[Blue 18]. Going to a Dentist

1. Script

A : What's the problem?

B : I have a terrible toothache.

I have a wisdom tooth coming in.

My gums are swollen.

A : Please open your mouth. Well, you have a cavity back there.

Please open your mouth. Well, I'm afraid it's rotten.

Please open your mouth. Well, there seems tl be some tartar build-up.

B : It hurts so much whenever I brush my teeth.

It givees me pain whenever I eat something.

They bleed whenever I drink cold water.

A : It must have been painful. How long have you had the pain?

B : About two weeks.

A : I think it needs to be filled. How about today?

I think it needs to be pulled out. How about today?

I think you need to get your teeth scaled. How about today?

B : Will the pain last long? I have a date tonight.

Is it going to swell a lot? I have a date tonight.

Will there be persistent bleeding? I have a date tonight.

A : Don't worry. There might be a slight pain, but it will go away soon.

Don't worry. The swelling will subside in about two hours.

Don't worry. There might be a little bleeding, but it will stop soon.

2. Vocabulary

 - toothache : 치통

 - wisdom tooth : 사랑니

 - swollen : 부어오른

 - cavity : 충치

 - rotten : 썩은, 부패한

 - tartar : 치석

 - painful : 아픈, 고통스러운

 - fill : 채우다, 때우다

 - get + O + p.p : O가 p.p되도록 하다.

 - persistent : 끈질긴, 끊임없는

 - subside : 가라앉다


3. 관련 용어들

 - quack : 돌팔이 의사

 - molar : 어금니

 - piercing pain : 시리다

 - eyetooth : 송곳니

 - doubletooth : 덧니

 - gold crown : 금니