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Intermediate Health

At The Medical Centre Worksheet 1: A consultation

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Intermediate Health At The Medical Centre Worksheet 1: A consultation

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Worksheet 1: A consultation

A. Look at the picture and discuss the questions.

1. Who are the people in the picture?

2. Where are they?

3. What might they be saying?

4. Do you have a regular doctor you visit?

5. Does your doctor accept appointments?

6. Do you usually see a doctor on your own, or accompanied by a relative/friend?

7. Do you need an interpreter if you go to the doctor?

8. Can you remember some of the words and phrases you need during a consultation?

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B. Read about the stages of a consultation. The stages of a consultation

Medical consultations are usually in a number of stages. We find some or all of the following

stages in most consultations.

1. Starting the consultation

2. Talking about symptoms

3. Examination

4. Diagnosis (saying what causes the symptoms)

5. Referral (giving the patient a letter of introduction to a specialist or another health

professional)

6. Prognosis (giving an opinion about how serious the problem is, and what might happen in

the future)

7. Suggested treatment

8. Discussing the suggested treatment (answering the patient’s questions, informing the patient

about any side-effects)

9. Closing

C. Read what the doctors and patients say in some medical consultations.

At which stages of a consultation would they occur?

Write the number of the stage next to each sentence.

a. Patient: I wake up and then I can’t get back to sleep.

b. 1 Doctor: Now what seems to be the problem?

c. Doctor: I want you to have an X-ray.

d. Patient: Thank you very much, Doctor. Good bye.

e. Doctor: Stand up and bend forward slowly.

f. Doctor: I’m afraid it may take a long time to recover completely.

g. Doctor: It sounds like you’re under more stress than you’re used to.

h. Doctor: I’d like you to take some medication to ease the pain.

i. Patient: I’ve got terrible pain in my lower back.

j. Patient: Doctor, are there any side effects of the medication?

k. Doctor: I think you should see a specialist.

Intermediate Health

A Healthy Lifestyle Worksheet 1:

Talking about a healthy lifestyle

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Intermediate Health A Healthy Lifestyle Worksheet 1: Talking about a healthy lifestyle

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Worksheet 1: Talking about a healthy lifestyle

Discuss these questions.

1. Some people think drinking lots of water is essential for a long life. Do you agree?

2. What two factors do you think are essential for a long and healthy life?

3. What are three things you should do if you want to keep your weight down?

4. What is a ‘fad’ or ‘crash’ diet?

5. Where do you often see these sorts of diets?

6. Why do you think they are not recommended?

7. Who does most of the cooking at home?

8. Where do you eat if you go out?

9. Do you think you have a healthy diet?

10. Is the diet in your country different to Australia?

11. What differences have you found?

12. Do you do regular exercise?

13. Do you get enough sleep?

14. Do you smoke?

15. How has your lifestyle changed since you have been here?

Intermediate Work

Job Interview Worksheet 5: An interview

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Intermediate Work Job Interview Worksheet 5: An interview

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Worksheet 5: An interview

A. Read the job advertisements and choose a job that would be suitable for

you.

1. Qualifications: Technical College Certificate

Experience: At least three years experience

Desirable: Advanced Certificate in Hair Colour

Hours of work: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am – 7 pm

Salary: Negotiable depending on experience

Contact: The owner, Beauty4U

Telephone: 0421 444 212

2. Qualifications: Bachelor of Education

Experience: Previous teaching experience essential

Desirable: Experience teaching ESL

Hours of work: 38 hours/week

Salary: $60,000 per year

Contact: The Headmaster, Sunnyhill Primary School, Sunnyvale

Telephone: 20 14 63 90 (business hours)

3.

