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Seasick

Seasick English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Sep 11 2007

Themes: Health

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It’s getting less and less common for people to travel by boat. For most people, it’s a special occasion to ride on a boat. In Portland, a vessel called the Portland Spirit takes people down the river for dinner or lunch.

But sometimes eating on a boat isn’t the greatest idea. Marni and Kevin are out on the deck of the Portland Spirit because Marni isn’t feeling very well.

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Dialog

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Marni

Marni

Kevin

Kevin

Marni:  So, Kevin, this is really wonderful, I love being on this boat…

Kevin:  Are you okay?

Marni:  ...but I have to admit, I’m getting a little queasy.

Kevin:  Oh, I’m sorry. Is this, like, your first time on one of these dinner cruises?

Marni:  Yeah, and this is so wonderful and I really appreciate this. Do you get seasick ever?

Kevin:  The first time I ever got seasick I was probably 8 years old. I was in Massachusetts whale watching with my family. Nobody on the ship…So amazing…and I got so sick I had to sit in the bistro in the booth and didn’t get to see any of the whales.

Marni:  Well, I’m going to try to tough it out because this is really wonderful. We’ve got the bridge, the water.

Kevin:  And the food’s good.

Marni:  It’s just the seasickness aspect it’s a such a weird thing, the motion sickness. You feel like you’re going to throw up, but usually you don’t.

Kevin:  Maybe we can sit down and you’ll feel better, if you have to put your head between your legs.

Marni:  Okay. I might, I might. I might ruin the mood, but you know. It’s all about survival.

Kevin:  It’s better than losing your cookies.

Marni:  That’s true.

 

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Discussion

Marni tells Kevin that she’s having a really fun time on the boat except for that she feels like she’s about to throw up. She has seasickness, temporary nausea caused by the motion of the water.

She asks Kevin if he’s ever been seasick before. He says that when he was 9 he was whale watching with his family, but he missed seeing all the whales because he had to sit in the boat’s restaurant the whole time because he was seasick.

Marni says she’s going to stay on the boat and hope she gets better. Kevin says she could put her head between her legs, and she says that might not be appropriate at dinner, but they agree it would be better than vomiting.

Do you get to ride on a boat very often? Have you ever been seasick?

 

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stevenzlt

stevenzlt

China

i often get to ride on ferry but i have not been seasick.It depends on yourselfe maybe someone can be easily seasick…

02:20 AM Sep 11 2007 |

iamtotallyblonde

Lebanon

Nice lesson

04:48 PM Sep 06 2007 |

iamtotallyblonde

Lebanon

I have never been on a cruise, but i went canoing in belward river, it was so much fun. Maybe rivers don't cause sickness as sea does.

04:48 PM Sep 06 2007 |

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