2:00

Yes, in oncology. This is the cancer term. I

2:02

mean, it's children's. Thank you.

2:04

Guys, you can tell from

2:06

this very short conversation, there

2:08

is so much specific vocabulary

2:10

related to healthcare, right? So

2:12

today we're talking about that.

2:16

And I thought about today's episode, guys,

2:18

because again, I recently had a conversation

2:20

with a friend who is a current

2:23

IELTS examiner. You know, I was

2:25

an IELTS examiner for 14 years and I keep up

2:27

with my friends who still are. But she was saying

2:29

there's been a lot of nurses on

2:31

the exam lately because nurses still have

2:33

to take IELTS to practice their profession

2:36

in England. And I'm pretty sure

2:38

Australia as well. So we're

2:40

going to talk about some part one

2:42

nursing answers today. And also guys, at

2:44

the end, we are going

2:47

to answer some really tough speaking

2:49

part three questions related to health.

2:51

One of the most difficult IELTS topics.

2:54

Yes, not only because it's a vocabulary you

2:56

don't use that often. Like here I am,

2:58

native speaker, I want to say oncology, can't

3:00

think of the word. You don't talk about

3:02

this a lot. It's more

3:05

difficult for these words to just come to you. So

3:07

you definitely have to practice these. I'm excited

3:09

for you to get these sample answers and

3:12

to practice so you're ready for these healthcare

3:14

questions, which can be very difficult. And

3:17

in our sample answers, guys, yes, we are

3:19

going to talk about nursing for part one,

3:21

but listen for that vocab. And remember part

3:24

three answers at the end of today's episode.

3:26

All right. So let's

3:28

take turns here or no, you be

3:30

the examiner and I'll be the nurse.

3:32

It's kind of a role play. Okay.

3:35

Okay. Love it. All

3:37

right. Here's your first part one question. Ready? Do

3:40

you work or are you a student?

3:43

Well, I'm a pediatric nurse, actually. I've

3:45

been a health professional for nearly a

3:47

decade and that's why I'm taking IELTS

3:50

so I can continue my career in

3:52

the UK. All right.

3:54

So pediatric is the

3:57

adjective for children, right?

4:00

health, right? Yes,

4:02

exactly. Right. So that's my friend's daughter.

4:05

She is a pediatric nurse for

4:07

children with, um, in the oncology department, right?

4:09

But just even pediatric to pull that out

4:11

of nowhere. This is difficult vocabulary. And then

4:14

to say for nearly a decade instead of

4:16

10 years, it's a little more high level.

4:18

A decade is 10 years, right?

4:21

And then this high level phrase to

4:23

continue my career in the UK, right?

4:25

This is a really high scoring answer.

4:28

And the mixing of verb tenses there guys,

4:31

and that complex sentence is really good. I've

4:34

been a health professional for nearly

4:36

a decade. So present perfect, right?

4:38

From the past until now. And

4:40

that's why I'm taking IELTS. Present

4:42

simple, present continuous. You're taking IELTS

4:44

right now, right? So I can

4:47

continue my career. We're talking about

4:49

being able to do this in

4:51

the future. So great grammar there.

4:53

All right. Next, next question. All

4:55

right. What do you like about

4:57

your job? The kids. I

5:00

absolutely love my patient population.

5:03

And yeah, sometimes it's heartbreaking working with

5:05

sick kids. And I'm still terrible about

5:07

taking my work home with me. Uh,

5:10

but for the most part, it's incredibly

5:13

rewarding. I love that.

5:15

Such good vocab patient population, right? Just

5:17

all of the patients that you're seeing.

5:19

And then to admit, right? Sometimes it's

5:22

heartbreaking working with sick kids. Absolutely. And

5:24

in fact, I will, I love first

5:26

of all, this phrase, taking my work

5:28

home with me, that doesn't mean taking

5:30

home papers to grade like a teacher

5:33

might, it means emotionally taking home the

5:35

difficult things that you faced during the

5:37

day. And this could be

5:39

applied to any job because every job is

5:42

stressful somehow, right? Every job. Um,

5:45

and this could be applied to

5:47

anything where you are upset at

5:49

home. You're emotionally, um, challenged

5:52

at home because of your

5:54

job. Right? Uh, so I think

5:56

everybody does this sometimes. Yes.

5:59

And keep in mind if you. you are exhausted and

6:01

really fed up at work, you can

6:03

be honest. The examiner is not expecting

6:05

a positive. They don't, you know, doesn't

6:08

matter if it's not positive, if you

6:10

get this question and you're like, honestly,

6:12

right now, nothing. Like I'm exhausted all

6:14

the time. I'm working 13 hour shifts.

6:17

That also works, right? Be honest,

6:19

be authentic. That's also a high

6:21

scoring answer as long as you

6:23

use unique vocabulary, shared details. Totally.

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6:56

speaking part three answers. Guys, these,

6:58

we picked out two tough questions

7:01

here. We'll save the hardest for

7:03

last. All

7:05

right, so I'm gonna ask you first, okay?

7:07

Okay, yes. All right. What costs

7:09

are involved when you are ill in

7:11

your country? Oh, this

7:13

really depends on whether a person has

7:15

health insurance or not. If

7:17

not, they can get saddled with

7:20

huge costs that they can't afford.

