AT THE DOCTOR’S

4º ESO

HEALTH PROBLEMS

■ A SORE THROAT A COLD

HEALTH PROBLEMS

■ THE FLU (gripe) FOOD POISONING/ ITCHY SKIN

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ALLERGIC REACTION

HEALTH PROBLEMS

■ STRESS A BROKEN ARM

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HEALTH PROBLEMS

■ ACHING MUSCLES STIFF NECK

HEALTH PROBLEMS

■ DISLOCATED SHOULDER BRUISED KNEE

HEALTH PROBLEMS

■ A SPRAINED/ TWISTED ANKLE HAY FEVER

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SWOLLEN ANKLE

HEALTH PROBLEMS

■ STOMACHACHE HEADACHE

HEALTH PROBLEMS

■ BACKACHE / SORE BACK TOOTHACHE

SYMPTOMS

■ Red eyes

■ A runny nose

■ A blocked nose

■ Insomnia (you can’t sleep)

■ Cough

■ A swollen ankle

■ A pain in my… (leg)

Functional language(Doctor/nurse)

• What’s the matter? /What seems to be the problem?• How do you feel?• Does it hurt here?• Do you have … (a cough, a temperature, a swollen ankle)?• Can you… (move your hand)?• Are you allergic to anything?• I think you have…• You should/shouldn’t… You ought to /you oughtn’t to• Try (not) to… (verb)

USE THE THREE CONDITIONALS!

■ 1ST CONDITIONAL: You won’t get better, unless you rest in bed.

■ 2ND CONDITIONAL: If I were you, I would continue having that pill for 3 more days.

■ 3RD CONDITIONAL: If you hadn’t come to hospital, you wouIdn’t have found out about your illness.

Functional language(patient)

• I don’t feel very well/ I feel ill/ I feel sick/ terrible.• I’ve got a bad cold/ a sore throat/ a cough• I’ve got a headache / toothache /stomachache• My back/ head/stomach/ tooth hurts• I hurt my ankle/wrist• Is it serious?• What should I do?• Would I get better if I followed a healthy diet?• If I had known that I was going to catch a cold, I wouldn’t have

gone out.

Possible solutions

■ Go to hospital

■ Take vitamin C

■ Use crutches

■ Take paracetamol

■ Take some pills /tablets

■ Follow a special diet

■ Rest in bed

■ Take your pulse and temperature

■ Make a diagnosis and decide how to treat somebody

■ Prescribe somebody some medicine

■ Take some days off and recover

■ Have some X-rays done

■ Have an operation

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

■ Acupuncture Homeopathic medicine

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

■ MASSAGE OSTEOPATHY

Useful idioms

■ Feel off-colour / Feel under the weather: to not be feeling as well as usual

■ To be on the road to recovery: recovering; getting better; improving

■ To become as fit as a fiddle: in very good health

WORK IN PAIRS

■ Now, it’s time for you to work in pairs. One person will be the doctor and the other person will be the patient. You must prepare a role-play to do in class.

■ Try to be original and make it as real as possible.

■ 2 or 3 pairs will be taken to improvise in class.