69217 a visit to the doctor

1. Translate:
Patient
I feel awful.
I’ve got a terrible headache.
My muscles also ache.
I’ve got an awful cough.
I just haven’t got any energy at all.
I feel really weak.
Is it serious?
No antibiotics?
How long do I have to take the pills?

Doctor
Come in and sit down, please.
Let me have a look.
Take off your shirt, please.
How long have you been coughing?
Does it hurt here?
Can you tell me when the pain started?
Have you got a temperature?
I’ll give you a prescription.
You’ll have to stay in bed.

2. React to the doctor’s phrases:
-Come in. How can I help you?
-You really look grey. Do you cough?
-Where does it hurt?
-OK, I’ll have a look at you. Take off your
shirt.
-Do you have a temperature?
-38 degrees is rather high.

-I think it is the flu.
-Flue can be serious, you know. I’ll give you a
prescription.
-You should take some aspirin, vitamin C.
-You should stay at home and visit me again
in five days.
3. Play the roles:
Doctor
You are a doctor and you receive
a patient. Ask him/her:
-how you can help him/her;
-where it hurts;
-if he/she has a temperature;
Have a look at the patient and:
-name the probable disease;
-give him/her a prescription;
-tell him/her to take aspirin, vitamin C;
-stay in bed for three days;
-visit the doctor in five days.

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Patient
You are a patient. You’ve come to the
doctor with the following complaints:
-you have a terrible headache;
-you have pains in chest, back;
-you can’t sleep;
-you are very weak;
-you have a high temperature.
Ask the doctor:
-if it is serious;
-how to take aspirin;
-when you should come again.