12.2 Complete the conversation using expressions from the list.

as things now stand incredibly impressed

complicated procedures medical odyssey

endure mind (v)

feel qualms about normal lifespan

goose is cooked powerful dosages

hypothesize presumptuous

hysterically ushered ... into

Randy: Now that they've .............. us ............... this office, should we take a look at what the scans reveal?

Jai: Not yet, Randy. Don't you .......... ............. .............. looking at the records?

Randy: No, it's my medical information. Nobody should ........... if I take a look.

Jai: Don't be so .................! I'm ............... .................. by how they treat us.

Let's not ............... until we have the facts.

Randy: I'm imagining more ............ ................. of chemotherapy. ............ .............

................ ................ , I don't have much chance of beating this.

Jai: Look, with all of these .................. .................... and your willingness to

................ anything, there might be something they can do.

Randy: It's been such a ................. .................. already, so many doctors, so many

treatments, so many hospitals. I doubt I'm going to have a ............ ................

Jai: (Crying..................). So you're convinced that your ............. ....... ................?

III. Categorized List

Academic Word List and other long words

adjective + noun

medical odyssey

mortality rate

obscure article

complicated procedure

experienced specialists

normal lifespan

unexplained pain

palliative chemotherapy

curative chemotherapy

slowly regained my strength

scans revealed

found myself hypothesizing

navigating medical information

willing to endure anything

were ushered into

brought along advocates

had an objective

be preemptive

presumptuous

crying hysterically

so heartfelt

spontaneous

ease symptoms

Idioms and other useful expressions

didn't seem to be put off (by me)

mind (when...)

I was in for (a brutal time)

felt no qualms about (what I was going to do)

incredibly impressed

awed by

a sense of relief

My goose is cooked.

The way in which (Dr. W) went about the grim task before him

as things no stand

took note of

Boy, he's good at this.

The Last Lecture

Ch. 13 The Man in the Convertible

Ch. 14 The Dutch Uncle

I. Chronological List

Ch. 13 The Man in the Convertible

a warm, gorgeous, early-spring evening

his fingers were tapping

his head was bobbing along

the epitome of a person appreciating this day

was so struck by the sight of me

a dire medical issue

un unguarded moment

she had given me a window into myself

Ch. 14 The Dutch Uncle ( a person who gives honest feedback)

I don't have much patience for incompetence

traits that have mostly served me well

I've come across as arrogant and tactless

recalibrate

the ultimate know-it-all kid brother

was incessantly trying to correct

she decided she'd had enough

let her handle this

I'd been put in my place

the lesson didn't completely sink in

was succeeding academically

I had strengths which were also flaws

was way too brash