At the Pharmacy
A pharmacist explains a prescription slowly and clearly. This is your base camp: hear every word in its full, careful form before we start shrinking them. · CLEAR · Real American Listening
Step 1 — Listen (no transcript yet)
Listen once or twice without reading. Just follow the story: who is speaking, where, and what changes?
Real voices for this lesson. Slow plays the same voices at 75% speed.
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Step 2 — Comprehension questions
Answer from memory first. Each question trains a named skill.
Step 3 — Reveal the transcript
In the transcript: Phrasal verbDifficult wordIdiom
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Mia: Good morning. I am here to pick up a prescription for my mother.
Mr. Cole: Good morning. What is her name, please?
Mia: Her name is Anna Reed. The doctor sent it this morning.
Mr. Cole: I have it here.
Mr. Cole: She is going to take one tablet in the morning and one tablet at night.
Mia: Does she need to take it with food?
Mr. Cole: Yes, that is better for her stomach. And she must not stop early, even if she feels well.
Mia: For how many days?
Mr. Cole: For ten days.
Mr. Cole: If she still has a fever on Friday, you are going to call the doctor again.
Mia: I understand. Thank you for explaining so clearly.
Mr. Cole: You are welcome. I hope she feels better very soon.
Step 4 — Difficult expressions
I am here to pick up a prescription for my mother.
Does she need to take it with food?
I hope she feels better very soon.
Step 5 — Pronunciation & reductions
American English shrinks unstressed words. This is what the speakers really did with their mouths:
You read:
She is going to take one tablet
You hear:
She is GO-ing to take ONE TAB-let
In CLEAR speech, 'going to' is two full words. Remember this sound — in NATURAL lessons it becomes 'gonna'.
You read:
What is her name, please?
You hear:
WHAT is her NAME, please?
The information word carries the stress and the pitch falls at the end — a finished, polite question.
You read:
one tablet in the morning and one tablet at night
You hear:
ONE tablet in the MOR-ning — and ONE tablet at NIGHT
Parallel phrases get parallel rhythm. In instructions, numbers and times are always fully stressed.
You read:
Does she need to take it with food?
You hear:
Does she NEED to take it with FOOD?
Yes/no questions rise at the end. Careful speakers keep that rise clean and clear.
You read:
you are going to call the doctor again
You hear:
You are GO-ing to CALL the DOC-tor a-GAIN
Full 'you are', full 'going to' — CLEAR speech is the dictionary form of the language, spoken aloud.
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Step 6 — Shadow
Play the audio and speak with the voices — same words, same rhythm, half a second behind them. Use Slow if you need to. Two or three passes, out loud.
Step 7 — Speak
Play the pharmacist: explain a simple medicine routine out loud in full, careful forms — one tablet in the morning, one at night, with food, for ten days. Record it slowly and clearly.
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Step 8 — Final comprehension check
One last pass: dictation and quick questions. No transcript peeking this time.
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