Vocabulary Exercises:

Exercise1. Write out vocabulary, transcribe and translate them.

Exercise2. Translate the sentences:

1. Ближе к вечеру Даниела почувствовала острую боль в спине и не могла двигаться, с трудом она добралась до телефона и вызвала скорую.

2. При порезе, нужно срочно нанести антисептик и обвязать бинтом.

3. Все тело Кэт дрожало, у нее была высокая температура, ее тошнило, она чувствовала, что упадет в обморок.

4. Однажды лежа в постели, я почувствовала пронзительную боль на левой ноге, боль была настолько острой, что мгновенно вызвала шок по всему телу.

5.Сью срочно была оказана первая помощь, и тот час она была отправлена в больницу.

6. Когда мы приехали в больницу, Джейн уже была переведена в палату и, по словам врачей, была в хорошем состоянии.

7. Ник боялся уколов как огня.

8. Ночью у меня разболелся зуб, и только после того как я приняла две таблетки успокоительного, боль прошла.

9. В наше время девушки с раннего возраста думают о подтяжке лица, липосакции и прочих услуг, которые предлагает пластическая хирургия.

10.Карен внезапно стало хуже, у нее поднялось давление, врачи были вынуждены подключить ее к искусственному дыхательному аппарату.

Exercise3. Correct the sentences where necessary.

1. I had a bad hemorrhage so I took some medicine for the pain.

2. The doctor used antibiotics for my infection.

3. It takes seven weeks to heal a broken bone.

4. I will have an operation on my heart.

5. I feel ill.

6. If you are outside in winter, you could cure a cold.

7. The midwife gave me medicine for my sickness.

8. The doctor gave me a prescription for my drugs.

9. Many Americans get liposuction to make them thin.

10. A face reduction will make you look younger.

11. Paramedics are teeth specialists.

12. Too much medicine will make you vomit.

13. The surgeon gave a facelift.

14. Infections are painful.

15. Botox injections will make you look young again.

Exercise4. Make up your own situation using the following words:

1. a burn; to give first aid, to handle, to cause shock, to involve, to remove, a sterile dressing; to injure.

2. arterial bleeding; a wound; to apply a bandage; to elevate; to lose one’s consciousness; to develop; to lay smb. down on the stretcher

3. an artificial respiration apparatus; to equip; an ambulance; to carry; first aid instruments; a splint; a stretcher

4. to squeeze; much more severe; to call up; to subside; to give an injection; to confirm; to transport to the hospital

Exercise5. Plastic Surgery Horror Stories

On TV a program about some unsuccessful plastic surgery operations was broadcast.

Read the opinion of people taken from the forum debating on the complication after the operation.

Speak out your opinion on the theme.

Tootsie roll

There was a similar show that actually played on ETV. Some of the stories were horrible but some of the victims were not wise in the decisions they made. NOR were their doctors very smart in allowing these decisions to be made.

One story involved a woman who in my opinion is just obsessed with the perfect face etc. She was into Botox and met a woman somewhere in a store or something like that. This woman said she could do Botox for a much less cost and the "victim" AGREED and went to a dingy house and allowed this woman to shoot up her face with what she thought was Botox. The botox was actually silicone and this woman who had a very nice looking face is now a mess. WHAT WAS SHE THINKING????? The police did get involved and the perpetrator is long gone along with lots of cash.

I guess the moral is to make sure your doctor is well qualified, is board certified etc.

June 06, 2006, 08:59 AM

Kat person

Having worked for a surgeon who restored faces from patients who had trauma I saw some pretty bad stuff. He eventually branched into doing face lifts and eye surgery. Boy, I sure did see a lot of plastic surgeons mistakes on people who came in to my doctor to get their mistakes repaired. Some people just don't research their surgeon enough either. My doc used to say, research, research and more research. If it’s cheap, then you are on the road to a mess and potential disaster from what I saw in his office.

I saw a t.v. show about a woman who had a successful face lift, had researched her doctor and it was beautiful; however, she had such a problem with her nerve endings and she was in constant pain afterwards. She had sensitivity to light, touch, etc. There are a lot of important nerves in our face and I would be afraid something like this could happen as well.

That being said, I did have my lips enhanced and was totally happy with it, besides it being almost free since I worked for him. I would never ever do anything again though. Totally chancy at the best of times. Surgery is surgery and things can go wrong.

