Transcript Seeing a doctor.ppt

Unit 4 focus:
Seeing a Doctor
Sayings and proverbs about health
 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of care
 A healthy mind is in a healthy body
 An apple a day keeps the doctor away
 Cheerfulness is the promoter of health
 After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile
Learning Objectives
Know some background information
concerned to seeing a doctor in western
country
Grasp names of common diseases
Get to know some practical sentences
related to seeing a doctor
Discuss some topics relevant to illness
Express ideas relevant to medical care
system in China
Background information
Cost
Different medical care service in the
United States
Seeing a doctor
Place to buy prescription drugs
How many different kinds of
illness can you think of?
Anemia贫血症
Asthma 哮喘
Backache 腰痛
Bronchitis /kai/ 支气管炎
Diabetes 糖尿病
Diarrhea 腹泻
Flu 流感
Obesity 肥胖症
high blood pressure 高血压
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Gastric ulcer 胃溃疡
Hepatitis /tai/ 肝炎
Insomnia 失眠
Measles 麻疹
Mumps 腮腺炎
Pneumonia 肺炎
Rheumatism /ru:/ 风湿病
Indigestion 消化不良
Arthritics /rai/ 关节炎
Practical sentences
1. Making an appointment
I’d like to make an appointment with Dr.
Smith.
I’d like to consult the doctor
Can the doctor come to see the patient
immediately?
It’s an urgent case
2. How you feel
 I don’t feel like eating anything
 I feel sick
 I have a fever./ I feel like vomiting.
 I have got a sore throat and a terrible headache
 I’m afraid I’ve got the flu.
 I feel a little better today.
 I’m much better than yesterday.
 My stomach is upset./ I feel dizzy.
3. Examination
Let me feel your pulse.
I’ll have your temperature taken
Let me take your blood pressure.
Breathe in deeply
Go and have your chest X-rayed, please
How long have you being like this?
4. Diagnose
 You’ve got the flu./ a slight infection (感染)
 It’s an acute case （急症）
 Nothing serious, you’ll recover soon.
 One tablet each time, three times a day after
meals.
 A good sleep will help you a lot.
 This is for reducing the fever.
 This is for external use（外用） only.
5. Asking about the illness
Do I have to stay in hospital?
Anything serious?
May I stay in bed for several days?
What’s wrong with me, doctor?
Do I have to go to the hospital?
How long do I need to recover?
Is it necessary for me to have a diet?
Topics to discuss
 Which do you think is the most frightening
illness? Why?
 What can be the causes of illness?
 Do you think we should lose weight? Why?
 Tell what healthy/unhealthy emotions are and
what social problems can bad emotions cause?
 Talk what bad or good living habits do you have
 Short speech: Is it good to go on a diet to lose
weight?
Some Hints
Bad living habits
 To get up too late
 To go to bed too late
 To eat too much meat/sweets
 To eat to much at one time
 To have an irregular and unbalanced diet
 To smoke and drink excessively
 Neither eat fruit nor vegetables
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 To sleep too much a day
 Never take exercises
 To stay at home all day
 To have no interests or hobbies
 Never smile
 To be easily angry with somebody about
something
 Always be nervous and depressed
 Never communicate with others
Good living habits
To get up early
To go to bed early
To have a meat-free diet
To eat more food containing fiber
To have a regular and balanced diet
To eat more fresh fruit and vegetables
Never smoke or drink
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 to have enough sleep
 To do physical exercises
 Always have sports
 To develop one’s personal interests and hobbies
 Smile or laugh often
 To have peace of mind
 To be always optimistic
 Often communicate with others
Healthy emotions
 To be in a good mood
 To keep(control) one’s temper
 To smile a happy smile
 To have an open heart
 To be broad-minded
 To have a steady and firm character
 To have good interpersonal endurance
 To establish an aim for living
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To have an optimistic living attitude
To adopt a realistic attitude towards life
To look at everything in peace of mind
To be hopeful about life(future)
To have self-respect
To be self-confident
To be kind and tolerant towards others, etc.
Unhealthy emotions
To be in a bad mood
To be in a disturbed state of mind
To lose one’s temper
To get into a temper
To be narrow-minded
To be easily upset
To have poor psychological endurance
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 To have an unsteady character
 To be aimless in life
 To take a pessimistic (gloomy) attitude to life
 To be pessimistic and world-weary
 To be divorced from reality
 To be under constant stress
 To be depressed about one’s lack of success
 To become easily annoyed with trifles, etc.
Diet to lose weight?
Positive views:
 Being over-weight is bad for one’s health because
it leads to many kinds of diseases such as heart
disease, high blood pressure, etc.
 Medical science has proved that animal fats and
excessive amount of sugar are harmful to one’s
health.
 Fat people suffer not only physically but also
psychologically because they the objects of
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 ridicule. They often suffer from the sense of
inferiority.
 Fat people get tired easily while slim people
always look young and energetic.
 Fat people are not attractive to look at, especially
fat women who may be keen on the latest
fashions but can never ready-made clothes.
 Dieting leads to longevity and a happy life
Negative views:
 Dieting does more harm than good to one’s
health for the simple reason that dieters suffer
from malnutrition.
 Dieters lead a miserable life because they are
always hungry and at the same time they have to
watch others enjoy delicious meals everyday.
 Dieters can never enjoy life fully since they miss
one of the most important things in our life--good food
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 Many people go on a diet not for good health but
for following the fashion. If one day being fat
becomes fashionable, they will try to gain weight
as much as possible.
 Dieters may lose some weight. But once they
stop, they gain weight more quickly, which is
harmful to their health.
 Those who go on a diet are simply senseless.
They try to keep their “good figures” at the
expenses of their health.