Pete is Ill

When Pete was going home from school, the weather was very bad. It was cold, a strong wind was blowing and it was raining. Pete had no umbrella and no raincoat. When he came home, he had a running nose and a bad cough and sneezed all the time. His mother told him to get into bed. She put mustard plasters on his chest. In the evening Pete was running a temperature and had a headache. His mother gave him hot tea with honey and raspberry jam to beat down the temperature and a tablet for headache.

The next morning Pete had a sore throat and a cold in the head. His temperature was thirty seven point six. So he had to stay away from school. His mother called the doctor in.

When the doctor came, he felt Pete's pulse, examined his throat and listened to his heart and lungs. He diagnosed the case as the flu and prescribed some medicine.

"Here is the prescription for your medicine," he said. "Take a table spoonful of this mixture three times a day after meals."

"May I get up?" asked Pete.

"No. You must stay in bed a few days, until your temperature is normal," said the doctor. "Drink a lot of hot tea with raspberry jam and eat honey. You like honey, don't you?" he added, seeing that Pete smiled. "Hot milk is also very good for your sore throat."

"Oh!" Pete made a face. "I don't want to drink hot milk. I just hate it" he said.

"О. К., hot tea, then," said the doctor. "And by the way," he added, turning to Pete's mother, "tell your daughter not to enter this room. The flu is catching, and if you are not careful, she may catch it. I'll come again in three days to see how my patient is getting on."

Pete's illness was not very serious. He followed the doctor's instructions and was getting better from day to day. In a few days he had completely recovered.

Exercise 14. Answer the following questions.

1. What was the weather like when Pete was going home from school?

2. Why did Pete fall ill?

3. What symptoms did Pete have when he came home?

4. What did Pete's mother tell him to do?

5. Did Pete's mother put mustard plasters on his chest?

6. Why did she put mustard plasters on his chest?

7. Was Pete running a temperature in the evening?

8. What else was the matter with him?

9. What did Pete's mother do to beat down his tem­perature? What did she give him for headache?

10. How did Pete feel the next morning?

11. What was Pete's temperature in the morning?

12. Why did Pete have to stay away from school?

12. Pete's mother called the doctor in, didn't she?

13. What did the doctor do?

14. After giving Pete a thorough examination, the doctor diagnosed the case, didn't he? What was Pete ill with?

15. What did the doctor do to help Pete recover?

16. What medicine did the doctor prescribe?

17. What did Pete ask the doctor? What did the doctor answer?

18. How long was Pete to stay in bed?

19. What did the doctor tell Pete to drink?

20. What was Pete ready to drink? What did he refuse to drink? Why?

21. What did the doctor warn Pete's mother about?

22. Why did the doctor warn Pete's mother not to let his sister enter the room?

23. How soon did the doctor promise to come again?

24. Was Pete's illness very serious?

25. Pete recovered soon, didn't he? What helped him to recover soon?

Exercise 15. Practice reading the following sentences. Learn them by heart.

Your tongue is coated Ваш язык обложен

Take a deep breath Сделайте глубокий вдох

Exercise 16. Learn the following dialogue.

A. What do you complain of, my boy?

B. I have a splitting headache and a sore throat. I am running a temperature.

A. Let me feel your pulse. Open your mouth, please. I see your tongue is coated and your throat is red.

B. I must have caught cold on the way from school yesterday. The weather was bad, and it was very cold.

A. Strip to the waist. I'll listen to your heart and lungs. Take a deep breath.

B. I feel pain in my side and back, especially when I am taking a deep breath.

A. What's your temperature?

B. Thirty-seven and nine.

A. You have bronchitis. You must go home at once and get into bed. Drink a lot of hot tea with honey and raspberry jam. Let your mother put mustard plasters on your side and back.

B. How long should I stay in bed, doctor?

A. At least two or three days, until your temperature is normal and you feel better. Here is the prescription for your medicine. Take it three times a day before meals, two table spoonfuls each time.

B. Thank you, doctor.

Exercise 14. Practice reading the following words and word combinations. Learn them by heart.

to miss lectures пропускать лекции

without a good reason без уважительной причины

can you do me a favour Вы можете оказать мне услугу?

to gargle полоскать /горло/

а very unpleasant disease очень неприятная болезнь

get yourself hardened against colds закаляться против простуды

a cold rubdown холодное обтирание

gradually постепенно

to get used to привыкнуть

a cold shower холодный душ

tells on one's heart сказывается на сердце

health здоровье

healthy здоровый

Exercise 15. Learn the following dialogue.