June 06, 2006, 02:55 PM

chaofa

Kat person, you are correct. I always talk about how I'd like to have some work done, and the DH always screams, "No." I think that it's fine to go in for plastic surgery, but there is always a risk with any surgical procedure. It is also difficult to comprehend how anyone could lowball such a delicate surgical procedure. Not very smart to go bargain basement shopping for a surgeon!

June 06, 2006, 03:18 PM

Exercise6. Answer the questions:

1. Who is to blame for an unsuccessful operation?

2. What aftereffects can an unqualified operation bring out?

3. Why are women so obsessed with plastic surgery?

4. In your opinion where can the future of plastic surgery lead to?

5. Do you approve of practicing such an operation?

FOCUS

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On November 29 Freddie Mercury announced to the world that he had AIDS. Just the next day, his fight was over, and he died. He was 45.

Who Cares about AIDS?

Millions of people throughout the world have AIDS. It’s an extremely serious disease and it often leads to death. Of the 42 million people living with AIDS in the world 9 out of 10 do not know that they are infected 7 thousand young people aged 10-24 are infected with AIDS every day. 5 young people are infected with AIDS every minute. By the year 2020 there will be over 40 million orphans under the age of 15 in the world. Most of these children will have lost their parents to AIDS.

Exercise1. A. Read what different people say about the problem? Who do you agree with?

• I’ve got AIDS. I don’t want to die. I don’t understand why people forget about this serious problem. Anybody – black or white, male or female, rich or poor – can get AIDS.

Sam, 21

• I care about AIDS a lot. I’m afraid of getting it when I’m older. I think everybody should care about AIDS. It can touch anyone I also think that people with AIDS are normal people. They want to have friends and enjoy themselves. Why do other people avoid them?

John, 24

• I care about AIDS because my best friend’s brother has it. I don’t want him to die.

Christina, 18

• Everybody knows that AIDS involves unprotected sex and drugs. So if someone has AIDS, it’s their problem not mime. It’s probably, their fault, too.

Tom, 18

• I’m an optimistic. I’m sure that by the time. I grow up, scientists will have found some anti-AIDS pills.

Anna, 13

B. Write down your opinion.

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Exercise2. A. Here are seven myths about AIDS. Study them, discuss with a partner and write your opinion whether they are true.

Myth 1

Teenagers aren’t really at risk.

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Myth 2

Mostly gay men and drug users get it.

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Myth 3

There is a cure, but only very rich people can afford it.

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Myth 4

You only need to get tested if you don’t know your sex partner well.

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Myth 5

You can tell someone has AIDS just by looking at him.

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Myth 6

You shouldn’t kiss, hug, or share a meal or drink with someone who is HIV positive or has AIDS.

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Myth 7

It’s really only bad in the developing third-world countries.

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B. Read the facts. Match facts and myths. Compare your opinion. Who was right?

A. Fact HIV basically progresses in four stages. The first stage is kind of flu-like and people often don’t know they are infected. The second stage is called clinically asymptomatic – it can last as long as ten years and infected people open show no symptoms of all. It’s not until the 3 stage when the body’s immune system begins to fail, that symptoms really begin to appear. Stage 4 is when symptoms become severe and HIV is diagnosed as AIDS.

B. Fact

Here is how the disease is passed

• through having unprotected sex with an infected partner;

• through blood – if you use a needle or a syringe that has been used by someone who is infected;

• from a pregnant woman with AIDS to her baby, or through breast milk.

You can’t get if from the following:

• sharing glasses, spoons, forks, clothes, etc;

• kissing and hugging;

• mosquito bites.

C. Fact

Actually, young people have the fastest growing rate of infection worldwide.

D. Fact

There is still no cure for AIDS, but there’re drugs that can slow down the HIV virus and slow down the damage to the immune system. But there is no way to get all the HIV out of your body. Scientists are hopeful that a vaccine against the HIV virus will be found in the near future.

E. Fact

The epidemic is spreading all over the world, including Kazakhstan.

G. Fact

Anyone, anywhere, can get AIDS.

H. Fact

You need to be tested regularly for HIV/AIDS if you are sexually active. You should especially have yourself checked out if you have had unprotected sex.

Exercise3. Read the statements and put them into appropriate columns. Which position do you take?

A . You never see a tiger or a lion feeling sorry for its victims, do you?

