- •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
Symptoms. Choose the right answer.
When I tried to walk I had a sharp ….. in my leg.
a) cut b) hurt c) pain d) wound
Whenever she catches …, she gets a ….. all over her face.
a) blemish b) lump c) rash d) sore
She ….. of severe pains in her arms and legs.
a) complains b) grumbles c) remarks d) says
You’re looking very pale – do you ….. sick?
a) become b) fall c) faint d) feel
My husband does not feel at all well. I think he must have eaten something that him.
a) disagreed b) disturbed c) hurt d) poisoned
If you have a sore throat it is very difficult to ….. .
a) bite b) chew c) digest d) swallow
If you didn’t keep scratching that spot on your face, it would soon ….. .
a) cure b) heal c) mend d) remedy
When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above ….. .
a) normal b) ordinary c) regular d) usual
I was so tired I couldn’t stop ….. .
a) coughing b) crying c) laughing d) yawning
After the accident she suffered brain ….. and couldn’t speak.
a) damage b) decay c) destruction d) disease
The child who swallowed a peanut began to ….. .
a) breathe b) choke c) cough d) yawn
May I please have a glass of water? I feel a little ….. .
a) bad b) faint c) hungry d) ill
Symptoms. Choose the correct form.
The clinical thermometer is used (for, to) measuring (body’s, body) temperature. It (consist of, contains, includes) a tube made (from, of, with) glass, which (comprises, contains, consists of) a certain (amount, number) of mercury. When the mercury is (hot, heated), it (expands, extends, increases) and (raises, rises) up the tube, which is graduated in degrees Fahrenheit or Centigrade (according, depending) on the country of manufacture.
Symptoms. Choose the correct form.
The dying man said nothing: he merely ….. .
a) mumbled b) sighed c) stammered d) whispered
There is something wrong with his vocal chords and, as a result, he has always been ….. .
a) deaf b) dumb c) silent d) speechless
He suffers from a speech ….. and so he cannot pronounce the letter “r” correctly.
a) break b) defect c) error d)mistake
She had lost her voice and could only speak in a ….. .
a) breath b) rustle c) whisper d) whistle
After speaking for two hours, the lecturer found he could scarcely talk, as he had become ….. .
a) dumb b) hoarse c) inarticulate d) speechless
When he spoke on the telephone, his voice was so ….. that I could hardly hear him.
a) dim b) dull c) faint d) unnoticeable
You will find John rather difficult to understand at first, as he has a slight ….. in his speech.
a) complication b) contraction c) difficulty d) impediment
You will have to ….. , Aunt Betty is rather deaf.
a) call up b) ring up c) speak up d) stand up
After a fall from a horse, his speech became rather ….. .
a) anxious b) confused c) confusing d) clear
I’m afraid I’m rather ….. of hearing. Will you speak a little louder, please?
a) deaf b) hard c) quiet d)slow
His stomach felt very ….. after that rough journey in a lorry.
a) disused b) undone c) used up d) upset
It was so cold my fingers were quite ….. .
a) insensible b) numb c) paralyzed d) senseless
Although the injured driver was almost unconscious, he was ….. in pain.
a) moaning b) mumbling c) stammering d) whispering
He was so cold that his teeth were ….. .
a) chattering b) perishing c) shivering d) shuddering
He ….. over the body of a cat lying on the pavement.
a) crashed b)stumbled c) toppled d) tumbled
John broke his leg. That is why he still ….. a little.
a) halts b) limps c) staggers d) trips
I was ….. by the gas in the room and fell to the ground.
a) depressed b) overcome c) overturned d) submerged
Her right eye ….. when she anxious.
a) twiddles b) twirls c) twitches d) twists
I have got such a ….. headache that I can’t concentrate on the lecture.
a) beating b) drumming c) hammering d) throbbing
He had a terrible cold and found it difficult to breathe as his nose was ….. .
a) closed up b) filled up c) shut up d) stuffed up
The fumes were so thick that he was ….. for breath.
a) gasping b) inhaling c) suffocating d) wheezing
Go straight to the hospital and have your hand attended to – it looks ….. to me.
a) affected b) infected c)intoxicated d) polluted