Welcome back to Learn English with Camille.
I'm so excited that you're here.
Today we're going to be reading a short story, and not only reading, but we're going to be doing a comprehension quiz at the end and I'm going to be going over a lot of new vocabulary.
So if you haven't seen this book, this is a book that I've written.
I've written many short storybooks for beginner.
This is an intermediate level.
I have a travel story that is an intermediate level.
And I also have an advanced storybook.
Teachers use these books in classrooms.
Tutors use them with their students.
And a lot of you guys already have this book.
If you don't and you want to get it, you can purchase it on my website as a PDF learnenglishwithcamillecom, or on Amazon.
You get free audio.
There are 30 stories, hundreds of vocabulary words, and these books are designed to help the learner along in their journey to get to the next level.
So I'm excited to read with you.
Grab your coffee or your tea.
I got this cup when I was traveling in Jordan, so it's super cute floral cup hand-made and I'm drinking water because I already had my morning coffee but I'm super excited like I said this story this story actually is called Bringing Maddox to the Doctors.
Maddox is my son, so I have had to do this many times.
This story takes up about a page.
So this is about a page.
These stories are two to 300 words each.
After they have a multiple choice quiz, a fill in the blank section and then a word list to just further describe.
Is this a noun, is this a verb, a phrasal verb?
As well as the meaning,
So I'm going to go ahead and read this story straight through so you can hear the flow in English.
You can listen to the connected speech, the stress on the words, and then I'll go back and walk you through it.
Are you ready?
Okay.
Maddox had a deep cough that wouldn't go away.
It was mostly in the evening time and during the night.
At first his mom Camille, thought it was allergies, but now she was concerned that maybe he had an infection and needed an antibiotic.
She called their pediatrician and scheduled an appointment for that morning.
They arrived 10 minutes early and the waiting room was full.
Wow, there must be a lot of sicknesses going around, Camille thought.
Finally, Maddox's name was called.
The nurse took his temperature, weight, and blood pressure.
She jotted down his symptoms on the computer and told them that the doctor would be right in.
The doctor greeted them and then checked Maddox's ears, throat, and nose.
He listened to Maddox's heart and lungs with his stethoscope.
Everything looks good.
I don't see any signs of an infection, but I will prescribe a cough medicine and to help Maddox sleep at night.
If he's not any better in a few days, please call the office and let us know, the doctor said.
I've already sent your prescription to the pharmacy.
You can pick it up in 15 minutes.
Okay, thanks so much.
I'm reassured that it's nothing serious, Camille replied.
They left the office and headed to the pharmacy.
As I was reading this, I realized how helpful this will be for you if you need to go to the doctors in English, if you're studying medicine, if you need to know to tell your child's teacher, or just anything like my child has a cough.
There's so many words in here that will be helpful.
So let's go over this story.
This is story 22, by the way, and it's on page 89 if you have the book and wanted to follow along.
So Maddox?
I could say Maddox had a cough, but a deep cough means it comes from somewhere deep in his throat.
A deep cough, okay.
And it wouldn't go away, go away, so it just stayed.
And it was mostly in the evening and during the night, okay?
So at first, Camille thought it was allergies.
So allergies?
People can get a cough from allergies if they're allergic to something, if they're allergic to pollen, which means that their body cannot handle either eating the food or breathing in if it's in the air.
That's what an allergy would be.
So she was concerned, which is another word for worried. that maybe he had an infection.
So if you're reading this on your own and you're like, oh my gosh, what do these mean?
You can go back to the word list Cough is on the word list.
Allergy, infection.
And it actually is the invasion and multiplication of harmful microorganisms.
So it's a technical thing.
And usually with an infection, you need an antibiotic to get rid of it.
A virus, you don't.
A virus goes away on its own.
So an antibiotic is something stronger that usually a doctor has to prescribe.
You can't, at least in the U.S., you can't walk in and just get an antibiotic.
Some countries you can.
I've done it in traveling and stuff.
But usually you need the doctor to write the prescription, which means prescription is what you need to take, the medicine you need to take.
So pediatrician is a child's, a children's doctor.
So pediatrician specializes in treating children.
