You are going to listen to a conversation between a doctor and a couple, Mr and Mrs Tucker. Mr Tucker is the doctor’s patient. They are in the doctor’s surgery.
Before you listen, do the vocabulary exercise below. Use a dictionary if necessary. You’ll hear all the words and expressions in the dialogue.
Lesson 1: Pre-Listening activities
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				Domanda 1 of 21. DomandaCategoria: ListeningBefore you listen to the conversation, check that you understand the words below. You’ll hear them in the dialogue. 
 Click on the right answer.- 
									1. A piece of paper on which a doctor writes the details of the medicine/test a patient needs is a (1) . 
 2. At the end of a syringe you can find a (2) .
 3. A room where patients in a hospital stay is called a (3) .
 4. The place where a doctor or dentist receives patients is a (4) .
 5. When a person goes into hospital for medical care he is (5) .
 6. When a person leaves hospital after a period of treatment he is (6) .
 7. People in car accidents are very often (7) .
 8. To help close a deep cut in you skin, a doctor will probably give you (8) .
 9. If you are taken to hospital in an ambulance, you will probably be carried on a (9) .
 10. A typical English saying is “(10) a day keeps the doctor away!”
 (1) receipt – recipe – prescription
 (2) needle – pin – nail
 (3) clinic – ward – dormitory
 (4) surgery – studio – office
 (5) recovered in hospital – entered into hospital – admitted to hospital
 (6) dismissed from hospital – discharged from hospital – sent away from hospital
 (7) damaged – injured – wounded
 (8) stitches – crutches – splints
 (9) stretcher – cart – trolley
 (10) an orange – an apple – a whisky
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				Domanda 2 of 22. DomandaCategoria: ListeningYou are going to listen to a conversation between a doctor and a couple, Mr and Mrs Tucker. Mr Tucker is the doctor’s patient. They are in the doctor’s surgery. 
 Before you listen, do the vocabulary exercise below. Use a dictionary if necessary. You’ll hear all the words and expressions in the dialogue.
 Match the definitions in the first column with the words and expressions in the second column.Ordina elementi- express disagreement
- breathe with difficulty
- high blood pressure
- picture of a part of the body created on a screen
- illness
- damaged
- eliminate
- stop doing
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																			argue (v)
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																			out of breath
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																			hypertension (n)
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																			scan (n)
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																			disease (n)
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																			impaired (adj)
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																			cut out (v)
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																			give up (v)
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