Vocabulary exercises

Exercise 2. Translate the following words and word combinations.

Worldwide, unwilling, избегать, приобретать, fellowship, remuneration, полный анализ, проживание, commitment, contemporary, появляться, генеральный курс, to take drugs, to recommend to the patients, врач (терапевт), продавать лекарства по рецепту, sell lower-cost prescription drugs to the consumers

Exercise 3. Complete the word combinations and translate them into Russian.

growing………. community lower-cost…. thorough…….

primary……… valid……. recent……. provincial…..

convenient ………licensed……. clinical…… pharmaceutical……

years, drugstore, difference, method, prescription, pharmacy, drug, analysis, government, care, services

Exercise 4. Match the words and phrases in column A with those in column B.

A B

1. to avoid a. заказывать

2. to obtain b. подслушать

3. to order c. избегать, уклоняться

4. to overhear d. ожидать

5. to expect e. начинать

6. to commence f. приобретать

1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.

Exercise 5. Read and translate the conversation.

Patient: Hi, I was wondering if you could give me some advice. I was swimming in the ocean today and when I got out, I noticed that I had all of these red bumps (шишка, опухоль, выпуклость) from my waist down.

Pharmacist: Do they itch (чесаться, зудеть)?

Patient: Yeah, and I can’t stop scratching them.

Pharmacist: I can see from your scratch marks. You only went into the water up to your waist? Did you feel a sting?

Patient: Yeah, come to think of it, I did. That’s why I left the water.

Pharmacist: Well, it looks like you have a bumpy rash (cыпь) caused by a jellyfish sting.

Patient: A jellyfish sting? What should I do to get rid of this itch?

Pharmacist: Are you allergic to any medications?

Patient: Not that I know of, but I don’t think so.

Pharmacist: I would recommend Benadryl tablets and hydrocortisone cream. You’ll find them in aisle 5.

Patient: I have a hard time swallowing tablets and pills. Does Benadryl come in a liquid?

Pharmacist: Sure. You can get it in liquid form. Follow the direction for both the Benadryl and the hydrocortisone cream. And if the itching and rash continue, call your doctor.

Patient: Thank you so much.

Pharmacist: No problem. Glad to be of help.

Exercise 6. Answer the questions below by selecting the answer that correctly completes each sentence.

1. __What is the patient’s complain?

a. she can’t swallow tablets

b. she is allergic to jellyfish

c. she has bumps on her body from the waist down

2. __Which part of the body does the patient has bumps?

a. from the waist down

b. her arms only

c. her entire body

3. __Before recommending treatment, what does the pharmacist ask the patient?

a. how long she had been scratching

b. if she allergic to any medication

c. how long she was swimming in the ocean

4.__What medicine does the pharmacist recommend?

a. betadine in liquid form only

b. Benadryl in liquid form only and a shot of hydrocortisone

c. Benadryl in liquid form because the patient can’t swallow tablets, and hydrocortisone cream.

5. __The pharmacist tells the patient:

a. to call her doctor if the rash and itching continue

b. that she can continue to swim in the ocean as long as she takes the medication

c. that her skin will become very dry

Exercise 7. Translate into Russian.

1. Development of medication is vital concern to medicine.

2. To protect the consumer, many governments regulate the manufacture, sale, and administration of medication.

3. These new analogues need to be developed.

4. After extensive testing, which can take up to 6 years, the new medicine is ready for marketing and selling.

5. The study of pharmacology is offered in many universities worldwide in programs that differ from pharmacy programs.

Exercise 8. Translate into English.

1. Фармация – наука, которая занимается изучением лекарственных веществ.

2. Аптека – место, где смешиваются, расфасовываются и продаются лекарства.

3. Фармацевт должен иметь знания по различным дисциплинам.

4. Фармакология – наука о лекарствах.

5. Используемый метод дал хорошие результаты.

Exercise 9. Give a word for the following definition.

1. It is a car or van with special equipment that takes a sick person to hospital.

2. It is a kind of substance you drink or eat to cure an infection.

3. It is a serious disease often causing a lump in your body that can kill you.

4. It is any substance a doctor may give you to cure an illness.

5. It is the group of people who manage the economy and politics of a country.

Exercise 10. Correct the mistakes in the given table.

