{"id":30707,"date":"2025-07-17T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=30707"},"modified":"2025-07-18T08:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:36:20","slug":"drugs-and-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/07\/drugs-and-medication\/","title":{"rendered":"Drugs and Medication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B1 &#8211; Intermediate<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is normal for people to get sick at times. And when that happens, we need to find something to help us feel better as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to this audio and read the transcript about drugs and medication.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-randall-039-s-esl-cyber-listening-lab wp-block-embed-randall-039-s-esl-cyber-listening-lab\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xnO91d1pOk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esl-lab.com\/easy\/drugs-medication-script\/\">Drugs and Medication &#8211; Script<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Drugs and Medication &#8211; Script&#8221; &#8212; Randall&#039;s ESL Cyber Listening Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esl-lab.com\/easy\/drugs-medication-script\/embed\/#?secret=9lUUrTpyLQ#?secret=xnO91d1pOk\" data-secret=\"xnO91d1pOk\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>in no time\u201d<\/strong> mean, \u201c<em>You\u2019ll be up and dancing around <\/em><strong><em>in no time<\/em><\/strong><em>.\u201d<\/em> Use this idiom in a sentence. 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