AT THE DENTIST'S

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 690.

A Visit to the Doctor

Replace the underlined expressions with one of the metaphors. Make any other necessary changes.

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2. Unfortunately, a number of our investments are weak at the moment.

3. There has been a sudden large number of car thefts in our part of town.

4. Unfortunately, she is still affected in a negative way by her divorce.

5. Ralph's jealousy is a characteristic feature of a person with general low self-esteem.

6. What do you think the prospects are for the peace talks?

& 1. Read the text and describe your last visit to the dentist.

Once I had had a toothache for several days, but I couldn't pluck up courage to go to the dentist. As a matter of fact I went twice, but just as I got on his doorstep and was going to ring the bell the toothache seemed to have gone away, so I went home again. But at last I had to go back, and this time I rang the bell and was shown into the waiting-room.

There were a number of magazines there, and I had just got in the middle of an exciting story when the maid came in to say Mr. Puller was ready to see me - I'll have to wait for the next toothache to finish the story.

Well, I went into the surgery (the room where a doctor or dentist gives advice or treatment) and he told me to sit in a chair that he could move up and down, backwards and forwards, and then he had a look at the inside of my mouth. He put a little mirror on a long handle inside my mouth and poked about for a while, then he looked serious and said. “Yes, I'm afraid we can't save that one, it will have to come out.”I asked him to give me an injection. He filled a syringe with some medicine. I felt a little prick on the gum and then he injected the liquid. He did this in two or three places and waited for a minute or so.

My mouth felt rather dead. Then he took a pair of forceps, gripped the tooth, gave a twist, then a pull, and the tooth was out. I could see it and hear it but I couldn't feel it. Then he said, “It's all over. Spit in there and then wash your mouth out with this disinfectant”

2. Comprehensive questions:

1. Who did the man consult when he had a toothache?

2. How did the dentist begin to examine a patient?

3. How did the dentist prepare the patient for an injection?

4. What did the dentist do to pull the tooth out?