KEY PHRASES
Making an appointment
I’d like to make an appointment to see the doctor please. 内科・外科の予約できますか?I’d like to make an appointment to have an x-ray please. レントゲンの要約ができますか？
I’d like to make an appointment to have a blood test please. 血液検査の要約ができますか？
We have an opening at 10:00 or 10:15. １０時か１０時１５分にあきがございます。
– appointment is available at this time.
Do you have any Covid symptoms, such as a fever, sore throat, runny nose or cough?
コロナウイルスの症状がありますか？例えば、熱、喉の痛み、鼻水や石など？
At the doctor’s reception
Let me just take your temperature (check your temperature) 熱をはららせてください。
Please fill out this form and take a seat. (answer the questions on the form, and sit down) お掛けになって、これにご記入してください。
The doctor will be with you shortly (soon) 先生は間も無く参ります。
With the doctor
It looks like you hurt your leg. 足にケガをしたようですね。
What happened and where does it hurt? どうしましたか？どこが痛いですか？
I fell hard on my leg. 足に激しく落ちた
My ankle really hurts and it’s quite badly bruised and pretty swollen. 私の足首は本当に痛くて、ひどい打撲傷とかなり腫れています。
I wasn’t sure if it was broken or not, so I thought I’d come in and have it checked out. (checked out = looked at by the doctor) 折れてるかどうかが分からなくて、見てもうらうと思って来ました。
How painful is it? それはどのくらい苦痛ですか?
Let’s get it x-rayed. レントゲンを撮ってみましょう。
Do you have any allergies to any medications? 薬に関してのアレルギーがありますか？
VOCABULARY
Hurt /həːt/ – mostly a verb or adjective – physically injured
傷つける e.g. I hurt my leg.
It hurts all over my ankle.
Injure /ˈɪndʒə/ – verb – physically injured
けがする E.g. I have injured my leg
Pain/peɪn/ – noun – pinpoint , sharp – a very bad physical sensation caused by injury
全体的ではなく、一箇所の強い痛み E.g. I have a sharp pain in my leg. I am in great pain.
Painful /ˈpeɪnfʊl,/ – adjective – affected with a lot of pain
強く痛い E.g. My leg is pretty painful. (pretty = quite, or more than a little bit)
On a scale of 1-10, if 10 is the most painful, how painful is it?
Sore /sɔː/ – adjective – a large part of your body that is a little painful or aching
痛い E.g. I have a really sore leg (全体的に痛い）
My foot is sore.
I have a very sore throat.
Ache /eɪk/ – noun or verb – continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of your body
続いてる痛み（そんなに強くない）
– stomachache 腹痛 headache頭痛 backache腰痛
E.g. My lower back aches.
I have a stomachache.
I have a really bad headache.
Bruised /bruːzd/ – adjective or verb – having a bruise
あざができた E.g. My leg is quite badly bruised.
I bruised my leg while playing with the cat.
Bruise /bruːz/ – noun – dark blue or purple marked skin after it is hit
あざ E.g. I have a nasty bruise on my leg. (or a big bruise)
Swell /swɛl/ – verb – a part of the body becomes bigger, after it is hurt
膨らむ・腫れる Swell – swelled – swollen
Swollen/ˈswəʊlən/ – past participle
腫れた E.g. My ankle is pretty swollen
Break/breɪk/ – verb – a crack or fracture in a bone in the body
折れる Break – broke – broken
Broken /ˈbrəʊk(ə)n/ – past participle
折れた E.g. I wasn’t sure if my leg was broken or not.
I think my leg might be broken.
Your leg is broken.
I broke my leg playing tennis.
I broke my arm riding my bike.
X-ray /ˈɛksreɪ/ – noun and verb
レントゲン Let’s get it x-rayed
レントゲンを撮る If we get something done, then someone else will do it. So that means someone else will do the x-ray. The department in a hospital that does x-rays is called radiology.
Prescribe /prɪˈskrʌɪb/ – verb
処方箋を出す I’ll prescribe some painkillers to help you with the pain.
