House

Hello!

I suppose many of you know Doctor House because at least once we have met him on TV, Channel 4.

This sarcastic doctor is going to be the centre of our lesson today. First of all, we are going to watch the video and just try to understand the general meaning.

Then you have some short questions you will have to answer, please pay attention to highlighted vocabulary (use the links to see the meaning) and don't copy from the script. Just give your opinion and don't worry about the spelling!!! (We're just here to learn!) Hope you enjoy it!

Activities

1.Once you have listened to the video, now you can go through it again and have a look at the transcript. There are some words which you should pay attention on.

[Cue to House's Office area.]
House: God talks to him.
Chase: It's not psychosis, he's just religious. The only medical issue that showed up on the blood work is low sodium.
House: No - you talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you - you're psychotic.
Chase: A lot of people experience their religion as something more than symbolic. That doesn't mean that---
House: God ever talk to you when you were in the seminary?
Chase: [laughs]
House: [gives him a smug look]
Chase: No.
House: God's loss, our gain. He's either psychotic, or a scam artist.
Foreman: He was actually , uh, really impressive.
House: Well yeah, with the burning bush and all it's quite the show.
Cameron: He's intelligent, polite, dignified, he's not a typical 15 year old.
Foreman: And he told Cameron God wants her to stop being pissed at me over the article.
House: God knows you stole Cameron's article?
Foreman: He knows she's harboring vengeful thoughts.
Cameron: I'm over it.
House: Yeah. I can tell that from the Berlin wall of body language between you. I'm shocked that he picked up on it. Low sodium - check for Addison's?
Chase: No pigmentation and potassium levels were nominal.
House: Cirrhosis?
{Foreman: Liver feels fine. Trans and minasous were normal.}
House: [sighs] We should monitor his saline intake to correct the low sodium. No more than one MEQ per liter per hour. Let's push the patient history to see if there's any evidence of drugs or other delusions.
Chase: You're going to talk to a patient?
House: God talks to him. It would be arrogant of me to assume that I'm better than God.
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[Cue to Patient's room. House slides the door open.]
House: So. You're a faith healer. Or is that a pejorative? Do you prefer something like "divine health management"? I thought God might have mentioned I was coming.
Boyd: I'm OK with 'Faith Healer', Doctor House.
House: Oh... That's a nice one. You didn't even go with 'I see an H in a medical coat'.
Boyd: The nurses talk about you a lot.
House: Ah, don't believe them - I keep a sock in my pants. Faith - that's another word for ignorance, isn't it? I never understood how people could be so proud of believing in something they have no proof of at all. Like that's an achievement.
Boyd: God's asking for our trust. You can't love somebody and not trust them.
House: Trust has to be earned. You can't trust someone hiding in a closet.
Boyd: You don't trust anyone.

2. Now, leave us a comment answering these questions.

• Does House think that the boy has any kind of mental disease? If your answer is affirmative, say why you believe so.


• Which adjectives say that the boy is really mature?


• What's a faith healer? Do you think House is making fun of the boy?