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Medical Advice for Common Ailments

Learn about the medical advice a doctor might give for ear infections, sprained ankles or wrists, sore throats, mosquito bites, and more. Explore dialogue excerpts, listening exercises, and vocabulary notes.

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Medical Advice for Common Ailments

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  1. Visiting the doctor

  2. What medical advice might a doctor give youif you have an ear infection?

  3. What medical advice might a doctor give youif you have a sprained ankle or wrist?

  4. What medical advice might a doctor give youif you have a sore throat?

  5. What medical advice might a doctor give youif you have an infected mosquito bite?

  6. take some (cough) syrup

  7. take some painkillers

  8. Go to the hospital for an X-ray

  9. Use some eye drops

  10. Use some nose drops

  11. Use some ear drops

  12. Find parts of the dialogue which mean • Sorry to tell you • Tell me what’s wrong • Enter and sit down • I’m going to look at it

  13. Ex 4 p. 67 which one doesn’t sound the same as others? • Rough-tough-cough- enough • Two-flu-through-toe • Bought-drought-ought-caught • Round-wound-sound-ground

  14. Put the phrases in the correct order • Doctor: Have you taken your temperature before your visit to me? • Patient: Thank you very much, doctor. • Patient: Yes, I have taken my temperature before I left home. The temperature was normal. • Doctor: How long do you feel this way? • Doctor: Morning! Come in a take a seat! What’s your problem? • Patient: I am off-colour since Wednesday. • Doctor: Do you have a sore throat or a headache? • Doctor: Get on that couch please. I will examine you. It is not an ordinary cold. I`m sure you have flu. I give you a prescription which you must take to the pharmacy. If you follow my recommendations you will feel much better in a few days. If you will not feel better, you have to call for me. • Patient: I have both. • Patient: Yes, I do. • Doctor: Did you take anything for your headache yet? • Patient: Good morning, doctor! • Patient: Good-bye. • Patient: Only aspirin. • Patient: I have caught a terrible cold. • Doctor: And do you cough a lot? • Doctor: Not at all. Good-bye.

  15. Listening • http://www.passporttoenglish.com/Beginning-English/Lesson12/Listening.html

  16. Complete the dialogue • A – Hi doctor. • B – Hi Nancy. What's …..? • A  – I have a ……………. • B  – Hmmm. You should ……….. • A  – I have to go to ……… • B  – You ……….. work. You …….. rest. • A  – I have a big ……………. • B  – You should ……you shouldn’t….. . • A  – Ok.

  17. True or False? • 1)  Nancy has a stomachache.  True False • 2)  She should drink tea and take cough medicine. True False • 3)  She has to go to work tomorrow. True False • 4)  She shouldn't go to work tomorrow.   True False • 5)  She shouldn’t rest. True False

  18. Listening– At The Doctor’s • http://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/listening-lesson-at-the-doctors

  19. Vocabulary notes • Dizzy = the feeling when your head is spinning • A prescription is a piece of paper which a doctor gives you, and which you can use to buy medicine at the chemist’s. • Painkillers are a kind of medicine that helps when something hurts, for example if you have a headache or a sore throat. • If you have an allergy to something, it means you have a bad reaction. Allergies can be very dangerous. For example, some people are allergic to nuts, and will get very ill if they eat even one nut. • Specialist - a doctor with more specific knowledge. • Overexert = work too hard, push yourself too hard

  20. Put the words in the correct order • Woman: do for So  can I you whattoday? • Man: been I’ve really Well, badhaving headaches, and dizzyI feel sometimes. • Woman: longHowthis have you feelingbeen like? • Man: I think… About a week, maybe. • Woman: And did it start suddenly? Did anything happen which might have caused it? • Man: I don’t know. I’ve never felt like this before. • Woman: Ok, for today, I’ll give you a prescription3 for some painkillers. Do you have any allergies? • Man: No, not that I know of. • Woman: It’s just paracetamol. It’ll help you with the headaches. I’m also going to refer you to a specialist6 at the hospital. They’ll call you up to arrange an appointment. • Man: Do you think it’s something serious? • Woman: It could be a lot of things. If I were you I’d just get plenty of rest; don’t overexert yourself, and wait for the appointment with the specialist next week. • Man: Ok, thank you, doctor. • Woman: Don’t forget your prescription! • Man: Oh, yes, thanks.

  21. 1) I think I’ll have to refer… 2) The doctor prescribed me… 3) I’ve been having… 4) He’s allergic to… 5) Get plenty of rest and… a) …some painkillers b) …really bad headaches recently c) …make sure you don’t overexert yourself d) …you to a specialist e) …seafood, so cook something else Match the sentences

  22. solve the anagrams  • lothisap • pseilaist • zydiz • karnilplei • lyrelag • acpaetamrol • spretioncrip • chadaehe • ores hrtoat • somninia • hyitc shra • fulpain • Ioticantib amcre

  23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t87VGQ-NlwQ

  24. Now, make up your own dialogue !!!Be creative !

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