Woman: Where can I find an all-night chemist’s please?
Man: “Where can I find….?” is a useful phrase to ask where something is. An all-night chemist’s is one that is open for 24 hours.
Now listen to an example of this phrase:
Woman: Excuse me, where can I find an all-night chemist’s please?
Man: I’m sorry, I don’t know, but, if you look on the front page of the local newspaper, it will be printed there.
Woman: Thank you, but where can I find a local newspaper at this hour?
Man: Look over there, there is a newsagent’s still open.

Woman: How do I get to the nearest chemist’s please?
Man: “How do I get to …?” is another phrase to ask for directions to a place.
For example:
Woman: Hello can I have a copy of the local newspaper please?
Man: Certainly, here you are.
Woman: Thank you. Excuse me can you tell me how to get to the all-night chemist’s?
Man: OK, it’s on the High Street. So you need to turn left as you go out of this shop, follow the road to the junction, and then turn right and you’ll see the chemist’s on your left.
Woman: Thank you.

Woman: Can you give me something for a cold?
Man: “Can you give me something for…?” is a useful phrase to ask for something at a chemist’s, in London for example, where you might not know the name of a product or they have different medicines to your home country.
Listen to this short conversation:
Woman: Excuse me, can you give me something for a cold please?
Man: Certainly, do you have any allergies?
Woman: None that I’m aware of.
Man: Try these sachets. Mix them with hot water, and take one every 4 hours, for the next 4 days. They should help your cold.

Woman: I’m allergic to nuts.
Man: To be allergic to something means having an allergy. An allergy to something is a medical condition that makes you ill when you eat, touch or breathe something, that does not normally make other people ill.
For example:
Woman: Would you like a slice of this coffee and walnut cake, that I’ve made?
Man: I’m sorry, I’m allergic to nuts.
Woman: Oh no, I forgot.

Woman: Now let’s listen to a woman trying to find a chemist’s that is open for her bad cold.
Woman: Excuse me, where can I find a chemist’s please?
Man: Not on this road, you need to go to the main High Street
Woman: How do I get there?
Man: Well you could walk, but, it would take you 15 minutes. It would be better to take the number seventy-three bus.
Woman: Where is the bus stop, please?
Man: Just over there.
Woman: Thank you.
Uomo2: Hello, how can I help you?
Woman: Can you give me something for a cold please?
Uomo2: Are you allergic to anything?
Woman: No. Well, I don’t think so.
Uomo2: Ok. What symptoms do you have?
Woman: A sore throat, a cough, and my nose won’t stop running.
Uomo2: Well, you need some sore throat lozenges, cough mixture, and try these paracetemols, they are similar to aspirin, and really help a cold.
Woman: Thank you very much.