English as a Second Language (ESL) Podcast - Learn English Online   /     600 - Talking About Sight

Description

If you can’t read this, then put on your glasses and listen to this episode on having bad eyes.Slow dialogue: 1:07Explanations: 2:45Fast dialogue: 15:19Sue: This medication I’m taking is messing with my vision. Everything is blurry.Hamed: That’s a good reason for you to stay home from work today.Sue: I can’t. I have to give a presentation this afternoon and I can’t flake out on my coworkers.Hamed: What good are you to them if you’re blind as a bat?Sue: Everybody else will have crystal clear vision, so all I have to do is to put in an appearance. Things may not be as sharp as I’d like them to be, but I can still make out people and objects – as long as they’re really big.Hamed: I don’t think your coworkers are going to want you to blindside them today with your strange behavior. You’re going to do more harm than good.Sue: I can see well enough. I only see double if I move my head like this. Whoa…Hamed: At this point, I don’t care if you have X-ray vision. That medication is affecting more than your vision. It’s impairing your better judgment!Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

Summary

Slow dialogue: 1:07 Explanations: 2:45 Fast dialogue: 15:19 Sue: This medication I’m taking is messing with my vision. Everything is blurry. Hamed: That’s a good reason for you to stay home from work today. Sue: I can’t. I have to give a presentation this afternoon and I can’t flake out on my coworkers. Hamed: What good are you to them if you’re blind as a bat? Sue: Everybody else will have crystal clear vision, so all I have to do is to put in an appearance. Things may not be as sharp as I’d like them to be, but I can still make out people and objects – as long as they’re really big. Hamed: I don’t think your coworkers are going to want you to blindside them today with your strange behavior. You’re going to do more harm than good. Sue: I can see well enough. I only see double if I move my head like this. Whoa… Hamed: At this point, I don’t care if you have X-ray vision. That medication is affecting more than your vision. It’s impairing your better judgment! Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

Subtitle
If you can’t read this, then put on your glasses and listen to this episode on having bad eyes.
Duration
16:51
Publishing date
2010-07-19 07:00
Link
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnglishAsASecondLanguagePodcast/~3/ZzEu6VgUA54/
Contributors
  Center for Educational Development
author  
Enclosures
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnglishAsASecondLanguagePodcast/~5/-2jJx0_W4p0/DE600.mp3
audio/mpeg