Unit 17  How are you feeling?

Vocabulary Task

Answers/Script

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 skiing 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 burst!

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 Predict

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 alcohol or coffee; try reading something very boring

Script

Doctor:           Welcome to “Ask the Doctor.” I’m Dr. Helen Monroe here today to help you with your health problems. Let’s go to the first caller. 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. Secondly, 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…