Healthcare pt.

2
doctors, hospital rooms, diagnosis…
Let’s meet our hero

Hey! I’m Mr Sickman,

Mayor of Sick-city. Our city
is in problem — we don’t
have ambulance and
hospital services. We need
your help today!
Objectives

to learn organs and practitioners

to practice
Organs

brain lungs heart

kidneys intestine ovaries

liver stomach spleen

Doctors: who is head physician?

general
surgeon dentist practitioner/consulting
doctor

nurse psychologist ophthalmologist paramedic

Grammar: Modal Verbs
HAVE TO
obligation given by situations/other people
I have to choose topic for my project tomorrow.
DON’T HAVE TO
used for lack of obligation
You don’t have to wear uniform, but if you want, you can.

SHOULD / OUGHT TO (formal)

suggestion or advice, not forced
You should follow healthy lifestyle.

MUST
obligation given by rules/orders
You must have driving license if you want to drive your own car.
MUSTN’T
prohibition to do something
We mustn’t drive faster than 100 km/h. It’s prohibited.
Roleplay!
Let’s imagine: you are a doctor
or a patient.

1. What symptoms do you have?

2. Check the temperature with

thermometer

3. Check the blood pressure

4. Tell the diagnosis

5. When should I come?

• Do most people in your country prefer traditional medicine, modern
medicine, or a combination of the two?
• Do you think that teas and natural herbs can be just as effective or more
effective for treating certain illness than modern medicine?
• What type of treatment would you recommend to a person who has the flu?
• Do you have to pay for medicine in your country? What about other types
of heath care?
• Do you feel uncomfortable using medicine from a foreign country?
• Should doctors be allowed to prescribe a lethal dose of medicine to patients
who want to end their lives?
• Do you consider alcohol a drug?
• Should doctors be allowed to prescribe marijuana? If so, to whom and for
what reasons?
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lesson-plans/general-english/at-the-
pharmacy

listening
Idioms with body parts
I sat there next to his ward with a lump in
my throat and tried to fight back tears.

My patient was such a pain in the neck! He

asked me 5 times an hour!

My visit to a dentist costed me an arm and a leg!

My sister has a sweet tooth! So, she always

struggles from stomachache…
Have you ever had a moment of a lump in
your throat? What happened?

What kind of people are pain in the neck for

you?

Do you have a sweet tooth?

What thing costed you an arm and a leg?