Word formation

allergyallergic	fit unfit, fitness	poison poisonous, poisoning
awareunaware, awareness	illillness	recover recovery
benefitbeneficial	inject injection	strongstrength, strengthen
comfortdiscomfort, (un)comfortable, (un)comfortably	injureinjury, injuries	surgerysurgeon, surgical(ly)
emphasis emphasise (-ze), emphatic	operate operation, operator, operating, cooperate,cooperation, (un)cooperative	treattreatment

Fill in the right form of the word in brackets.

Scorpion Fish.

Have you ever had of scorpion fish? I was completely _______ (aware) they existed until I trod on one in the sea. I can’t ________ (emphasis) enough how painful it was! The fish has a spike which gives you an _______ (inject) of a ______ (poison) substance. It’s not dangerous, but you begin to feel extremely ______ (comfort), and the pain just gets worse and worse. Luckily, there was a doctor on the beach – she was a _______ (surgery) at the local hospital – and she told me what the best ______ (treat) was. I had to bathe my foot in warm, salty water and then apply an ammonia-based solution. After my holiday, my foot still seemed to be a little infected, so my local GP gave me a ________(prescribe) for antibiotics. Unfortunately, it turned out I was______ (allergy) to them, so I came out in a red rash all over my body. It was over a week before I had made a complete _____(recover).

3.Complete the dialogue. Fill in the blanks with the following words and word-combinations:

have a temperature, throat lozenges, swelling, throat, redness, sick leave, taken, my voice, prescription, symptoms.

D = Doctor P = Patient

D: Good morning. What seems to be the trouble?

P: Good morning doctor. I think I’m losing ________.

D: Yes, it sounds like it. When did this start?

P: A couple of days ago. After I got back from holiday.

D: Right… Any other ________?

P: My ______is dry and I am tired all the time.

D: Okay. Let me have a look at your throat. Open wide please… Say “Ah”...

P: Ahh…

D: There isn’t much ______, but there is a little ______. Have you _______ anything for it?

P: Just some _________.

D: Well you don’t _________, so it’s nothing serious.

P: That’s a relief. Do I need to take anything for it?

D: You don’t need a ________, just keep taking your throat lozenges.

P: What about work? I work on the telephone a lot.

D: Take a couple of days off, I’ll give you a _______.

P: Thank you doctor.

D: Here you are..

P: Thank you doctor, goodbye.

D: Goodbye…Get well soon!

Next please…

Good morning, Mr. Parsons…

4. Role - play. Work in pairs. Using different information, make a similar doctor/ patient dialogue and act it out.

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