Day 22 of 38

Day 22: Bilirubin over Pizza

Over pizza in Wroc艂aw, Ola (A) catches her friend Bartek (B) staring at his blood test results, and their friend Weronika (C), a junior doctor, takes a look.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Polish word to see what it means.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Polish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.

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  1. A

    Bartku, od艂贸偶 telefon, bo pizza wystygnie. Co tak czytasz?

    Bartek, put your phone down or the pizza will go cold. What are you reading so intently?

  2. B

    Wyniki krwi. Bilirubina powy偶ej normy, a do lekarza mam dopiero za tydzie艅.

    My blood test results. Bilirubin above the normal range, and I can't see the doctor for another week.

  3. C

    Poka偶. Pr贸by w膮trobowe w normie, wi臋c to najpewniej zesp贸艂 Gilberta, 艂agodne schorzenie.

    Let me see. Your liver function tests are normal, so it's most likely Gilbert's syndrome, a harmless condition.

  4. B

    Brzmi gro藕nie. Czy to dlatego w czasie sesji robi艂em si臋 偶贸艂ty?

    Sounds scary. Is that why I used to go yellow during exams?

  5. C

    Dok艂adnie. Przy stresie, g艂od贸wce i niewyspaniu bilirubina ro艣nie, gdy偶 twoja w膮troba wytwarza za ma艂o pewnego enzymu.

    Exactly. With stress, fasting and too little sleep, bilirubin goes up, because your liver makes too little of a certain enzyme.

  6. A

    Czyli po ludzku: Bartek ma si臋 wysypia膰 i regularnie je艣膰. Obie od lat mu to powtarzamy!

    So, in plain words: Bartek has to get enough sleep and eat regularly. We've both been telling him that for years!

  7. B

    No to zjem jeszcze kawa艂ek pizzy. Wy艂膮cznie w celach leczniczych, aby bilirubina nie skoczy艂a.

    Right, then I'll have another slice of pizza. Purely for medicinal purposes, so my bilirubin doesn't shoot up.

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