A: I wonder when the doctor will arrive. I have a splitting headache. It’s getting worse. B: I have nausea and giddiness.
Hope I don’t throw up. C: The room is getting congested. Unit- - globally - - - D: And I came here for congestion in my chest because of phlegm. E: Why hasn’t the doctor come?
We’ve been waiting for a long time. F: My joints are paining. I wish I could stretch them. G: I’m suffering from constipation.
My tummy is distended and aching badly. H: (a seventeen-year-old girl) I’m going to a birthday party day after tomorrow. I came to get rid of my pimples. When will the doctor arrive?
I: Don’t lose your patience, my dear. J: In fact, it is the doctor who is going to lose his patients, if he comes so late. Glossary splitting(adj) : severe nausea (n) : a vomiting sensation throw up (v) : vomit giddiness (n) : dizziness; a feeling of spinning around congestion(n) : (here) a blockage because of infection phlegm (n) : the mucous (thick liquid) produced in the nose, lungs, etc., when one has a cold distended(v) : swollen and large Task: Complete the following conversation, using the words given in brackets. Practise them taking turns.
(rashes, swollen, peels, itches, allergic, bad) Patient: Doctor, I’ve got a cold. Please do something. Doctor: Ok. Are you suffering from any other ailment?
Patient: Doctor, my eyes are red and they’re watery too. Doctor: It must be conjunctivitis. Patient: I have these boils and on my skin. I keep scratching because it a lot.
When I scratch, the skin off. Doctor: Since when have you had these symptoms? Patient: Last afternoon. Doctor: What did you have for lunch yesterday?
Patient: Boiled, peeled and mashed potatoes. Patient: I keep sneezing a lot. Doctor: You must be to something. Patient: Yes, doctor.
I’m allergic to dust, smoke, seafood, cotton, Dettol, phenyl, petrol, coal tar, cotton, air-conditioned room, old books and paper, ... Doctor: Okay. I shall start the treatment right away. Task: