Real Talk #056 – Calling 911 in an emergency

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🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

No one ever expects to be in an emergency, but sometimes we may be in a situation where we need to call for help. In this Real Talk episode, Andrew and Kassy teach you common expressions you can use when talking to a 911 dispatcher. Real Talk is a series that helps you learn practical English expressions that you can use in every day natural conversations. Be sure to listen carefully to this episode for all the useful expressions! Fun facts 911 is an emergency phone number used globally in many North, Central & South America countries. It first began being used by the fire department in the United States in 1957 because it had never been used as an area code. Other regions of the world use different universal emergency phone numbers such as 112 in Europe and 119 in many Asian countries. Expressions included in the study guide Hit and run Blow through Stay on the line What's (someone's) condition Yada yada Clog up the line Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Image: JOSHUA COLEMAN and Charanjeet Dhiman (Unsplash.com)

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0:00.0	Hello there everyone. My name's Andrew and I'm Cassie. And this is the
0:07.6	Qulips English podcast. Hello there listeners how's it going I hope everyone is doing well. This is real
0:21.7	talk the Q-Lips series where we teach you the English that you need to know for real world situations.
0:29.0	And today we are going to cover a very important topic indeed. It is how to call 911 when you're in an emergency situation. 911 is the phone number that we call if you need help from the police or the
0:47.6	fire station or even if you need to call an ambulance and go to the hospital yourself or call an ambulance for some other person.
0:56.7	So we'll get into that today, but I should introduce my co-host for today's lesson.
1:02.1	It is Cassie, Cassie, how are you?
1:05.0	Hey Andrew and hi listeners. I'm doing really well. It's a Friday today and I'm very
1:11.8	happy about it.
1:13.0	Happy Friday.
1:15.0	Happy Friday and if you're listening on a Friday as well, happy Friday to you.
1:20.0	So guys, we'll get started with our lesson here in just a minute, but before we do we should talk about the study guide.
1:27.6	So there is a study guide that we made to accompany this episode and in the study guide you'll get a transcript
1:36.4	detailed vocabulary explanations, real life examples and a comprehension quiz plus more. So you can download it and follow along as you listen. That is our recommended way of studying with the guide and it's available for all Q-Lips members. So guys if you want to get the guide you have to become a Q-Lips member and you can find all of the details and sign up on our website which is
2:05.4	QLips.com.
2:07.7	So Cassie, let's get started with the lesson then.
2:10.1	Could you just break down and let us know exactly what we're going to learn about today?
2:15.8	Sure, so today we're going to learn some practical expressions you can use when calling 911.
2:29.0	You know, there may come a time when you get into some sort of an emergency situation. In today's lesson, we're going to teach you some phrases that might come up when calling 911 and how you can call and ask for help in an emergency situation.
2:41.0	When people call 911, they're already under a lot of stress. So it's really good to know what kind of questions you're going to be asked before you even make the call so that you're not stressed about the
2:55.0	listening comprehension as well, right?
2:57.0	Yeah, Cassie, that's a great point actually because you are under a great deal of
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