A Dialogue between a Doctor and a Patient- IELTS Listening Sample Answer

IELTS listening section comprises four sections along with 40 questions. IELTS listening section consists of different question types like MCQs, note completion, short answer questions, and more. This topic - A Dialogue between a Doctor and a Patient is IELTS listening part 3 topic. This IELTS listening sample answer prepares candidates with questions type:

• Select the correct answer
• No more than three words/ a number

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Topic: A Dialogue between a Doctor and a Patient

Audio Transcript:

Section 3

You will hear a dialogue between a doctor and a patient. First you have some time to look at questions 21 to 24.

Pause the recording for 30 seconds.

Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 24.

Patient: Hello, Dr. Smith. Can I come in?

Doctor: Yes, please. Sit down. I won't be a minute.

Patient: Thank you.

Doctor: You would be Mr. Garrison.

Patient: Yes, Peter Garrison.

Doctor: Okay, what seems to be the problem? Mr. Garrison.

Patient: I've been having some pains in my stomach and it's been bothering me for nearly two weeks. Actually, 10 days to be exact.

Doctor: What happened at the time, the pain started?

Patient: I was having dinner with my family and I thought I must have eaten something that didn't sit well in my stomach.

Doctor: Then, what did you do?

Patient: I drank a glass of Alka-Seltzer to ease the pain, but it didn't work.

Doctor: Do you remember what it was that you ate, at the time the pain started?

Patient: Yes. I was eating pumpkin soup with bread. And then we had roast chicken, potatoes, some vegetables and afterwards dessert. I think it was chocolate pudding with cream.

Doctor: That's quite a lot of food.

Patient: Yes well. I do like to eat.

Doctor: Do you do any form of exercise?

Patient: No, not really. I mean sometimes I might go for a walk .

Doctor: How often?

Patient: Maybe once a month.

Doctor: And for how many hours?

Patient: Oh, no, not a long walk. I might walk to the local shops instead of taking my car.

Doctor: How far away is the shop?

Patient: About five minutes.

Doctor: By car?

Patient: No. On foot.

Doctor: Well, I think the problem here is, that you're quite overweight from the looks of things. You don't exercise and you eat far too much. So I'd say the issue you're having with your stomach is something that was inevitable. I'm going to suggest a few things, but you have to comply. Otherwise, there's no point in me going on.

Patient: So it's serious.

Doctor: It will be, if you don't take steps to change your lifestyle.

Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 25 to 30.

Pause the recording for 30 seconds.

Now listen and answer questions 25 to 30.

Patient: What should I do?

Doctor: First of all, I'm going to give you a list of what you can and can't eat for the next month. I want you to follow this quite strictly. Do you understand?

Patient: Hmmm….Yes

Doctor: For breakfast, I want you to have a cup of hot water and lemon juice.

Patient: Is that all?

Doctor: No, let me finish.

Patient: Sorry.

Doctor: After 20 minutes, I want you to have a freshly squeezed juice of either fruit or vegetables. Then you eat a cereal without sugar and with low-fat milk, or if you don't like cereal that have some toast. You can use honey or jam that is organic only. But I don't want you to use any butter and no sugar or salt.

Patient: For all month.

Doctor: Yes. Then for a mid-morning snack, you have two pieces of fruit. Lunch will be two pieces of brown organic bread with either avocado or hummus instead of butter and salad. Then in the afternoon, you can have a handful of nuts but not too many. Okay so far.

Patient: Well, it all sounds a bit hard, you know, it doesn't seem like much.

Doctor: For dinner, you are allowed a small quantity of about a hundred grams of either brown rice or pasta with steamed or baked fish and vegetables. If you must have dessert, you can either have another piece of fruit or some low-fat organic yogurt.

Patient: Where do I buy all these organic food?

Doctor: There's a shop in the High street and I want you to walk there. It's just opposite the town hall.

Patient: Okay.

Doctor: I want you to be a hundred percent dedicated to this diet.

Patient: Is that it?

Doctor: Yes, and I'll see you in a month's time to reassess you.

Patient: Okay doctor, but I'll see you in a month.

Doctor: Oh! And absolutely no alcohol, coffee or cigarettes.

Patient: Oh! Damn.

Questions 21-30

Q. 21-24

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 21-24 on your answer sheet.

21. What is the doctor’s name?

1. Dr Garrison
2. Dr Peters
3. Dr Smith

Answer: C

Explanation: The doctor’s name was Dr Smith.

Also check:

22. The patient is looking for a remedy for his

1. obesity.
2. lack of exercise.
3. stomach complaint.

Answer: C

Explanation: The patient had a stomach complaint and came to the doctor for a remedy.

23. How often does the patient exercise?

1. about once a month
2. every five days
3. every hour

Answer: A

Explanation: The doctor suggests his patient to excercise about once a month.

24. What does the doctor think?

1. that the patient should make a list of what he likes to eat
2. that the patient should change his lifestyle
3. that there is no point in the patient going on exercising so hard

Answer: B

Explanation: The doctor suggests his patient take steps to change his lifestyle.

Q. 25-30

Complete the summary below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Patient’s Diet:

Breakfast is to consist of hot water with squeezed lemon juice, which should be followed

25 __________ later by juice and cereal or toast. Organic honey or jam is permitted, but no
26__________, salt, or sugar is allowed. Lunch is to be a sandwich with salad and for dinner
27__________ of brown rice or pasta with vegetables and fish. For dessert, you can have a piece of fruit or 28__________ that can be bought from the shop opposite the 29__________ in High Street. The patient must also absolutely abstain from
30__________ and cigarettes.

Answer 25: 20 minutes

Explanation: The doctor suggests taking a freshly squeezed juice of either fruit or vegetables after 20 minutes.

Answer 26: butter

Explanation: The doctor advises for dinner for his patient to use honey or jam that is organic only, also not to use any butter and no sugar or salt

Answer 27: 100 grams/ a small quantity

Explanation: The doctor advises for dinner for his patient that he is allowed a small quantity of about a hundred grams of either brown rice or pasta with steamed or baked fish and vegetables.

Answer 28: organic yogurt

Explanation: The doctor advises for dinner for his patient that he is allowed to have dessert, he can either have another piece of fruit or some low-fat organic yogurt.

Answer 29: townhall

Explanation: The doctor says that there's a shop in the High street and he wants his patient to walk there. It's just opposite the town hall.

Answer 30: alcohol, coffee

Explanation: Doctor forbids patient for alcohol, coffee, or cigarettes