AT THE DOCTOR’S
1. How to express pain?
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Vocabulary
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Explanation
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Examples of use
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sore (adj.)
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If a part of your body is sore, it causes you pain and
discomfort.
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I must have something under my
eyelid. My eye is very sore.
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I’ve got a sore throat, I can’t
even speak.
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to hurt (v.)
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If a part of your body hurts you feel pain there.
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My belly hurts, I think I’m
about to get my period.
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Steven broke my heart. You can’t
imagine how much it hurts!
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pain (noun)
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Pain is a feeling of great discomfortyou have, for
example, when you have been hurt or when you are ill.
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I feel very acute pain in my
kneecap. I’m afraid it might be broken!
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My wife has been treating me
very badly. I can’t stand this pain anymore.
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ache (noun)
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An ache is a steady, fairly strong pain in a part of
your body.
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I’ve got a headache, runny nose
and I keep sneezing. I might have caught the flu!
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Please doctor, help me! I’ve got
a terrible toothache.
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2. Match up the words with their definitions:
syringe a
particular disease such as measles or pneumonia
disease small, solid mass of
medicine that you swallow without chewing
illness a doctor who doesn’t specialize in any particular
area of medicine
GP an illness which affects people, plants or
animals e.g. caused by bacteria or infection
fever bringing an illness or injury to and end or
making it disappear
sick
leave a small tube with a needle at the end used for
putting liquids into things
prescription an injection given in order to
prevent someone from getting a disease
treatment time a person spends away from work because of
illness or injury
pill a person whose job is to care for people who
are ill
vaccination if you have it your body temperature
is higher and your heart beats faster
nurse a piece of paper on which a doctor writes
what medicine you need to take
cure medical attention given to a sick or
injured person or animal
3. Complete the following sentences:
a) I’m sorry Sir, I can’t sell you this drug. You need to have a _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ from your doctor in order to buy it.
b) My shoulder has been very _ _ _ _ since I fell off my bike two weeks ago.
c) AIDS is the most dangerous Sexually Transmitted _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Although scientists work hard on this issue, the _ _ _ _ is so far unknown.
d) I will never go to Egypt again! I spent all my holidays sitting on a
toilet with severe diarrhoea and a terrible stomach _ _ _ _ .
e) Last winter was really harsh. Half of my colleagues were on _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
f) A volunteer group in my town are organising a street action, giving
out single-use_ _ _ _- _ _ _ _ to drug
addicts. They hope it will stop many _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from being spread.
g) The work of _ _ _ _ _ _ is
underappreciated in Eastern Europe. They earn very little!
h) Could you touch my forehead? I ‘m really hot, I have a feeling I have
got a _ _ _ _ _ .
4. What may happen to your body if you’re not lucky enough.....
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Vocabulary
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Explanation
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Examples of use
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an injury(n.), to
injure(v.)
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Damage done to a person’s or an animal’s
body
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My aunt was badly
injured in a car crash. She had to be hospitalised.
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wound(n.)
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Damage to part of your
body, especially a cut or a hole in your flesh, caused bya gun, knife or other
weapon.
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Alex’s grandfather likes
to talk about his wounds caused by the enemy during the World War II.
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to break(v.)
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If a bone breaks you
areinjured because in cracks or splits.
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Kevin broke his leg as
he was jumping off the stage at the rock concert.
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to twist(v.)
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If a part of you body
twists it moves into an unusual, uncomfortable or bent position for example
because of being pushed or hit.
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I will never wear
high-heel shoes again! Last week as I was wearing them I fell down and
twisted my ankle.
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a bruise(n.), to
bruise(v.)
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An injury that appears
on your body as a purple mark, although the skin is not broken.
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After a street fight his
body was all bruised.
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a scratch(n.)
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A small, shallow cut.
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My brother’s had a car
crash, but fortunately he wasn’t badly hurt. Just a few scratches.
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to swell(v.),swollen(n.)
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If something swells it
becomes larger and rounder than normally.
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I got stung by a bee and
my leg swell up.
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a fracture(n.)
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A slight crack or break
in something, especially a bone.
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I can’t walk very fast,
I have a hip fracture.
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5. Homework: Explain the meanings of the following words and use them in sentences:
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cut
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fall out of sth
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overdose
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shoot
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hit
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hangover
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unconscious
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