Main Topic 10: Health Care Lesson 61: Clinic and Hospitals (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to Clinic and Hospitals. 2. Review Past Perfect Progressive. I. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning? A. Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. 1. The new Secured Life Hospital will start to admit patients next month. a. to help b. to take in c. to transfer d. to release 2. Auntie Mary will be released from the hospital after two days. a. stay b. free c. taken d. transfer 3. After the surgery, the doctor decided to confine him in the hospital. a. keep in b. keep up c. keep off d. keep out Page 1
4. The new born baby is in a delicate condition. a. strong in health b. strong in ability c. weak in health d. weak in ability 5. The patient should have a one month rest to fully recover. a. get done b. get well c. get worse d. get worst B. Sentence-Making Practice (3-4 minutes) Practice using the words you ve learned in your own sentences. 1. Admit 2. Release 3. Confine 4. Delicate 5. Recover Page 2
Exercise 2: What s the word? (4-5 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. Dr. Mills is talking to Ms. Wales, the patient. (door closes) Dr. Mills: Good morning, Ms. Wales! Ms. Wales: Good morning, Dr. Mills! Dr. Mills: Please have a seat. What can I do for you? Ms. Wales: Oh, I am not feeling well lately. My body is very weak. I have had fever since I visited my baby in the last weekend. Dr. Mills: I see. Since when did you start feeling that way? Ms. Wales: Hmmm, about two weeks after I gave birth. Dr. Mills: Well, I think you should undergo a series of medical tests first. There are some patients in the section who have the same condition as yours. Ms. Wales: I m not sure if I want to. I m a little nervous. Dr. Mills: We have to do this for you to quickly. You might need to be confined if indeed the results of the test are positive. Ms. Wales: Okay, doctor. I will just go home first and inform my family. Dr. Mills: Good. I will make a recommendation letter for your medical test. Choices: a. ward b. nursery c. recover d. patients Page 3
II. GRAMMAR REVIEW: Topic: Past Perfect Progressive (5-6 minutes) General Description: The Past Perfect Progressive is used for actions that were unfinished when another action took place: I had been resting in my room for four hours when the nurse checked my health status. The Past Perfect Progressive is also called the Past Perfect Continuous. Pattern: HAD + BEEN + ING of the word (present participle) Remember: We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past. Examples: You had been waiting there for more than two hours when the doctors finally arrived. She had been working at that hospital for three years when it went out of business. I had been recovering from my injury when my boss asked me to go to work. Comprehension Check: Use the formation had+been+ing for the following words and make a sentence out of it. 1.Manage 2.Get Page 4
Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (3-4 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. I been consulting with my doctor when my boss approved my request for a vacation. a. has b. had c. have d. will have 2. I had working in my office early in the morning when the hospital sent my test results. a. am b. are c. were d. been 3. I had been when my boss suddenly arrived. a. work b. works c. worked d. working Page 5