- •Предисловие
- •At the Doctor’s Unit I
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercise № 1
- •Exercise № 2
- •Taking a history
- •Exercise № 3
- •Exercise № 4
- •Exercise № 5
- •Exercise № 6
- •Text 1 (for reading and retelling)
- •Text 2 (for reading and questioning)
- •It’s my job
- •Unit II
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercise № 1 Name the word that does not belong to the group
- •Al the Dentist’s
- •Vocabulary and expressions
- •Exercise № 2
- •Exercise № 3
- •Exercise № 4
- •Dialogue 3 The doctor’s office
- •A little later
- •Expressions
- •Over to you (заметки для вас)
- •Exercise № 4
- •Short dialogues Mini-Dialogue 1
- •Mini-Dialogue 2
- •Mini-Dialogue 3
- •Mini-Dialogue 4
- •Nurse: Hello. You’re Mr. Diaz, aren’t you? Have you been
- •Unit III
- •Exercises
- •Examining a patient
- •Exercise 1 Complete textbook extract look at words below to help you Examination of the abdomen
- •Useful words and phrases (in mini-dialogues) The first question to the patient in the doctor’s office
- •In the course of physical Examinations
- •Investigations
- •Verbs used in instructions
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Exercise 5
- •Text 2 a patient is being instructed by the doctor
- •Text 3 Translate the following letter from Dr. Scott to Dr. Jones Dear Dr. Jones
- •Text 4 Study the process of investigation of lungs
- •Unit 4 hospitals in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary
- •Hospitals in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary
- •Physicians and Surgeons
- •Vocabulary
- •New Vocabulary
- •The nursing profession in the uk
- •The work of an in-patient department
- •Unit 5
- •Investigations
- •Lifestyle
- •Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mri)
- •Unit 6 diseases and sympotoms
- •Infections
- •Infection
- •Say what you can about a) the role of calcium in human body; b) research on colon cancer prevention described in the text. Contents
Exercise № 1
Fill in the blanks using the following vocabulary
the couch, make, remove, the grippe, to strip, the doctor, the
flu
I have been having a stomach ache for three days and I wish to be examined by…
Robert has missed two lectures on Biology yet, it is firm belief that Robert has fallen ill with… / Robert has caught…
The physician says to the patient: “Would you like … to your waist”.
The patient is hard on hearing and asked again: “Must I… my top clothing?”
If the doctor wants to examine the patient’s abdomen, he asks the patient: “Could you lie down on …”
The laboratory tests of blood, urine, gastric juice help the doctor… a correct diagnosis.
Exercise № 2
Use “would like” to make questions. Also, answer in the affirmative or negative as indicated
Example:
I go to the library. (no)/ (yes)
Would you like to go to the library? No, I wouldn’t
Yes, I would.
She takes the temperature. (yes)
He lies down on the couch. (yes)
Mary drinks a glass of water. (no)
They take pills late. (no)
I like to help the surgeon on the operation. (no)
Taking a history
Any first interview between a doctor and his patient starts with the statement of the available information: surname, first name, age, sex, marital status (семейное положение; женат / замужем / нет), occupation and present complaints (жалобы).
Note how the doctor starts the interview with the patients, for his problem:
What’s brought you along to day?
OR:
- What seems to be the problem?
OR:
What is ailing you?
OR:
What can I do for you?
Note how the doctor asks how long the problem has lasted:
How long have they been bothering you?
OR:
How long have you had them?
Note how the doctor asks questions about the patient’s occupation:
What’s your job?
OR:
What do you do?
OR:
What’s your occupation?
OR:
What are you by profession?
Note how the doctor asks where the problem is:
Which part of your head (of the body) is affected?
OR:
Where does it hurt?
OR:
Where is it sore?
OR:
Whereabouts is the pain?
OR:
Show me where the pain is?
Note how the doctor asks about the type of pain?
Can you describe the pain?
Other ways of asking this are:
What’s the pain like?
What kind of pain is it?
Other questions the doctor may ask
What’s your name?
How old are you?
Are you married?
Where exactly is the pain?
Did anything special bring the pain in?
Is it worse at any particular time?
Does anything make it better or worse?
Have you any other problems?
Have you taken anything for it?
Did the aspirin help?
Exercise № 3
Study this short dialogue:
Doctor: Well, Mr. Below. What brought you along today?
Mr. Below: I’ve got a bad dose of flu (1).
Doctor: How long has it been bothering you?
Mr. Below: Two or three days (2)
Practise this dialogue, getting a fellow student to play the part of the patient. He (she) can select replies from lists (1) and (2) below. Use all the ways of starting an interview and asking how long the problem has lasted.
(1) |
(2) |
A bad dose of flu |
A fortnight |
Terrible diarrhoea |
Two or three days |
Swollen ankles |
Since Tuesday |
A pain in my stomach |
For almost a month |
Use this additional information to answer any questions the doctor asks.
Greasy (жирная; приготовленная на топленом жире) food, like fried eggs, upsets (нарушает, расстраивает) you most. The pain lasts several hours. [gallbladder]
The pain wakes you at night. Usually early in the morning. Spicy (пряности) food brings on the pain Too much to drink also makes it worse. [duodenal ulcer]
The pain is really bad. You’ve been coughing up brownish spit. You’ve had a temperature [pneumonia]
You’ve had a cold. You’re not coughing up phlegm [tracheitis].