And we schedule appointments.
So I scheduled an appointment.
That word schedule is British English.
In American, we say scheduled.
Okay.
Okay.
So they arrived early.
The waiting room is just where people wait to see the doctor.
It was full, so that means there was a lot of people.
Skipping on down, the nurse.
So usually before we see a doctor, we see a nurse.
And the nurse takes our temperature.
So our temperature is like our body temperature.
If it's too hot or too high, that means maybe we have a fever.
So they always take the temperature.
And we say take.
We don't say I'm going to measure your temperature.
We say I'm going to take your temperature.
So the nurse took his temperature and then weight, so how much he weighed, and blood pressure.
So blood pressure is when you have to put the cuff around your arm, you know.
And then they do the little pumping thing.
Usually it's with a machine now it's more automated but they want to check your blood pressure as well, which they did.
So I am seeing I don't have blood pressure on my list.
Okay.
Going down, he listened with a stethoscope.
A stethoscope is the thing around your neck.
You put the little things in your ears and then put it on your chest to listen to your heartbeat, to listen to your lungs for breathing.
So he did that.
He didn't see any signs of infection, which is good.
Oh, I forgot going above.
I didn't see.
Oh, my gosh.
I missed a couple things.
Jotted down his symptoms.
If you jot something down, it means you wrote it down.
It's a more advanced but fun way to say it.
You can jot down some notes while watching this video.
So she jotted down his symptoms.
Actually, you can also jot it down on the computer.
So you can type or write.
Okay?
Okay.
So then it was the doctor that came in and checked Maddox's ears.
These are ears, which you should know if you're in intermediate English.
Ears, throat, which is right here.
I hope I'm not touching my mic.
And nose, which is right here.
Okay.
So then your heart and your lungs are in this area.
Yeah.
And then, yeah, the doctor didn't see anything but prescribed a cough medicine.
So this wasn't an antibiotic.
The doctor can prescribe any type of medicine, even pain medicine.
So then he finished off by saying if he's not any better, if he doesn't improve, then call the office.
So call back and tell them.
And then the doctor said, I've already sent your prescription to the pharmacy.
So in American English the place where the prescriptions are, where the medicines are, is called the pharmacy.
And you can usually find a ton of things at pharmacies now.
It's very different from Europe.
Where in Europe you go in the pharmacy and it's usually just medicines creams, maybe some body lotions and things.
In the United States, Some pharmacies are basically a mini store.
You can buy food, you can buy toys, you can buy anything.
It's like a mini store nowadays.
So it's kind of crazy.
But yes, if you're in America, go to a pharmacy and you'll see what I'm talking about.
And then Camille said, I'm reassured.
Reassured meaning, okay, somebody says something and it made me feel better.
I know I don't have to worry anymore.
And then they left the office and headed to, phrasal verb, headed to the pharmacy.
So they went to the pharmacy.
So I hope the reading of this story and me explaining things helps you understand it better.
I'm going to go ahead and have you do two of the multiple choice questions with me and then a couple fill in the blank.
So number one, what symptom did Maddox experience mostly in the evening and during the night?
Was it sneezing, fever, cough, headache?
What was it?
If you said cough, that is correct.
And let's do another one.
What did the doctor use to listen to Maddox's heart and lungs?
Thermometer, blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, otoscope.
If you said stethoscope, you're correct.
Okay, let's go down to a couple of the fill in the blanks.
Sometimes questions might seem repetitive, but it helps you see it from a different angle.
So Camille called their pediatrician and scheduled an informatics that morning.
What was scheduled?
The fill in the blanks don't give you any options with the intermediate book.
So you just have to remember.
Maybe you have to go back.
If you said appointment, that is correct.
Let's go ahead and do one more.
The doctor checked Maddox's ears, blank, and nose during the examination.
Ears, blank, and nose.
I'll have you go ahead and write that one down below in the comments and I will let you know if you're correct.
Again.
We were reading this short story from English Short Stories, Intermediate Level, which you can find on Amazon or my website.
Thank you so much for being here for this short story today.
I hope it was useful.
Please have a wonderful day and let me know in the comments, again, the answer.
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Bye.
