A1 · Health
Buying Cold Medicine at a Pharmacy
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Buying Cold Medicine at a Pharmacy" is an A1-level English conversation about health, 8 lines long (about 1 minute) between Tom & Emma. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.
Dialogue script
Each entry shows the English sentence first, with the translation on the line below it. To practise speaking, cover the translation and repeat after the audio.
- Line 1Tom 0:00
I need some cold medicine for a runny nose.
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Do you have a fever or sore throat too?
- Line 3Tom 0:06
Mild sore throat, but no fever now.
- Line 4Emma 0:09
This one is for day use. It won't make you sleepy.
- Line 5Tom 0:13
Great. How many times each day?
- Line 6Emma 0:16
Two times after meals with warm water.
- Line 7Tom 0:19
I'll take one box, please.
- Line 8Emma 0:21
Sure. Get better soon and rest well.
Native audio, line-by-line recording and pronunciation scoring for this dialogue are in the EngTalk app.
Key vocabulary
Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.
- need /nid/ verb
to require something
- medicine /ˈmɛdəsən/ noun
a substance used to treat illness
- day /deɪ/ noun
a period of twenty-four hours
- use /juz/ (verb); /jus/ (noun) verb, noun
to do something with; the act of using
- make /meɪk/ verb
to create, produce, or cause
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- times /taɪmz/ noun
occasions, periods, or clock readings
- meals /milz/ noun
plural of meal
- take /teɪk/ verb/noun
to get, carry, use, or require something
- better /ˈbɛtər/ adjective
more excellent or desirable than another
- soon /sun/ adverb
after a short time
- rest /rɛst/ noun/verb
relaxation; to relax