7869 at the doctor

AT THE DOCTOR’S
1. How to express pain?
Vocabulary
sore (adj.)

Explanation
If a part of your body is sore,
it causes you pain and
discomfort.

to hurt (v.)

If a part of your body hurts
you feel pain there.

pain (noun)

Pain is a feeling of great
discomfortyou have, for
example, when you have
been hurt or when you are
ill.

ache (noun)

An ache is a steady, fairly
strong pain in a part of your
body.

Examples of use
• I must have something

under my eyelid. My eye
is very sore.
• I’ve got a sore throat, I
can’t even speak.
• My belly hurts, I think
I’m about to get my
period.
• Steven broke my heart.
You can’t imagine how
much it hurts!
• I feel very acute pain in
my kneecap. I’m afraid it
might be broken!
• My wife has been
treating me very badly. I
can’t stand this pain
anymore.
• I’ve got a headache,
runny nose and I keep
sneezing. I might have
caught the flu!
• Please doctor, help me!
I’ve got a terrible
toothache.

2. Match up the words with their definitions:
syringe
a particular disease such as measles or pneumonia
disease
small, solid mass of medicine that you swallow without chewing

illness
a doctor who doesn’t specialize in any particular area of medicine
GP
an illness which affects people, plants or animals e.g. caused by bacteria or infection
fever
bringing an illness or injury to and end or making it disappear
sick leave
a small tube with a needle at the end used for putting liquids into things
prescription
an injection given in order to prevent someone from getting a disease
treatment
time a person spends away from work because of illness or injury
pill
a person whose job is to care for people who are ill
vaccination
if you have it your body temperature is higher and your heart beats faster
nurse
a piece of paper on which a doctor writes what medicine you need to take
cure
medical attention given to a sick or injured person or animal

3. Complete the following sentences:


a) I’m sorry Sir, I can’t sell you this drug. You need to have a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from your
doctor in order to buy it.
b) My shoulder has been very _ _ _ _ since I fell off my bike two weeks ago.
c) AIDS is the most dangerous Sexually Transmitted _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Although scientists work
hard on this issue, the _ _ _ _ is so far unknown.
d) I will never go to Egypt again! I spent all my holidays sitting on a toilet with severe

diarrhoea and a terrible stomach _ _ _ _ .
e) Last winter was really harsh. Half of my colleagues were on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
f) A volunteer group in my town are organising a street action, giving out single-use_ _ _ __ _ _ _ to drug addicts. They hope it will stop many _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from being spread.
g) The work of _ _ _ _ _ _ is underappreciated in Eastern Europe. They earn very little!
h) Could you touch my forehead? I ‘m really hot, I have a feeling I have got a _ _ _ _ _ .

4. What may happen to your body if you’re not lucky enough.....

Vocabulary
an injury(n.), to injure(v.)

Explanation
Damage done to a person’s
or an animal’s body

wound(n.)

Damage to part of your
body, especially a cut or a
hole in your flesh, caused
bya gun, knife or other
weapon.
If a bone breaks you
areinjured because in cracks
or splits.
If a part of you body twists it
moves into an unusual,
uncomfortable or bent
position for example
because of being pushed or

hit.

to break(v.)
to twist(v.)

a bruise(n.), to bruise(v.)

a scratch(n.)

to swell(v.),swollen(n.)
a fracture(n.)

An injury that appears on
your body as a purple mark,
although the skin is not
broken.
A small, shallow cut.

If something swells it
becomes larger and rounder
than normally.
A slight crack or break in

Examples of use
My aunt was badly injured in
a car crash. She had to be
hospitalised.
Alex’s grandfather likes to
talk about his wounds
caused by the enemy during

the World War II.
Kevin broke his leg as he was
jumping off the stage at the
rock concert.
I will never wear high-heel
shoes again! Last week as I
was wearing them I fell
down and twisted my ankle.

After a street fight his body
was all bruised.
My brother’s had a car
crash, but fortunately he
wasn’t badly hurt. Just a few
scratches.
I got stung by a bee and my
leg swell up.
I can’t walk very fast, I have


something, especially a
bone.

a hip fracture.

5. Homework: Explain the meanings of the following words and use them in sentences:
• cut
• fall out of sth
• overdose
• shoot

• hit
• hangover
• unconscious