With a partner, try to explain the terms in the diagram below.

Why are the words divided into two groups –those in squares and

those in diamonds?

Pollution

Ozone Layer

Deforestation

UNIT 6. MEDICAL CARE IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IN RUSSIA

PART I. SPEAKING AND VOCABULARY

Lead - in

Exercise 1: Identify the medical professions shown in the pictures. Describe each one.

Dentist, Herbalist, Surgeon, Psychiatrist, Acupuncturist, Cardiologist, Physician, Ophthalmologist (Optician)

1. ___________________	1. ___________________	1. ________________	1. __________________
1. ___________________	1. ___________________	1. ________________	1. __________________

Exercise 2: Fill in the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following:

	alternative medicine	dose	injection
	antidote	epidemic	intensive care
	blood transfusion	feverish	invalid
	check-up	germs	sufferer
	paralysis	plastic surgery	post-mortem
	unit quarantine	side - effects	contagious
	infectious	operating theatre

1. If you have an _____________________ disease, such as a cold, others can catch it from you even if they don’t touch you.

2. He’s a surgeon and spends most of his time in the _____________________.

3. A … showed that he had died of food poisoning.

4. Summer is a nightmare for my wife as she’s a hay fever _____________________.

5. Acupuncture, herbal medicine, osteopathy and homeopathy are examples of _____________________.

6. She had lost so much blood in the car crash that she had to be given a _____________________.

7. He’s very seriously ill and has been moved to the hospital’s _____________________.

8. If you bring a dog or a cat into Britain from abroad, it has to spend six month in _____________________, just to make sure it isn’t suffering from any disease.

9. My cousin is diabetic and he has to have insulin _____________________ every day.

10. She’s been bitten by a snake. Unless she’s given an _____________________ soon, she could die.

11. One of the _____________________ of this drug is that your hair falls out.

12. Thousands of old people died in the latest flu _____________________ to sweep through the country.

13. He went to the doctor for his annual _____________________.

14. Her face was so badly disfigured in the fire that she needed _____________________.

15. “I’ve been feeling very _____________________, doctor”, he explained, “and I’ve also been having these pains in my chest”.

16. A _____________________ disease is one that can be passed on from person to person by touch.

17. She never fully recovered after the accident and spent the rest of her life as an _____________________.

18. According to the television advert, this disinfectant kills all known household _____________________.

19. Take one _____________________ of this cough mixture three times a day.

20. This disease can cause temporary _____________________ of the right arm and leg.

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with one of the words or phrases given:

	appointment	prescription	blood pressure
	couch	pulse	lung cancer
	stethoscope	surgery	symptoms
	temperature	medicine	waiting-room
	examination	receptionist	general practitioners (GP)

Last week I phoned my _____________ to make an _____________ to see her, as I had been feeling a bit under the weather recently. When I arrived at her _____________, there were only two other people in the _____________. I gave my name to the _____________ and sat down to wait my turn. Fortunately, I didn’t have to wait long. The doctor asked me what was wrong, so I told her my _____________, namely that I had been feeling very tired and often had difficulty in breathing. She told me to lie down on the _____________ and gave me an _____________. First, she felt my _____________. Then she took my _____________, which was a bit high. Next she took my _____________. It was 37.9. Finally she listened to my breathing through her _____________. She didn’t think there was anything seriously wrong with me. I was just a bit run down. She wrote out a _____________ for some _____________ which she said would make me feel better. She also advised me, as she always did, to stop smoking and remind me that if I didn’t, then one day I might get _____________. As usual I promised to try.