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1) Josh wants to _______ .

a) go to college
b) be any doctor
c) be an optometrist

2) He wanted to be a doctor because of ______ .

a) his poor eyesight

b) his mother
c) a book he read

3) He was also influenced by _______ .

a) a famous movie
1253 Doctor Dreams b) his cousin
Josh, a high school student, talks about his goal of becoming c) his uncle
a doctor.
4) Now he is ______ .

Todd: So hey Josh, how you doing? a) taking classes online

b) volunteering at a clinic
Josh: I’m good. How are you? c) researching classes

Todd: Oh, doing pretty good. Josh, how old 5) What is his fallback plan?
are you?
Josh Todd a) taking a year off
Josh: I am 17. b) studying biomedical engineering
c) becoming a heart doctor
Todd: 17, so you're kind of at the start of your life.
6) Todd says he hopes _____ .
Josh: Yeah, I guess you could say that.
a) it pans out
Todd: That’s pretty awesome. So what do you want to be in the b) it goes right off the bat
future? Like what are your plans? c) he breaks a leg
Josh: Well obviously, I want to go to college and after college I’ve
thought about going to optometry school to become an eye
doctor. Vocabulary
Todd: Wow! An eye doctor.
Josh: Yeah. optometry
Todd: What is it that made you would want to be an eye doctor? I’ve thought about going to optometry
school
Josh: I guess it kind of started when I was really little and I got
glasses for the first time. And when I got those glasses, you know Optometry is the medical study of
I put them on and I really needed them. And no one found out eyesight. Notice the following:
that I needed them very quickly and so when I first put them on, I
looked around and everything was so much crisper. And I think 1. He works in the optometry
my mom always says that when I looked around I said, “Mom, I department at the hospital.
can see the trees and I can see all the branches. And it’s so 2. Eye doctors are called optometrists.
cool”. And she didn’t realize how badly I needed them until right
then, but that moment I always will remember that. And then the
other reason is that my cousin has had lots of eye problems and found out
ended up going blind in one eye. And I remember asking him to
go to a 3D movie with me one time and he said, “I can’t because No one found out that I needed them
you need two eyes to see 3D.” And I loved 3D movies at that
point so I felt so bad for him that he couldn’t see a 3D movie. And When you find something out, you realize
that was ... that kind of made me feel like I needed to fix people’s it from extra information. Notice the
eyes. following:

Todd: That’s a great story. So you've wanted to be an eye doctor
for some time?
Josh: Yeah, ever since I was basically six.
Todd: So are you doing things right now to help prepare yourself
to get into college and become a doctor?
Josh: Absolutely, just I’ve researched the classes that I should
take to be able to make it that far. And so I’m taking those
classes and doing everything I can to get in that direction.
Todd: Oh wow, that’s great.
1. She found out she is pregnat from
doctor.
2. He just found out he got into college.
fallback plan
Do you have a fallback plan like if you
were not able to become an eye doctor,
A fallback plan is an optional plan in case
the first plan does not succeed. Notice the
following:

Josh: Looking at schools and everything. 1. If I do not get into college, my fallback plan is to get
Todd: Now, I think you mentioned that you’re actually taking
online classes through MIT? And you're in high school.
Josh: Yeah, that’s right. I’m just looking at them, they’re free to
do so you can watch the videos whichever ones you want. And
they’re really interesting, the professors at MIT are really cool.
Todd: Well that’s great! So your parents must be really proud?
Josh: I don’t know about that, I hope so.
a job.
2. Becoming a teacher wsa his fallback plan.
biomedical
What is that, biomedical engineering?
Biomedical refers to combination of
medicine and biology. Notice the following:

Todd: So do you have a fallback plan like if you were not able to 1. He does biomedical research.
become an eye doctor, would there be another profession you 2. This company creates biomedical
would be interested in? technology.

Josh: Recently I’ve been looking at biomedical engineering as pan out

well.
I hope it all pans out.
Todd: What is that, biomedical engineering?
If something pans out well, then it ends
Josh: Biomedical engineering, well, it’s engineering like anything, successfully as planned. Notice the
so building things but with the biomedical part means that you following:
build things that interact with the human body. So for example,
the new Google’s goggles or glasses, those are actually 1. His plan to go to college did not pan
developed partly by biomedical engineers who just help to create out.
the fit and make sure they wouldn’t cause headaches or injuries 2. Good luck with your interview. I hope it pans out
or anything like that. And then also heart stents or any medical well.
device like a heart rate monitor or a prosthetic, those are all
made by biomedical engineers.
Vocabulary Quiz
Todd: Oh wow, that sounds like an interesting field.
Josh: Yeah, for sure.
found out • fallback • biomedical
Todd: Well, good luck with your career, I hope it all pans out. optometry • pan out
Josh: Thank you.
1. I will join the army if college does not
pan out .
Speaking Challenge 2. He just found out he got into college.
3. Eye doctors study optometry .
Answer these questions related to the lesson with your answers. 4. He has a degree in biomedical science.
5. You should always have a fallback
plan.
Q1 Have you ever gone to an optometrist?
A1

Q2 What is the funniest thing you found out this week?

A2
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Q3 Have you ever used a biomedical device? What for?
A3

Q4 Do you think fallback plans are useful?

A4

Q5 What do you do when things do not pan out as planned?

A5

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