Farmacia - Vocabolario - Trascrizione
Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some useful English vocabulary on some of the things you can buy in a pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription.
Before starting, let me first explain that you’ll be listening to some useful, English vocabulary, you’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
So let’s start!
Woman: Over the counter
Man: “Over the counter” refers to medicine and treatments that you can buy at a chemist, without a prescription from the doctor.
Listen to this example:
Woman: Hello, can I help you?
Man: Yes, I’d like some antibiotics please.
Woman: Do you have a prescription from your doctor?
Man: No.
Woman: Sorry, you’ll have to get one. I can’t sell antibiotics over the counter.
Woman: A tablet
Man: A tablet is sometimes called a pill such as aspirin. It is a small amount of medicine in solid form that you swallow.
For example:
Woman: What are you taking for your cold?
Man: I’ve just taken 2 more aspirins.
Woman: I think you need to go to bed, and sleep, so they work better.
Woman: A painkiller
Man: This is a medicine used for reducing pain. A pain is the sudden sharp unpleasant feeling you have when a part of your body has been hurt or when you are ill.
Listen to this short conversation:
Man: Hello, I hurt my arm playing football, and I keep on getting sharp pains in my arm.
Woman: Let me see your arm please.
Woman: Well, I don’t think you’ve broken it. You need some painkillers. Take 2 of these every 4 hours, and if it’s not gone within 48 hours, come back and see me again.
Man: Thank you.
Woman: Cough mixture
Man: This is a syrup taken to reduce a cough. A cough means to send air out of your throat and mouth, with a sudden loud noise, especially when you have a cold.
Listen to this:
Woman: Will you please take some cough mixture for that cough? It is getting worse.
Man: I think I need to. Do we have any? Or will you go to the chemist’s and get some more?
Woman: A plaster
Man: This is a small piece of sticky material with a cotton centre that is used to cover a cut etc. on the body. In American English it is called a band-aid.
Listen to this:
Woman: Ouch! I’ve cut my finger. Do we have any plasters?
Man: Yes, they’re here. Let me help you. Ooh that’s a nasty cut, sit down and let me clean it up first before I put the plaster on it.
Woman: If you wish you can hear this lesson again. In the meantime we hope we have helped you to be more confident with your English. Watch out for the next topic. Thank you for using the EnglishBlog
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