A. Hello, Bob. So you have fallen ill again, haven't you?

B. Yes, I am sorry to say.

A. I knew you wouldn't miss the lectures without a good reason. So I went straight to your place as soon as the lectures were over.

B. Thank you. It's very good of you. All my people are at work, and I am all alone.

A. Has the doctor been to see you?

B. Yes, he has just left. He diagnosed my case as quinsy, and I thought it was the flu. Don't move your chair too close to me. Quinsy is catching, they say.

A. Oh, don't worry. Nothing will happen to me. Did the doctor prescribe anything?

B. Yes, he did. Oh, by the way, can you do me a favour?

A. Of course. What is it?

B. Please go to the chemist's and get the medicine. I am afraid my people will come very late today, and it will be too late to go to the chemist's. Besides, I want to begin taking the medicine as soon as possible.

A. Certainly, I will go to the chemist's at once and bring you your medicine. Where is the prescription? What did the doctor prescribe?

B. Oh, the usual things. Some mixture to drink, something to gargle my throat with, some tablets for headache and all that... Quinsy is a very unpleasant disease, isn't it?

A. Yes, you are right. You know, I think you should try to get yourself hardened against colds. You should begin by. having a cold rubdown in the morning, well, not really cold, just room temperature, and gradually get used to having a cold shower. That's what I have been doing for years and I don't remember when I had a cold last.

B. Yes, I know, you are a very healthy person.

A. By the way, they say, quinsy often tells on one's heart. You should take better care of your health.

B. You are right. I really must do something about it.

Exercise 16. Practice reading the following words. Learn them by heart.

hurt болит

symptoms симптомы

pills таблетки

Exercise 17. Learn the following dialogue.

A. Did you call the doctor in?

B. Yes. Good afternoon, doctor.

A. What do you complain of?

B. Oh, doctor, I am sore all over. I feel pain in my chest, back and my right side. And I have a splitting headache.

A. When did you fall ill?

B. Yesterday. I sneezed and coughed the whole day, and when I came home in the evening, I had a running nose and a headache.

A. What was your temperature this morning?

B. Thirty-eight and one.

A. Open your mouth. Put out your tongue. Say "Ah."

B. "Ah."

A. Do you have a stomachache?

B. No.

A. Does it hurt when I press here?

B. No, it doesn't.

A. And here?

B. No.

A. Let me listen to your heart and lungs. Is it difficult to breathe?

B. Sometimes it is, especially when I am taking a deep breath.

A. Well, you have all the symptoms of the flu.

B. I must have caught it on the bus when I was going to work in the morning. Half the bus were coughing and sneezing.

A. Yes, the flu is catching.

B. What should I do to get well, doctor?

A. Well, the usual things, of course. Stay in bed, keep yourself warm, drink a lot of hot tea with raspberry jam. And I'll prescribe some pills to beat down the temperature. And this mixture is for your throat. Gargle every two hours.

B. Thank you very much, doctor.

Exercise 18. Practice reading the following words and word combinations. Learn them by heart.

a country woman деревенская женщина

ice лед

tie the bag привяжите мешочек

mice мыши

Read the story

He Recovered.

It happened a long time ago. A very simple courttry woman came to a doctor one day and asked him to see her husband. "He is in bed, doctor," she said, "and he has a splitting headache."

The doctor was very busy that day. "I cannot see your husband today," he said, "I have many patients waiting for me. But do this: put some ice into a bag and tie the bag round your husband's head. I hope it will help him. Come tomorrow morning and tell me how he feels."

"Thank you, doctor," said the woman and went home. The next morning she came to the doctor again.

"Well, and how is your husband this morning?" asked the doctor.

"Thank you, doctor," she said, "he is quite all

right: no more headache. But you know, doctor, the mice are all dead."

(Retold from Eckersley's textbook)

Exercise 19. Practice reading the following word combinations. Learn them by heart.

the doctor's consulting room кабинет врача

strikes him a powerful blow наносит ему мощный удар

counts ten считает до десяти

muttering some Latin nonsense бормоча какую-то чепуху на латыни

greatly frightened сильно испуганный

in reality в действительности

hasn't the least idea не имеет ни малейшего представления

Exercise 20. Read the story.