7:22

They might have to declare bankruptcy

7:24

rather than pay these hospital bills.

7:26

The average person does have

7:28

healthcare. It's sort of tricky about whether

7:30

it's required in the US right now.

7:32

But if so, you're still paying high

7:34

premiums and copays and huge bills sometimes.

7:36

And there's a lot of red tape

7:38

you're swimming through. It's terrible. Okay,

7:41

so much great vocab. These

7:44

words like copays, deductibles,

7:46

premiums, these are all

7:49

different vocabulary phrases for describing the

7:51

cost of insurance, right? And not

7:53

just health insurance. So guys, those

7:55

terms are very good to know.

7:57

They're very specific. And I've seen.

8:00

students sort of guess at how

8:02

to use them and then guess

8:04

wrong. So make sure you know,

8:06

co-pay, that's what you have to

8:08

pay along with your insurance. Deductible,

8:10

deductible is the amount of money

8:12

that you have to pay before

8:14

insurance kicks in, before insurance starts

8:16

paying. And that's like

8:18

home insurance too, right? And

8:20

premium, the premium is the fee you

8:23

pay for your insurance every month. Yes,

8:25

it's crazy that you have to pay for all of those.

8:27

I know. And then you still get a big bill. I'm

8:30

actually dealing right now with an insurance

8:32

nightmare because they, my daughter got

8:35

a job that sort of provides insurance, but

8:37

we still want her covered under ours because

8:39

it's better. So now the insurance is rejecting

8:41

the claim because it shows that it's not

8:43

her primary insurance. Oh my gosh. That's the

8:45

red tape. You heard me say red tape.

8:47

It's like all of these details where insurance

8:49

companies try to keep from having to pay

8:51

because there's, you get lost in the weeds

8:53

of all of the details of healthcare. So

8:56

much great vocab guys. Red tape describes

8:58

any organization or government

9:01

rules that are so

9:03

lengthy and difficult to navigate that

9:05

it's tough to get anything done.

9:07

Right? Okay. Now

9:10

here is the final question today, guys.

9:12

We think this is difficult that a

9:14

lot of students never

9:16

think about this, let alone are able

9:18

to talk about it. So, okay.

9:21

Yes. And it might be hard to sort of come

9:23

up with your opinion. Yeah. If you haven't talked about

9:25

it. Totally. Totally. Okay. What

9:28

is the best way of helping people

9:30

with an addiction? Oh my gosh.

9:33

You know, it's crazy because there's,

9:35

there are elections happening right now

9:37

in Oregon. And I just saw

9:40

a politicians ad talking about how

9:43

jails are not doing their job because

9:45

they don't treat addiction and mental health

9:47

issues. And I think this is what

9:49

it comes down to. It's like not

9:52

just the best way, but who's responsible

9:54

for it? Right? Are jails responsible for

9:56

dealing with addiction issues? I'm not so

9:58

sure, but somebody has to be because

10:00

nobody's dealing with it. In

10:03

my city, for example, there is a

10:05

fentanyl crisis that is mind-blowing. People are

10:07

dying every day. Someone died outside of

10:10

my home because of

10:12

a fentanyl overdose just last year.

10:14

So I'm not sure what the best way

10:17

is, but we have to think of a solution soon. This

10:20

is such a great answer. I love

10:22

how you just narrated your thoughts, sort

10:24

of working how what you would maybe

10:26

think about it, that you're not sure

10:29

about a solution, but still provided interesting

10:31

details, examples about your city. Fentanyl

10:34

is a very dangerous drug. A lot of here

10:36

in Arizona, there's an epidemic with, or

10:38

an epidemic, there's a problem of vape

10:41

pens being laced with fentanyl. And

10:43

kids are dying because they're dying. It's

10:46

shocking. But this was a

10:48

great answer. And I think this

10:50

is such a difficult question because I could see a

10:52

student just saying, I don't know, my brother is addicted,

10:54

and I haven't been able to figure out how to

10:57

help him. And feel like in

10:59

order to be authentic, I have to just say that

11:01

I don't know. You can't just say, I don't know.

11:03

You have to, even if you just like Jessica did,

11:05

sort of narrate your thoughts of why you're having a

11:07

hard time coming up with an option. You still have

11:10

to share some details. Just describe

11:12

the reality of this issue now, right?

11:14

Where you live, whatever you know about

11:16

it. OK, guys.

11:18

So the takeaway today is that health

11:21

is a common topic on IELTS, and

11:23

you do need to prepare for this.

11:25

You have seen or heard so

11:28

much specific vocab today that you

11:30

probably didn't know before. So definitely

11:32

start reading about some

11:34

health crises and issues in your

11:37

country in English, right? Find an

11:39

English newspaper and read some of

11:41

those articles. Yes, awesome. I'm excited

11:43

that you guys heard this episode, and you

11:45

are more ready now for these difficult health

11:47

care questions. Awesome. Thank you, Jessica. Thank

11:50

you, Aubrey. And thank you to

11:52

your examiner friend for giving us all of

11:54

this insider info. And stay tuned, guys. Hit

11:56

follow, because we're going to share more details

11:58

in upcoming episodes. Definitely. All

12:01

right. Awesome. Have a

12:03

good weekend, Aubrey. You too. Bye-bye.

12:05

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