SPEAKING NO. 7: At the Doctor's

In English, we can many times use the Saxon Genitive to indicate "the place of". For example, at "O'Flaherty's" means "at O'Flaherty's pub". This use of the Saxon Genitive is very frequent with pubs, bars and restaurants. We can also use it with other places, most commonly with "the doctor's (office)" and "the dentist's (office)".

In our session today, we will practice some vocabulary related to health. First, let's review and understand all of the vocabulary in the following presentation.

Speaking At The Doctor's

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Now, we are going to do some roleplays. Choose your role: doctor/patient, and select one of the possible scenarios:

a) Your baby's butt is very red and he/she seems to be suffering from dyarrhea

b) You've got a bug bite that is getting swollen and infected

c) You've been having some backache, muscular pain, chills and a slight temperature

d) You've been suffering from some cramps lately and fear you could sprain your ankle in your next tennis game

e) Your little boy gets home with a black eye and a lump and claims to suffer from some headache

.... or look for other symptoms and make up your own story!

VOCABULARY NO. 6: At the doctor's

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It is always useful to manage some basic vocabulary related to illnesses and doctors. Why don't you try and write down as many words as you can remember in the field?

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Some common words are:

medicine

specialist

prescription

unhealthy

injection

virus

penicillin

pharmacy

drug

operation

checkup

therapy

pain killer

sympton

broken

healthy

sprain

LEARNING WITH IMAGES

Merriam-Webster visual dictionary is great to learn this kind of words. Click below to learn with images:

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/society/health.php

FURTHER PRACTICE

http://www.learnenglish.be/voc2_doctor_study.htm

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/lefg1_vocabulary30.html

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/preintermediate/b_vocabulary/unit08/hwy_preint_unit08_3/

http://www.hospitalenglish.com/