B. It’s stupid to say everybody must be a vegetarian. In some places, it’s very difficult to get enough to eat. People have to eat what they can get.

C. I don’t think it’s necessary to kill to eat. It’s cruel to let animals suffer so much

D. Why is killing an animal different from killing a human?

E. I’ll never become a vegetarian. I love fast food so I eat lots of hot dogs and hamburgers.

F. Organic foods are full of pesticides. That’s the use of becoming a veggie.

G. Some people still believe that you can’t live without meat. But modern scientific research shows that all the nutrients we need for a healthy life can be found in plants.

H . My family and I are vegetarians we don’t eat meat. We eat lots of vegetables, fruit and meat. I think that being a veggie is good for health.

FOR	AGAINST

Listening Focus

The Great Plague 1665

Work Sheet

Before you listen

Exercise1. Learn the words.

Plague, parish, outbreak, flea, bacillus, to inflame, cart, posy, nose-gay, resurgence, dell, siege

Exercise2. Try to reconstruct the story of plague in England by means of the words.

Plague, flea, rat, disaster, Bubonic Plague, inflamed glands, to carry the plague bacillus, to turn black in patches, inflamed glands or 'buboes', compulsive vomiting, splitting headaches agonizing killer, swollen tongue, corpse.

After you listen

Exercise3. Listen to the history of outbreak of plague in England. Define if the following sentences True or False.

• In two years of the 17th century London suffered 3 terrible disasters. 

• In 1666 the Great Fire of London destroyed much of the centre of London and it partly helped to destroy alleged hearth of plague. And in some sense helped Londoners to stay off the national disaster.

• Bubonic Plague was known as the Black Death and had been known in England for centuries. 

• Incubation took just a day and when the plague appeared in a household, the house was sealed, thus condemning the whole family to death! 

• The plague spread to many parts of England.  Oxford was one city badly affected.

• The plague lasted in London until the late December when the colder weather helped kill off the fleas.

• Chicken-pox seems to be the modern form of plague. 

• Many people from nobilities had died during reigning of plague throughout England.

Exercise4. Answer the following questions:

1. What were two terrible disasters existing in England in the 17 century?

2. How did the epidemic spread around the country?

3. What were the major carriers of the disease?

4. What were the first symptoms of it? How long did the process last?

5. Where did plague come from? How did it happen to bring out in London?

6. When was the peak of mortality from the disease?

7. What was done to the houses where infection reigned? Where were the corpses buried?

8. What was the measure of the Royal Court to suppress the disaster?

9. Did any remedy exist to prevent from infection? Was it available for people?

10. How did the plague keep on penetrating to other parts of the UK?

11. Who was William Mompesson?

12. Where else were the cases of plague epidemic registered in 20^th century?

13. Why AIDS is called the plague of 21 century?

14. Do nowadays any kinds of epidemic appear time after time? What is the main reason of them?

Exercise5. Read the text and check your answers.

