Medical English | Elementary ESL Reading Worksheet PDF

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When you feel sick, you go to the doctor. The doctor works at a clinic or a hospital. Before you see the doctor, you tell the nurse what is wrong. The nurse writes down your symptoms — the things you feel when you are sick. Common symptoms include a fever，一个 cough，一个 sore throat或者 stomachache.

Inside the doctor’s room, the doctor asks questions and checks your body. This is called an examination. The doctor may listen to your heart with a stethoscope, look at your throat, or check your blood pressure. These checks help the doctor find out what is wrong with you.

After the examination, the doctor tells you what is wrong. This is called the diagnosis. If you need medicine, the doctor writes a prescription. You take the prescription to a pharmacy to get your medicine. The pharmacist gives you the medicine and tells you how to take it.

It is important to tell the doctor everything. Tell the doctor how long you have been sick and exactly where it hurts. Also tell the doctor if you are allergic to any medicine. An allergy means your body reacts badly to something. Good communication helps the doctor help you get better quickly.

A. 词汇

1. symptom ____
2. examination ____
3. diagnosis ____
4. prescription ____
5. pharmacy ____
6. fever ____
7. stethoscope ____
8. allergy ____
9. pressure ____
10. pharmacist ____

a. a written note from the doctor that lets you get medicine
b. when your body temperature is higher than normal
c. a person who prepares and gives out medicine at a pharmacy
d. when your body reacts badly to something, like a food or medicine
e. something you feel when you are sick, like pain or a fever
f. a check of your body by a doctor to find out what is wrong
g. the doctor’s decision about what illness you have
h. a shop where you can buy medicine with a prescription
i. a tool doctors use to listen to your heart and lungs
j. the force of blood pushing against the walls of your blood vessels

B. 对还是错

____ A doctor works at a clinic or a hospital.
____ You tell your symptoms to the doctor before the nurse.
____ A fever means your body temperature is higher than normal.
____ A stethoscope is used to check your blood pressure.
____ The examination is when the doctor checks your body.
____ A diagnosis tells you the name of your illness.
____ You take a prescription to the pharmacy to get medicine.
____ You should hide your allergies from the doctor.
____ The pharmacist tells you how to take your medicine.

C. 填空

词库： symptom, prescription, diagnosis, allergy, pharmacy

The things you feel when you are sick, like a cough or fever, are called ___.
After the examination, the doctor tells you the ___ — what illness you have.
A doctor writes a ___ so you can get medicine.
You go to a ___ to get the medicine the doctor ordered.
If medicine makes your body react badly, you have an ___ to it.

D. 理解性问题

What does a nurse do before you see the doctor?
Name two things a doctor might do during an examination.
Why is it important to tell the doctor if you are allergic to any medicine?

答案

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A. 词汇： 1-e, 2-f, 3-g, 4-a, 5-h, 6-b, 7-i, 8-d, 9-j, 10-c

B. 判断题： 1-T, 2-F, 3-T, 4-F, 5-T, 6-T, 7-T, 8-F, 9-T

C. 填空： 1-symptom, 2-diagnosis, 3-prescription, 4-pharmacy, 5-allergy

D. 理解：

Before you see the doctor, the nurse asks what is wrong and writes down your symptoms.
During an examination the doctor may listen to your heart with a stethoscope, look at your throat, or check your blood pressure. (Accept any two.)
Telling the doctor about your allergies is important because some medicines can make your body react very badly if you are allergic to them. The doctor will choose a safe medicine instead.

🇹🇼 Also in Chinese: This topic is available on 18KEnglish.com — bilingual worksheets for Chinese-speaking students.