Medical Term	Content
Pharmacy	the health profession that links the physical sciences with the chemical sciences
Pharmacists	experts on music therapy and the secondary health professionals who optimize cosmetics use to provide patients with positive health outcomes.
Chemist’s	an establishment in which pharmacy is practiced.
Clinical pharmacy	the branch of Pharmacology where pharmacists and pharmaconomists provide patient care that optimizes the use of medication and promotes health, fitness, and disease prevention.
The International Pharmaceutical Federation	an international federation of national organisations that represent physicians and medical scientists.
Pharmacology	the science of drugs.

Exercise 11. Complete the sentences.

1. Since about the year 2000, a growing number of internet pharmacies have been….. .

2. Many of these pharmacies are similar to ….. .

3. Many customers order drugs from such pharmacies to…..

4. Canada is home to……. .

5. In the coming decades, pharmacists are expected to become …….

6. In Canada, pharmacists in certain provinces have …… .

7. Pharmacy education will prepare pharmacists to…….. .

8. Some internet pharmacies sell prescription drugs without ……..

Exercise 12. Fill in the prepositions.

1. ….. most internet pharmacies sell prescription drugs and require a valid prescription, some internet pharmacies sell prescription drugs ……requiring a prescription.

2. Many customers order drugs ….. such pharmacies to avoid the "inconvenience" …… visiting a doctor or to obtain medications which their doctors were unwilling to prescribe.

3. Canada is home ….. dozens of licensed internet pharmacies, many ….. which sell their lower-cost prescription drugs to U.S. consumers, who pay one of the world's highest drug prices.

4. In the coming decades, pharmacists are expected ….. become more integral …… the health care system.

5. Such services include the thorough analysis ….. all medication (prescription, non-prescription, and herbals) currently being taken ….. an individual.

6. In Canada, pharmacists ….. certain provinces have limited prescribing rights (as in Alberta and British Columbia) or are remunerated ….. their provincial government for expanded services such as medications reviews (Medschecks in Ontario).

Exercise 13. Choose the right word.

High – higher, found – founded, degree - diploma

1. The university of Oxford is the oldest institution of high / higher learning in the English-speaking world.

2. I did a secretarial course and got a degree / diploma.

3. High / Higher education in ancient Greece began at the Academy, established in about 387 BC by Plato, and at the lyceum, found / founded in 335 BC by Aristotle.

4. It usually takes 11 years after high / higher school to become a physician.

5. Institutions of high / higher learning have granted degrees since the 12^th century.

6. Trinity College of Florida, a private coeducational institution in New Port Richey Florida, was found / founded in 1932.

7. Kazan State medical University was founded / found in 1814 as a faculty of Kazan University.

Exercise 14. Match the nouns in column B with the adjectives in column A.

A (adjectives)	B (nouns)
metric white preventive scientific biochemical pharmaceutical chemical analytical famous hydrochloric green periodic human	analysis department compound chemistry scientists acid system substance plant table body medicine observation

Exercise 15. Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets.

1. Medicines are compounded, dispensed and sold in…. .

2. Dispensing may only require …….to a prescription container.

3. Chemistry has many divisions such as ……. .

4. It is important …..to know whether the chemicals are stable.

5. Since about the year 2000, a growing number of …….. have been established worldwide.

(pharmacies; for the pharmacist; the transfer of manufactured products; internet pharmacies; general chemistry, the chemistry of carbon compounds, etc)

Exercise 16. Render in English close to the text.

Аптека

Аптека – особая специализированная организация системы здравоохранения, занимающаяся изготовлением, фасовкой, анализом и продажей лекарственных средств. Аптеку традиционно рассматривают, как учреждение здравоохранения, а ее деятельность формулируют, как «оказание фармацевтической помощи населению». Фармацевтическая помощь включает в себя процедуру консультирования врача и пациента с целью определения наиболее эффективного, безопасного и экономически оправданного курса лечения.

Интернет–аптека – представительство аптек в сети Интернет, где можно без посещения аптечного пункта заказать необходимые лекарства с доставкой на дом. Интернет-аптека осуществляет доставку лекарств, витаминов, косметики, лечебных трав, приборов для измерения различных показателей, а также медицинской техники и оборудования высокого уровня. При заказе лекарств через Интернет также можно получить консультации провизора, помощь специалиста в выборе подходящего лекарственного средства и экономию времени.