Set 65 - you’ll be up and about in a few days

Advanced English Conversations (2) - Robert Allans, Matt Edie, A. Mustafaoglu 2020

Set 65 - you’ll be up and about in a few days

Doctor: What can I do for you, Mr. Johnsons?

Patient: Well, I’ve been running a temperature for the last couple of days. I’m clearly coming down with a cold. It’s very irritating. I feel down all day and I can’t concentrate on my work.

Doctor: Hmm. Let’s take a look. Yeah right; I don’t think it’s anything serious. You seem to be over the worst of it.

Patient: Well; my colleagues advised me to be active so that I keep my mind off the symptoms. I did try to go about my work but the symptoms knocked me down. My joints are killing me and I’ve been lying on the sofa as if I was at death’s door!

Doctor: No worries! You’re on the mend and you’ll be up and about in a short while. Take these bills twice a day. If your pain persists, come back in two days.

Patient: How about the aches and pains in my neck? Isn’t there any medicine to ease them?

Doctor: Rest assured that your pain will disappear right after taking the bills. Just relax.

Vocabulary;

run a temperature: to be suffering from a high temperature.

come down with: to begin to suffer from (a specified illness).

feel down: to feel depressed or unhappy.

over the worst of something: to be on the road to recovery, improvement etc.

keep my mind off something: to stop you from worrying or thinking about a problem or pain.

go about: to begin or to carry on with an activity; to undertake something in a particular way.

knock down: to overwhelm; to thrust someone or something to the ground by hitting.

at death’s door: extremely ill or very close to death or total destruction.

on the mend: healing or getting well; improving in health.

up and about: no longer in bed (after sleep or an illness).

rest assured: To be certain or confident (about something).

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate phrases or words;

1. I think I've started running a .......... Maybe I should go lie down.

2. There are many parts of the environment that are now at .......... due to the effects of pollution.

3. The surgery went very well, and the doctor is optimistic that she'll be .......... soon.

4. The force of the blast .......... us ..........

5. Every member of our team has over 20 years of experience, so you can .......... that your investment portfolio is in good hands.

6. David had a rough week of it with the flu, but he's on .......... now, thank God

7. James hasn’t fully recovered from his injury but he’s over the ..........

8. I .......... each time I have to leave home in the morning. I hate my job, obviously.

9. The good thing about running is that it takes my .......... problems I have.

10. Your application could take weeks if you don't .......... it in the right way.

11. Susan .......... with a bad cold and had to cancel her trip.

1. temperature 2. death's door 3. up and about 4. knocked / down 5. rest assured 6. the mend 7. worst of it 8. feel down 9. mind off 10. go about 11. came down