This week you learned about how to describe symptoms as well as some various remedies to common illnesses. With the vocabulary list at your disposal, you need to create a short dialogue, either describing symptoms or treating an illness. Your recording must include 10 sentences with greetings and goodbyes. Your teacher will grade you on your effort.

Building Blocks:



lèi 累 tired
shūfú 舒服 comfortable
Zhōngyào 中药 Chinese medicine
kǔ 苦 bitter
yào 药 medicine
Zhōngyī 中医 Chinese medical science
zhēnjiǔ 针灸 acupuncture
xīyào 西药 Western medicine
yīyuàn 医院 hospital
guòmǐn 过敏 allergy
yīshēng 医生 doctor
chuántǒng 传统 tradition / traditional
hóulóng tòng 喉咙痛 sore throat
gǎnmào 感冒 common cold, catch a cold
shēngbìng 生病 sick, ill
fāshāo 发烧 fever
késòu 咳嗽 cough
jiāng tāng 姜汤 ginger soup
xiūxi 休息 rest