– When the doctor wants you to take medicine, she can’t actually give it to you right there, so she ‘prescribes’ medicine, which means she gives you a piece of paper that you can take to a chemist (drug store) to get that medication.
Painkillers – noun
痛み止め
Medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
薬 = medicine
Cast /kɑːst/ A hard bandage moulded to the body to support it when broken
ギブス
Recovery /rɪˈkʌv(ə)ri/ -noun – return to normal health
回復
DIALOGUE SCRIPT
Making an appointment
R: Good morning, Charlie’s Health Centre.
E: Hi. I’d like to make an appointment to see the doctor today please. 今日に外科の予約できますか？I had an accident this morning and injured my leg. 朝に事故をして、足にけがをしました。Do you have any appointments this morning? 今朝に予約が取れるでしょうか？
R: We have an opening at 10:00 or 10:15. Which one would you like?１０時か１０時１５分にあきがございます。どちらが宜しいでしょうか？
E: 10:00 would be great thanks. １０時にお願いします。
R: Do you have any Covid symptoms, such as a fever, sore throat, runny nose or cough? コロナウイルスの症状がありますか？例えば、熱、喉の痛み、鼻水や咳など？
E: No, otherwise I’m fine. 他には元気です。
R: OK, see you soon. では後ほどお待ちしております。
E: Thanks, bye. ありがとうございます。
At the doctor’s reception
R: Oh, are you OK? わー。大丈夫ですか？Here, let me help you. お手伝いしますね。
E: Thanks…. I have an appointment to see the doctor this morning. My name is Ellie.ありがとう。今朝に予約したえりです。
R: Hi Ellie. Let me just take your temperature. こんにちは。熱をはからせてください。That’s fine. あ、大丈夫です。Do you have your healthcare card? 保険証ありますか？Please fill out this form and take a seat. お掛けになって、これにご記入してください。
E: Yes, here you go. はい、できました。
R: Thanks. The doctor will be with you shortly. 先生は間も無く参ります。
With the doctor
D: Ellie? えりさん？
E: Yes, hi. はい
D: So Ellie, it looks like you hurt your leg. わー。足に怪我をしたようですね。What happened and where does it hurt? どうしましたか？どこが痛いですか？
E: I tripped over at home this morning while I was playing with my cat and fell hard on my leg. 朝に猫と一緒に遊びながら足に激しく落ちた。My ankle really hurts and it’s quite badly bruised and pretty swollen. 私の足首は本当に痛くて、ひどい打撲傷とかなり腫れています。I wasn’t sure if it was broken or not, so I thought I’d come in and have it checked out.折れてるかどうかが分からなくて、見てもうらうと思って来ました。
D: Yes, it is very swollen and bruised. かなり腫れているしあざもひどいですね。
On a scale of 1-10, if 10 is the most painful, how painful is it? 1〜10のスケールで、10が最も苦痛である場合、それはどのくらい苦痛ですか？
E: It’s pretty painful. About an 8. 結構痛いですね。８位ですね。
D: Does it hurt if I do this? こう触ると痛いですか？
E: Ow! Yes! あー、痛い！
D: You did the right thing about coming in. 見てもれって良かったと思います。 Let’s get it x-rayed and in the meantime I’ll prescribe some painkillers to help you with the pain. レントゲンを撮ってみましょう。待ってる間に痛み止めの処方箋を出します。Do you have any allergies to any medications? 薬に関してのアレルギーがありますか？
E: No. No allergies. いいえ。アレルギーがないです。
D: OK. Do you need me to look at anything else while you’re here?他には宜しいでしょうか？
E: No, I’m OK otherwise.後は大丈夫です。
D: OK, the nurse will take you to radiology for the x-ray. では、看護師はレントゲンを撮るために放射線科に連れて行きます。If it’s broken, we’ll need to put on a cast and recovery will take about 6 weeks. 折れた場合はギブスをつける必要があり、回復するまでには約6週間かかります。You won’t be able to drive until the cast comes off. ギブスが外れるまで運転できません。