Cyberchondriac

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2016

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Do you look up every symptom on the internet and then imagine you have a serious illness? Here's an expression to describe what you're doing

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English We Speak
0:09.0	from BBC learning English.
0:12.0	com. Hello and welcome to the English. English. . .
0:14.0	The English We Speak.
0:15.0	With me Fay Faye and me Shan.
0:18.0	Hello.
0:19.0	Hey, Faye, what are you doing on your phone?
0:22.0	We've got a program to record.
0:24.0	Well, you see, I've got a really bad headache, and it says here, on this website, that I might have a head injury,
0:32.0	or maybe a tumor.
0:35.0	Or maybe you've just got a headache.
0:39.0	Give me that phone, you're just scaring yourself.
0:41.0	Oh, hang on.
0:42.0	It says here that I should go to the hospital if I have these other symptoms
0:47.8	Maybe I do have a fever. I am feeling quite hot. That's because it's boiling in here.
0:54.0	I'm hot too, and I'm starting to get a headache.
0:58.0	I know exactly what's wrong with you.
1:00.0	You have a case of cybercondria.
1:03.0	Cybercondria.
1:05.0	Oh dear, I knew something was wrong.
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