Unit NineSeeing the Doctor (I)

PartAMicro-listening

Part B Macro-listening

Part C Oral Practice

Part D Home Listening

Listen to three humorous conversations and enjoy.

1. Patient: Hey, what sort of a dentist are you? That wasn’t the tooth wanted you to pull out.

Dentist: Take it easy. I’m coming to it.

2. Nurse: Doctor, why do you always ask you patients what they had for dinner?

Doctor: It’s a most important question, nurse, for according to their menus I make out my bills.

3. Dentist: I’m sorry, madam, but I shall have to charge you 80 dollars for pulling out your boy’s tooth.

Woman: Eighty dollars! Why, I understood to say that you charged only 20 dollars for such work!

Dentist: Yes, but your boy yelled so terribly that he scared three other patients out of the office.

Conversation 1At the Doctor’s Office

Conversation 2

What Do I Have to Do, Doctor?

Listen to the conversation and find out what the doctor did. Put a tick in the brackets

beside each statement with which you agree.

1. He measured her blood pressure.( )

2. He asked questions about her symptoms.( )

3. He listened to her heart and lungs.( )

4. He tasted her eyesight.( )

5. He told her to have her eyes tested in the optician’s.( )

6. He warned her against too much reading and TV watching.( )

7. He wrote a letter for her to take to the optician’s for an appointment.( )

8. He prescribed her some medicine.( )

9. He suggested that she pay him a second visit if her headaches do not go

away.( )

10. He gave her his home telephone number in case of an emergency.( )

Listen to the conversation and pick out from the following what the doctor suggests Mr. Stone do. Put a tick in the brackets for your

choice.

1. to quit smoking ( )

2. to reduce weight ( )

3. to start physical exercise by walking 3 miles every days ( )

4. not to work too hard ( )

5. to take his medicine in time ( )

6. to eat a full diet ( )

7. to change his lifestyle ( )

8. to work out a full diet and exercise program for himself ( )

9. to take some more exercise, but not to do too much at first ( )

10. to make an appointment to see a lifestyle consultant ( )

Making Appropriate Responses

Good Morning. What can I do for you? _____________________

How long have you been like that? ________________________

Do you get tired easily? ________________________________

Do you sleep well? ____________________________________

How is your appetite?__________________________________ What’s wrong with me ,doctor? ___________________________

Making Appropriate Responses

Is it serious, doctor?_________________________

I’ll write out a prescription for you. ______________

When do I take the medicine? __________________

How many shots will I need?____________________

Just Continue Taking the Medicine I Prescribed Last Time

You’re going to hear a story twice. Listen carefully and write down your answers to the questions you hear after the story.

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