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Now listen to the following dialogue and then try to complete it. After
that, listen again and practice with your partners.

1. Doctor Miss Wilson. Good to see you again. (5)_________________?
2. Patient It’s about my test results. You said you’d have them in a week. So
(6)___________________________________.
3. Doctor Yes, I think so. Let’s just have a look. Ah, yes.
(7)_____________________________________________.
4. Patient What’s wrong? Is it serious?

5. Doctor Well, it might be, slightly. (8)___________________, a duodenal
ulcer. But it’s too early to say, really. (9) _______________________.
6. Patient Oh, I’m afraid and (10)
____________________________________________________.
7. Doctor All right, Miss. Wilson. I understand. Well, to avoid all the medical
mumbo jumbo, (11)____________________________ I think it’s
about time we take some more tests. Believe me, it’s just routine.
8. Patient What’s the cause?

9. Doctor I don’t really know. (12)____________________________________
Frequently, it’s caused by a bacterial infection. That’s why we need to
do these tests.