At the doctor

Exercise 5. Title each paragraph of the text "At the Doctor's".
Exercise 6. Read the dialog and act it out with your fellow student.

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  Good afternoon, doctor!
  
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  Good afternoon. Sit down, please. What's troubling you? Where is the pain?
  

- I am quite unwell. I feel giddy. My nose is running. I have a splitting headache, a sore throat and a cough.
- What is your temperature?
-1 was running a very high temperature yesterday. But today I haven't taken it.
- Take the thermometer, please, and put it under your armpit. What infectious diseases have you suffered from?
- I've had measles, mumps, chicken pox and pneumonia.
- Well, now give me the thermometer... 38.5. It's rather high. Let me feel your pulse... Now strip to the waist, please. I'll listen to your heart and lungs. Please, take a deep breath. Breathe deeply... Now hold your breath... Now cough... That will do. Do you feel a little pain in your heart?
-Alittle bit.

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  You have cardiac murmur. Do you do morning exercises?
  
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  No, I don't.
  
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  Well, you should, and have a cold rubdown every morning. That will keep you from catching colds. Then eat lots of fruit. Drink hot tea with lemon or raspberry jam. I also advise you to put a hot water bottle under your feet and try a scalding foot bath. Apply cups and mustard plasters on your back. Here is a prescription for medicine. You'll have it made at the chemist's.
  
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  Health and medical vocabulary is one of the most vital areas of language to learn when visiting or living in a foreign country. You never know when you might need to visit the doctor or a hospital, so it is important to be prepared with some basic medical vocabulary.
  
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  When discussing illnesses and other issues with a medical professional, there are certain words and phrases we need to use. This will be most commonly used when speaking to a doctor or nurse.
  
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   non-native speakers, using English at the doctor’s can be a challenging task. Explore the common health and medical vocabulary used at the doctor’s and phrases you may hear and need to use at an appointment with a nurse or doctor.
  
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