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HEALTHIs there an emergency treatment hospital near here?

這裡有急救醫院嗎？

I’d like to see a doctor.

我想去看醫生。

Language Focus
Is there
I’d like to see(I would)

Language Focus
an emergency treatment hospital near here?
a hospital near here?

a doctor.
a dentist.

Conversation

這附近有醫院嗎？
我想去看醫生。
我想去看牙醫。

Conversation

1. Naoto: Is there a/an ______________ hospital near here?

2. Hotel Clerk		

: There’s one in downtown.

3. Naoto		: Thank you. I’d like to see a/an ________.

4. Hotel Clerk: Are you not feeling well?

5. Naoto: No, since yesterday.

Questions
1. How would you ask the hotel clerk if there is an emergency treatment hospital near your hotel?
2. How would you tell the hotel clerk that you’d like to see a doctor?

J1

這附近有急救醫院嗎？

1. 凱特 		2. 酒店職員
3. 凱特		4. 酒店職員: 這附近有_______醫院嗎？
: 在市中心有一家醫院。
: 謝謝。我想去看______。
: 你感覺不舒服嗎？

5. 凱特 		

: 是的，從昨天開始的。

Questions1. 怎樣問酒店職員附近有沒有急救醫院？
2. 怎樣告訴酒店職員你想去看醫生？

J1

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HEALTHCan you direct me to a good hospital?

Is there anyone who speaks Japanese there?

Language Focus
Can you direct me
Is there anyone whoto a good hospital?
to the internal medicine department?

speaks Japanese?
can understand Japanese?

Conversation
1. Naoto: Can you direct me to _________?
2. Hotel Clerk		
: You can look for the Central Medical Hospital			in downtown.
4. Naoto: Is there anyone who speaks _________?
5. Hotel Clerk: I’m not sure. But, the hospital can help you.
6. Naoto		: Thank you so much.

Questions
1. How would you ask the hotel clerk to direct you to a good hospital ?
2. How would you ask the hotel clerk if there’s anyone who speaks Japanese?

J2

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HEALTH

Please speak slowly.
Can you write it down in English?

Language Focus
Please speakslowly.
Japanese.

Can you write it downin English?
in Japanese?

Conversation
1. Doctor: What can I do for you? How are you feeling?
2. Naoto: Please speak _________. I might not catch what you’re			going to tell me.
3. Doctor: Okay. What’s wrong?
4. Naoto		: I have a fever.
5. Doctor		 : Take this medicine for three days, after every			meal.
6. Naoto: Can you write that down in ________?

Questions
1. How would you tell the doctor to speak slowly?
2. How would you ask the doctor if she can write something down in English?

J3

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HEALTHI have a prescription.
Will my insurance cover it?

Language Focus
I have aprescription.
medication.

Will my insurance

cover it?
pay for it?

Conversation
1. Naoto: I want to buy medicine for fever.
2. Pharmacist: We have a lot of medicines for fever.
3. Naoto: I have a __________.
4. Pharmacist: Can I see it?
5. Naoto		 : Will my insurance _______ it?
6. Pharmacist: I’m sorry but it won’t.

Questions
1. How will you tell the pharmacist that you have a prescription?
2. How will you ask the pharmacist if the insurance covers the prescription?

J4

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TROUBLE

What’s this medication?
How do I take this medicine?

Language Focus
What’s thismedication?
medicine

How do I takethis medicine?
this pill?

Conversation
1. Naoto
2. Pharmacist
3. Naoto4. Pharmacist
5. Naoto: What’s this ____________?
: This is for fever.
: How do I take this ________?
: It is written there on the doctor’s prescription.
: Oh! Okay, thank you.

Questions
1. How will you ask the pharmacist what the medication is?
2. How will you ask the pharmacist how you can take the medicine?

J5

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HEALTHI have a fever.
I have a headache.
I have a stomachache.
I have a diarrhea.
I have a constipation.
I have a cough.

Conversation
1. Sakito: I’m not feeling well today.
2. Serina: Why?
3. Sakito: I have a ____________.
4. Serina		 : No. What’s the best way to get to________?
5. Sakito: It’s best to use the hi-way.
6. Serina		 : Okay. Thanks.

Questions
1. How would you tell someone that you have fever?

J6

Travel EnglishHEALTH

I feel uncomfortable.
I feel cold.
I feel nauseous.
I feel like fainting.
I feel like vomiting.
I feel queasy.

Conversation
1. Nurse
2. Sakito
3. Nurse
4. Sakito		
5. Nurse		
6. Sakito		: How are you feeling today?
: I feel _________.
: Do you have a fever?
: Yes. I feel pain in my stomach, too.
: Okay. Wait for your turn to see the doctor inside.
: Okay, thank you.

Questions
1. How would you tell the nurse that you feel discomfort?

J7

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HEALTHI have a bad headache.
I have a splitting headache.
I have a pounding headache.
I have a prickly pain in my stomach.
I have a squeezing pain in my stomach.
I have a gripping pain in my stomah.

Conversation
1. Sakito
2. Doctor
3. Sakito
4. Doctor		
5. Sakito		
6. Doctor		

: I have a ___________ in my stomach.
: When did it start?
: It started 3 days ago.
: Have you taken any pain killers?
: Yes but the pain is still on and off.
: Okay, I’ll examine you up now.

Questions
1. How would you tell the doctor that you have a prickly pain in your stomach?

J8

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HEALTHIt hurts here.
It doesn’t hurt there.
It hurts around here.
It hurts when I touch it.
It hurts to cough.
It hurts every 5 minutes.

Conversation
1. Doctor
2. Sakito
3. Doctor		
4. Sakito		5. Doctor: Does it hurt on the lower part of your stomach?
: No. It doesn’t hurt there. It hurts around here.
: How often does it hurt?
: It hurts ______________.
: Okay. I have to take an x-ray.

Questions
1. How would you tell the doctor that it hurts every 5 minutes?

J9

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HEALTHI sprained my leg.
I hit my head badly.
I have a burn.
I was bitten by a dog.
I’m having my period.
I am pregnant.

Conversation
1. Doctor		 : How do you feel now?
2. Serina: It’s still the same. I have a squeezing pain in my abdomen.			
I am worried because I am __________.
3. Doctor: Don’t worry too much. It’s just normal for women who are			pregnant.
4. Serina		
: What should I do now?
5. Doctor: If the pain continues then you’ll have to undergo more tests.

Questions
1. How would you tell the doctor that you are pregnant?

J10