COPING WITH SITUATIONS

Important Vocabulary

a) to cope (with something) 

= to deal with something = to handle something = to manage (to do) something

b) can = be able to (physical ability)

We conjugate the verb ‘be’; ‘able to’ remains the same (I am able to / you are able to / he is able to…)

Patient:

• I can bathe without help.
• I am able to bath without help.

• I can’t bathe without help.
• I’m not able to bathe without help.

Therapist / Nurse / Doctor:

• Can you bathe without help?
• Are you able to bathe without help?

c) be willing to = to want or to be prepared to do something

Doctor:

• Are you willing to try more chemotherapy?

Patient:

• I’m willing to try more chemotherapy.
• I’m not willing to have more chemotherapy.

SPEAKING. EXERCISE I

Practice repeating ALOUD each example sentence in the lesson above. Focus on the common collocations, RUNNING THEM TOGETHER until they flow as ONE EXPRESSION.  The collocations are underlined.