【一起学英语】第3期|Social History

You will hear some statements made by patients. Choose the questions the doctor must have asked to elicit the patients' responses. 

1. 

A.How long have you been unemployed?

B Do you have any children?

C Are you working right now?

2.

A Where do you work?

B Is your job quite stressful?

C Are your working conditions safe?

3.

A Do you smoke a pipe or cigarettes？

B How long have you been smoking?

C Have you ever tried to stop smoking?

4.

A Do you only drink at night or do you start in the morning?

B Do you ever feel guilty about your use of alcohol?

C.Have you ever tried cutting down on your drinking?

1.I'm a maths teacher at a boys school.

2.Yes, this is my first term teaching and I am still quite nervous.

3.I've been trying to give up smoking cigarettes since last December.

4.Every morning when I get up I need a stimulant, you know, a drink to get me through the day.

Dialogue A/B/

Note:

Dialogue A is in British English;

Dialogue B is in American English

D:Do you have a job at the moment?/Are you working right now?/

P:No,I've just been made redundant/laid off/.

D:Oh,I'm sorry.what was your job?

P:I was a civil servant in Customs and Excise./I was a manager for an import and export company./

D:I see.Was it an office job or were you on your feet all day?

P: I was desk-bound.I'm afraid./I worked behind a desk.／

D: Was it managerial—did you have a lot of responsibility?

P:Yes, I was in charge of a large department.

D:I see, quite stressful. Now tell me, do you smoke?

P:Yes, /I do,/unfortunately, quite a bit/lot/.

D: Oh, really, how much?

P:Oh, about forty /two packs/a day.

D:How long have you been smoking?

P:Since I was about fourteen.

D:Have wou ever tried to give up/quit/smoking?

P:Yes, I've tried to give it up several times,but without success.

D:What about drinking? Do you drink?

P:Yes, sometimes with my friends.

D:How much alcohol do you drink a day?

P:Let's see… A couple of pints in the pub /glasses of beer/at lunch time, a whisky in the evening and about half a bottle of wine with our meal /my dinner/.

D:That's quite a bit. How old were you when you started drinking?

P:Oh, about 17 or 18, I suppose.

D:What sort of house do you live in? /What about your living conditions? Where do you live?/

P:We live in a small flat /apartment/ .It's our own but we are still paying the mortgage on it,of course./We own it, but of course we are still paying the mortgage on it./