Dialogue 3.

Complete the open dialogue and dramatize it. Work in pairs.

Use the vocabulary of the unit

At the Doctor's

Doctor: Good morning, Mr Thompson. What's the trouble?

Mr. Thompson:________________

D.: Any pain?

Mr. Th.: ____________

D.: Please strip to the waist and lie down on the examination couch. I shall examine you.

Мr. Th.: ____________

D.: I'm afraid it's pneumonia and you must have penicillin injections. Go straight home and I'll send you a nurse immediately.

Mr. Th.: ____________

D.: Certainly, for at least a week or ten days. There's a prescription. Take a spoonful of this medicine three times a day.

Mr. Th.: ____________

D.: Oh, don't mention it, please. Make sure to follow my instructions. Good-bye.

Dialogue 4.

Complete the open dialogue and dramatize it. Work in pairs.

Use the vocabulary of the unit

Patient: Good morning, doctor.

Doctor: Good morning, take a seat, please. What's the matter?

P.: ________________

D.: Do you feel any pain anywhere?

P.: ________________

D.: And how is your appetite?

P.: ________________

D.: You probably have the flu. What was your temperature this morning?

P.: ________________

D.: Let me check your temperature again. Your pulse is very irregular. What about your heart?

P.: ________________

D.: Well, it's good. I think there's nothing to worry about. It's a bad cold. You'd better stay in bed for two or three days. I'll write you a prescription. Take it to a chemist's.

P.: ________________

D.: Three times a day before meal.

P.: ________________

D.: You are welcome. If you are not better in three days, keep in bed and send for me. Good-bye.

Dialogue5. Complete the open dialogue and learn it by heart

1. Did you call the doctor in?

2. Yes. Good afternoon, doctor.

1. What do you complain of?

2. Oh, doctor, I'm sore all over. I…

1. When did you fall ill?

2. Yesterday. I sneezed and …

1. What was your temperature this morning?

2. …

1. Open your mouth. Put out your tongue.

2. …

1. Do you have a stomachache?

2. …

1. Does it hurt when I press here?

2. …

1. Let me listen to your heart and lungs. Is it difficult to breathe?

2. …

1. Well, you have all the symptoms of the flu.

2. …

1. Yes, the flu is catching.

2. …

1. Well, the usual things, of course. Stay in bed, keep yourself warm, drink a lot of hot tea with honey or raspberry jam. And I'll prescribe some pills to beat down the temperature. And this mixture is for your throat. Gargle every 2 hours.

Exercises

1. Filling gaps. (Cloze technique) Going to the doctor

Yesterday ___ went t___ the docto_’__ office. ___ gave m___ name t___ the

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reception_____ and sa___ down. Sin___ I wa___ bored, ___ began read_____ an

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ol___ magazine. Th___ nurse call____ my nam___ and ___ followed he___

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into th___ doctor’s offi____. I sa___ down o___ the examinat_____ table

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an___ she to____ my blo____ pressure. Sh___ recorded th___ result, to____

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me th____ my blo____ pressure wa___ normal, an___ left th___ room.

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Th___ doctor ca____ in, an___ asked m___ how ___ was feel_____ . He

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re____ my cha____ and___ told hi___ I ha___ a fev____, headache, an___

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sore thr_____ . He to____ my tempera______ and sa____ that___ had th___

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flu . H___ told m___ to dri____ plenty o___ fluids, re____ in be___, and t___

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call hi___ if. didn’t fe____ better i___ two da____. I le____ the off_____

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and follo_____ his adv_____ .

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