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Unit One
The Doctor’s Office
Lesson One
Making Appointments
Shapiro, N. and Adelson-Goldstein, J. (1998). The Oxford Picture Dictionary. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 85.
MERGEFORMATINET
In your country:
2. Who answers the phone when you call the doctor – a person or
a machine?
Is it easy or difficult?
Is it easy or difficult?
The To Be Verb
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3. How do you feel when this happens to you? Circle the words
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Writing Practice:
Now, write about how you feel when you talk to your doctor:
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The Doctor’s Office
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doctor
Vocabulary Review
Review these words and expressions with your classmates and teacher.
doctor doctor.
services
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pain.
Refill note from doctor for more of the I don’t have anymore
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p.m.?
week?
need to see?
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you taking?
Patient: Motrin.
To stay on the line To wait on the phone “Please stay on the line and
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about a bill press 6. If you are calling from a rotary phone, please
Now listen again and write the number for each choice.
___ Schedule an Appointment ___ You feel sick and need to see a
doctor
___ Confirm an appointment ___ Ask a question about a bill
After you have written a number beside each reason, share your answers with your
classmates and your teacher.
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Patient: Tomorrow.
Secretary: Ok, let me help you schedule something. Could you come in
tomorrow at 2:00?
Making an Appointment:
Work with a partner. One person is the secretary and the other is the patient.
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The Doctor’s Office
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Real Practice
Advanced Beginning
Real Practice!
Call your doctor’s office after hours. Listen to the voicemail message.
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Write the number next to each choice that you hear.20
Checklist
___ Ask the nurse a question for Learning
___ Request a prescription refill
Vocabulary Log:
___ Ask a question about a bill
In the space below, write down all of the new words you learned during this lesson that
you want to remember.
___ You Tryneed
feel sick and to separate
to see ayour list of words into nouns (person, place or
doctor
thing), adjectives (describing words) and verbs (action words). For extra practice use
___ Change an appointment
them in sentences of your own.
___ Ask the doctor a question
New words I learned during this lesson:
___ Confirm an appointment
Adjectives:
Verbs:
I learned to…