Relate the names and characteristics to the actors on the pictures:

Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), the maverick and

misanthrope protagonist of the show. House is the head of
the Department of Diagnostic Medicine at the PPTH, and is
specialized in Infectious Disease and Nephrology. He
frequently watches medical shows and soap operas in his
down time.

Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein), the Chief Hospital

Administrator and Dean of Medicine at the PPTH. She is both
a member of the Hospital's Board of Directors and a member
of the PPTH Organ Transplant Committee.

James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), the head of the

Department of Oncology, and House's only friend. Wilson is
also a member of the Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital Board
and a member of the Organ Transplant Committee.

Eric Foreman (Omar Epps), a neurologist at the

Department of Diagnostic Medicine. throughout seasons one
to four. He resigned from the PPTH in "Human Error", and
became the head of diagnostic medicine at the New York
Mercy Hospital. However, he got fired, with his boss telling
him that he "confused saving a patient's life with doing the
right thing". He was hired back by Cuddy in "Guardian
Angels", and returned to his original position as physician at
the PPTH in "Mirror Mirror".

Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison), an immunologist and

part of House's original diagnostic team. She was hired six
months prior to the pilot episode. In "Human Error", she
quits her job working for House, having developed a soft
spot for Chase (who was fired in the same episode).
Cameron became a Department Head of the emergency
room, from season four onwards. She is also a member in
the Budget Committee.

Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer), an intensive care medicine

specialist and part of House's original team along with
Cameron and Foreman. He was hired a year prior to the pilot
episode, and subsequently fired by House in the season
three finale. He went on to become a Senior Surgeon at the
PPTH. Chase is often mocked by House for his "pretty looks"
and his Australian accent.
 "Autopsy"
House and his team struggle to find the cause of hallucinations that Andie is seeing. She is a 9-
year-old girl with terminal cancer (alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma), but tests reveal that her
cancer is in remission, meaning that the hallucinations are unrelated to her cancer. Meanwhile
House questions Andie's motives for her bravery, suggesting it may itself be a symptom of a
problem in her amygdala.

1. What does these medical terms and expressions mean?

Pristine CT scan __________ blast radiation___________

meds__________________
hallucinating_____________
brain___________________
blood tests______________
protein markers __________
_______________________
all negative______________
remission_______________
surgeries_______________
bone marrow transplant
_______________________
chemo _________________
Differential diagnosis______
_______________________
Genetic component_______
_______________________
Pregnant________________
meningial swelling________
_______________________
MRI____________________

[In the test lab]

2. Complete the dialogue with the following words:

chance aorta vein hip thirty cancer

smile lump kissed before Summer
hospital talk know last

Chase: you ever had this test _______?

Andi: What’s it for?
Chase: This goes all the way up the ______ by your ____ into your _____. If I find something
up there blocking anything I pull it out. Simple.
Andie: Its gonna be easy. The doctor at Sloan told me I have a great________.
Chase: Oh, you have had this test before.
Andie: Sorry. I just like hearing you ______. I’ve never _______ a boy.
Chase: There’s time yet for that.
Andie: There was a boy last_______; I was at one of those _______ camps.
Chase: Uh huh.
Andie: I just never had the guts to ask him. You know there’s a good ______ I’m not going to
walk out of this _______ . Even if I do I’m nine. There’s not a lot of kissing going on in the
third grade.
Chase: You will walk out of here, alright, and you will kiss a boy. There you go. ______.
Andie: Will you kiss me?
Chase: No.
Andie: No one will ever _____.
Chase: I’m… I’m… I’m sorry I can’t.
Andie: I won’t tell anyone.
Chase: Listen, you’re nine years old I’m _______.
Andie: I just want to know what it feels like. Once.
Chase: This isn’t your ______ chance for that.
Andie: What if it is? Please kiss me.
3. House is listening to Italian opera in the locker room; he wants his team to listen to the
patient’s aortic valve and downloaded the audio of her echocardiogram.

Who says the following quotes?

HOUSE FOREMAN CHASE CAMERON

_________: “What are we trying to hear?”

_________: “They (tumors) tend to keep
_________: “Her aortic quiet on account of them not
valve sounds normal.” having any mouths.”

_________: “Wait. There. _________: “Tumor”

There’s an extra flap.”
_________: “But we could hear
_________: “Oh you guys an abnormality in the sound of
make me sad. Listen the valve, which would indicate
again.” the presence of something; a tumor for
example. If we can tell the surgeon where
_________: “She’s had one hallucination. to look this is no longer exploratory surgery
Why are we operating on her? Why are we it’s a precision strike.”
risking her life?”

House worries about the girl’s feelings: she doesn’t

seem to be afraid of dying and this makes House
thinks this is a symptom of her disease. The fears
center is the hippocampus, where the amygdala is. If
it cuts it, she dies. He can just perform a surgery in
her Autopsy. That’s what he wants to do.
But first he needs Cuddy’s approval. -------->>>

4. Did she approve the autopsy? _________

Let’s check.

5. Organize the sentences in order you think they happen – then watch them:
[at Cuddy’s office]

( )House: Is it still illegal to perform an autopsy on a living person?

( )House: Just for a little while, I’ll bring her right back.
( )House: If we do nothing she’s dead in a day, maybe a week; the kind that lasts.
( )House: If it’s Tuesday, I’m wasted.
( )House: I’ll see that Wilson passes that along.
( )House: I want to induce a hypothermic cardiac arrest. Once the patients on bypass we
siphon off two liters of blood then perfuse the brain while she’s in an MRI.
( )House: Don’t split hairs, if it works she lives.
( )Cuddy: You’re actually talking about killing her.
( )Cuddy: We need FDA approval for any surgical technique used for diagnostic purposes.
( )Cuddy: Oh, well, in that case go ahead. Why are even talking?
( )Cuddy: Not invasive? You’re killing her.
( )Cuddy: Make sure the mom understands that this is a million to one shot.
( )Cuddy: It’s Wednesday.
( )Cuddy: Are you high?

6. Let’s see if everything was ok during the living autopsy?