Taras Shevchenko.

Taras Shevchenko was born on March 9, 1814 in the Ukrainian village of Moryntsi. His parents were serfs and lived in bitter poverty; both died before Taras was twelve years old. What saved the boy from the being submerged in the sea of indigence were his native intelligence and artistic talent.

In the late 1830’s he started to write poetry, at first ballads and lyrics of Romanticism, and later historical poems depicting the past glories of the Cossacks of Ukraine. In 1840 his first collection of poems Kobzar appeared.

In 1847, Shevchenko was arrested and charged with belonging to an illegal society and with writing insolent, revolutionary poetry.

Shevchenko lived the life of a exile. However, he managed to write secretly and even to paint. The poems from that period show a more philosophic attitude to life. After his release in 1857, Shevchenko was in poor health and he died unmarried in St.Peterburg on March 10, 1861.

New Words:

Serf - кріпак

bitter poverty – гірка убогість

to submerge – опускатися, опуститися

indigence - бідність, нестаток

intelligence – кмітливість, передбачливість, розум

to depict - зображувати на картині, малювати

to be charged with - обвинувачувати в

illegal – незакрнний, нелегальний

insolent – зухвалий, нахальний

an exile – вигнанець, засланець

release - звільнення

Topic 20. At the doctor's

Exercise 1. Read and memorize the following words:

ill - хворий

headache - головний біль

e.g. I have a splitting headache.

сough - кашель

e.g. Mary is sick. She has a bad cough..

gown - халат

e.g. The doctor took her coat off and put on the white gown which she kept in her bag.

(to) examine - оглядати

e.g. The doctor examined the patient, felt his pulse, took his temperature and measured his blood pressure.

(to) strip - роздягатися

e. g. The doctor asked the patient to strip to the waist.

pneumonia – запалення легенів

investigation - обстеження

to cure - лікувати

e.g. If you are sick, the doctor will cure you.

hospital - лікарня

e.g. When father fell ill, he went to the hospital.

prescription - рецепт

(to) prescribe – приписувати(ліки)

e.g. The doctor prescribed me some medicine.

injection - укол

gargle - полоскання, полоскати

note [nout] направление(мед.)

X-ray - рентгенівське випромінювання

chemist's - аптека

instructions - порада

e.g. If you follow instructions you will feel better to morrow.

policlinic – поліклініка

check-up – перевірка

influenz/flu - грип

couch - кушетка

medicine ['medsin] ліки

(to) recover / to be on the mend - одужувати

e.g. The doctor said my mother was on the mend (she was recovering).

Stomach - шлунок

pain [pein] - біль(гострий, раптовий)

e.g. Did you ever have a pain from being burned?

ache [eik] - 1. n біль(тупий, тривалий) 2. v боліти

e.g. The baby is sick. His stomach aches.

digestion - травлення

(to) hurt - завдавати бою

improvement - поліпшення

ambulance карета - швидкої допомоги

(to) treat - лікувати

treatment - лікування

operation - операція

tonsillitis - тонзиліт

tuberculosis - туберкульоз

cancer - рак

indigestion - нетравлення шлунку

ulcer - виразка

stroke - [strouk] раптовий приступ, удар

burn - опік

metabolism - обмін речовин

bruise - гематома, синець

physician лікар

therapeutist терапевт

pediatrician педіатр

surgeon хірург

psychiatrist психіатр

gynaecologist гінеколог

oculist офтальмолог

otolaryngologist отоларинголог

nurse медсестра

e.g. The nurse takes care of sick people. dentist стоматолог

e.g. The man is a dentist. He fixes teeth.

(to) extract (pull out, take out) виривати

(to) complain скаржитися

e.g. What are you complaining of?

pills пілюлі

tablets таблетки

(to) fall ill захворіти

(to) be ill хворіти

(to) take one's temperature. Міряти температуру

(to) measure one's blood pressure міряти кров’яний тиск

cough-mixture мікстура від кашлю

mustard plaster гірчичник

hot-water bottle грілка

blood examination аналіз крові

patient's file медична картка

(to) follow instructions дотримуватися поради

consulting-room кабінет лікаря

(to) consult a doctor звертатися до лікаря

waiting-room кімната чекання

first-aid measures надання першої допомоги

(to) be on the mend (to recover) одужувати

examination couch кушетка для огляду

(to) catch (a) cold застудитися

reception office реєструватися

(to) make sure переконатися

sick-leave – листок непрацездатності

medical post медункт

first aid швидка допомога

blood transfusion переливання крові

(to) admit to a hospital - покласти в лікарню

(to) lose consciousness - знепритомніти

(to) come round опритомніти

maternity hospital - пологовий будинок

frost-bite відморожене місце

a splitting headache нестерпний головний біль

a terrible toothache страшний зубний біль

an awful ear-ache страшенний біль у вусі

a stomach-ache біль у шлунку

a pain in the back біль у спині

(to) suffer from malarial\ bronchitis\ the mumps\ pneumonia - хворіти на малярію/бронхіт/свинку/запалення легенів

Exercise 2. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions:

When we have a headache, a stomach-ache, a sore throat, a cold,or a pain in some other part of the body, we call the doctor. He takes our temperature and feels our pulse. He examines our heart, our lungs, our stomach or pressure, the part of the body which hurts us, and tells us what the matter is with us. He says: "You have a slight temperature" , "You have the flu", or "You have caught a cold", or "You have heart disease".

