Keep fitPatient – Good morning, doctor.
Doctor – Good morning. How are you?
Patient – I don't feel very well. I am very tired and I can't get up in the morning. What can I do? I need your advice.
Doctor – Let me see your tests. Aha! You are in perfect health. Do you do any sport?
Patient – When I was younger I used to do winter sports such as ice skating, and skiing. But now I don't feel like it any more. I prefer to stay at home and watch TV.
Doctor – I think you should go skiing again. You ought to take your ski boots, your ski poles and your skis and spend the weekend on the slopes.
Patient – Should I take some exercise so as not to be tired? This is a rare piece of advice.
Doctor – I think you are tired because you don't do sport.
Patient – The truth is that I miss the snow, the ski lifts and chairlifts.
Doctor – You shouldn't think about it twice. I think that the most sensible thing to do would be to go skiing at weekends. You should also walk twenty minutes a day during the week. Walking is good for your health. Come to visit me next month.
Patient – Thank you for your advice.
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| Uses | • We use should or ought to and a bare infinitive when we are trying to help somebody by advising them what in our opinion is a good thing or the right thing to do.
• Should have or ought to have followed by a past participle are used to say that something in the past was a mistake or went wrong. |
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