Grammar Note

Word formation.

allergyallergic	fit unfit, fitness	poison poisonous, poisoning
awareunaware, awareness	illillness	recover recovery
benefitbeneficial	inject injection	strongstrength, strengthen
comfortdiscomfort, (un)comfortable, (un)comfortably	injureinjury, injuries	surgerysurgeon, surgical(ly)
emphasis emphasise (-ze), emphatic	operate operation, operator, operating, cooperate,cooperation, (un)cooperative	treattreatment

Fill in the right form of the word in brackets.

Scorpion Fish.

Have you ever had of scorpion fish? I was completely _______ (aware) they existed until I trod on one in the sea. I can’t ________ (emphasis) enough how painful it was! The fish has a spike which gives you an _______ (inject) of a ______ (poison) substance. It’s not dangerous, but you begin to feel extremely ______ (comfort), and the pain just gets worse and worse. Luckily, there was a doctor on the beach – she was a _______ (surgery) at the local hospital – and she told me what the best ______ (treat) was. I had to bathe my foot in warm, salty water and then apply an ammonia-based solution. After my holiday, my foot still seemed to be a little infected, so my local GP gave me a ________(prescribe) for antibiotics. Unfortunately, it turned out I was______ (allergy) to them, so I came out in a red rash all over my body. It was over a week before I had made a complete _____(recover).

3.Complete the dialogue. Fill in the blanks with the following words and word-combinations:

have a temperature, throat lozenges, swelling, throat, redness, sick leave, taken, my voice, prescription, symptoms.

D = Doctor P = Patient

D: Good morning. What seems to be the trouble?

P: Good morning doctor. I think I’m losing ________.

D: Yes, it sounds like it. When did this start?

P: A couple of days ago. After I got back from holiday.

D: Right… Any other ________?

P: My ______is dry and I am tired all the time.

D: Okay. Let me have a look at your throat. Open wide please… Say “Ah”...

P: Ahh…

D: There isn’t much ______, but there is a little ______. Have you _______ anything for it?

P: Just some _________.

D: Well you don’t _________, so it’s nothing serious.

P: That’s a relief. Do I need to take anything for it?

D: You don’t need a ________, just keep taking your throat lozenges.

P: What about work? I work on the telephone a lot.

D: Take a couple of days off, I’ll give you a _______.

P: Thank you doctor.

D: Here you are..

P: Thank you doctor, goodbye.

D: Goodbye…Get well soon!

Next please…

Good morning, Mr. Parsons…

4. Role - play. Work in pairs. Using different information, make a similar doctor/ patient dialogue and act it out.

Part 3

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
Tenses
Present Simple My friend said, "I have a headache."	Past Simple My friend said that hehada headache.
Present Progressive(Continuous) He said, "My temperatureis going up."	Past Progressive He said that his temperaturewas going up.
Present Perfect He said, "I’ve caught flu."	Past Perfect He said that he had caughtflu.
Present Perfect Progressive (Continuous) She said, "I have been coughing for about 4 days	Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous) She said that she had been coughing for about 4 days.
Past Simple He said, "I gave up smoking a month ago."	Past Perfect He said that he had given up smoking a month before.
Past Progressive (Continuous) He said, "Iwas gargling.	Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous) He said that he had been gargling.
Past Perfect He said, "I had drunkhot tea with lemon"	Past Perfect He said that he had drunk hot tea with lemon.
Future Simple The doctor said, "I’ll give you a sick leave”.	Future-in-the Past The doctor said that he would give her a sick leave.
Note: the tenses do not change if the speaker expresses general truths, permanent states and conditions. “Water turns into ice,” he said. He said (that) water turns into ice.
Time words
now	then
here	there
this /these	that / those
today	that day
tomorrow	the next day (the following day)
yesterday	the day before
ago	before
next week / year	the following week / year
last night	the previous night
Questions
1) His dentist said, “Doesthis tooth hurt you now?”	1) He asked if (whether) that tooth hurt him then.
2) He said, “When didit happen?”	2) He asked whenit had happened.
Suggestions, requests, commands
His said, “You should go to a doctor.”	He advised me to see a doctor.
He said, “Don’t talk to me in medical terms.”	He asked me not to talk to him in medical terms.
We can use such introductory verbs as asked, advised, offered, suggested, told, ordered
Modals
can	could (could lift weights); would be able (to do it next day)
may	might
must	must / had to
shall	should
need	didn’t need to
should	should
Say and Tell Say is used in Direct and Reported Speech. The doctor said (said to me), “ You have to get an X-ray.” Tell is used in Reported Speech. Tell is followed by a direct object - me, them, her. He told me (that) my temperature is all right.

Дата добавления: 2014-12-23