The doctor gives us a prescri ption and says: "I shall prescribe some medicine. You must take the prescri ption to the chemist and he will make up the medicine for you. Take the medicine twice a day before meals".

If we follow the doctor's instructions, we get better; if we disobey the doctor we may get worse, and even die. We must follow the doctor's instructions, if we want to get better. If we have a temperature, we must stay in bed and take the medicine he prescribes. If we cannot get bet­ter at home we must go to hospital.

If we need an operation, for example, if we have appen­dicitis, a surgeon performs the operation on us. If we are too ill we go to hospital in the ambulance. After our illness we can go to a sanatorium until we are strong again.

When we have toothache, we go to the dentist's. The dentist examines our teeth and asks: "Which tooth hurts you?" He says: "That tooth has a cavity. I must stop it, I must put in a filling". If the tooth is too bad, the dentist extracts it.

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions:

1. What do you do when you fall ill?

2. When do you send for the doctor?

3. What does the doctor do?

4. What do you feel when you have the flu?

5. Who operates .on people?

6. Why must one follow the doctor's instruc­tions?

7. Whom do you consult when you have a toothache (sore eyes, a sore throat, a broken leg, a burn, frost­bite)?

8. What do you buy at the chemist's?

9. What does a dentist do?

10. Which doctors and diseases do you know?

Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks with the necessary words in brackets:

1. You must take two ... before each meal. (tablets, cough-mixture, gargle)

2. If you follow my ... you will feel better tomorrow. (physician, disease, instructions)

3. When you have a toothache you must consult ... (a nurse, a dentist, an oculist)

4. .... operates on people. (therapeutist, psychiatrist, surgeon)

5. The doctor put down everything she found into my mother's .... (note, patient's file, prescription)

Exercise 5. Read the dialogue in roles and translate it.

Ann:	Good morning, doctor!
Doctor:	Good morning. What is your surname?
Ann:	Stelmakh
Doctor:	Here is your patient’s file. What’s wrong with you?
Ann:	I am shivering and, I think, I have a temperature. I slept bad this night, but in the morning I went to the colledge. When two lessons were over I had to go – I felt so bad.
Doctor:	Let me examine you, but first take your temperature. The temperature is too high. Will you open your mouth and say “A-a”.
Ann:	A-a-a.
Doctor:	The throat is slightly inflamed. Will you take your blouse off, I want to examine you. Breathe in, now breathe out. Cough. Enough. How many days have you been coughing?
Ann:	The second day.
Doctor:	You have a typical cold. You should stay in bed some days and take medicine. Here is a prescription.
Ann:	How many times a day should I take the medicine?
Doctor:	Three times a day after meals. Drink hot tea with milk.
Ann:	What do you think, how much time have I to stay in bed?
Doctor:	Three or four days. I am sure that by the end of the week you will have recovered.(will have felt better).
Ann:	Thank you, doctor.
Doctor:	Good bye.

Exercise 6. Translate the dialogue into English:

Ганна: Доброго ранку, лікарю!

Лікар: Доброго ранку. Ваше прізвище?

Ганна: Стельмах.

Лікар: Ось ваша картка. Що з вами?

Ганна: Мене морозить і, гадаю, в мене температура. Я погано спала цю ніч, але вранці поїхала до Коледжу. Після двох занять я змушена була піти – я почувала себе дуже погано.

Лікар: Давайте я огляну Вас, але спочатку зміряйте температуру.(Подивившись на термометр)Температура зависока. Відкрийте рот и скажіть «А-а».

Ганна: А-а-а.

Лікар: Гортань трохи запалена. Зніміть кофтину, я хочу Вас послухати. Вдихніть, тепер видихніть. Покашляйте. Достатньо. Скільки днів ви кашляєте?

Ганна: Другий день.

Лікар: У вас типова (typical) простуда. Треба полежати кілька днів у ліжку та попити ліки. Ось рецепт.

Ганна: Скільки разів на день приймати ліки?

Лікар: Три рази на день після їди. Попийте гарячий чай з молоком.

Ганна: Як ви гадаєте, скільки часу мені доведеться пролежать в ліжку?

Лікар: Днів три-чотири. Я певний, що до кінця тижня Ви почуватимете себе добре.

Ганна: дякую, лікарю.

Лікар: До побачення.