1. Unit 8
Keeping
Healthy and
Seeing a Doctor

2. Section I Talking Face to Face Section II Being All Ears
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Session 1
Section I Talking Face to Face Section II Being All Ears
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3. Section I Talking Face to Face
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Section I
Talking Face to Face

4. New Practical English I
Warm-up
Lead-in
1. What are medical instructions intended for?
2. Do you always read medical instructions carefully before taking a medicine? Why or why not?
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5. Lead-in Read and translate
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Read and translate
Lead-in
Read and translate the medical instructions in Section I.
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6. American friend to see a doctor in China?
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Sample dialogues
Warm-up
1. Is your English good
enough to help your
American friend to see a doctor in China?
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7. making complaints to a doctor
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Speak out —
making complaints to a doctor
我得了重感冒，病倒了。
B. 我咳嗽得很厉害。
C. 我什么都不想吃。
D. 我头痛得厉害，并且发烧。
I’ve come down with a bad cold.
I’ve got a bad cough.
I don’t feel like eating anything.
I have a bad headache and a
temperature.
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8. making complaints to a doctor
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Speak out —
making complaints to a doctor
I’ve got a terrible toothache.
E. 我牙很痛。
F. 我吃不下东西也睡不好，头晕乏力。
G. 我腿疼得厉害，现在感觉很虚弱。
I can’t eat or sleep at all. I’m feeling weak and dizzy.
My leg hurts so much and I’m feeling rather weak.
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9. making complaints to a doctor
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Speak out —
making complaints to a doctor
I don’t feel very well, perhaps I’ve got heat-stroke.
H. 我觉得有些难受，好象是中暑了。
I. 我服了阿司匹林，但还没好。
J. 我的牙痛死了。
I have taken some aspirin, but I still feel sick.
The toothache is killing me.
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10. Sample dialogues Warm-up
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Sample dialogues
Warm-up
2. Do you know how to inquire in English about the symptoms of a patient as a doctor?
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11. E. 怎么了，杰克？还好吧？你看起来有些不对劲。
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Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
A. 你怎么了? 脸 色不太好。
H. 你发烧了吗？
B. 怎么了？有什么不对劲吗？
G. 张嘴说 “啊”。 .
F. 服药了吗？
C. 这症状有多久了？
E. 怎么了，杰克？还好吧？你看起来有些不对劲。
D. 今天感觉如何？
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12. Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
What’s wrong with you? You look pale.
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13. Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
B. What’s wrong? Is anything the matter?
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14. Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
C. How long has
this been going
on?
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15. Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
D. How are you
feeling today?
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16. Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
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Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
E. Jack, are you all right? You don’t look quite yourself.
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17. F. Have you taken any medicine?
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Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
F. Have you
taken any
medicine?
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18. G. Open your mouth and say “Ahhh”.
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Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
G. Open your
mouth and
say “Ahhh”.
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19. H. Do you have a temperature?
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Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
H. Do you have a
temperature?
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20. Sample dialogues Warm-up
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Sample dialogues
Warm-up
3. Can you understand a doctor’s advice and his prescriptions?
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21. giving advice and writing a prescription
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Speak out —
giving advice and writing a prescription
Sample
sentences
I’ll give you an injection to bring your fever down.
B. Here is a prescription to take care of your headache and keep your temperature down.
C. You should go on taking the medicine for three more days.
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22. giving advice and writing a prescription
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Speak out —
giving advice and writing a prescription
Sample
sentences
D. You need a minor operation.
E. You can try some Chinese therapies.
F. You must come back for a follow-up treatment.
G.Take this pain-killer three times a day after meals.
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23. useful expressions for
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Sample dialogues
Read and find out
Read and find out
useful expressions for
seeing a doctor.
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24. Sentences for a patient to make a complaint to a doctor:
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Sentences for a patient to
make a complaint to a doctor:
I’ve got a sore throat and
a bad cough.
It’s my skin. It’s so dry
and rough.
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25. a doctor to inquire about symptoms:
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Sentences for
a doctor to inquire about symptoms:
What’s wrong with you?
