Calling an Ambulance

Making the Call

Address first, then what happened.

打急救电话 · 8 turns · you say 4 lines

  1. Them

    Emergency, which service do you need?

  2. You

    An ambulance, as fast as possible.

  3. Them

    What is the address?

  4. You

    Forty-two King Street, second floor.

  5. Them

    Tell me exactly what happened.

  6. You

    My father collapsed in the kitchen.

  7. Them

    Is he breathing normally?

  8. You

    He is breathing, but not awake.

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Words in this dialogue

  • emergencya sudden situation needing quick help
  • servicethe help given to customers; car maintenance
  • needto have to have
  • ambulancea vehicle that takes sick people to hospital
  • fastmoving quickly; to eat nothing (before a test)
  • possibleable to happen
  • addresswhere a place is, in words
  • forty-twothe number 42
  • kingthe largest standard bed size
  • streeta road in a town
  • secondcoming after the first; a very short time; a moment (a second)
  • floorone level of a building
  • tellto say something to someone
  • exactlyprecisely
  • happenedto take place
  • fathera male parent
  • collapsedfell down suddenly
  • kitchenthe room where food is cooked
  • breathingair taken into the lungs
  • normallyusually
  • awakenot sleeping