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She's Going to Tell Us about the Hospital where She Works

29/02/2008
F2/29 English Lesson NDE 9C-1 - Download (MP3) audio clip
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Penn State Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Penn State Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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New Dynamic English, NDE 9C - 1

Saly:   Lao Opening

NDE   Opening

 

NDE MUSIC lead-in and then dips for voice over

 

Max (voice-over):      Hi, I’m Max.

 

Kathy (voice-over):      Hello.  My name is Kathy.

 

Max and Kathy (voice-over):  Welcome to New Dynamic English!

 

MUSIC up and then fade

 

Larry:      New Dynamic English is a basic English language course and an introduction to American people and culture.

 

                  Today’s unit is “There Are Pictures on the Walls.”

 

Saly:      Explanations about New Dynamic English in Lao and what this lesson is about.MUSIC

 

Kathy:        Hi, Max. Max:      Hello, Kathy.

 

                  Who’s our guest today?

 

Kathy:      Today we’ll be talking again with Sara Scott.

 

                  You know, the doctor from Chicago.

 

                  She’s going to tell us about the hospital where she works.

 

MUSIC

 

Saly:          Explanation of the word funny in Lao with examples.

 

Interview.  Sara:  The fourth floor is only for children.

 

Larry:      Interview

 

Saly:          (in Lao) The fourth floor is only for children.                         

                        a room    Lao translation·                          

                 a ceiling     Lao translation

 

The fourth floor of the hospital is only for children.  Lao translation                                   

                

 

There are funny pictures on the walls.  Lao translation    

 

There are colorful curtains on the windows.  Lao translation    

 

We want our children to feel comfortable.  Lao translation    

 

Kathy:        Our guest today is Sara Scott.

 

                  Sara is a doctor at a large hospital in Chicago.

 

                  Hello, Sara.

 

                  You work mostly with children, don’t you?

 

Sara:      That’s right.  Most of my patients are children.

 

Kathy:        Is your hospital only for children?

 

Sara:          No, it isn’t.  It’s a very large hospital.

 

                  But the fourth floor of the hospital is only for children.

 

                  The rooms look like children’s rooms.

 

                  There are funny pictures on the walls.

 

                  And there are colorful curtains on the windows.

 

                  Sometimes there are even pictures on the ceilings.

 

Kathy:      Why are there pictures on the ceilings?

 

Sara:          So that the children can look at the pictures when they are lying in their beds.

 

                  We want our children to feel comfortable.

 

Kathy:        Our guest is Dr. Sara Scott.  We’ll talk more after our break.

 

                  This is New Dynamic English.   

 

MUSIC

 

Saly:          Learning New Words: book and border with explanations and examples in Lao.       

 

NDE          Closing

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