Health: Seeing a Doctor

by Paul Chen

Can you recognize these symptoms ( 症狀 )?

Outline

Starting QuestionsStarting Questions Sample Conversations Sample Conversations

(1)(1) (2)(2)

VocabularyVocabulary Useful ExpressionsUseful Expressions

(1) (1) 醫療場所醫療場所 (2) (2) 醫護人員醫護人員 (3) (3) 常見症狀常見症狀 (4) (4) 其他常用語彙其他常用語彙

Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions ReferenceReference

Starting Questions

Do you consider yourself a healthy Do you consider yourself a healthy person? Do you usually person? Do you usually take take medicinemedicine ( ( 服藥服藥 ) when you’re sick?) when you’re sick?

Do you always find it simple to Do you always find it simple to describedescribe to the doctor whatto the doctor what problems you have? If not, how do problems you have? If not, how do you you deal withdeal with ( ( 處理處理 ) it?) it?

What symptoms do you usually What symptoms do you usually have when you have a cold?have when you have a cold?

Sample Conversation (1)

A: Hey, John. A: Hey, John. What’s up?What’s up? You look so You look so palepale!!B: B: My My runny noserunny nose is killing me. is killing me. I’ve I’ve suffered suffered

fromfrom it for it for nearlynearly a week. And I can’t a week. And I can’t barelybarely sleep well. sleep well.

A: Why don’t you A: Why don’t you go see a doctorgo see a doctor??B: um…because I B: um…because I am afraid ofam afraid of needles. needles.A: Come on. You can’t A: Come on. You can’t ignoreignore your illness your illness

simply because of that. simply because of that. After allAfter all, the , the doctor may not doctor may not prescribeprescribe an an injectioninjection if if you weren’t very sick.you weren’t very sick.

B: All right. I’ll go see a doctor B: All right. I’ll go see a doctor immediatelyimmediately..

A: A: Take careTake care..

Sample Conversation (2)

A: Hi, May. A: Hi, May. B: Hi, Rita. B: Hi, Rita. How have you been recently?How have you been recently?A: A: So-soSo-so. In fact, I’ve just . In fact, I’ve just recovered fromrecovered from a a

cold for nearly a week.cold for nearly a week.B: Wow, thank God you’ve recovered. The B: Wow, thank God you’ve recovered. The

fluflu is pretty is pretty prevailingprevailing now during this now during this season. You should really season. You should really take good care take good care ofof yourself in order not to yourself in order not to catch a coldcatch a cold again. again.

A: Thanks. I will. Got to buy some A: Thanks. I will. Got to buy some grocery grocery now. now. Talk to you laterTalk to you later. Bye.. Bye.

B: Bye. B: Bye.

Vocabulary

pale pale 蒼白的蒼白的 runny nose runny nose 流鼻流鼻

水水 suffer from suffer from 患病患病 nearly nearly 將近將近 barely barely 幾乎不幾乎不 be afraid of be afraid of 害怕害怕 ignore ignore 忽略忽略 after all after all 畢竟畢竟 prescribe prescribe 開藥方開藥方

injection injection 打針、注打針、注射射

immediately immediately 立刻立刻 so-so so-so 馬馬虎虎、還馬馬虎虎、還

好好 recover from recover from 康復康復 flu flu 流感流感 prevailing prevailing 盛行的盛行的 take care of take care of 照顧照顧 catch a cold catch a cold 感冒感冒 grocery grocery 雜貨雜貨

Useful Expressions (1): 醫療場所

health center health center 健康中心健康中心 clinic clinic 診所 診所 hospital hospital 醫院 醫院 waiting room waiting room 候診室 候診室 pharmacy pharmacy 藥房、領藥處藥房、領藥處 emergency room (ER) emergency room (ER) 急診室急診室 ward ward 病房病房

Useful Expressions (2): 醫護人員

doctor doctor 醫生醫生 family doctor family doctor 家庭醫師家庭醫師 herbalist herbalist 中醫師 中醫師 pediatrician pediatrician 小兒科醫師小兒科醫師 otolaryngologist/ENT doctor otolaryngologist/ENT doctor 耳鼻喉科醫耳鼻喉科醫

師師 pharmacist pharmacist 藥劑師藥劑師 receptionist receptionist 接待員接待員 nurse nurse 護士 護士 patient patient 病人病人

Useful Expressions (3): 常見症狀

fever fever 發燒發燒 headache headache 頭痛 頭痛

(tooth/stomach/ear/back-ache…etc.)(tooth/stomach/ear/back-ache…etc.) sore throat sore throat 喉嚨痛喉嚨痛 runny nose runny nose 流鼻水流鼻水 stuffy nose/nasal congestionstuffy nose/nasal congestion 鼻塞鼻塞 dizzy dizzy 頭昏的頭昏的 cough cough 咳嗽咳嗽 sneeze sneeze 打噴嚏打噴嚏 diarrhea diarrhea 拉肚子拉肚子 throw up/vomit throw up/vomit 嘔吐嘔吐

Useful Expressions (4): 其他常用語彙

diagnosis diagnosis 診斷診斷 prescription prescription 處方籤處方籤 (take) medicine (take) medicine 服藥服藥 patent medicine patent medicine 成藥成藥 vaccination vaccination 疫苗疫苗 sick/ill sick/ill 生病的生病的 flu flu 流行性感冒流行性感冒 catch/have a cold catch/have a cold 感冒感冒 catch one’s cold catch one’s cold 傳染到某人的感冒傳染到某人的感冒 allergic to allergic to 對對……過敏的過敏的 contagious contagious 有傳染性的 有傳染性的

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Activity

Try to describe what’s happening Try to describe what’s happening in the following two pictures. in the following two pictures. Please Please identifyidentify ( ( 識別、確認識別、確認 ) the ) the places first.places first.

Discussion Questions

Have you ever thought of Have you ever thought of becoming a doctor? Why or why becoming a doctor? Why or why not?not?

What are some ways to What are some ways to keep keep yourself away fromyourself away from ( ( 使遠離使遠離 ) ) illness?illness?

Reference

CEWeb: Daily Conversation: CEWeb: Daily Conversation: Health.Health.

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