Calling The Office

Marco: Hello English learners! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.

Erica: And I'm Erica.

Marco: And today we're gonna be bringing you a great lesson about “calling the office”.

Erica: Yep, that's right. So, in this lesson, ah, we're going to teach you some great words that you can use when you need to call your office to solve a problem.

Marco: Right, so, you're at home, you have a problem, maybe you can't go to the office, so you have to call them and tell them that you're not gonna be able to go.

Erica: Yes.

Marco: Alright, so, we're not gonna preview anything today, because the dialogue is relatively easy.

Erica: Uh-huh.

Marco: So, let's listen to the dialogue for the first time and then we'll come back and look at some words.

Marco: Alright, so, a pretty easy dialogue, right?

Erica: Yeah, pretty simple.

Marco: Alright, so, there're a couple of words that we wanna look at. So, let's start with “Language Takeaway”.

Marco: Language Takeaway.

Erica: Alright, well, today we're looking at three interesting words. The first one is the flu.

Marco: The flu.

Erica: The flu.

Marco: The flu.

Erica: Marco, what is the flu?

Marco: Alright, so, when you have the flu, it means that you're sick, you have, um... it's very similar to a cold.

Erica: Right, but just worse, right?

Marco: Worse, yeah, so, when you have the flu it'll keep you in bed for a while, for maybe a week or two.

Erica: So, you have a fever, um, your... your body is hurting.

Marco: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Erica: You just... you're really sick.

Marco: Yeah, you're really sick.

Erica: Okay.

Marco: So, the flu.

Erica: Alright, well, what about our next word?

Marco: Well, actually, the next word is, ah... is a phrase that you can use when you're calling the office: calling in sick.

Erica: Calling in sick.

Marco: Calling in sick.

Erica: Okay, this is a really useful phrase and I think it will help us to hear some examples of what it sounds like, so we can understand the meaning.

Man: Example one. I'm not feeling well today, so I need to call in sick.

例句一：我今天身体不太舒服，所以我需要打电话请病假。

Woman: Example two. She called in sick this morning because she had a high fever.

例句二：她今天早上打电话请病假了，因为她发高烧。

Man: Example three. If you're going to call in sick, make sure to notify your direct manager.

例句三：如果你要打电话请病假，一定要确保通知到你的直属经理。

Marco: So, with this phrase you're basically saying that you are not going in to the office.

Erica: Exactly.

Marco: So, let's take a look at our last word for Language Takeaway: recover.

Erica: Recover.

Marco: Recover.

Erica: Recover.

Marco: Okay, so, it's a pretty simple word. Recover means...

Erica: To get better, to start feeling healthy again.

Marco: Okay, so kind of to recharge your batteries.

Erica: Exactly, so this is a great verb to use when you want to say “I'm going to feel better”.

Marco: Okay, recover.

Erica: Uh-huh.

Marco: So, some really great words, some, ah, really interesting phrases. Well, let's listen to this dialogue again and then we'll come back.

Erica: Alright, Marco, have you ever found yourself in the situation like this?

Marco: Well, um, yeah, a couple of times that I haven't been able to really make it to the office...

Erica: Yeah.

Marco: And I had to call... So, yeah, I would have to call and tell them that I'm not gonna make it or maybe that I'm gonna be a little bit late.

Erica: Alright, well, um, yeah, it happens to all of us and you... now you guys have all of this useful language next time you face this problem.

Marco: Exactly, so, if you have any questions or comments, be sure to visit our website englishpod.com.

Erica: And Marco and I are there to respond to your questions and comments, um, as well there're also lots of other great lessons for you to check out on the website.

Marco: Exactly, so, be sure to check out some of our first lessons, I'm sure you'll find them useful as well.

Erica: Yes.

Marco: Okay.

Erica: Well, thanks for listening everyone. And until next time...

Marco: Bye!

Erica: Bye!