- •Contents
- •Chapter I. Glossary
- •Names of specialists
- •What are your symptoms?
- •Chapter II. Medical Care in Great Britain and the United States
- •Chapter III. Russian Medical Care
- •Chapter IV. The National Health Service
- •A call.
- •Chapter V. Dialogues At the doctor’s
- •In the Consulting - room
- •At the doctor’s.
- •Near the consulting-room.
- •The doctor and the painter.
- •Short conversations.
- •Feeling bad.
- •Short Conversations. Calling First Aid.
- •At the Doctor’s.
- •Toothache.
- •At the Chemist’s.
- •Doctors and patients.
- •Chapter VI. Texts The laws of health.
- •At the dentist’s.
- •Being ill.
- •Vocabulary:
- •Health and the body
- •Vegetarians.
- •How to remain healthy.
- •About health.
- •The doctor visit.
- •A very long root.
- •What the doctor wrote.
- •No Smoking Day.
- •Chapter VII. Proverbs, songs, riddles
- •Chapter VIII. Exercises.
- •When a cold season is around the corner.
- •Bibliography
What are your symptoms?
ache/ pain
ache – a continuous, not sharp or sudden pain, usually used in compounds: headache, earache, backache, toothache, stomachache
e.g. After three days the ache in his shoulder had almost disappeared
pain – suffering of mind or body, localized kind of bodily suffering
e.g. I suddenly got a stabbing pain across heart and collapsed to the floor.
pains – pain that we feel repeatedly inside part of our body
to be in pain
to cry with pain
to feel some/no/not much/a great deal of pain
pain-killer
pain-relief
painful
a pain in the knee
to ache/to pain/to hurt
to ache - to have a steady or continuous pain
e/g. I went to an aerobics class on Tuesday and I’ve
been aching ever since.
to pain – to have or give pain
e.g. My foot is still paining me.
to hurt – to cause bodily injury or pain to; to damage
e.g. Put the stick down, Terry, you might hurt someone with it.
To be/to be/fall ill
To laid up with an ulcer/a virus/a bug
To be down with (pneumonia)
To break one’s wrist/leg
to feel out of sorts
to have a (bad, awful) cold/a cough/ a stuffy)running) nose/a heart trouble/a sore throat/a fever/a stomachache/chest pains/an earache a pain in one’s side/a rash on one’s chest/spots/a bruise on one’s leg/a black eye/ a lump on one’s arm/indigestion/diarrhea/painful joints/blisters/sunburn
to feel sick/dizzy/breathless/shivery/particularly bad at night
to be depressed/constipated/tired all the time
to have a cavity into get worse
to itch(about skin)
to lose one’s appetite/voice
to sprain one’s ankle one’s tooth/a bad tooth
The parts of body
head – голова
forehead – лоб
back – затылок
temple – висок
face – лицо
cheek – щека
ear – ухо
eyebrow – бровь
eye – глаз
eyelash – ресница
nose – нос
mouth – рот
chin – подбородок
neck – шея
shoulder – плечо
chest – грудь
back – спина
arm – рука
wrist – запястье
hand – кисть
elbow – локоть
palm – ладонь
fingers – пальцы
thumb – большой палец
nail – ноготь
back – бок
waist – талия
stomach – живот
leg – нога
thigh – бедро
knee – колено
ankle – лодыжка
toes – пальцы
heel – пятка
foot – ступня
skeleton скелет
skull – череп
knuckle – костяшка (пальца)
gum – десна
gullet – пищевод
backbone/spine – хребет , позвоночник
to nurse – ухаживать за пациентом
analysis – анализ
cotton wool – вата
vitamin – витамин
milk teeth – молочные зубы
invalid – инвалид
blood – кровь
medicine – медицина
hospital nurse – мед сестра
first aid – первая помощ
microscope – микроскоп
mixture – микстура
anesthetization – анестезия
virus – вирус
plaster – пластырь
appendix – аппендикс
bowels/intestines – кишки
circulation – кровообращение
nervous system – нервная система
pulse – пульс
marrow – костный мозг
tonsils – гланды, миндалины
spleen – селезенка
sinew – сухожилие
pant/gasp – задыхаться
sneeze – чихать
masculine – мужской
feminine – женский
limp – хромать
stutter – заикание
dumb/mute – немой
deaf – глухой
innate – врожденный
malignant – злокачественный
vocal cords – голосовые связки
