I. Предтекстовые упражнения

1. В английском языке условие может быть выражено не только полным придаточным предложением, но и другими способами. Проанализируйте следующий пример и дайте варианты перевода на русский язык.

• Given the widespread use of hypericum extracts, the implications of emerg­ing evidence of adverse reaction are potentially serious.

2. Переведите на русский язык следующие словосочетания:

herbal remedies, alternative remedies, conventional antidepressant drugs, side-effects, complementary medicine, inadequate treatment.

3. Найдите в словаре перевод следующих однокорениых слов:

• drug, druggist, drugster;

• medicine, medicate, medicated, medication, medicative, medicinal;

• remedy, remedial, remediable;

• treat, treatable, treatment.

II. Текст

OLD HERBAL REMEDY 'BETTER THAN DRUGS'

By Jeremy Laurance Health Editor

One of the most widely used herbal remedies for depression, St.John's Wort, is as effective as conventional antidepressant drugs but has fewer side effects, a study shows.

The remedy, already a best-seller in the growing herbal-medicine market, improved the mood and mental performance of patients with moderate depres­sion at least as much as the widely prescribed antidepressant imipramine. Side-effects, such as a dry mouth, were worse in those who took imipramine than in those who took hypericum extract.

The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, were immediately countered with a warning in the rival journal The Lancet that hypericum extract may be less safe than its "natural" label encourages consumers to think.

Edzard Ernst, professor of complementary medicine at the University of Ex­eter, writes in The Lancet that at least eight cases have been reported of St. John's