Chapter VII. Proverbs, songs, riddles

Health is above wealth. Здоровье – это богатство.

• Wealth is nothing without health. Богатство – ничто без здоровья.

• Prevention is better than cure. Лучше предотвратить, чем лечить

• An apple a day keeps a doctor away. Яблоко в день держит от доктора прочь.

• Healthful habits make healthy body. Целебные привычки делают здоровое тело.

• A healthy mind in a healthy body. В здоровом теле, здоровый дух

• Just what the doctor ordered. То, что доктор прописал.

• A blind leader of the blind. У слепого слепой поводырь.

• Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Кто рано ложиться и рано встаёт, здоровье, богатство и ум наживёт.

• Health is not valued till sickness comes. Здоровье не ценится пока не приходит болезнь.

• A sound mind in a sound body. Тот здоровья не знает, кто болен, не бывает.

• Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot. Болезни к нам являются верхом а от нас уходят пешком.

• Diseases are the interests of pleasures. Болезни – это проценты за полученые удовольствия.

• The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. От здоровья не лечатся.

• The remedy is worse than the disease. Лекарство хуже болезни.

• Time cures all things. Время – лучший лекарь.

• Time is the great healer. Время – великий лекарь.

• Wealth is nothing without health. Богатство ничего без здоровья.

• Time heals all wounds. Время излечивает все раны.

• He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything. Человек, который имеет здоровье, имеет надежду, и человек, который имеет надежду, имеет всё.

• Health is better than wealth. Здоровье – лучше, чем богатство.

Chapter VIII. Exercises.

№1. How much do you know about looking after yourself?

Try this quick quiz.

1. The main advantage of regular exercise is

a) it’s good for your complexion;

b) it’s gives you a healthy appetite;

c) it helps your heart and arteries stay younger.

2. Regular exercise builds up your strength, develops your stamina and keeps you

supple. Which of these qualities is the most important for protecting your heart?

a) strength;

b) stamina;

c) suppleness;

3. Which is the best sign this the exercise you re doing is likely to build up stamina?

a) you are sweating;

b) you are slightly out of breach;

c) your muscles hurt.

4. Here are three forms of exercise. Which is the best for developing stamina?

a) swimming

b) yoga;

c) weight-lifting.

5. Which of the following does the average person eat too much of?

a) proteins;

b) vitamins

c) roughage.

6. Which of the following does the average person eat too much of?

a) fatty foods;

b) frozen vegetables;

c) breakfast cereals.

7. Which of the following foods is the most fattening?

a) whole wheat bread;

b) potatoes:

c) salted peanuts.

8. Apart from looking and feeling better, what is the main advantage of staying slim?

a) you can eat bigger meals;

b) you can think faster;

c) your heart and arteries stay younger for a longer period of time.

Key.

(c; b; b; a; c; a; c; c)

№3. Which doctor do you chose?

1. if you are sad and depressed

2. if you are pregnant

3. if you are tired and feel sick

4. if you ache all over

5. if you break your leg

6. if you can’t see very well

7. if you have a sick baby

8. if you have a heart condition

9. if have a foot problem

10. if you have a skin problem

11. if you have food poisoning

12. if you have a burn

13. if you have a pain in the back

14. if you have a painful joints

15. if you have a cavity in your tooth

16. if you need an X-ray

17. if you need an operation

18. if you need a blood test

19. if you sneeze a lot very spring and fall

20. if your eyes itch

№4. Choose the right word and fill in the blanks.

1. disease/illness/condition

1. Small pox is an infectious (catching) marked by fever and small red spots on the body. It often leaves permanent marks.

2. The doctor diagnosed the as tuberculosis.

3. The business of doctor is to prevent and cure .

4. There hasn’t been much in the village this winter.

5. Measles, mumps and influenza are common .

6. An infectious can be spread by means of bacteria carried in the atmosphere in winter.

7. After the treatment I felt quite cured of all my .

8. Children’s are treated by a pediatrician, specializing in the pediatrics.

9. Smoking is a major course of heart .

10. The most common symptoms of the are a high temperature and pain in the chest.

11. She died yesterday after .

2. ache/pain/to ache/to hurt/to pain

1. We’ve given him an anesthetic so that he won’t feel any .

2. These pills should help to ease the .

3. My hand suddenly started to , with a dull which soon spread in to my wrist.

4. Don’t worry, the injection won’t at all.

5. Can’t we stop for a while? We’ve been walking for hours and my felt are .

6. I allover after climbing the rock.

3. to cure/to treat/to heal

1. After scarlet fever complications developed, any they had to be for a month before the patient completely

2. The open air life on the farm him of his headaches.

3. The doctor sad that if I followed his instructions, I should soon be of the disease.

4. Pam’s foot is quickly, but it’s still a little painful and she can’t walk on it.

5. My Dad is in the hospital where he is being for a heart condition.

6. Many cancer patients can be if the disease is detected early enough.

7. The seawater is now so polluted that it would infect rather than .

8. There are any diseases which doctors still cannot .

9. This drug is used to heart disease .

№5. Choose the words from the list that can go with the following: sickness, pain, measures, medicine, disease, words, condition, throat, ailment, operation, health.

