AT THE DOCTOR'S

PATIENT: Good evening, doctor.

DOCTOR: Good evening, sir. What's your trouble?

PATIENT: I haven't been feeling well lately.
DOCTOR: What exactly is the problem?

PATIENT: I often feel quite sick. Have had a lot of pain in the
stomach for several days. I've also had severe headaches for
over two days.
DOCTOR: What's your appetite like?
PATIENT: Not at all good. I don't feel like eating anything. I feel full
up all the time.
DOCTOR: Have you had any fever?

PATIENT: Well, I do feel feverish all the time. I've also had a bad
taste in the mouth sincc I've been sick.
DOCTOR: All right, let me take your temperature first. There! Give
me your wrist, please. There's nothing wrong with the pulse.
Now take off your pullover. And your shirt too. Loosen your
clothes a little. I'll examine you, if you lie down on that couch.
Do you feel any pain here?
PATIENT: Yes, some.
DOCTOR: And here?

PATIENT: Oh, that's quite painful!

DOCTOR: All right. You may get dressed now.
PATIENT: I hope there's nothing serious, doctor?

DOCTOR: No, nothing serious. I'm prescribing two kinds of tablets.

Take one before meals. And the other after meals for three
days. Don't eat any fried or spicy food. Drink milk and have .
milk foods as much as you can. And do take some rest.
PATIENT: Do I need to stay away from work, doctor?
DOCTOR: No, not at all. Just take it easy and have rest whenever you
can. Come and see me if the trouble does not go quickly.

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PATIENT: Thank you very much, doctor. Good-bye!

DOCTOR: Bye!

I. READING/LISTENING
Read the dialogue silently two or three times. If you are using the
cassette, listen to the dialogue two or three times.
II. UNDERSTANDING THE DIALOGUE
1 Two people are talking in this conversation. Who are they?
2 Is the doctor a man or a woman?
Do we know? Is the patient a man or a woman?
3 Where does the dialogue take place?
at the doctor's sitting-room
at the doctor's consulting room
in the patient's house
4 What is the patient's trouble?
5 What does the doctor give him?
6 What kind of food can the patient have?
7 What shouldn't he eat?
8 Can he go to work?
III. WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
Do you know the meanings of these words and expressions?
lately: in the recent past
sick: not well
full up: completely full
loosen: make loose
get dressed: put on clothes
stay away: avoid
take it easy: don't work too hard