#0164 – Seeing a Specialist, - Ang, mater, ESL Podcast McQuillan Jeff mp3+PDF

#0164 – Seeing a Specialist

#0164 – Seeing a Specialist, - Ang, mater, ESL Podcast McQuillan Jeff mp3+PDF

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ESL Podcast 164 – Seeing a Specialist
GLOSSARY
nagging pain
– a pain that continues to hurt and that won’t go away
* I can’t sleep at night because of the nagging pain in my back.
routine tests
– regular tests, not special ones
* The doctor ordered some routine tests for my daughter.
specialist
– a doctor who specializes in an area of medicine
* My doctor said that a specialist would be able to tell me what is wrong with my
eye.
GP
(general practitioner) – a doctor trained to give general health care; not a
specialist
* If anyone in the family is sick, they go see our family GP.
to refer
– to be given a recommendation to see someone
* My friend referred me to a good car mechanic.
to diagnose
– to find the problem
* The gardener diagnosed the problem with my plant and now it’s healthy.
to order some tests
– to have medical tests done to a patient
* My eye doctor ordered some tests to find out why I’m having difficulty seeing.
surgery
– when the doctor cuts open or performs some procedure on or in your
body
* The surgery on her hand went well and she should recover soon.
procedure
– a series of activities or steps
* Does anyone know the procedure for installing this program?
to relieve
–
to reduce or stop pain
* I took the pills and it relieved my shoulder pain.
high risk operation
– dangerous surgery
* She decided to have the high risk operation against her doctor’s advice.
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not at all
– definitely not
* I asked him if changing seats would cause a problem and he said, “Not at all.”
treatment options
– choices for medical care
* After thinking about all of the treatment options, I decided to take the
medication.
not that…
– short for “not something that” or “not anyone that”
* I have nothing to wear in my closet, at least, not that I would wear to the party.
course of treatment
– a series of things the doctor does to cure you or make
your better
* We decided on this course of treatment for my father.
second opinion
– another opinion or diagnosis
* It’s a good idea to get a second opinion just to be sure.
going under the knife
– to have surgery
* I have a good surgeon so I’m not worried about going under the knife.
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. Simon went to see the specialist because:
a) he didn’t trust his GP
b) he was referred to the specialist by his doctor
c) he wanted to get a second opinion.
2. After seeing the specialist, Simon plans to:
a) talk to another specialist
b) get surgery
c) never see another doctor
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WHAT ELSE DOES IT MEAN?
relieve
The verb “relieve,” in this podcast, means to stop the pain: “I took the medicine
and it relieved my headache.” You can also use “relieve” to mean to make
someone feel less worried or anxious: “She was relieved to hear that she would
not be fired from her job.” The verb “relieve” can also mean to free someone
from an unwanted responsibility: “He relieved me of the cooking when he tasted
the first meal I cooked.”
routine
The adjective “routine” means to do what is regularly done, not something
special: “My car needs routine maintenance to run well.” It can also be used as
a noun to mean a sequence of actions: “My daily routine includes a workout at
the gym.”
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CULTURE NOTE
Most Americans have private health insurance; that is, they or their employers
pay for a private company to take care of their doctor and hospital expenses.
Unlike many other countries, the United States does not have a national, free
health system. The national or “federal” government does pay for the medical
care of certain people who are very poor or who are old, but there are many
people in the U.S. with no health insurance at all. Most people are part of a
“group health” plan called a Health Maintenance Organization, or HMO. These
HMOs are private companies that organize and administer clinics and hospitals
for their members. You become a member of an HMO by paying a certain
amount of money, or by having your company pay for you.
When you first get sick, you usually have to see a GP before being able to talk to
a medical specialist. The GP will examine you and, if he or she thinks you need
to see someone who is an expert, you will get a “referral” – permission to talk to
another doctor who specializes in the problem you have. If you don’t agree with
your doctor, you can also get a second opinion, usually without having to pay any
extra money.
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Comprehension Questions Correct Answers: 1 – b; 2 – a
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast Number 164, “Seeing a
Specialist.”
You are listening to English as a Second Language Podcast Episode 164. I'm
your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational
Development in the beautiful city of Los Angeles in the beautiful state of
California here in the United States.
On today's podcast, we are going to the doctor to see a specialist. Let's go!
<start of story>
I went to see my doctor because I had a nagging pain in my leg. After he
examined me and did some routine tests, he suggested that I go see a specialist.
I made an appointment with Dr. Slope.
Dr. Slope: Good morning! How are you today?
Simon: I'm fine, Dr. Slope. My GP, Dr. Harding, referred me to you. He thought
that you might be able to diagnose the problem with my leg.
Dr. Slope: Well, let's take a look. Hmm, I want to order some tests, but I think
you may need surgery. It's a simple procedure and it will relieve your pain.
Simon: So, it's not a high risk operation?
Dr. Slope: No, not at all. It's quite routine.
Simon: Are there any other treatment options?
Dr. Slope: Not that I'd recommend. This is the best course of treatment, in my
opinion.
I was really surprised by what Dr. Slope said. I really didn't want to have surgery.
I think I'd better get a second opinion before going under the knife.
<end of story>
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This podcast is called “Seeing a Specialist.” A “specialist” is usually a doctor that
is an expert in one particular area of medicine. So, it could be a cardiologist,
someone who's an expert with the heart. It could be a pediatrician, someone
who works especially with young children. Well, [there are] many different types
of specialties and specialists in medicine. And, in today's podcast, the story
begins by me saying that I went to my doctor because I had a nagging pain in my
leg. A “nagging pain” or a “nagging paint”—in my dialect in Minnesota here in the
United States, I say “nagging,” [a long “a” sound] but the more common
pronunciation, the more standard pronunciation is probably “nagging.” “Nagging,
nagging”—see, it’s hard for me to say it!—is “nagging.” And we say that we have
a nagging pain, we mean that it is a pain that is bothering us for a long time, that
isn't serious in the sense that you have to go to the hospital, but it bothers you, it
hurts you enough so that you may want to go to the doctor. The word “nagging”
comes from a verb, “to nag,” which means to bother. We usually use the verb,
however, as something that someone does to someone else. “His wife is always
nagging him about something,” means she's always telling him to do something,
always asking him to do something, over and over again, so much that it begins
to bother him. So, that is the word “nagging.”
So, after the doctor examined me - and the verb “to examine” is the verb we use
to…what doctors do to you, they examine you. When you go to a hospital or to
the doctor's office, there's usually an “exam room” or an “examination room.”
This is not “exam,” like a test, but it's exam, here, means to look at, to examine.
You go into the examination room and the doctor examines you. In this case, my
doctor ran some routine tests. A “test” could be a “blood test,” where they take
some of your blood and they send it to a laboratory to check for certain things.
The verb we use for medical tests is usually to “run.” “I'm going to run some test
on you” or “he ran some tests on me.” It means he performed or he did some of
these tests. When we say something is a “routine test,” we mean it's a normal,
regular test that the doctor runs many, many different times with different
patients, not a special test. Routine tests may be…a blood test, that sort of thing.
Well, the doctor suggested that I go see a specialist, and we already know what
a specialist is, someone who is an expert in a particular area of medicine.
Usually in the United States, to become a doctor, first you have to go through
four years of a regular bachelor's degree. In some countries, you can start
training to become a doctor as soon as you graduate from high school, but that's
not true in the US. In the United States, you have to have a bachelor's degree, a
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