Name: English Learning Podcast Conversation Episode 4 | Elementary | English Podcast For English Learners
Uploaded: 2024-07-07T08:02:21.000Z
Duration: 11 min 41 s
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Hello, English learners and welcome to EnglishPod.

Amira and I are here today with another interesting and useful lesson for you English learners.

Amira, why don't you explain a little bit of what this lesson is about today?

You don't feel so well or you feel well, but you don't want to go to work, so you call in sick.

And I want everyone to keep their ears open and see if the boss believes this person.

I have a headache, a sore throat, a runny nose, and I'm feeling slightly feverish.

I was hoping to take the day off to recover.

Yes, and Julie didn't sound really sick, huh?

Well, we have some really good vocabulary here.

The first phrase I've chosen for you is a very, very useful one.

Okay, let's look at another really useful phrase.

And this one is, I'm coming down with the flu.

And this phrase means that I am starting to get the flu or I am getting the flu.

The next phrase I have for you is calling in sick.

It means calling your boss to tell him that you can't come to work today.

I personally love this phrase because it saves so much time and explanations.

So, if I say this, then everyone will know that I am not coming to work today.

And the last phrase that we're going to take a look at today is, I was hoping to take the day off.

And she says this to ask for permission because she does not want to go to work.

Now, couldn't she just say, like, I can't come today?

She could say, I can't come today, but that would be a little bit impolite.

So, when she says, I was hoping to take the day off, it's a polite way of asking.

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English Learning Podcast Conversation Episode 4 | Elementary | English Podcast For English Learners

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