In two successive years of the 17th century London suffered two terrible disasters.  In the spring and summer of 1665 an outbreak of Bubonic Plague spread from parish to parish until thousands had died and the huge pits dug to receive the bodies were full.  In 1666 the Great Fire of London destroyed much of the centre of London but also killed off most of the black rats and fleas that carried the plague bacillus. Bubonic Plague was known as the Black Death and had been known in England for centuries.  The victim's skin turned black in patches and inflamed glands or 'buboes' in the groin combined with compulsive vomiting, swollen tongue and splitting headaches made it a horrible, agonizing killer. The plague started in the East, possibly China, and quickly spread through Europe. Whole communities were wiped out and corpses littered the streets as there was no one left to bury them.  It began in London in the poor, overcrowded parish of St. Giles-in-the-Field.  It started slowly at first but by May of 1665, 43 had died.  In June 6137 people died, in July 17036 and at its peak in August, 31159 people died.  Incubation took a mere four to six days and when the plague appeared in a household, the house was sealed, thus condemning the whole family to death!  These houses were distinguished by a painted red cross on the door and the words, 'Lord has mercy on us'.  At night the corpses were brought out in answer to the cry,' Bring out your dead', put in a  cart and taken away to the plague pits. The King, Charles II and his Court left London and fled to Oxford.  Those people who could, sent their families away from London during these months, but the poor had no recourse but to stay. It was believed that holding a posy of flowers to the noise kept away the plague and to this day judges are still given a nose-gay to carry on ceremonial occasions as a protection against the plague! A song about the plague is still sung by children today. 'Ring-a-ring of roses' describes in great detail the symptoms of the plague, and ends with 'All fall down'.  The plague spread to many parts of England.  York was one city badly affected. The plague victims were buried outside the city walls and it is said that they have never been disturbed since then, as a precaution against a resurgence of the dreaded plague.  A small village in Derbyshire called Eyam, 6 miles north of Bakewell, has a story of tragedy and courage that will always be remembered. In 1665 a box of laundry was brought to Eyam by a traveller.  The laundry was found to be infested with fleas, and the epidemic started!  80% of the people died here and there could have been a terrible outbreak in Derbyshire had the village not had a courageous rector called William Mompesson.  He persuaded the villagers not to flee the village and so spread the infection, but to stay until the plague had run its course.  His wife was one of the many victims and her tomb can be seen in Eyam church. Mompesson preached in the open air during the time of the plague, on a rock in a dell, now called Cucklett Church.  Every year a Commemorative Service is held on the last Sunday in August in the dell where he preached.  During their 'siege' the villagers dropped money for provisions into a well so as not to spread the infection on the coins. The plague lasted in London until the late Autumn when the colder weather helped kill off the fleas. Over the centuries Bubonic Plague has broken out in Europe and the Far East.  In 1900 there were outbreaks of plague in places as far apart as Portugal and Australia. Influenza seems to be the modern form of plague.  At the end of World War One an influenza outbreak circled the world during 1918 - 1919.  Within a year 20 million people had died world-wide.

Exercise6. What do you know about other kinds of diseases, their histories, symptoms, treatment?

Conversation practice: Likes, Dislikes and Preferences.

1. How to express likes:

like

I (quite) enjoy football.

love

fond of music.

I’m (very) keen on jogging.

2. How to agree or disagree with a person’s likes:

Agreeing: So do I.

So am I.

Disagreeing: I don’t

I’m not.

3. How to express dislikes:

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don’t like

dislike

I hate loud music.

can’t stand people who smoke

can’t bear

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4. How to agree or disagree with a person’s dislikes:

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Agreeing: Neither do I.

So do I.

Neither can I.

Disagreeing: I do

I don’t

I can.

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5. How to express preferences:

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I prefer apples to oranges.

watching TV listening to records.

I’d prefer to

rather go to the cinema than (go) to the theatre.

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Conversation

Susan: Guess what? They’re showing “China Seas” with Clark Gable on TV tonight.

Lucy: Are they really? Oh, I must watch that. If there’s one actor. I love watching, it’s Clark Gable.

Susan: Yes, so do I, especially when he’s playing opposite Jean Harlow.

Lucy: Jean Harlow? Oh, I can’t stand her!

Susan: Can’t you? But why not?

Lucy: I don’t know. I just don’t like the ay the acts, that’s all.

Susan: But she was a very good actress!

Lucy: You must be joking!

Susan: No, I’m not. I really like the way she acts. Anyway, I’d much rather watch “China Seas” than the opera on B.B.C. 2 “ La Traviata”.

Lucy: You are not serious, are you? You really mean to say that you’d prefer to watch “China Seas”?

Susan: Yes, any day.

Lucy: Well… if that’s the sort of film you enjoy watching, then all I can say is that I don’t think very much of your taste! I shall watch the opera!

I. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions:

What are they showing on TV tonight? What do the girls think of Clark Gable?

Do they both think much of Jean Harlow’s acting? What programmes are the girls going to watch tonight?

II. Listen to the conversation again. Imitate the phrases expressing likes, dislikes and preferences.

III. Find in the text appropriate English phrases for the following:

Мне действительно нравится, как она играет. Я невысокого мнения о твоем вкусе. Ты наверное шутишь. Я немогу ее терпеть. Если такого рода фильм тебе нравиться... Мне просто не нравится, как она играет. Я бы предпочла посмотреть фильм.

VI. Role-play the conversation.

Самостоятельная работа студентов:

1. Write down a report: “Diseases”

2. Make the list of more catching diseases in our region. Use the information from newspapers and Internet sites.

3. Make “a round table” ‘Bird flu is a new threat to humankind’

Рубежный контроль 1

Use the right form of the verbs in brackets.