[Music] hello English Learners and welcome to English pod my name is Marco I'm Amir Amir and I are here today with another interesting and useful lesson for you English Learners Amir why don't you explain a little bit of what this lesson is about today it's about calling in sick Oh okay that's useful yes definitely it happens to everyone once in a while you don't feel so well um or you feel well but you don't want to go to work right so you call in sick okay okay let's uh listen to this dialogue and I want
everyone to keep their ears open and see if the boss believes this person let's [Music] listen hello Daniel speaking how am I help you hi Daniel Julie here oh hi Julie how are you actually I'm feeling quite ill today oh I'm sorry to hear that what's wrong I think I'm coming down with the flu I have a headache uh a sore throat a runny nose and I'm feeling slightly feverish I see so you're calling in sick yes I was hoping to take the day off uh to recover okay then try and get some rest Marco
do you think he believed her no I don't think he believed her he didn't sound really convinced yes and Julie didn't sound really sick huh exactly well we have some really good vocabulary here amiro why don't you uh begin with the first one the first phrase I've chosen for you is a very very useful one I'm feeling quite ill today I'm feeling quite ill today I'm feeling quite ill today all right what does this mean exact exctly it means that she's feeling sick Oh okay that's clear so she is sick she's feeling sick okay let's
look at another really useful phrase and this one is I'm coming down with the flu I'm coming down with the flu I'm coming down with the flu I'm coming down with the flu all right and this phrase means that I am starting to get the flu or I am getting the flu okay the next phrase I have for you is calling in sick calling in sick calling in sick 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 okay perfect so if I say this then everyone will know that I am not coming to work today yeah yes definitely Perfect all right and the last phrase that we're going to take a look at today is I was hoping to take the day off I was hoping to take the day off I was hoping to take the day off I was hoping to take the day off right and she says this to ask for permission because she does not want to go to work okay now couldn't she just say like I
can't come today right she could say I can't come today but that would be a little bit M impolite okay so when she says I was hoping to take the day off it's a polite way of asking it's a polite way exactly because she is talking to her boss very good so let's listen to the dialogue one more time the dialogue is a little different this time listen carefully and see if you think the boss believes her this time [Music] hello Daniel speaking how am I help you hi Daniel Julie here oh hi Julie how
are you actually I'm feeling quite ill today oh I'm sorry to hear that what's wrong I think I'm coming down with the flu I have a headache uh a sore throat a runny nose and I'm feeling slightly feverish I see so you calling in six yes I was hoping to take the day off uh to recover okay then try and get some [Music] rest okay guys we're back and I do think he believed her this time yeah I think he was understanding when he said um okay then try and get some rest yeah and and
Julie sounded pretty sick yes yes you did yeah it was it was convincing well you know what I almost called in sick last week really yeah I wasn't feeling very well and um so I almost didn't come to work oh that would have been really bad for me I would have been stuck here without you Marco yeah you would have had to do the podcast all by yourself oh no um you know actually I had the same symptoms as Julie I also had a headache and I had a sore throat throat and also the worst
thing and the thing that I hate the most is I had a runny nose oh no that's really bad because then you have to like blow your nose all the time and then it gets red and it hurts right exactly yeah luckily I didn't have a fever though no fever thank God yeah so did you take some medicine and and and it just killed everything yeah um I had a friend and he had some uh pills for the flu and he just gave me a couple and I felt better in about 2 days oh great
well so guys let me tell you about a very funny thing that really happens in real life in Egypt oh What story do you have for us today well it's actually not a story it's a fact I mean people in Egypt when they're sick they never call in sick themselves they'll have someone do that for them oh that's why why do why do they do this well there's this weird speculation about you know if you can make it to the phone you can make it to the office I agree I agree if I were a
boss I would do the same thing yeah all right listeners we're out of time today but be sure to visit our website at englishpod do.com where you can see other lessons and also you can leave your questions and comments at our community Forum we hope you enjoyed our lesson and tomorrow we will be back with another fantastic lesson for you but for now it's bye [Music] bye the English pod audio review listen to the meaning then say the vocabulary word polite offer to help how may I help you very sick quite ill getting acquiring coming
down report that you will not go to work because you are sick calling in sick to kindly expect was hoping a sign IND ation symptom allow permission impolite day off because you're sick sick day make it into work let's try that faster P off because you're sick sick day make it into work impolite aign indication symptom allow permission polite offer to help how may I help you to kindly expect was hoping getting acquiring coming down very sick quite ill report that you will not go to work because you are sick calling in sick now say
the word and hear it in a sentence sir you look lost may I help you may I help you find something I was wondering may I help you prepare your report quite ill I'm feeling quite ill today I don't think I can go to work quite ill Andy can't get out of bed today he must be quite ill quite ill the lesson was cancelled because our teacher is quite ill coming down you have a runny nose are you coming down with the flu coming down I can feel that I'm coming down with the flu coming
down my throat hurts I hope I'm not coming down with the flu our meeting was postponed because my client called in sick if he calls in sick one more time we'll fire him I almost called in sick today was hoping we were hoping to meet with you after lunch was hoping I was hoping to borrow your car this weekend was hoping they were hoping to find you at the bus [Music] station
