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Getting new glasses in English (beginner)

Beginner English for getting new glasses. Key line: “Hi, I'd like new glasses, please.”

Full script

Lin
Hi, I'd like new glasses, please.
Them
Sure. Do you want reading or daily ones?
Lin
For daily use. Mine make me dizzy.
Them
Okay. Can you read that top line?
Lin
I can read E... or maybe a bird.
Them
Let's try this. It makes things clearer.
Lin
Wow, much better. You have eyebrows.
Them
Good. Let's keep the glasses, not my eyebrows.

Key phrases

The lines worth keeping. Read them once before you go out.

Start
✓ I'd like new glasses, please.

Polite way to ask for new glasses.

Polite start: say what you need first

Use
✓ For daily use.

For wearing every day.

Say the use first for better help

Eye test
✓ Can you read that top line?

Common question in an eye test.

You may hear this during an eye test

Clearer
✓ It makes things clearer.

Things look easier to see.

clearer = easier to see

Quick answers

Start: what to say in English

Say “I'd like new glasses, please.” — polite way to ask for new glasses. Polite start: say what you need first.

Use: what to say in English

Say “For daily use.” — for wearing every day. Say the use first for better help.

Eye test: what to say in English

Say “Can you read that top line?” — common question in an eye test. You may hear this during an eye test.

Clearer: what to say in English

Say “It makes things clearer.” — things look easier to see. clearer = easier to see.

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