商务英语口语对话练习

a. 即使到那时
b. 甚至
3. Even then they wouldn’t accept the fact.
4. There are many mistakes; even so, it’s a good essay.
c. 然而
d. 即使
1. fl u /fl uː/ n. 流感 2. instruction /ɪnˈstrʌkʃn/ n. 用法说明 3. overdose /ˈəʊvədəʊs/ n. （一次用药）过量 4. liver /ˈlɪvə(r)/ n. 肝脏
B. Work in pairs. Choose a kind of illness and describe your feeling to your partner.
Example: My stomach aches terribly and I have to huddle up to feel better. My stomach aches terribly. I feel cramps in the abdominal area and want to vomit. I have to huddle up to cy.b _____ What’s the trouble ? Lucy: I have a terrible headache.
d Jerry: _____
Lucy: I don’t want to make trouble for you. Jerry: Don’t worry about that. c _____
Mike: Let me help you. First, you should go to the outpatient clinic. 4. If the doctors there can’t handle your illness, they’ll send you to a proper doctor. Would you like me to drive you to the4. hospital? If the doctors there cannot solve your problem, they will
e.g. remain
stay
look
keep
appear
stand
seem
1. dizzy
/ˈdɪzi/ adj. 头晕目眩的 2. nasal congestion 鼻塞 3. recover /rɪˈkʌvə(r)/
v. 恢复健康
DRILL
Role-play the dialogue with the examples in the courseware.
TASKS
A. Translate the following sentences into English and then use them to complete the 5 minidialogues below.
John is in the in-patient department/clinic of a hospital now.
Doctor: Sit down, please. c ______ Mr. Smith: My head aches terribly and my nose is blocked. Doctor: ______ a Mr. Smith: About thirty hours. e______ Now open your mouth, and say Doctor: Well, let me take your temperature. “ah...”. b Mr. Smith: Ah ... Doctor: Oh, Mr. Smith. You have slight tonsillitis ( 扁桃体炎). ______ d Mr. Smith: Not so good. Doctor: ______
a Lucy: _____ Thank you.
Learn it and use it!
Exercise 1: Give me a good translation.
1. I haven’t eaten since lunch.
午餐后我什么都没吃。
2. Where have you been since I last saw you? 自我上次见你后，你到哪儿去啦? 3. Since we were in the area, we’d stop by and see them.
既然我们来这里了，就应该顺便去拜访他们。
4. We haven’t heard from him since then. 从那以后我们都没有他的消息了。
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Exercise 2: Open is a linking verb here and it can be connected with adjectives to describe a kind of state. Could you offer more such linking verbs?
recommend you to a proper doctor. Kate: Thank you very much. 5. But I think I can manage it. 5. I can handle it.
TASKS
B. Lucy has a bad headache. Jerry meets her on campus and off ers to help her. Get each sentence below a right place in the dialogue and then practise the dialogue.
1. medical insurance 医疗保险 2. basically [ˈbeɪsɪkli] adv. 基本上 3. department [dɪˈpɑ:tmənt] n. 部门；科 4. outpatient clinic 门诊部
DRILL
Read the dialogue with examples in the courseware.
the
TASKS
A. Retell the underlined sentences according to what you have learned above and then practise the dialogue with your partner. Mike: You look pale. 1. Are you feeling well? 1. Are you OK?/Is everything OK with Kate: I am dizzy. Just now I vomited. you? 2. Why don’t you go to see a doctor? Mike: 2. You should go to see a doctor. Kate: 3. I think so. But I’m not familiar with the American way of going to hospital. 3. I want to.
Jack has got a bad headache and a nasal congestion today.
When did these symptoms start?
The doctor is taking my temperature.
TASKS
A. Translate the following sentences into English and then use them to complete the 5 minidialogues below.
What’s wrong with Mary?
How do you feel?
TASKS
A. Translate the following sentences into English and then use them to complete the 5 minidialogues below.
Learning Objectives By studying this unit, you are expected to: • get yourself ready for dealing with medical issues; • develop skills for explaining physical feeling and asking about methods of taking medicine; • apply skills to conversations at the doctor’s.
5. swallow /ˈswɒləʊ/ v. 吞下，咽下 6. crush /krʌʃ/ v. 压碎 7. chew /tʃuː/ v. 咀嚼 8. dissolve /dɪˈzɒlv/ v. 使（固体）溶解
9. lawsuit /ˈlɔːsuːt/ n. 诉讼
e.g. We can surely solve that problem. Attempts are being made to solve the problem of waste disposal. He’s good at dealing with pressure. He wasn’t able to cope with the stresses and strains of the job.
Learn it and use it!
Exercise 1: We can use many words ending with ache to describe our unwell feeling.
e.g. earache
bellyache heartache
backache Can you list more?
Learn it and use it!
Exercise 1: Choose the proper word for each sentence.
lie
lay
lying
lie 1. Don’t ______ to me. 2. The book lay ______ open on his desk. lying on the grass ground is so 3. ______
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Exercise 2: There are several words that have the similar meaning with handle, such as solve, deal with, and cope with. Please make up 3 sentences with them.
Open wide and say “ah”.
Take some medicine and have a good rest, then you will recover soon.
TASKS
选项
2
1
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TASKS
B. Mr. Smith is at the doctor’s offi ce. Get each sentence below a right place in the dialogue and then practise the dialogue.
comfortable.
Learn it and use it!
Exercise 2: Get me a correct mate.
1. He never even gave me a chance to explain. 2. I love my doggy even though she is annoying sometimes.