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Warehouse Back Injury Assessment
Physiotherapist (speaking English) and Patient (speaking Cantonese) talk through “Warehouse Back Injury Assessment”. 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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Full transcript
Mr Wong, can you describe in detail how you injured your back while lifting heavy boxes at the warehouse last Thursday afternoon during your shift?
嗰日我彎低攞個好重嘅箱，突然間腰部好痛，之後成日都痛到企唔到直。
On a scale of zero to ten, how severe is the pain right now, and does it get worse when you move, bend, or twist your torso?
而家大概七分咁滯，如果我彎腰、搬嘢定係扭下個腰都會痛啲，瞓覺都唔舒服。
I'd like to send you for an X-ray at Wollongong Hospital this afternoon to rule out any fracture before we continue treatment.
咁使唔使自己俾錢呀？定係有Medicare嘅嘢可以claim？
If you bring a referral from your GP, Medicare will cover the full cost of the X-ray, so there's no out-of-pocket expense for you.
咁我份工點算呀？我做嘅係搬運，驚老闆話我唔可以請咁耐病假喎。
I'll write you a medical certificate recommending light duties for two weeks, provided your pain doesn't worsen during that period.
如果兩個星期之後都仲未好返，係咪要再嚟覆診呀？
Yes, please book a follow-up appointment in two weeks so we can reassess your recovery and adjust the treatment plan accordingly.
好，我明白喇，多謝你解釋咁清楚畀我知。
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.
- medicare直接講「Medicare」呢個英文詞就得，因為係專有名詞，廣東話冇對應詞。
- medical certificate講「醫生證明」或者「病假證明」都得。
- light duties講「輕型工作」或者「減輕職務」都得,表達到係暫時性、體力較輕嘅工作安排。
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Practice dialogue written to the CCL specification (two speakers, segments of 35 words or fewer, about 300 words). It is a practice text, not a NAATI test paper, and the AI score is this site's estimate, not a NAATI result. All Cantonese dialogues · All languages