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Medical English: At the Dentist / At the Doctor
Role-Play Exercise 1
| You: | — ... | |
| Nurse: | — Are you a regular patient here? | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Nurse: | — How bad is it? | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Nurse: | — Okay. Wait here, please. |
Role-Play Exercise 2
| Doctor: | — What seems to be the problem? | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Doctor: | — Did you take your temperature? | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Doctor: | — Let me examine you. Open your mouth. ... All right. Cough, please. | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Doctor: | — You have the flu. You need to stay in bed for three days. I´ll write out a prescription for you. ... There you go. Take this to the drugstore. |
Role-Play Exercise 3
| Doctor: | — Good morning. Please have a seat here. What´s the problem? | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Doctor: | — Do you have diarrhea? | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Doctor: | — Do you have any other symptoms? | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Doctor: | — You mean you feel nauseous? | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Doctor: | — When did the symptoms start? | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Doctor: | — All right. Please take off your clothes to the waist and lie down there. ... Just tell me if it hurts when I do this. | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Doctor: | — Okay. Let´s hope it´s just indigestion, but we´ll need to run some diagnostic tests to be sure. We´ll run a blood test and we´ll also need a urine sample. | |
| You: | — ... | |
| Doctor: | — Yes, I´ll give you a prescription for indigestion tablets. |
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