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Emotional Distress Mental Health Care Plan Referral
GP (speaking English) and 病人 (speaking Cantonese) talk through “Emotional Distress Mental Health Care Plan Referral”. You interpret both ways — English into Cantonese, and Cantonese into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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How have you been coping since your last visit? I noticed you mentioned feeling overwhelmed, having trouble sleeping, and struggling to concentrate at work lately.
醫生，我呢排真係好辛苦，成日心情好down，晚晚訓唔著，做嘢又冇晒精神，成日都好想喊。
I'd like to set you up with a Mental Health Care Plan so you can access up to six subsidised sessions with a psychologist at headspace Wollongong, starting as soon as possible.
咁即係話我可以去headspace Wollongong度見心理醫生，仲可以睇足六次？使唔使自己畀錢架？
If the clinic bulk-bills, there's no out-of-pocket cost for those sessions, unless you choose a private psychologist or a service that doesn't bulk-bill.
咁即係話如果嗰間診所有bulk-bill，我就完全唔使畀錢，係咪？如果冇bulk-bill就要自己畀啦？
The earliest appointment is next Thursday at three fifteen in the afternoon at the Wollongong clinic — will that time and day work for you?
星期四下晝三點十五分？得，不過我怕等到嗰日之前，我情況會再差落去，瞓得仲差。
In the meantime, Lifeline is available on 13 11 14, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, if you need urgent support.
好，多謝你話畀我知13 11 14呢個電話，如果我夜晚頂唔順都可以打去，係咪？
Everything you share with us stays confidential between the clinic and yourself, unless there's a serious risk to your safety or someone else's safety.
咁我就放心啦，多謝你，我會準時去嗰個預約，希望情況會好返啲。
Terms in this dialogue that cost marks
CCL is marked on information transferred. These Australian terms have no direct word in most test languages — get one wrong and the segment's information is gone.
- mental health care plan講「Mental Health Care Plan」呢個英文詞，或者解釋做「由GP開嘅精神健康治療計劃」。
- lifeline保留英文專有名詞講「Lifeline」就得。
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