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UNDER THE WEATHER

Date: Mar 19 2001

Intro

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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

As we move into Spring, getting sick is common. Miguel very rarely feels under the weather, but when he does, it’s bad. Listen in on his symptoms and Tanis’ ideas for help.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Tanis

Migs

Tanis: Miguel, you’ve been sick this week.

Migs: I know. I feel like crap.

Tanis: Well, what are you doing to try and get better?

Migs: Well, I was feeling really tired so I went out to play basketball for an hour, which made me feel even more tired and worse.

Tanis: Well, Miguel! You need to have some chicken soup and some echinacea. What are your symptoms?

Migs: The worst thing is that when I’m sleeping, when I have blankets on I’m totally sweating and if I have them off I’m totally shivering so I can’t sleep at all.

Tanis: Oh, that is the worst. You know what helps a little bit?

Migs: No.

Tanis: A hot toddy.

Migs: And that would be…

Tanis: It’s… You put a little tiny bit of ginger and then, uh, squeeze the juice of one lemon and then put a bunch of honey. And that lemon and honey will, um, flush out impurities. My roommate’s friend is a homeopathic doctor and she told this to us because we had colds last year and it just went away. If you try it, I guarantee you’ll get better.

Migs: Well, I appreciate your advice, um, and I’ll let you know on Monday how I feel.

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Discussion

I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that Migs isn’t going to take Tanis’ advice. Her methods aren’t common, which probably makes Migs think they won’t work. However, Tanis says the methods worked for her, so maybe he should try.
How often do you get sick? When you do get sick, how do you get better? Tell us about it at the Life Goes On message board!
See you next week!
—John