- •Ideomatic expressions
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Illness – disease
- •Make your choice of the words in italics.
- •Find the proper definitions for the words.
- •Fill the gaps with suitable words.
- •Choose the best alternative to fill each of the gaps in the next five sentences.
- •In the last five sentences three of the alternatives are correct and two of them are wrong. Choose the three best alternatives for each.
- •Fill in the right prepositions where necessary.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •VIII. Fill in the right words.
- •Diseases. Fill in the blanks.
- •Diseases. The following are terms referring to some types of diseases. Match the types with their definitions.
- •Diseases. Choose the best answer.
- •Diseases. Fill the blanks with the words below. You may use each word only once.
- •How the Body Fights Disease
- •Choose the best answer.
- •Specialists. Where can you find these patients? Match the patients with the correct words or departments.
- •Specialists. Give the name of the persons defined below.
- •Specialists. Which of the professionals would you consult in each of the following cases?
- •Specialists. What is the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychoanalyst?
- •Symptoms. Match the symptoms with the explanation what caused them.
- •Symptoms. Match the following symptoms of disease with their definitions.
- •Symptoms. Choose words from the group below to complete the sentences. It may be necessary to change the form of the given words.
- •Symptoms. Choose the correct answers.
- •Symptoms. Choose the right answer.
- •Symptoms. Choose the correct form.
- •Symptoms. Choose the correct form.
- •Diseases. Give the Russian names of the following diseases.
- •Diseases. Choose the correct answer.
- •Our Body and Our Health
- •Study the vocabulary given above each paragraph of the text. Read the paragraphs and note down the following points:
- •Our Body and Our Health
- •Body. Give names for the indicated parts of the head.
- •Body. Match each of the following parts of the body with the correct number in the picture below.
- •Body. Complete the sentences. The number of dashes is identical with the number of letters in the missing words.
- •Body. Crossword.
- •Body. Each of the ten words below are regularly used to describe an action or gesture made with a part of the body. Write which. In some cases more than one answer is possible.
- •Body. Choose the correct answer.
- •Body. What’s the Russian for?
- •Body. Match the following parts of the body with the jumbled definitions on the right.
- •Body. Choose one of the possibilities that best completes the sentence.
- •Ideas for discussian:
- •Read the text again and analyze its paragraph structure. Write down topic sentences from each paragraph of the text and combine them into a short summary At the Doctor’s
- •Read the dialogue; and the pay attention to the new vocabulary. At the doctor’s office
- •Questions for discussion:
- •Imagine, you are a doctor. Try to diagnose these illnesses.
- •Make up a dialogue on analogy using the vocabulary
- •1`. As you read the text look for an answer to the following question: When should you go to the emergency room?
- •3, Guided Conversation
- •What to do about flu
- •1. Read these sentences. Which do you think are true (t) or false (f)?
- •Discuss with your friend what can we do about flu
- •Read the interview of Hillary Max-Hyslop with a British General Practitioner (gp). What new facts about the British National Health Service have you learned?
- •Interview: the National Health Service
- •2. Discuss with your partner pros and cons of the British nhs.
- •State Policy on Health Care Services Organization and management
- •Financing of health services
- •Access to services
- •What changes would you like to introduce in the National Health Care Services in Belarus? Discuss it with your partners.
- •Maladies of the 21st century
- •1.Read the extract carefully and note down the follow points:
- •Smoking
- •2.Read the extract and note down the facts about the danger caused by alcohol. Find some sentences proving that. Alcohol
- •3.Read the extract and note down the examples, showing the effect of drugs on a human being. What social problems do the drugs cause? Drugs
Access to services
Health care in the Republic of Belarus is characterized by a high availability of medical personnel and hospital beds. In January 1995, there were 44,600 doctors (43.3 per 10,000 of the population) and 117,600 professional medical workers such as nurses and technologists/technicians (114.2 per 10,000 of the population). General practitioners account for 26 % of the total medical personnel, paediatricians for 11%, surgeons for 12%, dentists for 8 % and obstetrician/gynaecologists for 5 %. There are 128,500 hospital beds (125.4 per 10,000 of the population).
A well-developed network of treatment and preventive care institutions provides medical assistance (871 hospitals, including 428 in rural areas, and 1579 out-patient and polyclinic institutions, including 789 in rural areas). There are 204 ambulance stations. In rural areas, 2960 doctor's assistants and midwifery centres offer assistance to the population living in a 7 to 8 km radius. Doctors of out-patient and district hospitals offer assistance within 10 to 12 km.
At the same time, the system lacks horizontal integration which leads to a fragmentation of individuals' health problems among several specialists.
For example, during the course of having a baby, a woman will see one specialist (obstetrician/gynaecologist) during and after pregnancy (or several if she has health problems) and will be attended by different specialist (s) at the time of delivery.
There is also a strong emphasis on curative and institution-based care, with little attention to Primary Health Care. Some 80 % of sick children begin and end their treatment in poly clinics.
Access to highly-qualified and specialized medical assistance for the population in rural areas was reduced in 1993-94, due to a considerable reduction in public transportation necessitated by the economic situation.
The state health care system includes health care institutions under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health (92 % of doctors work in these) as well as health care services belonging to the Ministries of Defence and Internal Affairs and to the Belarusian Railways.
From A Situation Analysis of Children and Women 1995. Children and Women of Belarus. Unicef United Nations Children's fund.
What changes would you like to introduce in the National Health Care Services in Belarus? Discuss it with your partners.
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Maladies of the 21st century
We entered the 21st century with such maladies as heart and vascular system diseases, environmental diseases, cancer, AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). The risk factors causing these diseases are poor environment (especially after Chernobyl disaster), constant stress and bad habits. We witness more and more cases when people suffer from such environmental diseases as food allergies, chronic fatigue syndrome, asthma, thyroid gland. They all have a huge impact on the quality of life, darken our prospects for future. Alcohol, drugs, smoking, AIDS have also become the reality of our life, especially among young and middle-aged people. Today we'll read the texts about the diseases which have come as a result of people's ignorance and lack of healthy habits.