You're visiting a doctor because of a problem with your knee. The doctor recommends that you get surgery. You're worried about getting surgery. The doctor see this and tries to reassure you by saying:
It's a routine procedure.
You work at a doctor's office. At work, you have access to a lot of your patients' personal information. You're explaining your job to an extended family member who doesn't know much about it, and you want to explain that you can't share any information about the patients. When you're talking about the private information, you say:
It's strictly confidential.
access, doctor, information, secret, work You work at a doctor's office. You're talking to a member of your extended family about your job. You want to express how serious your responsibilities are at work, so you talk about the information that you are able to see there:
We have access to all kinds of personal information about the patients.
access, doctor, information, medicine, work (topic) You're at the dentist's office. The dentist tells you that you are grinding your teeth at night, and suggests that you get a mouth guard to wear while you're sleeping. You're worried about how much it will cost, so you want to know if your insurance will pay for it. You ask her:
Do you know whether that would be covered by my insurance?
You're a doctor. Your friend tells you that her daughter, who's a high school student, has started to say that she might want to be a doctor when she grows up. When you see your friend's daughter, you say:
I hear you're considering going into medicine.
advice, career, conversation starters, doctor, gerund, hearsay, job, plans, progressive aspect You're a successful doctor. You're giving advice to a high school student who thinks she might want to become a doctor. You're telling her what qualities are important for becoming a doctor. The first thing you say is:
Most importantly, you've got to be passionate about it.
You had a pain in your shoulder. You went to see a doctor, and she gave you some medicine. Now you've returned home and you're telling your roommate what happened. You say:
She wrote me a prescription for some pain killers.
Your shoulder hurts sometimes. It hurts badly when you raise your arms up. You want to describe this pain to a doctor. You say:
I get this sharp pain in my shoulder whenever I raise my arm.
body, determiners, doctor, health, pain, repeated actions, 日本語サポート You're at a doctor's office to get checked up for a pain in your knee. The nurse takes you to an examining room and says:
The doctor will be with you in just a moment.
