
Alec: Is he interesting?
Mark:
Did you write all of Mark’s responses to the interactive story? Check your work by reading the full transcript of Nurse Story – Part One.
If you want to continue the story, download the Nurse Story file, which contains all the episodes. You can use it to practice speaking and listening with a friend.
Tags: Dialogues, interactive-stories, nurse, nurses, Stories



Dear Sir,
I m very interested to watch this english conversation, but i could n’t hear clear voice ,
regards,
Sureshkumar.
voice is very low
so that i couldn’t hear this conversation
Hi Sureshkumar…
I edited the soundfile and boosted the amplification. Hopefully you can hear it now.
Aaron
hellllooooooooo
hi
have a good day
pls edited the sound file
I m very interested to watch this english conversation
Hi
first up all I appreciate you to give this good lessons to me
then I hope you will be added more conversations in future.
Hi guys, I enjoy listing to the conversations very much. Could you please record some more, for example people talking in pubs about typical concerns of life, at the bus stop or on the bus(buying a ticket), asking for the way. You know what I mean….just typical situations from every day life. Thanks a lot. Love.Izabela
thanks,
could u pls add how to communicate with a customer………..
It’s very great! I’m a new English learner but i like it very much.
thanks!
Hello Sir
It’s a nice conversation. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for it.
hi every body i would like to thank all of you.because
[...] name is Hiromi. (Thai) I come from Japan. (Thai) I am a student. (Thai) I am a nursing student. (Thai) Can you speak English? (Thai) Can you speak Japanese? (Thai) I cannot speak Thai. (Thai) I [...]
is very help ful is regulary touch with
How can We find audio about Nurse Story and others interactive stories complete? I only could find first part
Hi Ricky, we haven’t recorded more of the Nurse Story or any of the other Interactive Stories. What you hear in this post is just a sample. We may, at some point, record one story in full, and will notify the mailing list if we do.
i like your approach… of how u provided blanks so people who read it can stimulate their mind in providing response to the blank
I´m an English teacher in Spain who trains Spanish students who are preparing to work in shops and I think this type of material is very useful to help my classes so thank you very much for them
Hi Kimberly and Manalo….Glad you found this post useful.
Wher can I download the audio files of the other
stories?
Hi Joop….again, there are no other recordings of the stories in full. Soon we may produce more recordings.
I very much love summer


Someone very much loves winter
I Wish to know whom more
For what you love winter?
For what you love summer? Let’s argue
I very much love Autumn and Spring.
The colours of flowers are a song
The faded leaves are a book of poems
But without Winter and Summer
The cycle would not be complete
Circe circle circle circle circle!!!!!!!
i can’t hear it clearly!!!!! what’s up? please fix it….
I’m a new student on here.
I love this site.
Anyway I listened to conversation; nurse story #1. I’m interested in its story and learning method you’ve got.
I laughed when he did change color of her cloth from pink to white. Why? Do Pink has some different mooooood? hehe.
As I stated, I’m touched by this method. I can imagine whole scenes what you guys described by conversation. I think this is very helpful to learn English as English. I mean I don’t need to translate.
Thanks.
Hi there! I am a nurse. Thank you for the english conversation. Since now I am based in Thailand, I work as a teacher the nursing students.This sample conversation is really helpful.
Please feature some more sample conversation especially when nurses converse with patients in the hospital (
OR, ER, OB, etc.).
Thank you so much and more power!
can I download the audio files of the other nurse’s stories?
(es. the restaurant, The Phone Number ,The Handsome Young Guy ecc…)
thanks from the buttom of my heart
as (italy)
It’s very good lesson for my ss. Can you share other ???
awesome i very much enjoyed the conversation i would request you to upload some more stories.thanks hope everyone would be pleased to hear
Congratulations guys, you don´t know how helpful they are…
If you make like an english conferences or something similar, let me know…
Thank you so much…
Valencia – Spain
Dear sir,
i am learn more english and thank for english conversation
It would be clearer if the speaker spoke more loudly.Anyway, it sounds like a mysterious story, huh? It hold my breath to listen to the recording.
thanks a lot..
hi hi Sir / Madam,
Very nice conversation!
I really could enjoy this conversation.
Even i can understand these conversation.
Wish you success in your future!
Have a great day and fantastic day!
I hope to rich agood level with us