Пособие предназначено для студентов 1 – 2 курсов, обучающихся по специальности «Лечебное дело». Цель данного пособия – развитие навыков чтения специальной литературы, овладение медицинской терминологией, формирование умений обсуждения медицинской проблематики. Тематика представленного материала отражает содержание профессиональной подготовки студента-медика.

ББК 81.2Англ.

Part 1. Reading

Unit 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………4

Unit 2. Medical Practitioners………………………………………….…...17

Unit 3. Allied Health Professionals……………………..………………....23

Unit 4. Medical Education…………………………………..……….….…25

Unit 5. Hospitals………………………………………………..……......…31

Unit 6. Primary Care……………………………………………..…......….34

Unit 7. Blood……………………………………………………….……….36

Unit 8. Bones……………………………………………………………….39

Unit 9. Childhood……………………………………….………………….42

Unit 10. The Endocrine System………………………….…………….…..43

Unit 11. The Heart and Circulation………………………………….……46

Unit 12. Basic Investigations…………………………..…………….….…48

Unit 13. X-ray and CT…………………………………..…………..…….51

Unit 14. MRI and Ultrasound…………………………………….….……54

Unit 15. ECG……………………………………………..……….…..……57

Unit 16. Treatment……………………………………..………………….59

Unit 17. Therapies…………………………………………………………63

Unit 18. Screening and Immunization……………….…………………...65

Unit 19. Epidemiology……………………………………..………...…….67

Unit 20. Medical ethics………………………………………….…………70

Unit 21. Research studies………………………………………………….74

Unit 22. Case History and Case Presentation………..…...…………….76

Unit 23. Explaining diagnosis and discussing treatment…………………88

Unit 24. Data presentation……………………………………………..….94

Unit 25. Research articles and abstracts……………………….……..…..97

Part 2. Lexical exercises…………………………….…..……………101

Part 3. Speaking and discussion ………….………….……………..120

Appendix 1. Medical Abbreviations………………………………………126

Appendix 2. Symptoms and Pain…………………………………………129

Appendix 3. Active Vocabulary………………………………………….130

Unit 1 Introduction. Health and Medicine. Lesson 1

A. What are your symptoms?

Rash

Bruise

Lump

Spots

A black eye

I’ve got a cold\a cough\a sore throat\a temperature\a stomach ache\chest pains\earache\a pain in my side\a rash\spots\a bruise on my leg\a lump on my arm\painful joints\sunburn.

I feel dizzy\breathless\shivery\faint\particularly bad at night.

I am depressed\tired all the time.

I’ve lost my appetite\voice; I can’t sleep, my leg hurts.

B. What do doctors do?

They take your temperature ,listen to you chest, examine you, take your blood pressure, ask you some questions and weigh and measure you before sending you to the hospital for further tests.

C. What’s diagnosis?

You’ve got flu\chickenpox\mumps, pneumonia\rheumatism\an ulcer\a virus\a bug something that’s going round.

You’ve broken your wrist and sprained\dislocated your ankle.

He died of lung cancer\a heart attack\a brain haemorrhage\AIDS.

D.What does the doctor prescribe?