Medical

appointments
VOCABULARY:
DIALOGS: READING: LISTENING: GRAMMAR:
Id
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like to make an appointment

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Can you come in at 2 p.m today?.6 Choosing the meaning of a word from context clues
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Making inferences and selecting topics

The present perfect: have been and have had

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Asking present perfect questions Asking about time using How long
VOCABULARY:

Describing aches and pains Describing symptoms

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GRAMMAR:

Present perfect progressive: have been + verb ing

Making appointments

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DIALOGS:
READING:

Following written instructions

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VOCABULARY:

Review.

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BOOK 11 LESSON 1
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What's new in Lesson 1?

NEW VOCABULARY
Nouns

ache

appointment jf i
back

physical problem sneezing

stomach
stomachache

Other words

annual

any longer
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anymore

backache . i,-""*

horizontal How about... ?

in
out

checkup ;
chest doA*
cold ' -

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symptom temperature
Verbs

cough
dot

ache

earache
emergency

catch -* caught
come - came in
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parallel perpendicular regular

runny

examination/exam jr
fever

connect

since
sometime

headache inch/inches middle

nurse

cough get - got there

make - made it
run ran

still then
vertical

run
sneeze

ran a temperature

pain patient

see - saw

NEW GRAMMAR STRUCTURES

LANGUAGE FUNCTION
Call a doctor's office to make a media

John has been in the hospital since Friday. Mary has had a temperature for two days. How long was your doctor*s appointment? How long has it been since your last annual physical examination? What have you been studying9 I ve been reviewing new vocabulary.
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appointment.
Id Id
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like to make an appointment. like an appointment with Dr. Sm I need to see a doctor. It1s an emerge
Yes I can come in at 4 o,clock.
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No. I can1t make it this afternoon.

Yes, 1 can get there before lunch.

AMERICAN LANGUAGE

I'd like

to make an appointment
Receptionist: Dr. Davis> office
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Mr. Thomas:

Good morning I,d like to make an appointment.

Receptionist:
Mr. Thomas:

Are you a regular patient

here?

No I>m a new patient.

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Receptionist:
Mr. Thomas:
Receptionist:

Is this an emergency?
No, I just need to see a
doctor.

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Okay. Can you come in sometime on Wednesday?

Mr. Thomas:

Wednesday? No I,m sorry,

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I can't make it then.

Receptionist:
Mr Thomas:

How about Thursday at

10:00?

Yes I can get there at 10:00.

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Receptionist:
Mr. Thomas:

May I have your name and phone number, please?

Don Thomas 555-1234.
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Receptionist: Mr. Thomas:

EXERCISE A
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Okay Mr. Thomas. We'll see you on Thursday at 10:00.

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Thank you

Read the sentences. Write T for true and F for false.

The doctor answered the telephone

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4
5

Mr. Thomas is calling for information.

A receptionist is a patient.
Mr. Thomas saw Dr. Davis before.

Mr Thomas does not have an emergency

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The appointment on Wednesday is okay for Mr

Thomas.

The patient can make it to the appointment at 10:00 on Thursday

K11 LESSON 1

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS
There are four different kinds of medical

appointments that people usually need

to make. receptionist at a doctor's office will answer the phone and talk to

appointment, the doctor just checks tl the patient is well again after the fi

problems end.
ANNUAL PHYSICALS

the patient to find the best time for the

appointment.
REGULAR APPOINTMENTS

A patient may also call to make appointment for an annual physii

When patients call to see the doctor because they are sick, they usually need an appointment that is about 20 minutes
long. The doctor will ask them questions

one time a year. The exSm takes m

time than a regular appointment. rJ receptionist schedules two hours for physical because the doctor has to ehi all parts of the body and do many te>,
EMERGENCIES

Patients have an extirpation like t

about how they feel or which parts of

their body hurt. e,ll ask about their

problems and symptoms; for example, he

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may ask about fever, or temperature, headache, and stomachache.

CHECKUPS

Patients sometimes need to see a doc

immediately because they are very Sj

or they were in an accident. Oil emergency patients go immediately <
of the doctor s office to the hospital, i
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.After the first appointment patients

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sometimes

need

to

make

second

very bad emergencies, the patient sho;

call 911, and not the doctor s office.
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appointment for a checkup. In this

EXERCISE B

Read the text. Answer your instructor,s questions.

Does the doctor do

any tests for an annual physical?

Yes, he does many tests.

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EXERCISE C

Listen and circle the number of the stressed syllable.

Number 1 is an example.
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Answer the questions. Scan the text on the left for answers.
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Who answers the phone when you call to make an appointment with the doctor?
How long is a regular doctor's appointment? When do patients need a checkup?
How many times a year does a patient have an annual exam?

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How much time do you need to schedule for an annual physical examination? How long does an emergency patient have to wait at the doctor's office?

XERCISE E
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Read the sentences. Write T for true and F for false.

1 2

The doctor always answers the phone.

Regular appointments are usually 20 minutes long.

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4 5 6
7

An annual examination happens two times a year.

The receptionist makes short appointments for physical exams, Patients with emergencies must see a doctor right away.

Doctors usually send emergency patients home to rest. Checkups are phone calls between the doctor and receptionist.

Checkups let the doctor see that the patient is well again.

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