• Listen to the questions asked by a doctor.
• Listen to the symptoms.
• Identify the diagnoses.
  • Oh, I’m afraid it might be broken.
  • Oh, I’m afraid you may have a bad infection.
  • I’m afraid you may have pneumonia.
  • I’m afraid you have COVID.
  • I think it’s only sprained. It’s not broken.
  • I think it’s just strained.

It’s just turn!

Write 2 hypothetical questions asked by the doctor. Describe the symptoms. For each of them, give the doctor’s diagnoses.

Case 1

Doctor: Does you stomach hurt more when I push it or when I don’t?

Patient: When you stop pushing it.

Doctor: I’m afraid you may have peritonitis.

Case 2

Doctor: Can you raise your eyebrow and whistle?

Patient: I actually can’t.

Doctor: Oh, I’m afraid you might have facial paralysis.

Dictionary

Strained: showing tension and unhappiness.