69217 a visit to the doctor

I’ve got a terrible headache.. Doctor Come in and sit down, please.. I’ll give you a prescription.. React to the doctor’s phrases: -Come in.. -You should take some aspirin, vitamin C..

1 Translate: Patient

I feel awful

I’ve got a terrible headache

My muscles also ache

I’ve got an awful cough

I just haven’t got any energy at all

I feel really weak

Is it serious?

No antibiotics?

How long do I have to take the pills?

Doctor

Come in and sit down, please

Let me have a look

Take off your shirt, please

How long have you been coughing?

Does it hurt here?

Can you tell me when the pain started? Have you got a temperature?

I’ll give you a prescription

You’ll have to stay in bed

2 React to the doctor’s phrases:

-Come in How can I help you?

-You really look grey Do you cough?

-Where does it hurt?

-OK, I’ll have a look at you Take off your

shirt

-Do you have a temperature?

-38 degrees is rather high

-I think it is the flu

-Flue can be serious, you know I’ll give you a

prescription

-You should take some aspirin, vitamin C

-You should stay at home and visit me again

in five days

Patient

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3 Play the roles: Doctor

You are a doctor and you receive

a patient Ask him/her:

-how you can help him/her;

-where it hurts;

-if he/she has a temperature;

Have a look at the patient and:

-name the probable disease;

-give him/her a prescription;

-tell him/her to take aspirin, vitamin C;

-stay in bed for three days;

-visit the doctor in five days

Patient

You are a patient You’ve come to the doctor with the following complaints: -you have a terrible headache;

-you have pains in chest, back;

-you can’t sleep;

-you are very weak;

-you have a high temperature

Ask the doctor:

-if it is serious;

-how to take aspirin;

-when you should come again