Unit 6 Doctor

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Unit 6 Doctors Case-book

• Session 1 (p.73)
• Sample 1
• chronic bronchitis characterized by .

e.g. a doctor appreciated by all his
patients.

• several months ago, a cough somewhat different
  appeared and became .

somewhat adv.
e.g. He was somewhat encouraged by your words.
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• Three weeks ago he noted blood-tinged sputum.

blood-tinged
tinge v./n.
e.g. blood-shot eyes blood-stained swabs
well-protected environment

• During this 2-week interval, he has had .

e.g. a 3-hour drive a 7-day holiday two
2-hour shifts
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• Sample 2
• a 60-year-old woman presents to the emergency
  department having collapsed at home.

having done sth. (in Sub. Clause)
e.g. Having finished his duty report, Dr. Bai
returned to his consulting room earlier.

• (She) presents . She gives a three-day history
  .

She is brought to the emergency department .
She is said to have a severe pain in the past
three days .
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• On admission, she had features of osteoarthritis
  .

on
e.g. On hearing a big Pang, the nurse rushed
to the ward to attend the patient. On
examination he looked well.
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Session 2 Practical Reading

• Passage 1
• There is an old saying in English .

e.g. An old English saying says As an old
English saying goes

• It was found that laughter has similar effects
  to physical exercise. It increases It also
  works .

It laughter
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• Other tests have shown that laughter appears to
  be capable of reducing .

be capable of e.g. Laser is said to be capable
of deleting some of the facial pigments and moles.
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The reason seems to be that

• The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to
  be that it helps to produce endorphins in the
  brain. These are natural chemicals which diminish
  both stress and pain.

these
endorphins
e.g. Listerine Antiseptic is a kind of
mouthwash which is advertised as the leading
product among all the non-prescriptions.
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as a result of
e.g. Doctors can now hold on-line discussion on
a particular medical issue as the result of the
development of IT industry.

• As a result of these discoveries, some doctors
  and psychiatrists in the United States now hold
  laughter clinics, in which they try to improve
  by .

e.g. This new building is designed to have
multi-functions, in which several pieces of
sophisticated medical equipments will be
installed for examinations and diagnoses.
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• Features of advertisement contexts

• Use of sensational words

e.g. effective gentler

• Use of inducing words

e.g. as effective as two aspirin

• Use of convincing words

e.g. doctors haves recommended

• Use of formula, print or style of letter or
  grammatical means to achieve vision effects e.g.

For arthritis pain, choose What doctors have
recommended Millions of times. Advil
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• Purposes of using these features in advertisement
  contexts

• Create psychological vantage for the advertised
  product
• Develop need on part of the potential buyers

Tips for advertisement reading

• Look for the object being advertised
• Try to form complete sentence from the segments
  given
• Follow the guidance of grammar knowledge
• Use the idiomatic expressions in the language

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Passage 2

• Advil contains ibuprofen, which was once
  available only by prescription.

contain v.
e.g. Normal healthy diet contains actually
almost all the nutrition a person needs.

• Just one Advil is as effective as two regular
  aspirin.

e.g. The new nurse looks as professionally
qualified as any other nurses.
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• Yet clinical studies show that Advil is gentler
  to the stomach than aspirin.

to be adj. er than
e.g. It is true that the head nurse is more
experienced than the new nurse.

• Doctors have recommended Advil over 30 million
  times for so many types of pains.

• authority (person or
• organization)
• statistical figures

convincing words
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Use of positive verb to create psychological
vantage or the product or seeming dependence of
the buyer

• The next time arthritis pain goes to work on you,
  choose what so many doctor recommended. Advil!

Use of sensational word
what (Obj. Clau.)
e.g. You have to do what your doctor has told
you to do.
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T or F

• 3. Doctors recommended Advil many times for
  stomachache.

(F)
Advil is gentler to the stomach .
doctor recommended many times stomach (pain)
Creating confusion of the information given in
the reading