2. Unit 4 focus: Seeing a Doctor Sayings and proverbs about health  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of care  A healthy mind is in a healthy body  An apple a day keeps the doctor away  Cheerfulness is the promoter of health  After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile

3. Learning Objectives  Know some background information concerned to seeing a doctor in western country  Grasp names of common diseases  Get to know some practical sentences related to seeing a doctor  Discuss some topics relevant to illness  Express ideas relevant to medical care system in China

4. Background information  Cost  Different medical care service in the United States  Seeing a doctor  Place to buy prescription drugs

5. How many different kinds of illness can you think of?  Anemia 贫血症 Asthma 哮喘  Backache 腰痛  Bronchitis /kai/ 支气管炎  Diabetes 糖尿病  Diarrhea 腹泻  Flu 流感 Obesity 肥胖症  high blood pressure 高血压

6. Continued  Gastric ulcer 胃溃疡  Hepatitis /tai/ 肝炎  Insomnia 失眠  Measles 麻疹  Mumps 腮腺炎  Pneumonia 肺炎  Rheumatism /ru:/ 风湿病  Indigestion 消化不良  Arthritics /rai/ 关节炎

7. Practical sentences 1. Making an appointment  I’d like to make an appointment with Dr. Smith.  I’d like to consult the doctor  Can the doctor come to see the patient immediately?  It’s an urgent case

8. 2. How you feel  I don’t feel like eating anything  I feel sick  I have a fever./ I feel like vomiting.  I have got a sore throat and a terrible headache  I’m afraid I’ve got the flu.  I feel a little better today.  I’m much better than yesterday.  My stomach is upset./ I feel dizzy.

9. 3. Examination  Let me feel your pulse.  I’ll have your temperature taken  Let me take your blood pressure.  Breathe in deeply  Go and have your chest X-rayed, please  How long have you being like this?

10. 4. Diagnose  You’ve got the flu./ a slight infection ( 感染 )  It’s an acute case （急症）  Nothing serious, you’ll recover soon.  One tablet each time, three times a day after meals.  A good sleep will help you a lot.  This is for reducing the fever.  This is for external use （外用） only.

11. 5. Asking about the illness  Do I have to stay in hospital?  Anything serious?  May I stay in bed for several days?  What’s wrong with me, doctor?  Do I have to go to the hospital?  How long do I need to recover?  Is it necessary for me to have a diet?

12. Topics to discuss  Which do you think is the most frightening illness? Why?  What can be the causes of illness?  Do you think we should lose weight? Why?  Tell what healthy/unhealthy emotions are and what social problems can bad emotions cause?  Talk what bad or good living habits do you have  Short speech: Is it good to go on a diet to lose weight?

13. Some Hints Bad living habits  To get up too late  To go to bed too late  To eat too much meat/sweets  To eat to much at one time  To have an irregular and unbalanced diet  To smoke and drink excessively  Neither eat fruit nor vegetables

14. continued  To sleep too much a day  Never take exercises  To stay at home all day  To have no interests or hobbies  Never smile  To be easily angry with somebody about something  Always be nervous and depressed  Never communicate with others

15. Good living habits  To get up early  To go to bed early  To have a meat-free diet  To eat more food containing fiber  To have a regular and balanced diet  To eat more fresh fruit and vegetables  Never smoke or drink

16. continued  to have enough sleep  To do physical exercises  Always have sports  To develop one’s personal interests and hobbies  Smile or laugh often  To have peace of mind  To be always optimistic  Often communicate with others

17. Healthy emotions  To be in a good mood  To keep(control) one’s temper  To smile a happy smile  To have an open heart  To be broad-minded  To have a steady and firm character  To have good interpersonal endurance  To establish an aim for living

18. continued  To have an optimistic living attitude  To adopt a realistic attitude towards life  To look at everything in peace of mind  To be hopeful about life(future)  To have self-respect  To be self-confident  To be kind and tolerant towards others, etc.

19. Unhealthy emotions  To be in a bad mood  To be in a disturbed state of mind  To lose one’s temper  To get into a temper  To be narrow-minded  To be easily upset  To have poor psychological endurance

20. continued  To have an unsteady character  To be aimless in life  To take a pessimistic (gloomy) attitude to life  To be pessimistic and world-weary  To be divorced from reality  To be under constant stress  To be depressed about one’s lack of success  To become easily annoyed with trifles, etc.

21. Diet to lose weight? Positive views:  Being over-weight is bad for one’s health because it leads to many kinds of diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, etc.  Medical science has proved that animal fats and excessive amount of sugar are harmful to one’s health.  Fat people suffer not only physically but also psychologically because they the objects of

22. continued  ridicule. They often suffer from the sense of inferiority.  Fat people get tired easily while slim people always look young and energetic.  Fat people are not attractive to look at, especially fat women who may be keen on the latest fashions but can never ready-made clothes.  Dieting leads to longevity and a happy life

23. Negative views:  Dieting does more harm than good to one’s health for the simple reason that dieters suffer from malnutrition.  Dieters lead a miserable life because they are always hungry and at the same time they have to watch others enjoy delicious meals everyday.  Dieters can never enjoy life fully since they miss one of the most important things in our life--- good food

24. continued  Many people go on a diet not for good health but for following the fashion. If one day being fat becomes fashionable, they will try to gain weight as much as possible.  Dieters may lose some weight. But once they stop, they gain weight more quickly, which is harmful to their health.  Those who go on a diet are simply senseless. They try to keep their “good figures” at the expenses of their health.