8. Treat, cure or heal. Use the correct form of these words in the report below: heal, treatment, treat, cure

Doctors in America claim to have found a cure for the common cold. A hundred people suffering from the usual symptoms were (1) ___ for two days with a new drug at

their laboratory in California. They found that after forty-eight hours, half of the patients had been completely (2) ____. They hope that the new (3) ____ will be on the market within the next three years. Meanwhile, doctors in Switzerland have announced that applying maggots to wounds will help them to (4) ____ more quickly.

The larvae speed up the process by eating the bacteria in and around the wound.

Cure can be used both as a noun and as a verb:

They're trying to find a cure for cancer. She was completely cured.

Is hospital treatment free in your country? Are there long waiting lists to have operations?

VI. A healthy lifestyle. 1. Put the following phrases into the correct box below:

Fresh fruit a lot of stress at work

Smoking regular exercise

plenty of fresh air too much alchohol

lots of sugar salad

fish too much salt

	is good for you		is bad for you

Now use the correct form of the following verbs. Use each one twice.

Avoid, keep, stay, give up, cut down

1. Playing tennis twice a week is what ___ me fit.

2. Lots of fresh fruit and vegetables will help you to ___ healthy.

3. My doctor keeps telling me I should ___ smoking completely.

4. You don't have to stop drinking completely. Just try to ___ a little.

5. If you can, try to ____ stressful situations.

6. It's easy to start a diet. It's much harder to ____ to it!

7. You'll see a big difference if you ____ the amount of sugar you take in tea or coffee.

8. It's not essential to ____ alcohol completely. Some doctors think a little a day is actually good for you.

9. Eat small meals regularly. This means you should do your best to ___ eating big meals - especially late at night.

10. My weight has ___ the same for the last ten years.

2. Watching your weight. Which two nouns go with each of these verbs?

1. join a. weight

2. lose b. a gym

3. put on c. a diet g. a crash diet

4. go on d. a few kilos h. anything sweet

5. resist e. chocolates

6. cut out f. a health club

Now use four of the verbs above to fill the gaps in the following dialogue:

A: I don't know what to do. I seem to ___ weight so easily. Every time I weigh myself,

I'm a kilo heavier!

B: Well, you do eat a lot of fatty food - perhaps you should ___ it ___ of your diet.

A: Oh, I don't know. I find it very difficult to stick to a diet. I just can't ___ chocolates.

B: At least you should try to cut down on all those burgers you eat. Perhaps you could ___ a gym or a health club.