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Lesson 18

Preparation

Hospital

My brother was rushed to the hospital

last night.
Doctors’ duty is to treat patients at once.

Nurses and assistants help the doctors

especially in the emergency room.
They received a lot of emergency calls

during the night.
Keywords

Grammar rushed / treatment /
sick / during

*during + noun : During is used to say when something

happens and we often use during when we say that
something happens between the beginning and end of
an event or activity. (not a period of time)
► My father was in hospital during the summer.
► I met them during my vacation in China.

Questions

1. When do you go to the hospital?
2. Do you get advice from a doctor? Vocabulary &

3. When was the last time you went to the hospital? Expressions
4. Why did you go there? rush: To go somewhere
5. What do you do for your health? quickly
treat: To act or behave in a
specified manner toward
someone or something
Sample Answers (n. treatment)
assistant: guard, helper
consult: To seek advice or
1. I go to the hospital when I get sick. information of

2. Yes. I always consult a doctor. severe: serious, critical,
3. I went to the hospital last month. terrible
fever: Abnormally high body
4. I went there because I had a severe backache. temperature
5. I try to do exercise regularly for my health.

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