At the chemist’s
1. Listen to the conversation. What symptoms does she have?
a _____
b _____
c _____
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a a cough
b headache
c sore eyes
2. Look at these instructions for different medicines. Listen again and complete the gaps.
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b two
c two
d 24
e eight
f one or two
g twice
Transcript
(Chu Hua = Chinese)
Pharmacist: Hello.
Chu Hua: Hi, um I think I’ve got the fly. Could you, um, could you give me something for it?
Pharmacist: OK um ___ what are your symptoms?
Chu Hua: Well ___
Pharmacist: Have you got a headache, sore throat, temperature? Are you coughing?
Chu Hua: Yeah, I can’t stop coughing at night.
Pharmacist: OK ___ ah ___ How long have you had the cough?
Chu Hua: Oh erm ___ um a couple of days now. and I have a headache too.
Pharmacist: Do you take any other medicine?
Chu Hua: No.
Pharmacist: OK. Um ___ this is cough mixture. It will stop the cough. The most important thing is ___ take two spoonfuls three or four times a day. Don’t take it just when you’ve got a cough because then it takes a little while to work. You need to take it before you cough ___ Um ___ or if you don’t want to make medicine, then there is a lozenge you can have. Take two. Have one and then as soon as you finish, take another one. One after the other.
Chu Hua: Can I take both the lozenges and the cough mixture?
Pharmacist: No, no. You must take one or the other. You can have the cough mixture at night time and carry the lozenges in your bag during the day. If you’re going to the movies, and you think that cough’s going to annoy people, you can have some lozenges. They soothe your throat, because sometimes if your throat’s dry, you cough. So that will help there.
Chu Hua: Um, and what about headache?
Pharmacist: You should take paracetamol for your headache. It’s gently on the stomach and it’s café to take. And ___ er take two of those every four hours. Maximum of eight in 24 hours. You mustn’t take more than that.
Chu Hua: OK. And what about eyes? They’re really sore. Is there anything I can take for them?
Pharmacist: Yes, try these eye drops. Squeeze one or two drops into each eye twice a day.
Chu Hua: OK. And how long do I take this medicine for?
Pharmacist: About ten days. You shouldn’t take it for longer than that. OK, and remember to take multivitamins too.
Home remedies
1. Listen to three people from Saudi Arabia, Japan and Brazil talk about home remedies. Tick the ingredients each person talks about.
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chinese radish |
garlic |
camomile |
honey |
lemon |
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a Ali |
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b Seiji |
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c Ana |
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Ali : lemon, camomile
Seiji : Chinese radish, honey
Ana : garlic
2. Listen again and put one word in each gap.
Ali:
In Saudi Arabia what you do if you have the a ________ is you drink babunej. It’s a kind of hot drink. It’s made with camomile, which is a herb. You drink it very b ________ and sometimes you have it with lots of c ________ You get vitamin C from that.
Seiji:
In Japan if you have d ________ _____________, we use daikon, a Chinese radish. It’s a bit like a large white e ________ We grind the Chinese radish and put honey on it and leave it for a while. Then we wait until the f ________ comes out and then we g ________ it.
Ana:
In Brazil if you’re not well, you’ve got a cold or flu or something like that, well garlic is really important. You have a glass of h ________ and you put a little garlic in it and mix it together. Every i ________ _____________, you drink j ________ or k ________ spoonfuls of the liquid. I don’t know if it works but we try it.
Answer & Transcript
a flu b hot c lemon d sore throat
e carrot f juice g drink h water
i half hour j two k three
Transcript
(Ali = Saudi Arabian, Seiji = Japanese, Ana = Brazilian)
Ali:
In Saudi Arabia what you do if you have the flu is you drink babunej. It’s a kind of hot drink. It’s made with camomile, which is a herb. You drink it very hot and sometimes you have it with lots of lemon. You get vitamin C from that.
Seiji:
In Japan if you have sore throat, we use daikon, a Chinese radish. It’s a bit like a large white carrot. We grind the Chinese radish and put honey on it and leave it for a while. Then we wait until the juice comes out ___ and then we drink it.
Ana:
In Brazil if you’re not well ___ you’ve got a cold or flu or something like that ___ well garlic is really important. You have a glass of water and you put a little garlic in it and mix it together. Every half hour, you drink two or three spoonfuls of the liquid. I don’t know if it works but we try it.