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ESL Podcast 593 – Staying Home from School
ESL Podcast 593 – Staying Home from School
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Tags:
Daily Life
,
Health/Medicine
Audio Index:
Slow dialogue: 1:15
Explanations: 3:06
Fast dialogue: 16:01
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Carin: We’re going to be late for school.
Hurry
up!
Hwan: I’m not going to school today. I’m
sick.
Carin: You’re not sick. You’re playing
hooky. You’re not going to put one
over
on Mom. She’ll know you’re
faking. Get up! Let’s go!
Hwan: No, she won’t, and why are you
giving
me such a hard time? It’s not like you’ve
never played hooky before.
Carin: I may cut class now and then,
but
I have a foolproof way of doing it so
I
don’t get caught.
Hwan: You mean you forge notes
from
Mom to let you get out of class for doctor’s
appointments and things like that. I know all
about that.
Carin: Who told you?
Hwan: I keep my eyes and ears
open. I
pick things up.
Carin: If you know so much, then you should
know that pretending to be sick
never
works. Mom will make you go to school
anyway.
There are better ways to get an excused
absence.
Hwan: How? I have a test in biology today
and I
have to get out of it. Help me!
Carin: I suppose I could, out of the
goodness
of my heart.
Hwan: Come on. If you do, I’ll owe you
one, a big one.
Carin: All right. You scratch my back and
I’ll
scratch yours. Here’s what you have to
do...
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
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