Slide 1 : English Conversation and Language Point The flatmates Episodes Created by Youssef El Atlassi
Episode 6: Breakfast time Tim: : Episode 6: Breakfast time Tim: Tim: Morning, campers!
Alice: Ooh, not so loud, my head's killing me.
Michal: I'm feel awful too. I've got a pain stomach. My . head hurts.....
Tim: Welcome to your first British hangoveMichal! . What you need now is a good fry-up.
Alice: Bleugh! Oh, morning Helen. You look as bad . as I feel. Have you been crying?
Helen: No, no of course not. Just burning the midnight . oil studying, studying, studying.
Tim: So, who's for eggs, beans and toast?
Alice: Urgh! You really are a pain in the neck . sometimes Tim! The Flatmates
Vocabulary: : Vocabulary: Morning, campers! (informal greeting to more than one person): Good morning!My head's killing me (idiom): I've got a very bad headache a hangover (n): a headache from drinking a lot of alcohola fry-up (n, informal): a meal made of fried foods (fried egg, mushrooms, bacon etc.) to burn the midnight oil (idiom): to study or work until late at nightWho's for...? (offer, informal): Who wants...?You're a pain in the neck (idiom): You're very annoying
Language point : Language point Illness
When you're ill, you can describe your symptoms (changes in your body which show that you're ill) in the following ways:
You can use have got + ache (when it forms part of a compound noun) with only 5 parts of the body.
You can use hurt/ache (verb) with any part of the body
You can use sore (adjective) with any part of the body
You can use pain (noun) with any part of the body
You can use be or feel + ill/sick/unwell (adjective) or feel + awful (adjective) to talk about your health in general
Slide 5 : You can use have got + ache (when it forms part of a compound noun) with only 5 parts of the body:
I've got (a) backache
She's got (a) stomach-ache
He's got a headache
You've got (an) earache
He's got (a) toothache
Note: All of these aches except headache are usually uncountable in British English so you don't use a or an with them. In American English, all these aches are countable so you use a or an with them.
Slide 6 : You can use hurt/ache (verb) with any part of the body
My leg hurts
Her ankle
His stomach aches
Everything
His stomach
My toes hurt
His hands ache
You can use sore (adjective) with any part of the body
I've got arm
She' got a sore leg
He's got toe
You've got head
Slide 7 : You can use pain (noun) with any part of the body
I feel my leg
She's got a pain in her stomach
He has his toe
You can use be or feel + ill/sick/unwell (adjective) or feel + awful (adjective) to talk about your health in general.
I feel ill
He feels awful
I'm sick
She's unwell
We're not well
Slide 8 : To have ...
An earache
A fever
A runny nose
the flu
Slide 9 : To have....
Diabetes
Insomnia
a cold
To be....
Pregnant
Sunburnt
dizzy
Tired
Quiz : Quiz For each of the six questions choose the correct words to complete the sentence:
1 She fell while she was playing football yesterday and now __________ __________ __________.
leg hurt hurts pain her
2. He ate some raw fish and now he's __________ __________ __________ __________.
a got ache stomache stomach-ache
3. I cut my finger when I was cooking last week and __________ __________ __________ __________.
pain hurt sore still it's very
Slide 11 : 4. When he fell off his bike, he felt _________ __________ _________ _________ __________.
in knee the pain hurt his a
5. I've got a terrible hangover this morning - _______ ______ _____ ______ ________.
kills killing head headache me my is
6. He's always borrowing money from me but he never pays it back. He' s _________ __________ _________ _________ _________.
the a rude pain head neck in