Qualifications: Not necessary

Experience: No experience necessary

Desirable: Previous experience in a restaurant

Hours of work: 5 pm to midnight Friday to Sunday

Salary: $16 per hour

Contact: The Manager, ‘Ties’ Restaurant, Monash

Telephone: 9998 4501

4. Qualifications: Not necessary

Experience: Training provided

Desirable: Previous experience in supermarket or similar

Hours of work: 3 pm – 7 pm weekdays, 9 am – 4 pm weekends


Contact: Marie at Corner Supermarket, Coogee

Telephone: 8877 5026 or in person

5. Qualifications: Not necessary

Experience: Able to operate a lawnmower

Desirable: Previous gardening experience

Hours of work: 10 hours per week


Contact: Johnnie, The Links Golf Club, Kensington

Telephone: 0408 567 987 (business hours)

6. Qualifications: Technical College Certificate (Catering)

Experience: At least 5 years experience

Desirable: Previous experience in a 5 star hotel

Hours of work: Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 10 pm


Contact: The Manager, The JW Hotel, Sydney

Email: email resume to [email protected]

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B. Imagine you are going for an interview for the job and you want to prepare

for the interview.

Answer the questions and be positive about yourself.

Write the main points

1. Why would you want this job?

2. How suited are you to the job?

a. What qualities can you bring to this job?

b. What skills have you got to do this job?

c. What experience have you had in this kind of work?

d. What training or qualifications have you got for the job?

3. What questions would you ask about the job?

Intermediate Money

Money Matters Worksheet 6:

An opinion article

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Intermediate Money Money Matters Worksheet 6: An opinion article

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Worksheet 6: An opinion article

Opinions often appear in newspapers and magazines and on internet forums. The purpose of

an opinion text is to persuade someone or a group of people to do something.

A. Read this article.

What the punters want By Amanda Ravine

The welfare lobby and its supporters have flooded the media in recent weeks with

their call for increased government spending on services such as schools, hospitals

and aged care instead of providing tax cuts in the coming budget. Perhaps those

who support getting a tax cut are frightened they will be seen as selfish. But where is

the logic or fairness in asking people to pay for government services they don’t need

or may never get? I call on the Government to give the wage earner tax relief

through tax cuts.

The country has experienced strong economic growth in the last couple of years. The

domestic economy is strong. It is supported by low unemployment and low interest

rates. In the last few years we have managed to reduce debt and produce a

surplus. Why shouldn’t individuals share in the surplus through lower taxes? Why

shouldn’t the Government put its spare cash into consumers’ pockets?

Tax cuts can give immediate financial relief to all wage earners while providing

services to the community can take a very long time. Sometimes, in fact, services

that have been promised are never delivered. Whatever happened to the plans to

build the new airport or the intercapital fast train? Was the money promised for these

projects used to fund the salary increases of top public servants instead?

Still on services, those such as hospitals or schools are provided for whole

communities, when they may not be needed by every member. My own area, for

example, has an excellent hospital and there are numbers of support services which

are provided locally. We have schools run by the Government, and the Catholic and

private sectors. No need for more spending on these services here.

Another reason for tax cuts is that they can be targeted where they are most

needed. At the moment, those who are most in need of tax relief are those earners

who give away almost half of what they earn to the taxman. What kind of incentive

is this for people to work harder and produce more?

Many of us would prefer to have the cash in hand and make our own decisions

about how to spend our share of the national surplus. Individuals need to assert their

rights and interests and call on the Government to provide tax cuts and let each of

us decide what to do with the money we have earned.

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B. Circle the correct answer.

1. What is the topic of the article?

a. Increasing Government taxes.

b. The need for extra services.

c. Giving tax cuts to wage earners.

2. Which sentences best summarise the writer’s opinion?

a. The economy is in good shape and there is money to spend. The Government

should return it as tax cuts to workers, not spend it on services that only benefit

some people.

b. Workers are not selfish when they ask for tax cuts. If they get them they can

spend the money and this will make the economy grow.

c. Workers have the right to expect tax cuts from the Government as well as

getting all the services they need.

C. What example does the writer give to support the following arguments?

1. Sometimes services that have been promised are never delivered.

2. Sometimes services can be provided to an area when not everyone needs them.

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