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E. Pronunciation

People usually speak to children more slowly than to adults. They also tend to raise the

pitch of their voices slightly.

1. Listen to the tape and repeat the doctor’s sentences, paying
particular attention to the way he talks to a child.

1. Now, Kathy, can you look over here?

2. Well, now, that didn’t hurt, did it?

3. Okay. Can you squeeze my hand now?

4. Fine. That’s a good boy.

2. Repeat the sentences, trying to imitate the way of speak to a young
child.

F. Role play

Student A will play the part of the doctor.

Student B will play the part of the patient’s mother. In groups, prepare the questions the
doctor will ask the mother about the child and the questions the mother will ask the doctor
about her child.
Patients:

a. 5-year-old child with tonsillitis

b. 3-year-old child with chronic ear ache
c. 2-month-old baby with colic
G. Culture tip

When a doctor examines babies, he or she has to talk to the parents.
At the nursery, when the doctor examines the infants, he has to explain what he is going to
do with the infants, the causes, the effects, the results of the treatment, and the duration of
the treatment in simple words to make sure that the parents understand the situation. The
doctor should start the conversation by asking friendly questions and calling the child by
name.