CHAPTER XIII

GIVING DIRECTION

A nurse often finds people who ask the way or a certain place like a ward, emergency room, clinic, and
etc. In this unit you will study how to give direction to people or guest particularly in hospital.

A. Conversation
A visitor is at Medicia Hospital. He is asking a nurse the way to patient ward, in Mawar room.

Visitor : Excuse me, can you show me the way to Mawar Room?
Nurse : Of course, it is only about two minutes walk from here. Well, first go straight ahead and
then you arrive at a T junction of this street then turn left and Mawar room is at your right
slide.
Visitor : Where am I now?
Nurse : You are in emergency unit.
Visitor : Thanks a lot for your information.
Nurse : That is all right, have a nice visit.

B. Usefel Expressions

❖ Can you show me the way to admission departement please?

❖ It’s not too far to walk from here.
✓ It’s near enough to goon foot from here.
❖ Go straight ahead.
✓ Go straight or go a long this corridor
❖ Go across this carridor.
❖ You can’t miss it
❖ Which way must I take to get to orthopedic ward.
❖ You get to an intersection
✓ You arrive at an intersection
✓ You come to an intersection
✓ You reach an intersection
❖ Surgical ward is across the maternity unit.
❖ Excuse me, how can I get to a long-stay ward?

C. Expression to ask direction

• Could you tell me the way to.....?
• Can you direct me to.....?
• Please tell me how I can get to....from here
• Which way is it to....?
• Is the way to....?
 • I need direction to get to....?
• I would like to go to...?

D. Vocabulary

Across :
At the side of :
Intersection :
Get to :
Up the stair :
Through surgical room :
T Junction :
Central hospital :
Road/street :
Straight a head :
Visitor :
Turn left :
Turn right :
Past the recovery room :
Round cafeteria :
Corridor :
Drug store :
Take the elevator to the second floor :

1. GRAMMAR FOCUS : PREPOSITION OF PLACES

Below are figures and preposition places. Each figure consist of black dot and a box.

On/

On top of Above/Over Below/Beneath Under

Between Among Around curve

Intersection Three Junction U turn Go straight Up

Go Straight on
Go along/
Go through Go straight down Turn Right Turn Left

WORDS LIST :

- Patch
- Alley/Gang way
- Blind alley
- Short cut
- Thru way
- Main road
- Freeway
- Toll road
- Bound for
- Get on/get off/get in
- Dormitory/Boarding House/
- Lodging House
- Round about

E. Grammar Focus

BE, DO , HAVE

1. Probability is a strong possibility

2. Prohibition use MUST NOT
 Contoh : You must not go out tonight
You don’t have to go out tonight
3. SHOULD HAVE & COULD HAVE.
4. WOULD (USED TO)
o My grandfather would tell bedtime story when I was a child
o My grandfather used to tell bedtime story when I was a child

Ability Can Could

I can speak German I could speak German when I was a

child

Permission May, can , might Could , might

May I go playing football? Could I go playing football

Possibillity May , might May have, might have

John hasn’t come yet. John hadn’t come yet when we got
home
He may work, overtime
He might have workad overtime

Advise Should, ought to, had better Should have, ought to have

You should study hard You should have studied hard

Necessity Must, have to Had to

We must eat our breakfast We had to eat our breakfast this

morning

Probability Must Must have

He is absent today He was absent yesterday

He must be sick He must have been sick

F. Further Practice for Speaking

1. Study the map of Mawar ward below. Make a dialogue with your friend asking and giving
direction on certain place in that particular ward. Use the expression given
2. Further structure practice
Notice this structure
 Go right down the corridor until you get to a turning

Use the structure to make complete sentences :

1. Up the stair/ reception
2. Through bulk stores/ central sterile
3. Round the cafeteria/ medical records
4. Past the recovery room/ the scrubbing up room
5. Along the passage/dispensary
6. On/ matron’s office
7. Through the plaster room/ minor ops
8. Past surgical trores/ the dispatcher’s office

G. Practice
Translate the conversation into good English
Turis : Maaf, dapatkah Anda tunjukkan kepada saya jalan menuju rumah sakit pusat yang baru?
Santi : Tentu, hanya kira-kira lima menitdari sini. Pertama-tama seberangi jalan ini dan jalanlah
terus, pada perempatan jalan ini ada Jalan Salemba.
Rumah sakit pusat sudah dekat sekali dan berasa diseblah kiri Anda . Anda pasti akan
menemukan nya karena disebelahnya Universitas Indonesia.
Turis : Oh, ya saya tahu. Terimakasih atas informasi Anda

ARNEZA HOSPITAL MAP

ENTRANCE