Welcome to English for Nurses! 1
Unit 1 Everyday English 1
Dialogue 1 Introduction 1
Dialogue 2 In the nursing school 6
Dialogue 3 A family photo album 10
Dialogue 4 Requests and desire 15
Dialogue 5 Apology for being late 20
Dialogue 6 Asking the way 24
Dialogue 7 Taking a taxi 30
Dialogue 8 Shopping 35
Dialogue 9 On the telephone 40
Unit 2 Health Service and Nursing 45
Lesson 1 Doctors and nurses 45
Lesson 2 A review of the development of medicine 56
Lesson 3 A general hospital 65
Lesson 4 Computer diagnosis 73
Lesson 5 How to become a nurse in America 81
Lesson 6 Notice to patients 89
Unit 3 Writing-1 A Letter to a Doctor 97
Unit 4 The School Life 104
Dialogue 10 Morning exercises 104
Dialogue 11 In an English class 108
Dialogue 12 At the library 112
Dialogue 13 Canteen and food 117
Dialogue 14 Weather and climate 122
Dialogue 15 Sports 127
Dialogue 16 Recreational activities 132
Dialogue 17 Oral examination 137
Dialogue 18 Student health service 141
Unit 5 Your Body and Health 146
Lesson 7 Anatomy of the cells 146
Lesson 8 Automatic control of the body 154
Lesson 9 The heart 163
Lesson 10 The food you eat 171
Lesson 11 Dreams——what do they mean? 179
Lesson 12 Happy dieting 188
Unit 6 Writing-2 A Page from a Student Nurse's Diary 197
Pronunciation and Spelling(Review) 205
Listening Practice 211
Translating Exercises 225
Notes to the Texts 233
Grammar 247
1．The simple present tense（一般现在时） 247
2．The simple past tense（一般过去时） 248
3．The present continuous tense（现在进行时） 249
4．The simple future tense（一般将来时） 250
5．Types of sentences（1）［（句子的种类1）］ 251
6．Types of sentences（2）［（句子的种类2）］ 253
7．The passive voice（被动语态） 254
8．Comparison of adjectives and adverbs（形容词和副词的比较等级） 256
9．The attributive clauses（1）［（定语从句1）］ 258
10．The attributive clauses（2）［（定语从句2）］ 259
11．The present perfect tense（现在完成时） 260
12．Modal verbs（情态动词） 261
New Words and Expressions in Each Unit 264
Vocabulary 281
Proper Names 300