Idioms in description

Apples and oranges – comparing two different things. The test we took last week, and today’s test are like apples and oranges. They are completely different.

Fresh as a daisy – very fresh, alert. Every morning Darneka goes to the Institute as fresh as a daisy and ready to study.

Cool as a cucumber – calm and not agitated. During the exam Giselle was as cool as a cucumber, because she knew all the answers.

One smart apple – smart or clever. Melvia is one smart apple, she answered all the questions on the English test correctly.

As stubborn as a mule – very stubborn. My father will not turn on the air conditioner. He can be as stubborn as a mule.

As smart as a fox – very clever. My niece is as smart as a fox. She figured out now to stay at home and still get credit for class.

No spring chicken – not young. My aunt will be 90 years this year. She is no spring chicken.

Snake in the grass – a low and deceitful person. She is a snake in the grass. She told everyone about Samantha’s new boyfriend.

I. Choose the best alternative to complete each sentence.

1. I suffer from tooth _____________ very often. (hurt / attack / ache / catch)

2. Your temperature is rather ___________: 38, 5. (moderate / low / aching / high)

3. The man was ____________ from his disease. (hurting / paying / suffering / fainting)

4. Medicine for lessening pain is called _______ - killer / reliever (ache / pain / symptom / recover).

5. The business of doctors is to prevent and ________ diseases. (cure / struggle / bring down / catch)

6. I doubt whether he will _________ soon. (treat / prevent / recover / suffer).

7. There has been an _________ that he’s got to take care of first. (advice / emergency / ache / accident).

8. What did he die of? Did he suffer from any chronic ________ . (disease / pain / ache / ailment)

9. He ________ his back when he fell. (removed / injured / operated / wounded)

II. Group these words and phrases according to the categories below:

a) drug; b) pain in kidneys; c) medical herb; d) strip to the waist; e) syringe; f) cotton-wool; g) ointment; h) a sore throat; i) inhale; j) stretch arms; k) heating pad; l) feel bad; m) spread fingers; n) capsule; o) plaster; p) drops; q) twist one’s ankle; r) have poor vision; s) take the shirt off; t) mixture.

10. Patient’s activity:

11. Complaints:

12. Medicines:

13. Medical appliances:

III. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Happy is Healthy

Medical research has found that (0) happiness has a strongly happy

beneficial effect on health. The healing properties of (14) are laugh

such that humour is now being used alongside more (15) tradition

courses of (16) in some hospitals. In a London’s children’s treat

hospital, for example, two clowns are provided for the (17) of entertain

patients. Doctors say that these clowns are (18) in making the success

children feel better.

READING FOR COMPREHENSION

THE CASE HISTORY

Study the “case history” below. Note the ways that illnesses can be spoken of and reported in the text below.

“You’re in perfect health … as fit as a fiddle … there’s nothing wrong with you.”

“I feel a bit off-colour … rather under the weather … I do feel funny … I really don’t feel well … I think I’m sickening for something … I feel feverish … like death warmed up.”

“He’s been taken ill … he’s in a coma … fighting for life … still critically ill … in a very critical condition … no change … still seriously ill … still hasn’t regained consciousness … is responding to treatment … off the danger list … showing signs of coming round … making progress … his condition is satisfactory … he’s come out of the coma … he’s as well as can be expected … comfortable … no change … he’s turned the corner … he’s on the mend.”

“We all wish you a speed recovery … get well soon … we’re glad you’re over it.”

“The worst is over … he’s almost completely recovered … he’s practically cured … he’s convalescing … coming along nicely … he’ll be on his feet again soon … he’ll be out and about again in a few days.

“He’s had a relapse … he’s no better … he’s getting worse … his condition is deteriorating … he’s getting weaker … he’s slipping away … fading fast … his life is hanging by a thread … it’s just a matter of time … he could go at any second!”

“He’s made a miraculous recovery … he’s as good as new … as right as rain … he’ll live till he’s a hundred.”

Topical Vocabulary

I. The heart and blood vessels: - сердечно-сосудистая система

1. poor circulation – плохое кровообращение

2. high blood pressure – высокое кровяное давление

3. stroke – приступ

4. heart attack – сердечный приступ, инфаркт

5. cardiac arrest, heart failure – остановка сердца

II. The stomach and intestines: - желудок и кишечник

1. appendicitis - аппендицит

2. stomach ulcer – язва желудка

3. hernia – грыжа

4. constipation – запор

III. Infectious fevers: – инфекционные заболевания

1. measles - корь

2. chickenpox – ветрянка

3. German measles (rubella) – краснуха коревая

4. smallpox – оспа

5. scarlet fever – скарлатина

6. whooping cough – коклюш

7. influenza – грипп

8. leprosy – проказа

9. malaria – малярия

10. diphtheria – дифтерия

11. mumps – свинка

12. AIDS - СПИД

IV. The lungs and respiratory system: - легкие и органы дыхания

1. asthma – астма

2. cholera – холера

3. bronchitis – бронхит

4. tuberculosis (TB), consumption – туберкулез

5. lung cancer – рак легких

6. pneumonia – пневмония

V. The liver: - печень

1. gallstones – желчные камни

2. cirrhosis of the liver – цирроз печени

3. hepatitis – гепатит

4. jaundice – желтуха

VI. The blood: - кровь

1. leukemia – лейкемия

2. a hemorrhage (bleeding) – кровотечение

3. coronary thrombosis – коронарный тромбоз

VII. Food poisoning – отравление пищей

1. typhoid - тиф

2. dysentery – дизентерия

3. diarrhea – диарея

4. vomiting – рвота

5. indigestion – несварение

VIII. The joints - суставы

1. rheumatism - ревматизм

2. arthritis – артрит

IX. The nervous system – нервная система

1. migraine - мигрень

2. epilepsy (epileptic fits) – эпилепсия (эпилептические припадки)

3. Parkinson’s disease – болезнь Паркинсона

4. multiple sclerosis – рассеянный склероз

X. Mental disorders: - умственные расстройства

1. schizophrenia – шизофрения

2. neurosis – невроз

3. paranoia – паранойя