Bbc superhuman
Сборник упражнений и заданий к видеоматериалам
Автор:
Старший преподаватель
кафедры английского языка
Почекаева И.С.
ПЕРМЬ 2010
Bbc superhuman
PART 1
TRAUMA
Useful expressions:
To make great discoveries at a breathtaking rate
To go way beyond something
In contrast to
To do something for the first time in history
To be starkly revealed
To outstrip something
To be faced with endless questions
To be discovered, addressed and hopefully ruled out (about a problem)
A massive problem
To run wild (about an epidemic)
In a fraction of a second
To be in a bad way
To be sensitive to something
To take something for granted
To race against the clock / a race against the clock
To make precise decisions
To have serious consequences
To be ready to vary one’s game plan
To go through some revolutionary changes
To have an unlimited supply of something
To do more harm than good
To be given a chance to work
To be questioned
To slow something down
To set off a dangerous chain reaction
To be traced back to
To wear off (about the effect of something)
To take something to an extreme
In theory
To change somebody’s look on life
To be out of danger
Expressions and word combinations used to speak about the human body:
The most stunning piece of engineering
Untold powers to heal and renew
To evolve defenses to fight back
Innate powers
The body’s standard way of coping with injuries
The increased understanding of the ways the human body tries to preserve itself
The thing the body tries to preserve almost above anything
To cope with large blood losses
The way that the body responds to bleeding is by forming a clot.
Not to upset the mechanism which is centuries old
To be flooded with adrenalin
As far as our bodies are concerned we are still just animals fighting for survival, struggling to escape and find a safe place to hide.
To release a surge of painkilling hormones
to start a long process of self-repair
To work in harmony with the body
To let the body heal itself
To be in an incredibly fragile state
To have some physiological reserves
To be injured beyond the point of self-repair
To be well beyond the body’s ability to heal itself
to be in a state of confusion
to constrict and redirect the blood flow
the lungs work to capture as much oxygen as possible
to make a remarkable (extraordinary) recovery
Expressions connected with speaking about trauma:
Trauma medicine
Treatment of injury
The number one public health issue
Trauma team
Trauma surgeon
Paramedic
To be rushed to hospital as a result of trauma
To suffer horrendous( horrific, massive, intensive, multiple) injuries
To be the cutting edge of trauma medicine
Injuries and patients’ state:
To show classic symptoms of traumatic shock
To be confused and aggressive
To suffer permanent brain damage
Internal injury (bleeding)
A massive head injury
To die off
A broken neck
A fractured skull
A huge bleed in the abdomen
To fail (about some organ)
Multiple organ failure
To overreact to trauma
To have a tear in one’s liver
To be broken in 6 places
To have severe injuries into the pelvis
To puncture the lungs
To bruise the kidneys
To erupt the spine
Words and expressions to speak about the things that doctors use and do:
To do something with the help of technology like X-ray and ultrasound
To go through the standard response
To follow three life-saving principles
To try and correct something by doing something
To replace lost blood and rise blood pressure
To be very difficult (about medical circumstances)
To make a brave decision
To try a radically new treatment
Damage control procedure
To do the bare minimum necessary to keep the patient alive
To reconstruct
To sew somebody up
To be given an experimental drug
To be kept in an intensive care unit
Expressions used to talk about a car crash:
To be in a traffic accident
To survive one’s trauma without any serious consequences
A number one cause of deaths
To crash headlong into a bus
To be injured in a car crash
To collide with a bus
To be removed from the car
Answer the following questions:
What has remained unchanged over centuries in contrast to everything else in our lives?
What outstrips heart disease, stroke and cancer combined?
What is the body’s standard way of coping with its injuries?
What are the three life- saving principles that the trauma team follow?
What organ is particularly sensitive to even a short while without oxygen?
What does our body try to preserve above anything else after an injury? Why?
What had always been the standard medical response to a situation in which a person had a massive loss of blood, before doctors started to question that method?
How does the body respond to bleeding?
Why can cold be a life saver?
What does damage control procedure involve?
Why do many patients die within 2-3 weeks in intensive care units after their operations ? What can help them to be out of danger?
What can be called the revolutionary change in modern medicine?