Conversation Lesson 13
 
 
 
 
Lesson 13 - Health

Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL) Language.
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Health

Jane: I hear you’ve been ill.

Cathy: Well, I had the flu for a couple of weeks, but I’m fine now.

Jane: You’re looking well. By the way, did you hear about Mrs. Jackson?

Cathy: No, What about her?

Jane: She had such a bad case of the flu that they had to take her to the hospital.

Cathy: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that!
Conversation Notes
  • I hear you’ve been ill
  • Note the omission of that, as is usual in reported speech in casual conversation.
  • Well
  • An interjection, used here simply as an introductory word.
  • You’re looking well
  • Here well is an adjective meaning healthy. Are looking is, in this sentence, a linking verb.
  • By the way
  • Incidentally.
  • such a…that…
  • This is a typical “result” sentence.
  • they had to take her
  • This is the “general” they. This clause is equivalent in meaning to the passive She had to be taken.
Source: U.S. State Department
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