2. You don’t look well today. What’s the problem?
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26. to give advice to a patient:
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Sentences for a doctor
to give advice to a patient:
1. Try this throat spray.
2. Simply spray it into your throat three times a day.
3. Remember not to drink or eat anything immediately afterward.
4. You could try this skin oil treatment. Just rub the oil into your skin.
5. Keep it in a cool and dry place.
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27. a doctor to comfort a patient:
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Sentences for
a doctor to comfort a patient:
1. You should feel relieved soon.
2. It will soothe and soften your skin immediately.
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28. Practice the following sentences.
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Practice the following sentences.
_________________ your daughter? Have you taken her temperature?
2. She should __________________ if she rests for a few days.
What’s wrong with
feel a little relieved
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29. Practice the following sentences.
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Try
3. ______ this medicine and stay in bed for two days, and I’m sure you’ll feel better.
4. ______ the ointment well into the skin when you feel a pain.
5. If your skin is dry, you should
apply the oil treatment and it will
______ your skin.
Rub
soften
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30. Practice the dialogues.
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Sample dialogues
Group work
Practice the dialogues.
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31. Make short conversations by simulating the five small dialogues.
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Sample dialogues
Pair work
Make short conversations by simulating the five small dialogues.
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32. Role play the similar situations you create, first in groups, and
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Sample dialogues
Role play
Role play the similar situations you create, first in groups, and
then before the class.
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33. Sample dialogues Put-in-Use
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Sample dialogues
Put-in-Use
Do the Put-in-Use exercises in groups by reading out loudly the three dialogues you have completed.
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34. Section II Being All Ears
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Section II
Being All Ears
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35. Read the printed materials
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Dialogue
Pre-listening task
Read the printed materials
in Listen and Decode
in ONE minute.
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36. Listen to the tape WITHOUT looking at the book.
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Dialogue
While-listening task
Listen to the tape WITHOUT looking at the book.
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37. Dialogue While-listening task
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Dialogue
While-listening task
Listen to the tape one sentence after another, taking notes during the pause.
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38. Dialogue While-listening task Repeat the sentences after the tape.
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Dialogue
While-listening task
Repeat the
sentences
after the tape.
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39. Dialogue script Jack and Li are good friends.
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Dialogue script
Jack and Li are good friends.
Li: Why, Jack, are you all right?
You don’t look quite yourself.
Jack: I’m feeling awful. I’ve got a
terrible headache.
Li: It might be a bad cold. Have you taken
any medicine?
Jack: I took some aspirin, but I still feel sick.
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40. New Practical English 1
Dialogue script
Li: You’d better go to see a doctor immediately. Want me to go with you to the hospital?
Jack: Oh, it’s so nice of you. I do need your help. I just can’t think straight at the moment. …
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41. Dialogue script (In the hospital, a doctor is receiving Jack.)
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Dialogue script
(In the hospital, a doctor is receiving Jack.)
Doctor: What’s the matter?
Jack: I’ve got a terrible
headache, a sore throat,
and my whole body
hurts badly.
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42. Dialogue script Doctor: Let me see. Oh, you’re running a high fever.
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Dialogue script
Doctor: Let me see. Oh, you’re running
a high fever.
Jack: Am I seriously ill, doctor?
Doctor: Don’t worry. I think
you’ve just got a bad
cold. But you’d better take
an X-ray first.
Jack: Thank you, doctor.
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43. Dialogue Post-listening task Do the exercises in Listen and Decode
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Dialogue
Post-listening task
Do the
exercises in
Listen and Decode
and Listen and Respond.
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44. Read the printed materials
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Passage
Pre-listening task
Read the printed materials
in Listen and Read
in THREE minutes.
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45. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.
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Passage
While-listening task
Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.
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46. Listen again and check up the answers.
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Passage
While-listening task
Listen again and check up the answers.
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47. Passage Key to the passage: 1. Nowadays 2. their skin
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Passage
Key to the passage:
1. Nowadays their skin
3. your all the difference
5. have a good rest
6. at least eight
7. on a fine day
8. breaths
9. upwards and outwards
10. twice a week
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48. New Practical English 1
Passage
Now, read
the passage
LOUDLY!
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49. and Listen and Complete.
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Passage
Do the
exercises in
Listen and Judge
and Listen and Complete.
Post-listening task
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50. Assignments Pair work: Make up dialogues
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Assignments
Pair work: Make up dialogues
between a doctor and a patient
referring to the dialogues in
the Workbook.
Preview Passage I and the
exercises.
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