UNIT 6. Session 6

 

AT THE DOCTOR'S

AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY

Do you know any other sayings related to a healthy lifestyle. Present them and explain the meaning. 10'

Ex: Fresh as a daisy. 

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Reorganize a transcript related to an appointment at the doctor's. Then, listen to the dialogue and check if your dialogue is correct. Pay attention to the structures used! 

Doctor: Hi, what's wrong?

Doctor: How long have you felt like this? 

Doctor: Let me examine you. I will press on your stomach to see if it hurts and then listen to your heart. 

Doctor: Ok. Did you eat anything different from usual before you started to feel this way? 

Doctor: You need to drink lots of water and get plenty of rest. 

Doctor: You're welcome. If you are not better in 48 hours come and see me again. 

Doctor: You've got food poisoning. It is not very serious and you should be better in another day. 

Jane: Nearly two days. It started just before going to bed the day before yesterday. 

Jane: I feel unwell and keep vomiting all the time. 

Jane: Oh dear, what should I do?

Jane: Ok, thank you doctor. 

Jane: Ok. It doesn't hurt when you press my stomach. I just feel tired. 

Jane: Yes my boyfriend cooked dinner for me. He isn't a very good cook and the food tasted a bit strange. 

Listen to the conversation and check 

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Now, brainstorm about your topic make a few notes about the main aspects and start a ROLE PLAY. You are at the doctor's, create a typical conversation and then change roles. 15'

Graded version. Write your own conversation before doing it orally. Use the following expressions if necessary 

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TIME TO WORK ON THE FINAL TASK '15

GO TO FINAL TASK 6 

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Listen to the previous dialogue and mark the different sounds /au/ /ɔ:/ and /ɒ/

 CLICK AND LISTEN 

REMEMBER. 

When we are using modals to give advise we can stress the modal in order to especially mark what you want to say. 

Example: You SHOULD have asked a specialist