English Recordings

Fever in itself is not a disease. It is a symptom resulting from a disease, most often from an infection such as the flu or another childhood disease.

Every parent already had to deal with a feverish child and none of them have reacted the same way… Some don’t give it enough importance and react too late, others panic as soon as there is a slight sign of fever and believe that their child will be brain damaged!

Fever is important, but not as much as the disease it is hiding! It may be the H1N1 flu, an ear infection, the measles or many other childhood diseases but it could also hide a urinary infection or even meningitis…

Bacterial or viral?
When a child has fever, one of the challenges is to determine what is causing the fever, or at least, to make sure the fever isn’t bacterial. The difference is crucial since viral infections are not treated with antibiotics, contrarily to bacterial infections. In general, the younger the child, the more he seems sick and the more persistent his fever is, the more chances the infection is bacterial. Furthermore, the general state of the child is as important as the intensity of the fever. For example, a child who looks very ill, but only has a slight fever may be sicker than an active and energetic child with a higher fever.

As a matter of fact, fever is one of the body’s normal defence mechanisms and should not always be lowered. Fever highly stimulates the immune system. Reducing the fever too rapidly decreases the amount of stimulation the immune system receives. It is good, to a certain degree, to have fever.

When giving a child acetaminophen or ibuprofen, it is mainly to ease the uncomfortable symptoms of fever rather than to lower the fever itself. However, there comes a time when you need to react (+ 38.5°C) and give the appropriate medication. The help of a pharmacist is essential at this point because he will be able to recommend the right medication, but most importantly, he will help you find the right dosage.

What supermarket do you usually shop at?
Where are the trolleys?
Where can I get a basket?
The sections are divided by aisles.
Where is the snacks section?
You can find the T-shirts in the textiles section.
The glasses are in the household goods section.
If you want to buy some films, go to the electronic equipment section.
You can find make-up in the perfumery section.
The washing powder is in the section of household cleaning products.
If you want to buy biscuits, go to the food section.
You can find yoghurts in the dairy section.
The pizzas are in the frozen food section.
If you want to buy ham, go to the meat section.
You can buy a cake in the desserts section.
If you want tomatoes, go to the fruit and vegetables section.
The shelf is almost empty.
Where are the products that are on offer?
The till is next to the entrance.
The cashier is very nice.
How can I get the loyalty card?
Can you give me the purchase receipt, please?

Lather, rinse, repeat is a phrase that is a common part of the instructions on shampoo bottles. It is sometimes also used as a humorous way of saying that a certain set of instructions should be repeated until an explicit or implicit goal is reached, or as sardonic commentary on some people's practice of taking descriptions, instructions or expressions literally and without common sense. Often the phrase is shortened to simply "Rinse and repeat".

• Hi, everyone! How are you all? I`m now rewriting my entry from this day last year(/one day last year). I feel I have so many mistakes, I just don`t know which are correct and which are incorrect. Please let me know my mistakes. ☆Thanks for your reading!☆
• ( Aug 31st 2010 00:12 ) Today I heard about The Mother of Modern Dance 'Isadora-Duncan' on www.voanews.com. ( on the voa news website) I think this site (voanews) is a very good place for my improving English listening ability. (=a very good place to improve my English hearing ability. (**hearing is passive, listening is active and involves understanding)
• (I think this site (voanews) is very helpful for my improving English listening .)
• I know, I am not young, and even /( what ever?/even more/?) when I was a kid (a long times ago) I learned English just with some paper books and without any audio. Therefore this time my English is really not good, so sometimes I felt ashamed of (/with) my poor English. But on the other hand, people from other countries also can not speak Korean fluently. So naturally?/surely? It`s not shameful for them. So I too feel that I don`t need feel much shame. From now on I can learn anything, if I want in my heart. Sure, because I am not young, it will be slower than young friends, but I think speed is not the most important thing in our life. If I have an interest in something I will do it even if it`s not so easy, even it`s not very fast/quick/ . I say to myself: ""You don`t need to be afraid about 'Speed', just need to be afraid about 'Stop'!"

• Let`s try hear once~~^.^/ I think we can find / learn something form this 'Isadora-Duncan'`s life, whatever it is. http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/Isadora-Duncan-1877-1927-The-Mother-of-Modern-Dance-101714348.html
*Thank you for reading my entry. Please correct my mistakes .

I`d boast my cute littel fish named 'sweetheart'. My cute 'sweetheart' is having (/taking )a meal now. Yeah, this is my cute fish.I only have one fish. @.@ It`s a male. I feel he is so lonely, but he plays well he alone.
(he plays well by himself./)
(he plays just by himdelf./)
I`d like to buy his mate/pair .... someday! And this videio is a stairs of ?/from?/ Subway Line No.5 Exit 4.
have been playing. ^^/kkk

I asked him to turn down the TV a bit but he ignored me!

This restaurant is well-known and expensive.
Waiter, please!
This restaurant's cook is French.
I have a reservation in the name of Peter.
I want to reserve a table for four people.
The table cloth is dirty.
You're cleaning yourself with my napkin.
This plate is dirty, could you bring me another one?
The knife, the fork and the spoon make up the cutlery.
I need a spoon for the soup.
I need a fork for the meat.
This knife doesn't cut.
I want another glass of water.
Could you bring me a glass of wine, please?
Could you bring me another bottle of wine, please?
Could you bring us the menu?
Do you have a set menu of the day?
What do you have for first course?
For the main course, I'll have a chicken fillet.
Is the dessert included in the set menu?
Is the coffee included in the price of the set menu?
What would you like?
Would you like anything else?
Could you bring us the bill, please?

The bathroom is upstairs.
The toilet is at the end of the corridor.
There's no bathtub in the bathroom.
The shower is between the bidet and the basin.
There's a sponge in the shower.
The shower gel is in the cupboard in the bathroom.
The basin is on the left of the bidet.
The tap is in the basin.
The soapdish is on top of the basin.
There's a bar of soap in the soapdish.
The mirror is above the basin.
The toothbrush is on top of the basin.
There's no toothpaste.
There's a comb on top of the toilet.
The brush is in the cupboard.
The hair dryer is in the bathroom.
The razor is next to the toothbrush.
There's no shaving foam.
There's a towel hanging on the towel rail.
The cupboard is under the basin.
The bowl is in front of the basin.
The cistern is next to the toilet.
The toilet paper is next to the toilet.
The bidet is on the left of the wash basin.

Speaker D
Hard time at work? I don't recall any. I always get the easiest tasks to do

and never have any problems with them. There was one time I thought I

would not meet the deadline because the xerox was out of order.

Fortunately though I managed to fix it and put in all the documents on time.

Speaker C
That was the worst day of my life! I had to work even though I was ill so I

couldn't concentrate. Unfortunately, special and very important clients

came on that day and of course I had to do business with them. I didn't sell

anything and I felt completely hopeless. And actually I lost the job the next

day!