Exercises

Activity 1 Match column A with column B.

A                       B                

（   ）1. emergency          A. 救护车，流动医院 ；

（   ）2.ambulance           B .腹痛，肚子痛；胃痛

（   ）3. patient              C. 呕吐

（   ）4. stomachache        D. 紧急情况，突发事件；紧急的；备用的

（   ）5. throw up            E. 病人，患者；有耐心的，能容忍的  

A                       B      

（   ）6.sweat               A. 腹泻，痢疾

（   ）7.diarrhea             B. 食物中毒

（   ）8.aspirin              C. 药物；药物治疗；药物处理

（   ）9. medication         D. 汗，流汗

（   ）10.food poisoning    E. 阿司匹林（解热镇痛药）

Activity 2 Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

(    )1. The patient had a backache.          

(    )2. The patient had vomited several times.                              

(    )3. The patient had grilled fish for supper yesterday evening.                   (    )4. The patient required medical treatment and hospitalization.  

(    )5.The doctor did not prescribe medicine to the patient.                

Activity 3 Complete the following dialogue by translating the Chinese into English.

A: Now what seems to be the problem?

B: I feel like I am going to die.1 _______________________（我的胃疼死了）.

A: 2______________________________(你这种症状持续多久了)? Have you had any diarrhea ?

B:3_____________________________(不，我没有腹泻的症状。)

A: What was the last thing you ate ?

B: 4_____________________________(我在烧烤店吃了一条烤鱼).What’s wrong with me, doctor ?

A:5 _____________________________（听起来像是食物中毒).

A: What to do with that?

B: What you need to do is to drink lots of water and get enough sleep. 6_____________________________(我给你开些阿司匹林止痛).

A: Ok , thanks doctor.

B:7                    (不客气) .Take them three times a day after each meal for the next two days, and you should be fine.

Activity 4 Fill in the blanks with the correct words and phrases from the word bank. Change the form if necessary.

1.The Marketing Department will hold an                 meeting at 3 PM today to discuss bidding for the new project.

2.we should develop good eating habits to avoid               .

3.Did you                 or did you have the runs?

4. As a teacher, you must be                   with your students.

5.                   is a common disease that occurs in summer.

6. Do you have any symptoms of vomiting or               ?

7. I’ll give you a prescription for some               to take the pain away.

8.The disease is generally treated by surgery, the effect of                 is not obvious.

9. The               is a kind of hospital vehicle that is used to rescue the patients.

10. The mother wiped the               from her naughty little son .

Activity 5 translation

1. 这里是119急救中心，有什么紧急情况?( emergency )

2. 你能跟我描述一下病人的症状吗?( describe )

3. 病人有呼吸和意识吗?( breathing and awake )

4. 谨记当心任何街头小吃。( street food )

5. 你需要做的就是多喝水，保证充足的睡眠。（ What you need to do is to… ）