day 17at the doctor’s

at the doctor’s

Draw a conclusion from what you see with 看来, give advice with 要是……就……, and say what you do when you have a cold.

words to say

• 护士 hùshi · nurse
• 发烧 fāshāo · to have a fever
• 感冒 gǎnmào · a cold; to catch a cold
• 咳嗽 késou · to cough; a cough
• 难受 nánshòu · to feel unwell, awful
• 检查 jiǎnchá · to check, examine
• 病人 bìngrén · patient (in hospital)
• 住院 zhùyuàn · to be in hospital
• 脸 liǎn · face
• 打针 dǎzhēn · to give or get an injection

sentences

• 我感冒了，咳嗽得很厉害。 · I’ve got a cold and a bad cough.
• 孩子一直咳嗽，看来他感冒了。 · The child keeps coughing; it looks like he has a cold.
• 护士正在给病人打针。 · The nurse is giving the patient an injection.
• 要是明天还不舒服，你就去医院检查一下。 · If you still feel unwell tomorrow, go to the hospital for a check-up.
• 我头疼，觉得特别难受。 · I have a headache and feel awful.

say it after the voice

• 护士让病人在外边等一会儿。 · The nurse asks the patients to wait outside for a moment.
• 我感冒了，昨天晚上一直在咳嗽。 · I’ve got a cold, and I coughed all last night.
• 你哪儿不舒服？我给你检查一下。 · Where does it hurt? Let me examine you.
• 要是明天还发烧，你就去医院吧。 · If you still have a fever tomorrow, go to the hospital.
• 医生说他的病不太重，不用住院。 · The doctor says he isn’t very ill and doesn’t need to stay in hospital.

questions to answer

• 感冒了，你吃药还是多休息？ · When you have a cold, do you take medicine or rest more?
• 你害怕打针吗？ · Are you scared of injections?
• 生病的时候你想吃什么？ · What do you feel like eating when you’re ill?
• 去医院看病，你觉得怎么样？ · What do you think of going to hospital to see a doctor?

pictures to describe

• A man in an orange coat and blue woolly hat sits on a purple sofa with a laptop on his knees, a tissue at his red nose.