1 Translate: Patient I feel awful I’ve got a terrible headache My muscles also ache I’ve got an awful cough I just haven’t got any energy at all I feel really weak Is it serious? No antibiotics? How long I have to take the pills? Doctor Come in and sit down, please Let me have a look Take off your shirt, please How long have you been coughing? Does it hurt here? Can you tell me when the pain started? Have you got a temperature? I’ll give you a prescription You’ll have to stay in bed React to the doctor’s phrases: -Come in How can I help you? -You really look grey Do you cough? -Where does it hurt? -OK, I’ll have a look at you Take off your shirt -Do you have a temperature? -38 degrees is rather high -I think it is the flu -Flue can be serious, you know I’ll give you a prescription -You should take some aspirin, vitamin C -You should stay at home and visit me again in five days Play the roles: Doctor You are a doctor and you receive a patient Ask him/her: -how you can help him/her; -where it hurts; -if he/she has a temperature; Have a look at the patient and: -name the probable disease; -give him/her a prescription; -tell him/her to take aspirin, vitamin C; -stay in bed for three days; -visit the doctor in five days Patient - _ - - _ - _ - - _ - - _ _ - _ - - Patient You are a patient You’ve come to the doctor with the following complaints: -you have a terrible headache; -you have pains in chest, back; -you can’t sleep; -you are very weak; -you have a high temperature Ask the doctor: -if it is serious; -how to take aspirin; -when you should come again