UnitNine Seeing the Doctor (I) PartAMicro-listening PartBMacro-listening PartCOral Practice PartDHome 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 1 At the Doctor’s Office At 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. 1._____________________________________________________ 2._____________________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________________ 4._____________________________________________________ 5._____________________________________________________ 6._____________________________________________________