Dr.Nicholson: 165 pounds. Very good. So, Takeshi. What’s the matter?
Takeshi: Well, Dr. Nicholson. I don’t feel well.
Dr.Nicholson: What’s wrong?
Takeshi: I have a sore throat and a fever.
Dr.Nicholson: Do you have a cough?
Takeshi: No, I don’t.
Dr.Nicholson: Do you have an earache?
Takeshi: Kind of … my right ear hurts a little.
Dr.Nicholson: Hmm …
Takeshi: Oh, and I have a runny nose and a badheadache.
Dr.Nicholson: How’s your energy level?
Takeshi: I don’t have any energy!That’s the terrible part. Plus, I have a lot of things to do — homework, mypart-time job …
Dr. Nicholson: Well, it sounds like you have a badhead cold. Take some vitamin C, drink lots of water, and get some sleep. Relax— don’t work too hard or you’re going to get worse …
Takeshi: OK.
Dr. Nicholson: Here. Take this cold medicine forthe headache and fever. And don’t drive when you take this. It’s going to makeyou sleepy.
Takeshi: OK.
Dr.Nicholson: Call me in one week if you’re still sick, OK?
Takeshi: I will, doctor. Uh! I don’t have time tobe sick!
Dr. Nicholson: Come on, Takeshi. Don’t worry.You’re going to be fine. Hey, did you hear the joke about the man who went tothe doctor?
Takeshi: No.
Dr. Nicholson: The man says to the doctor, “What’swrong with me? It hurts when I touch my arm, my hand, my chest, my stomach, myleg, my knee and my ankle.”
Dr.Nicholson: And the doctor says, “Of course! Your finger is broken!”

