Medical English
von: Ramón Ribes, Pablo R. Ros
Springer-Verlag, 2005
ISBN: 9783540305842
Sprache: Englisch
199 Seiten, Download: 2918 KB
Format: PDF, auch als Online-Lesen
| Foreword | 8 | ||
| Preface | 9 | ||
| Contents | 13 | ||
| Contributors | 16 | ||
| Unit I Reading, Listening, Talking and Writing. Self-evaluation | 19 | ||
| Introduction | 19 | ||
| Exercise 1 | 23 | ||
| Exercise 2 | 24 | ||
| Exercise 3 | 24 | ||
| Exercise 4 | 24 | ||
| Exercise 5 | 25 | ||
| Exercise 6 | 25 | ||
| Exercise 7 | 25 | ||
| Unit II Grammar in Use | 31 | ||
| Introduction | 31 | ||
| Tenses | 31 | ||
| Modal Verbs | 42 | ||
| Conditionals | 48 | ||
| Passive Voise | 52 | ||
| Reported Speech | 55 | ||
| Questions | 58 | ||
| Infinitive/ -Ing | 60 | ||
| Articles | 64 | ||
| Word Order | 67 | ||
| Relative Clauses | 68 | ||
| Adjectives | 71 | ||
| Prepositions | 77 | ||
| Unit III Scintific Literature | 83 | ||
| Writing an Article | 83 | ||
| Letters | 102 | ||
| Unit IV Talks and Courses | 107 | ||
| Introduction | 107 | ||
| Course Example | 107 | ||
| General Information | 112 | ||
| Local Information | 112 | ||
| Giving a Talk | 113 | ||
| Unit V Some of the Most Frequent Mistakes Made by Doctors Speaking in English | 123 | ||
| What Can Go Wrong ... Nightmares That Dont't Come True | 123 | ||
| English Grammar | 124 | ||
| Misnomers and False Friend | 125 | ||
| Common Basic Mistakes | 127 | ||
| Unit VI Latin and Greek Termonology | 133 | ||
| Introduction | 133 | ||
| Plural Rules | 133 | ||
| Exercises | 134 | ||
| List of Latin and Greek Terms and Their Plurals | 135 | ||
| Unit VII Acronyms and Abbreviations | 151 | ||
| Introduction | 151 | ||
| Common Sentences Containing Abbreviations | 154 | ||
| Abbreviation Lists | 158 | ||
| Unit VIII The Clinical History | 185 | ||
| Communication Skills | 185 | ||
| The Chart | 186 | ||
| Taking a Clinical History | 186 | ||
| Patient Examination | 194 | ||
| Special Examinations and Laboratory Findings | 196 | ||
| Case History | 197 | ||
| Unit IX Conversation Survival Guide | 201 | ||
| Introduction | 201 | ||
| At the Airport | 203 | ||
| During the Flight | 203 | ||
| In the Taxi | 204 | ||
| At the Hotel | 205 | ||
| At the Restaurant | 206 | ||
| Shopping | 208 | ||
| At the Hairdresser | 210 | ||
| Cars | 211 | ||
| Having a Dring (or Two) | 213 | ||
| On the Phone | 214 | ||
| In the Bank | 214 |