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2. Use above expressions to give the diagnosis for the listed diseases.
Please work with your partner and then change roles.

Example:
Patient: What’s my problem, doctor? (Insomnia)

Doctor: I think it’s possible you have insomnia. /I’m afraid you might have insomnia.

Situations
1. Asthma

2. Cardiac failure
3. Coronary thrombosis

4. Constipation
5. Diarrhea

3. Use the following prompts to practice giving a diagnosis to your
partners.

1. Patient complains of pains in the upper belly for about a month. From his history and test
results, it looks like he has a lumbar intervertebral disc protrusion.

2. A 36-year-old housewife had a severe attack of central chest pain half a year ago. From
her history and test results, it looks like she has angina.

E. Pronunciation

Doctors use words to reassure patients and to lessen the impact of a diagnosis, without

masking the seriousness of the situation. These words are usually stressed,

It’s a little more complicated than we thought.

1. Listen to the tape and make the stress on the reassuring words.

a. It seems you have an ulcer.

b. You have slightly elevated blood pressure.

c. There’s a possibility you have pneumonia.