Unit 8
Keeping
Healthy and
Seeing a Doctor
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Section I
Talking Face to Face
Section II
Being All Ears
Session 1
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Section I
Talking Face to Face
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2. Do you always read
medical instructions
carefully before taking
a medicine? Why or
why not?
1. What are medical
instructions intended for?
Warm-up
Lead-in
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Read and translate
Lead-in
Read and translate the medical
instructions in Section I.
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Sample dialogues
Warm-up
1. Is your English good
enough to help your
American friend to see
a doctor in China?
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A.
我得了重感冒,病倒了。
B.
我咳嗽得很厉害。
C.
我什么都不想吃。
D.
我头痛得厉害,并且发烧。
Speak out —
making complaints to a doctor
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I have a bad headache and a
temperature.
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E.
我牙很痛。
F.
我吃不下东西也睡不好,头晕乏力。
G.
我腿疼得厉害,现在感觉很虚弱。
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Speak out —
making complaints to a doctor
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H.
我觉得有些难受,好象是中暑了。
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我服了阿司匹林,但还没好。
J.
我的牙痛死了。
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I have taken some aspirin, but I
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Speak out —
making complaints to a doctor
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2. Do you know how to
inquire in English about
the symptoms of a
patient as a doctor?
Sample dialogues
Warm-up
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A.
What’s wrong with
you? You look pale.
Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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B. What’s wrong?
Is anything
the matter?
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C. How long has
this been going
on?
Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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D. How are you
feeling
today?
Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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E. Jack, are you all
right? You don’t
look quite yourself.
Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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F. Have you
taken any
medicine?
Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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G. Open your
mouth and
say “Ahhh”.
Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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H. Do you have a
temperature?
Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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3. Can you understand a
doctor’s advice and his
prescriptions?
Warm-up
Sample dialogues
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A.
I’ll give you an injection
to bring your fever down.
B. Here is a prescription to
take care of your
headache and keep your
temperature down.
C. You should go on taking
the medicine for three
more days.
Sample
sentences
Speak out —
giving advice and writing a prescription
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D. You need a minor
operation.
E. You can try some
Chinese therapies.
F. You must come back for
a follow-up treatment.
G.Take this pain-killer
three times a day after
meals.
Sample
sentences
Speak out —
giving advice and writing a prescription
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Sample dialogues
Read and find out
useful expressions for
seeing a doctor.
Read and find out
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1.
I’ve got a sore throat and
a bad cough.
Sentences for a patient to
make a complaint to a doctor:
2.
It’s my skin. It’s so dry
and rough.
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1.
What’s wrong with you?
Sentences for
a doctor to inquire about symptoms:
2. You don’t look well today. What’s
the problem?
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1. Try this throat spray.
2. Simply spray it into your throat
three times a day.
3. Remember not to drink or eat
anything immediately afterward.
4. You could try this skin oil treatment.
Just rub the oil into your skin.
5. Keep it in a cool and dry place.
Sentences for a doctor
to give advice to a patient:
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1. You should feel relieved soon.
2. It will soothe and soften your skin
immediately.
Sentences for
a doctor to comfort a patient:
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Sample dialogues
Make short conversations
by simulating the five
small dialogues.
Pair work
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Sample
dialogues
Role play the similar
situations you create,
first in groups, and
then before the class
.
Role play
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Section II
Being All Ears
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Pre-listening
task
Pre-listening
task
Read
the
printed
materials
Read
the
printed
materials
in
Listen
and
Decode
in
Listen
and
Decode
in
ONE
minute.
in
ONE
minute.
Dialogue
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Dialogue
While-listening
task
While-listening
task
Listen
to
the
tape
WITHOUT
looking
at
the
book.
Listen
to
the
tape
WITHOUT
looking
at
the
book.
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Dialogue
Listen
to
the
tape
one
sentence
after
another,
taking
notes
during
the
pause.
Listen
to
the
tape
one
sentence
after
another,
taking
notes
during
the
pause.
While-listening
task
While-listening
task
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Dialogue
While-listening
task
While-listening
task
Repeat
the
Repeat
the
sentences
sentences
after
the
tape.
after
the
tape.
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Post-listening
task
Post-listening
task
Do the
exercises in
Listen and Decode
and
Listen
and
Respond
.
Dialogue
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Pre-listening
task
Pre-listening
task
Read the printed materials
in
Listen
and
Read
in THREE minutes.
Passage
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Passage
While-listening
task
While-listening
task
Listen to the tape
and fill in the
blanks.
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Post-listening
task
Post-listening
task
Do the
exercises in
Listen and Judge
and
Listen
and
Complete
.
Passage
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1.
Pair work: Make up dialogues
between a doctor and a patient
referring to the dialogues in
the Workbook.
2.
Preview Passage I and the
exercises.