Visiting a doctor

A. May I make an appointment with the doctor for this afternoon?

B. Are you our patient?

A. Yes, this will be my second visit.

B. All right, Sir. Will 4 p.m. suit you?

A. Yes, it will be fine.

B. Now give me your name and address, please.

A. Here is my card.

C. Step in, please. What are your complaints?

A. I’ve got a sore throat and a cough.

C. Are you running a temperature?

A. No, I am not. I have a splitting headache. I believe I am starting a cold. What do you recommend?

C. Let me examine you. I suggest that you take something for your headache and cough.

A. Will you write out a prescription?

C. By all means. You will have the prescription filled at the nearest chemist’s. You should stay in bed for a couple of days and take the medicine three times a day.

A. I’ll follow your advice. I nearly forgot to ask you…

C. Yes, what is it?

A. I need a vaccination certificate.

C. When were you vaccinated last?

A. I don’t remember… It was many years ago.

C. Then I’ll have to vaccinate you as soon as you recover.

A. All right.

C. I wish you a speedy recovery.

A. Thanks. Keep well. Good-bye.

C. Good bye.

11. Read the following text. How to take care of health?

I am sure that health is a very important thing for all people. If you have good health you are in a good mood. I think it is necessary to take care of health.

I know a very useful proverb: "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

First of all one must get up early, doing morning exercises. Usually I wash myself in the morning and in the evening with cold or warm water. I clean my teeth twice a day.

Everyone has one's rules about how to be in good health. To spend a lot of time in the open air is a very important fact for everybody. It is useful to go for a walk before going to bed. I think that we have to keep our flats clean. Every day I sweep up the room.

It is necessary to take care of our food eating high fiber food. We must eat fruit and vegetables. A good way to live well is dieting.

I believe that we have to eat low fat food and visit a swimming-pool in the evening.

Paying attention to health we have to go in for sports. It means that we must run and jump, play football and volleyball. In short we must be in some movement.

There are some facts which have influence on our health. First of all it is obesity and physical inactivity. We must not eat a lot, we can't eat much sugar and plenty of sweets.

Drinking much alcohol is not useful for our health. It is a terrible fact when we eat at night, don't follow a diet, use high-calorie foods and don't move a lot.

Smoking is not useful for our health too. If a person smokes a lot he (she) will be ill. To smoke is to live at the risk of one's life.

I suppose that it is necessary to go to bed till 11 o'clock and get up at 7 o'clock.

I am sure that our health is connected with our attack of nerves. I think that we must not be nervous.

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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise – Кто рано ложится и рано встает – здоровье, богатство и ум наживет