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Liver Mass Diagnosis and Referral
Doctor (speaking English) and 患者 (speaking Japanese) talk through “Liver Mass Diagnosis and Referral”. You interpret both ways — English into Japanese, and Japanese into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Mr. Nakamura, your ultrasound shows a four-centimetre mass in the right lobe of your liver. We need a biopsy to confirm whether it's cancerous.
そうですか…やはり心配していた通りです。生検というのはどんな検査なんでしょうか。痛みはありますか。
The biopsy will take place this Thursday under local anaesthetic. It's a short procedure, usually about twenty minutes, and you'll be awake throughout.
二十分くらいで終わるんですね、少し安心しました。何か準備しておくことはありますか、食事の制限とか。
Please fast for six hours beforehand, no food or water. Afterwards, you won't be allowed to drive, so arrange someone to take you home.
分かりました、誰かに送ってもらいます。ところで、こういう病気は遺伝と関係あるんでしょうか。父も肝臓の病気で亡くなったので、心配です。
Liver cancer is often linked to hepatitis B or C. Have you ever been diagnosed with hepatitis, or received the hepatitis B vaccine?
実は、若い頃にB型肝炎と診断されたことがあります。ワクチンは受けていません。
If the biopsy confirms cancer, I will refer you to a liver specialist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre for further assessment and treatment options.
分かりました。専門医の予約はどのくらい待つことになりますか。費用の方も心配なんですが。
Medicare covers the specialist consultation if it's bulk-billed, so there shouldn't be any out-of-pocket cost. Your appointment will be within two weeks.
安心しました。二週間以内に診てもらえるんですね。今日はありがとうございました。
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- medicare固有名詞としてそのまま「Medicare」と言う。日本の健康保険とは制度が異なるため『健康保険』と訳さず、Medicareのまま伝えるのが安全。
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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 Japanese dialogues · All languages