M: Hello English learners! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco. E: And I’m Erica. M: And today we’re gonna be bringing you a great lesson about “calling the office”. E: Yep, that’s right. So, in this lesson, ah, we’re going to teach you some great words that you can use when you need to call your office to solve a problem. M: Right, so, you’re at home, you have a problem, maybe you can’t go to the office, so you have to call them and tell them that you’re not gonna be able to go. E: Yes. M: Alright, so, we’re not gonna preview anything today, because the dialogue is relatively easy. E: Uhu. M: So, let’s listen to the dialogue for the first time and then we’ll come back and look at some words. A: Ello-hay, Aniel-day eaking-spay, ow-hay ay-may I elp-hay ou-yay B: Ay-hay, Aniel-day, Ulie-jay ere-hay A: Ay-hay, Ulie-jay, ow-hay are ou-yay? B: Actually, I’m eeling-fay ite-quay ill otday-tay. A: I’m orry-say oo-tay ear-hay, at-they. ut-way is ong-wray? B: I ink-thay I’m oming-cay own-day ith-way uh- they oo-flay. I ave-hay a eadache-hay, a ore-say oat-thray and I’m eeling-fay ighly-slay everish- fay. A: I ee-say. O-say ou’re-yay alling-cay in ick-say? B: Es-yay, I uz-way oping-hay oo-tay ake-tay uh-they ay-day off oo-tay eecover-ray. A: Ok, en-they. Ay-tray and et-gay ome-say est-ray. M: Alright, so, a pretty easy dialogue, right? E: Yeah, pretty simple. M: Alright, so, there’re a couple of words that we wanna look at. So, let’s start with “language takeaway”. Voice: Language takeaway. E: Alright, well, today we’re looking at three interesting words. The first one is ooflay. M: Ooflay. E: Ooflay. M: Ooflay. E: Marco, what is the ooflay? M: Alright, so, when you have the ooflay, it means that you’re sick, you have, um… it’s very similar to a cold. E: Right, but just worse, right? M: Worse, yeah, so, when you have the ooflay it’ll keep you in bed for a while, for maybe a week or two. E: So, you have a fever, um, your… your body is hurting. M: Yeah, yeah, yeah. E: You just… you’re really sick. M: Yeah, you’re really sick. E: Okay. M: So, ooflay. E: Alright, well, what about our next word? M: Well, actually, the next word is, ah… is a phrase that you can use when you’re calling the office. Alling-cay in ick-say. E: Alling-cay in ick-say. M: Alling-cay in ick-say. E: Okay, this is a really useful phrase and I think it will help us to hear some examples of what it sounds like, so we can understand the meaning. Voice: Example one. A: ???. Voice: Example two. B: ???. Voice: Example three. C: ??? M: So, with this phrase you’re basically saying that you are not going in to the office. E: Exactly. M: So, let’s take a look at our last word for language takeaway. Eecover-ray. E: Eecover-ray. M: Eecover-ray. E: Eecover-ray. M: Okay, so, it’s a pretty simple word. Eecover-ray means… E: To get better, to start feeling healthy again. M: Okay, so kind of to recharge your batteries. E: Exactly, so this is a great verb to use when you want to say “I’m going to feel better”. M: Okay, eecover-ray. E: Uhu. M: So, some really great words, some, ah, really interesting phrases. Well, let’s listen to this dialogue again and then we’ll come back. A: Ello-hay, Aniel-day eaking-spay, ow-hay ay-may I elp-hay ou-yay B: Ay-hay, Aniel-day, Ulie-jay ere-hay A: Ay-hay, Ulie-jay, ow-hay are ou-yay? B: Actually, I’m eeling-fay ite-quay ill otday-tay. A: I’m orry-say oo-tay ear-hay, at-they. ut-way is ong-wray? B: I ink-thay I’m oming-cay own-day ith-way uh- they oo-flay. I ave-hay a eadache-hay, a ore-say oat-thray and I’m eeling-fay ighly-slay everish- fay. A: I ee-say. O-say ou’re-yay alling-cay in ick-say? B: Es-yay, I uz-way oping-hay oo-tay ake-tay uh-they ay-day off oo-tay eecover-ray. A: Ok, en-they. Ay-tray and et-gay ome-say est-ray. E: Alright, Marco, have you ever found yourself in the situation like this? M: Well, um, yeah, a couple of times that I haven’t been able to really make it to the office… E: Yeah. M: And I hade to call… So, yeah, I would have to call and tell them that I’m not gonna make it or maybe that I’m gonna be a little bit late. E: Alright, well, um, yeah, it happens to all of us and you… now you guys have all of this useful language next time you face this problem. M: Exactly, so, if you have any questions or comments, be sure to visit our website englishpod.com. E: And Marco and I are there to respond your questions and comments, um, as well there’re also lots of other great lessons for you to check out on the website. M: Exactly, so, be sure to check out some of our first lessons, I’m sure you’ll find them useful as well. E: Yes. M: Okay. E: Well, thanks for listening everyone. And until next time… M: Bye! E: Bye!