Unit 17  How are you feeling?

Vocabulary Task

Answers/Script¹

1. A:      What’s the matter?

    B:       My stomach hurts. I have a bad stomachache.

2. A:       How are you doing?

    B:       I feel really great today. I’m finally starting to get in shape!

3. A:      What happened?

    B:       I had a skiing² accident. I broke my arm.

4. A:      How do you feel?

    B:       I didn’t sleep much last night. I’m really tired today.

5. A:      What did you do?

    B:       Ouch! I stayed in the sun too long. I have a bad sunburn!

6. A:      What’s wrong?

    B:       Ooh…What a headache! I feel like my head is going to burst³!

Listening Task

1 First Listening

Answers

1.       Her throat hurts. They both have sore throats.

2.       He’s not in shape. He needs to get in shape.

3.       He has a bad headache and a fever.

4.       She broke her leg.

2 Second Listening

Answers

1.     Let’s get a cup of tea.

2.     I need to get in shape.

3.     That’s too bad. You need to go home.

4.     How did you break it?

Script

1.  A:    What’s wrong?

    B:    My throat hurts. I feel terrible.

    A:    I have a sore throat, too.

    B:    Let’s get a cup of tea.

2.  A:    Wow! You look so healthy.

    B:    I feel great.

    A:    I run every morning.

    B:    Not me. I need to get in shape.

3.  A:    What’s the matter?

    B:    I feel funny. I have a bad headache. I think I have a fever, too.

    A:    That’s too bad. You need to go home.

    B:    I can’t. I have a big meeting this afternoon.

4.  A:    What happened to you?

    B:    I broke my leg.

    A:    I can see that. How did you break it?

    B:    I fell – at the park. I was skating.

Real World Listening

1 Predict⁴

Answers

I have a sunburn. I can’t sleep.

2 Get the main ideas

Answers

1.     sunburn: drink a lot of water; stay in a cool, quiet room; rest; don’t go in the sun; eat cool foods like ice cream and drink cold juice

2.     can’t sleep at night: don’t take sleep medicine; try to get exercise; don’t drink a lot of alcohol⁶ or coffee; try reading something very boring

Script

Doctor:           Welcome to “Ask the Doctor.” I’m Dr⁵. Helen Monroe here today to help you with your health problems. Let’s go to the first caller⁷. Hello, you’re on the air.

First Caller:    Hello. My problem is sunburn. I fell asleep in the sun. Now I have a bad sunburn. Really bad. My skin is red and hot. I can’t eat. I can’t sleep. I feel terrible. What should I do?

Doctor:           For a bad sunburn, drink a lot of water. Stay in a cool, quiet room. Rest. And of course, don’t go outside in the sun. eat cool foods like ice cream and drink cold juice. Now on to our next caller:

Second Caller: My problem is I can’t sleep at night. Every night I can’t fall asleep. So… I’m always tired.

Doctor:           If you can’t sleep, don’t take sleep medicine. It doesn’t really help you. Instead, try to get some exercise every day. Swim, play tennis, dance… perhaps take a walk. Secondly⁸, don’t drink a lot of alcohol or coffee. Especially coffee. It’s loaded with caffeine that will keep you up. Third, try reading something very boring. A boring book can help you go right to sleep! Now to our next caller…