Medicine for a Headache People go to the chemist's shop to buy medicine. They bring the medicine home and take it when they or other members of the family are ill. This story is about an Englishman who looked for some medicine but could not explain well what he wanted.
One day a man went into a chemist's shop. He saw the chemist and asked him, "Have you anything for a headache?"
The chemist said, "I have a very good medicine." Then he took a small bottle from a shelf. He held it under the man's nose and opened it.
It was not a great pleasure for the man, because tears came to his eyes and ran down his face. He could not speak and he did not like the medicine.
"What did you do?" he said when he could speak again.
"Well, I didn't do anything bad," said the chemist. "You wanted something for you headache, didn't you? That medicine has helped you, hasn't it?"
"No, it hasn't," said the man. "It's my wife that has the headache, not me!"
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" said the chemist. "Next time please tell me more about the medicine you want. And I'll ask you more questions before giving you something."
Vocabulary headache — головний біль
chemist's shop — аптека
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 97 1. Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. People go to the chemist’s shop to buy food.
If people are ill they take medicine.
One day a man went into a chemist’s shop to buy some medicine for a headache.
The chemist took a small bottle from the table, held it under the man’s nose and opened it.
It was a great pleasure for the man.
Tears came to his eyes and ran down his face.
He liked the medicine very much.
The chemist hoped that the medicine had helped the man.
The man said that it was his aunt who had a headache.
The man said that it was his wife who had a headache.