Text 2 (for reading and questioning)

It’s my job

My name is Dr. Choudhary, and I am a GP (General Practitioner = врач общей практики) working in an inner city area in London, just on the edge of the East End. I started work as a GP in this area over 20 years ago. In recent years many development, both technological and social, have occurred, affecting the practice enormously. I enjoyed my work here a lot at the beginning and I still do now. But there are many problems an in area like this, which you would not find in rural communities (сельских поселениях) in this country or in my home country – India. The crime rates (криминальность) are high, which affects the morale of patients we serve and ultimately (в конечном счете) the morale of the GP practice. The workload is heavier than in most rural districts, which sometimes puts potential GB’s off moving into the area. However, I have always found the job very rewording. Another feature of an inner city GP practice is that patients move around a lot. As regards (что касается) compensation for working in deprived (бедных) areas in the inner city, sometimes GPs receive extra payment.

Unit II

Dialog 1

Doctor: Come in Mr. Hall. Good Morning! Take a seat right here.

What seems to be a problem, Mr. Hall?

Patient: Doctor, I have a bad headache and I have no appetite

Doctor: Show me your tongue

Patient: (He opens his month and shows his tongue / he puts out his

lounge)

Doctor: Yes, you have a very nasty (плохой) tongue. Have you a

pain in the stomach?

Patient: Yes, doctor, sometimes, especially after meals. I have a

temperature after meals too