AFTER YOU READ
A
Read the doctor-patient communication quiz again. Take the quiz and score your results.
Writers don’t always express their ideas or information clearly and directly.
Sometimes they give hints or clues that only suggest what they mean.
Readers must
make an inference
, or combine the information on the page
with their own experiences, to understand the author’s full meaning.
Reading Skill
B
Read the Reading Skill. Complete the statements based on your inferences from the text.
1.
This article is probably from an online
.
a.
children’s website
b.
medical website
c.
social or friends’ website
2.
The article suggests that communication between doctors and patients
.
a.
is excellent
b.
never happens
c.
needs improving
3.
The article suggests that the questions in the quiz can help you learn to communicate with
your doctor
.
a.
in a better way
b.
in a worse way
c.
in the same way
VOCABULARY STUDY
Collocations
A
collocation
is a grouping of two or more words that are frequently used together.
This combination of the words sounds natural to native speakers. For example,
the words
do
and
the dishes
are often used together in natural speech.
Collocations
Verb + Noun
Adverb + Verb Adjective + Noun Adverb + Adjective
make a mistake totally agree fast food
wide awake
Build Your Vocabulary
Read the Build Your Vocabulary note.
Then match the words that are used together in the article.
1.
treatment
a.
provider
2.
take
b.
effects
3.
active
c.
a quiz
4.
communication
d.
options
5.
side
e.
skills
6.
health care
f.
member
PAIRS
Do you think the quiz gives good advice for
communicating with health care providers? Do you
agree with your quiz results? Explain your answers.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ON THE WEB
For more information, go online
and search “tips for talking to your
doctor.” Find a new suggestion and
report back to the class.
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