Health Problems
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Mark: I am just sitting here at a cafe in the Pahar Ganj area of New Delhi with Michael. Michael, you are not feeling very good?
Michael: No, I am certainly not.
Mark: What is the problem?
Michael: Well. I got diagnosed with amoebic dysentery about eight nine weeks ago when I was up in the mountains and I got treated for it then by a very good doctor with antibiotics but I fear that it has not yet gone away as I have had recurring problems.
Mark: You vomited this morning?
Michael: That is right. I got some new pills, that somebody at this very cafe recommended, that I take.
Mark: Ayurvedic?
Michael: No, no. Not those ones. These were some other pills. I forget what they were called. This man said that his sister was a nurse and these were the pills to take and I found them at a chemist, took a couple and I was violently sick this morning not long after taking one of these pills on the street, which was quite interesting.
Mark: Mm. That is terrible. How are you feeling now? Are you feeling a little better?
Michael: Not really I am feeling very weak I have to take some of these… you know… what do you call them…re-hydration salts.
Mark: And you are going to eat some banana and papaya as well?
Michael:Well I have got a papaya juice coming and yeah perhaps I will have some banana. I have heard that that is good for you.
Mark:I hope you feel better soon.
Michael: Thank you very much.
Mark: This man wants to clean your shoes.
Michael:Yes, I…
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very useful lesson thak you so much
its very useful to improve my english level.. i think it may useful in future speech .. it ll help while i ll speak in english
thanks
Dears teachers,
This the first homework I do with you so don’t hesitate to tell what I can do if this way is not the good way. But I understand the general meaning of the conversation or of this text.
After listening the whole recording in section B, I have heard these words and ticked them in order: “am sitting”; “with Michael”; “are feeling good”; “are not feeling good”; “up in the mountains”; “vomited”; “that is terrible”; “I am feeling very weak”; “some papaya”; “some banana”; “I hope you feel better soon”. Now I will try to repeat each phrase in order to improve my pronounciation which is very very bad as usual.
Thanks for this first lesson. See you soon!
Excuse me!
In the first comment I would like to say in the beginning: “This is the first homework…” and “don’t hesitate to tell me what…”.
I am in a hurry to get ready for my physiotherapy’s session. But I will be care the next time.
Sincerely yours!
I liked this lesson, it’s a very smart conversation, because Michael talks to Mike about his awful disease, and the speakers mention unusually words as “amoebic dysentery” and “Ayurvedic” that make you search and it’s good for us because our vocabulary becomes richest with new words. And I like so much the natural speakers like them. God Job !
Hello Mark and Aaron,
Thank you for the course. Ididn’t finish to learn lesson 1(listening activities) this is why I’ didn’t make comment.
Good luck and have fun!
Sincerely,
BERT KAK
Hi,
I like the first lesson but I do not like the picture at the right side !!!!! I really feel like vomiting too…
regards
Cloclo
thank you every one. this is may first lesson. i hope became a ferind you
I loves his ascent ;D. Perhaps oneday, I could speak like him. By the way, thanks mark for sending the lesson to me. Can’t wait to see my progress. Cheers ^_^
hi, thank you for sending me the lesson, i find it pretty practical. these are conversations we meet in our daily lives. i have learned a lot. thank you very much.
Good day, Mark and Aaron!
I want to thank you for your exellent work, it was really great to find such accurate (and what is also very important – available) lessons. =)
And speaking about the dialogue, I understood that Michael took some pills, which were advised to him by one man and because of this pills he got sick even more. It just seemed to me strange – to take some unknown pills..
Thank you for attention!
HoneyBunny
thanks to both of you..great work.. i know that my English will going better or improve soon..the way you teach us is very helpful.. i like these lesson because im not only learn how to mention correctly each words but i learn it with phrases, sentence and with correct grammar..also thanks for the transcription..i love it!!