Curable, slight, mild, serious, bad, communicable, painful, dangerous, dull, growing, constant, annoying, sudden, delicate, urgent, sore, bitter.

№6. Give as many word combinations as you can with the verbs and the nouns from the columns.

e.g. to treat-a person/a serious sickness/ a mirror sickness/ symptoms/a pain/ an infection.

A B

to cure AIDS

to treat a cold

to ease operation

to relieve allergies

to avoid a person

to catch a serious sickness

to get a minor sickness

to have symptoms

to prepare a pain

an infection a blood test

№7. Write the opposites of the words in italics. There can be more than correct answer.

1. a curable disease: .

2. a painful operation: .

3. a terrible pain in the left side: .

4. a slight headache: .

5. a breathless body: .

6. a slight cold: .

7. a terrible headache: .

8. a serious illness: .

9. an awful cold: .

10. a mild pain: .

№8. Complete the following table.

noun adjective verb

. infectious . . burned . . prepared . . shivery . treatment . . . swollen . cure . . . . to expose . . to faint . . to spread

№9. Number the following events in the order which they usually happen.

1. You are cured of sickness .

2. You ease the pain caused by a sickness .

3. You get a sickness 1 .

4. You get over a sickness .

5. You have a sickness .

6. You treat a sickness .

№10. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from the box.

state guilt benefit promote relationship health outlet optimistic anxious dominate

1. A study of family conducted in California comes to some interesting conclusion.

2. For a family to remain healthy the between a husband and wife plays a major role.

3. What 1the health of the husband doesn’t necessarily promote the health of the wife.

4. Giving an to feelings is healthy.

5. There may be for one party but not for the other.

6. If the wife gives her husband a feeling of , he is likely to become depressed.

7. If the wife lets her husband on the argument, her mental state will suffer.

8. When men dominate in the domestic arguments, their wives become and depressed.

9. A person’s mental is closely linked to his physical state.

10. A healthy family is , church-going and led by a male.

№11. Circle the words in the word search.

c	e	l	s	t	k	a	n	o	k
v	i	t	b	u	h	c	o	b	e
d	m	a	d	g	a	e	s	e	y
a	m	m	o	u	e	l	y	g	l
b	a	j	j	l	t	a	x	u	e
d	h	n	a	l	h	r	m	m	u
v	f	i	c	e	m	h	e	a	d
u	a	c	d	t	o	k	c	a	o
s	r	e	e	g	p	i	h	t	e
e	a	u	l	r	f	s	i	n	a

№12. Fill in the prepositions if necessary:

1. If the experiments go well the clinical trials, products could be routine use one day.

2. The specialists presume that the new range products will contribute sales.

3. The device treating epilepsy can be launched next autumn.

4. The talks relieving pain of curing disease are controversial.

5. The world’s biggest market medical implants continues to be the development new products.

6. Everybody hopes that one day cures all illnesses would be found.

7. Most of the annual sales came heart pacemakers the late 1980s.

8. The device is wired to receive signals directly the brain.

9. This company specializes implanted devices.

10. The firm is going to start trials humans next year.

Key: 1) in, in 2)of, to 3)for,- 4)about, instead 5)of, of 6)for 7)from, in 8)up, from 9)in 10)in,-.

№13. Word-matching:

Match the words from the left column to those on the right and then make up five sentences of your own using these word-combinations:

1. to specialize a. the disease

2. to treat b. trials

3. to carry out c. in food industry

4. to continue d. to sales

5. range e. the factory

6. to sponsor f. a catastrophe

7. to receive g. signals

8. to start h. the development

9. to prevent i. of products

10. to contribute j. the experiments

Key: 1)c 2)a 3)j 4)b 5)I 6)h 7)g 8)e 9)f 10)d

№14. Fill in articles where necessary:

1. world’s biggest market of medical implants continues to develop

New products.

2. implants is inserted under skin by chest and wired up to receive signals from brain.

3. Through this mechanism, device could tune into signals is about to take

place.

4. In late 1980s, most of its annual sales came from heart pacemakers.

5. other new products will this year contribute to sales of more than $5 billion.

Key: 1) the, -, - 2) the, the, the, -, the 3) the, the, an, - 4) the, -, - 5) -, -

№15. Read the texts below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have the word which shouldn’t be there. If a line is correct, put a letter R if a line has a word which shouldn’t be there, write the word.