Exercises

Activity 1 Match column A with column B.

A                      B                

（   ）1. pulse                   A. 开处方

（   ）2. prescribe               B. 标本，样本

（   ）3. specimen                C. 脉搏，脉率

（   ）4. diarrhea                D. 过敏

（   ）5. be allergic to             E. 拉肚子    

A                       B      

（   ）6.symptom               A. 肠炎

（   ）7.watery                 B. 胃口

（   ）8.appetite                 C. 腹痛

（   ）9.enteritis                D. 症状

（   ）10.abdominal pain          E. 水的，淡的

Activity 2 Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

1. The patient has had diarrhea for a whole week.（   ）

2. The patient felt very painful when he goes to the toilet.（   ）

3. The patient didn’t pay so much attention to his diarrhea because it was nothing serious at first.（   ）

4. The physician asked several questions in order to get some details about the patient’s illness.（   ）

5. The physician advised the patient to have a blood test and stool examination.（   ）

Activity 3 Complete the following dialogue by translating the Chinese into English.

A: I have a headache. 1_____________________________________________

_______________________________ . (我在想我身体哪里出了问题）

B: 2_______________________（放松）Let me have a look.

A: My eyes are watery. My nose is stuffed. It seems like my whole body hurts. 3_______________________（严重吗?）.

B: I don’t think so. 4_______________________ （深呼吸）,I’ll check your chest.

A: OK. 5_______________________ （我有点紧张）

B:It’s nothing serious. But I advise you 6_______________________（做个血液检查）

A: All right. Does it take long?

B:Perhaps half an hour.

A: Fine.

B: Here is the 7 _______________________（化验申请单）.Remember to bring the results back.

A: I will. Thanks.

Activity 4 Fill in the blanks with the correct words and phrases from the word bank. Change the form if necessary.

1. He has got an acute             , so he feels painful and looks pale.

2.His appearance             our party.

3.The physician said that he had          , but it’s nothing serious.

4.           , we have enough time before the plane takes off.

5.We can use the extra       to make other foods like chips, biscuits and so on.

6.Before making a speech,             and smile at the listeners can make you relax.

7.I’m afraid that you need a             before any further checking.

8.Ask the doctor to prescribe a/an             before you are checked.

9.The boy was so angry that he kicked the man in the           .

10.Common               of this drug is allergy.

Activity 5 translation

1. 彼得在想他的牙齿是否出了问题。

2. 尽管他胃口很好，但由于肚子疼他吃不下那么多。

3. 医生开好化验单，病人就拿去做化验了。

4. 不按照说明书吃的话，这种药可能会有很大的副作用。

5. 你这是对花粉过敏了，我给你开些药。