Week 2 · Doctor: a sore throat (and a close call)
The important word is often the quiet one: "Just penicillin", "the same family", "get it switched". Catch why the pharmacist stops — that is the whole story.
Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1Hi Kai, I'm Doctor Lee. What can I do for you?
- 2My throat's been killing me for three days.
- 3Any fever, or a cough?
- 4A little fever last night, but no cough.
- 5Open your mouth for me. Let's have a look.
- 6It's pretty red back there. Looks like an infection.
- 7I'll put you on an antibiotic for ten days.
- 8Even if you feel better, finish the whole thing.
- 9Hi there. Are you picking up a prescription?
- 10Before I ring this up, do you have any allergies?
- 11Just penicillin. It gives me a rash.
- 12Actually, this one is in the same family as penicillin.
- 13Let me call your doctor and get it switched.
- 14Good thing I asked. Give me about fifteen minutes.
- 15Thank you so much. I didn't even think to mention it.
FAQ
- How does this dictation practice work?
- Play a sentence, type exactly what you hear, then press check — Dictation Trainer shows word-level feedback: which words you misheard, misspelled, confused for a homophone, or missed.
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- What level is this lesson?
- This lesson is graded B1 on the CEFR scale and has 15 sentences. Dictation Trainer lessons start at A1 and climb as the library grows.