The Clown Doctor

All over the world children in hospital are being treated

with new kind of medicine Laughter. Lucy is 23 and
works for Theodora Children`s Trust. She is of many
clown doctors who bring a smile to the faces of sick
children.
I am a Theodora clown doctor I call myself Dr. Loo Loo. I
spend two days a week in children`s hospital being
extremely silly with my colleague Dr. Checkers. We make
funny faces and tell jokes and do magic tricks as I walk into
wards I blow bubbles shake hands with the kids and make up nonsense songs for
those children well enough to sing. We take special balloons to take balloons animals
and tell funny stories about them. We often meet kids who one week look really sick,
and we go back the next week and they racing about yelling Hey there Doctor Loo Loo
Hi doctor Chequers.!!
I`m naturally a very cheerful person I have always been a clown and in fact my father`s
is a clown and I started working with him when I was eight years old. I knew it was just
a job for me and become a clown doctor because I think it`s a great wat to cheer up
sick frightened children in hospital. I wear a fancy coat a yellow shirt and thighs strips.
Also I have a red nose and wear my hair in crazy plaits.
Being a clown in a hospital is very tiring both physically and emotionally. We have to
learn not to show our feelings otherwise we would be useless. Clown doctors are
sensitive but it is not a side most people see. To the children we are happy all the time,
Im still learning to allow myself to feel sad occasionally. They are special kids to get
really close to. At the moment Im working with a very sick little girl from Bosnia who
speak no English so our only common language is laughter. She is been in and out of
the hospital for operations so many times and she is always on my mind.
At lunch time we in hospital cafeteria and that`s really useful because we meet the
nurses and doctors. They tell us about particular kids who they will think benefit from a
clown doctor visit. If a child is frightened perhaps they are being giving and injection or
some nasty medicine, we can distract them so the nurse can do they job.
About six o`clock Dr. Chequers and I take off our makeup and change our clothes. We
are totally exhausted. Sometimes I have a night out with friends it helps me unwind.
When I finally fell in bed I crash out. At weekends we are often asked to participated in
events to raise money to Theodora Children`s Trust. It`s a charity so we are paid with
the money people give. Being a clown doctor makes the worries everyday life seems
very small. Al in all I feel privileged to do this job.

Activity I (tell your classmates)

1. What does a doctor do?
a doctor seeks the welfare of their patients
2. What does a clown do?
a clown gives happiness and joy_

Activity II
Wear funny clothes wear white coats do magic tricks perform operations make
children feel better give medicine give injections tell jokes wear red rubber
noses make funny faces.
1. Which do clowns doctors do?
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2. Which do doctors do?
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3. Which do both do?
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4. Which of them nurses do?
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Activity III
1. Read the introduction and tell us what is the new kind of medicine?
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2. Who is Doctor Loo Loo and who is Doctor Chequers?
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3. In what ways their job is extremely silly?
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4. Why does she like her job?
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5. What would be useless?
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6. What does she do after work?
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7. How did Lucy become a Theodora clown doctor?
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8. Where does the money for Lucys salary come from?

Actividad I (Dile a tus compaeros de clase)

1. Qu hace un mdico?
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2. Qu hace un payaso?
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Actividad II
Use ropa divertidos - llevar batas blancas - hacer trucos de magia - realizar
operaciones - hacen que los nios se sientan mejor - dar medicamentos - inyecciones
- contar chistes - desgaste nariz de goma roja - hacer muecas.

1. Qu hacen los payasos mdicos?

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2. Qu hacen los mdicos?
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Qu 3. Qu tanto lo hacen?
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4. Cul de ellas enfermeras hacer?
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Actividad III
1. Lea la introduccin y decirnos cul es el nuevo tipo de medicamento?
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2. Quin es el doctor Loo Loo y quien es doctor Chequers?
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3. De qu manera su trabajo es extremadamente tonto?
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4. Por qu le gusta de su trabajo?
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5. Cul sera intil?
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6. Qu hace despus del trabajo?
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7. Cmo Lucy ser mdico payaso Teodora?

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8. De dnde viene el dinero para el salario de Lucy viene?