At the doctor
Exercise 5. Title each paragraph of the text "At the Doctor's"
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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. Good afternoon, doctor! 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. You have cardiac murmur. Do you do morning exercises? No, I don't. 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. 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. 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. 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. Download 45.04 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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