Vocabulary check

Exercise 16. Fill in the blanks. The first letter of each missing word has been given.

A Picture of Health

People nowadays are more health-conscious than they used to be. We jog to keep (1)f…… or take other forms of regular (2) e…… . Thousands of us go to a (3) g…… on a regular basis. Many more (4) d…… to lose weight. Fortunately, (5) s…… has been banned on most flights and in most public places because everyone agrees it does (6) h…… to our health. However, there are killer (7) d…… like Aids and cancer which still seem to be incurable. And malaria is the biggest cause of (8) d…… in the Third World. Heart (9) a…… remain the most common cause of death in Europe. The importance of (10) h…… is reflected in everyday expressions such as “to drink someone’s health” or saying “Your health!” as we drink a glass of wine.

Error correction

Exercise 17. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. If the line is correct put a tick ٧. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. There are two examples, (0) and (00).

Health and Fitness

0 It is important in today’s society to keep as fit and ٧

00 healthy as possible. People who do work in offices have do

11 to be especially sure that they take over some form of _____

12 exercise at least twice a week if they want to live for _____

13 a long and happy life. But what is it the best way to _____

14 keep fit? It really depends on your personality. If you _____

15 are a competitive kind of person, then you would have _____

16 probably like to play with some kind of sport. The kind of _____

17 sport would, again, depend on you. A sociable type _____ 18 would prefer to team sports, whereas a “loner” would ______

19 be attracted to individual sports like tennis, squash or ______

20 badminton. For those who they do not want to compete, there _______

21 are many of alternatives to sport. Walking, cycling and _______

22 running are all the cheap and enjoyable forms of exercise. _______

23 There are also many gymnasiums and health clubs to _______

24 join up, which provide weight training facilities, and _______

25 sometimes offer a personal training to suit your individual _______

needs.

Text

Read the text and be ready to dramatize your visit to the dentist.

AT THE DENTIST’S

Once I had had a toothache for several days, but I couldn’t pluck up courage to go to the dentist. As a matter of fact I went twice, but just as I got on his doorstep and was going to ring the bell the toothache seemed to have gone away, so I went home again. But at last I had to go back, and this time I rang the bell and was shown into the waiting-room.

There were a number of magazines there, and I had just got in the middle of an exciting story when the maid came in to say Mr. Puller was ready to see me – I’ll have to wait for the next toothache to finish the story.

Well, I went into the surgery (the room where a doctor or dentist gives advice or treatment) and he told me to sit in a chair that he could move up and down, backwards and forwards, and then he had a look at the inside of my mouth. He put a little mirror on a long handle inside my mouth and poked about for a while, then he looked serious and said, “Yes, I’m afraid we can’t save that one, it will have to come out.”

I asked him to give me an injection. He filled a syringe with a liquid called cocaine. I felt a little prick on the gum and then he injected the cocaine. He did this in two or three places and waited for a minute or so.

My mouth felt rather dead. Then he took a pair of forceps, gripped the tooth, gave a twist, then a pull, and the tooth was out. I could see it and hear it but I couldn’t feel it. Then he said, “It’s all over. Spit in there and then wash your mouth out with the disinfectant.”

Essential Vocabulary

Words

inhale v gargle n

exhale v tablet n

itch v antibiotic n

burn v powder n

hurt v anesthetic n

pain n mixture n

drug n pain killer n

pill n drops n

capsule n ointment n

Word Combinations

prescribe an injection take medicine

apply the ointment / drops rub the cream

wear glasses / contact lenses stay from work

put a bandage / plaster on do blood transfusion

take more exercise lie flat

remove tonsils strip to the waist

spread fingers stretch arms

stop / fill a tooth pull out a tooth

follow the directions of the doctor consult a doctor