- •4.1. Read the text and pick up the main threats to our health that modern
- •4.2. Study the topical vocabulary for discussing health issues. Use a Dictionary if necessary.
- •4.3. Match each of these people with the correct definition below.
- •4.4. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passages below.
- •4.5. Match all the columns in the charts below.
- •4.6. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
- •4.7. Give one word for the following.
- •4.8. Label the diagram below. Add labels to other parts of the body.
- •4.9. Paraphrase the italicized parts of the sentences.
- •4.10. Match the problems in column a to the pieces of advice in column b.
- •4.11. Complete the sentences with the suitable word. You may need to change the form of some words.
- •Illness (sickness) - disease
- •4.12. Match the diseases to their symptoms.
- •4.13. Answer the following questions using as many words from the topical Vocabulary as possible.
- •4.14. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passages below. A) Sadness
- •B) Nervousness
- •4.15. Read these extracts from a leaflet contained in a packet of headache pills and match the words in bold to their definitions below.
- •4.16. Read the short passage about the health system of Britain. Match the words and expressions in bold to their definitions below. British Healthcare System
- •4.17. A) Put each of the following verbs in the correct space in the instructions.
- •4.18. A) Study the following metaphors and idioms relating to health and
- •4.19. Read the dialogues and discuss the questions below with a partner.
- •1. A Visit to the Doctor
- •2. At the Dentist’s
- •4.20. A) Are you or any of your friends or relatives hypochondriac? Can a
- •4.21. A) Work with a partner. Read the humorous stories below and retell
- •4.22. A) Often the humorous effect is based on play of words or unexpected
- •4.23. Work with a partner. Make up dialogues using the hints below.
- •4.24. A) Skim the text to pick up its main idea.
- •The Quality of Healthcare in the United States
- •4.25. A) Work with a partner and describe a usual visit to a doctor in a
- •In Russia?
- •4.26. Work in a small group. Think of the idea of ‘being healthy’. What does it mean? The questions below will help you define this notion.
- •4.27. Thomas Gray once said that ‘Health is heaven’s best treasure”.
- •4.28. A) What is alternative medicine? Have you ever turned to alternative
- •4.29. Read the text and be ready to hold a q&a session: ask each other
- •4.30. A) What ailments can be treated with alternative medicine? Should
- •4.32. Read the following citations about health and doctors. Comment on each. Which one do you like best? Why? Share your opinion with class.
- •4.33. Pick up any citation from the previous activity and write a 350-word essay using the citation as the title for the essay.
- •4.34. Make up your prescription of staying healthy as long as possible. Use examples from your personal experience or form the experience of your friends and relatives.
- •4.35. A) What is living stress free? Do some research on the topic by
- •Interviewing your friends and relatives and write a report on this. The
- •4.36. What do you think of ‘sick building syndrome’? Explain what you think it is and give some written suggestions of how it can be treated.
- •4.37. Compare the health systems of Russia, Great Britain and the usa. Write a short report on it and present it to class.
- •4.38. Render the text in English. Мобильник вызывает астму и экзему?
4.32. Read the following citations about health and doctors. Comment on each. Which one do you like best? Why? Share your opinion with class.
Citations about health and doctors:
1. [Health is] the first of all liberties. (Henry F. Amiel)
2. [Health is] a man’s own observation (of) what he finds good and what he finds hurt of. (Francis Bacon)
3. [Health is] the absence of disease, and … of all those kinds of pain which are among the symptoms of disease. (Jeremy Bentham)
4. [Health is] not a condition of matter, but of mind. (Mary Baker Eddy)
5. [Health is] the first wealth. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
6. [Health is] the ground-work for all happiness. (Leigh Hunt)
7. To wish to be healthy is a part of being healthy. (Seneca)
8. [Health is] the one condition taken for granted by those who have it. (Anonymous)
9. [A doctor] is one upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well. (Ambrose Bierce)
10. [Doctors are] nature, time, and patience. (Henry G. Bohn)
11. [Doctors are] men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing. (Voltaire)
12. [Medicine is] nothing more that the substitute of exercise or temperance. (Joseph Addison)
13. They [doctors] do not heal, but only relieve suffering temporarily, exchanging one disease for another. (Mary Baker Eddy)
14. [Medicine is] a good laugh and a long sleep. (Irish proverb)
15. [Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. (Napoleon)
16. [Medicine] consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. (Voltaire)
17. [Medicine is] the knowledge of the loves and desires of the body, and how to satisfy them. (Plato)
WRITING
4.33. Pick up any citation from the previous activity and write a 350-word essay using the citation as the title for the essay.
4.34. Make up your prescription of staying healthy as long as possible. Use examples from your personal experience or form the experience of your friends and relatives.
questions
below will help you to structure your paper. Feel free to add
new
questions to the list.4.35. A) What is living stress free? Do some research on the topic by
Interviewing your friends and relatives and write a report on this. The
Living Stress Free
1. What situations do you find stressful (meeting someone for the first time, making a public speech, having much work to do, etc.)?
2. Do you work or study for long hours under stressful conditions?
3. What is the most stressful / least stressful job you can think of?
4. Which would you choose: A stressful job with very high pay or a relaxing job with considerably low pay? Why?
5. Does the place you live have a low-stress environment? What do you think “a low-stress environment” means?
6. How do you relieve stress (listening to a certain kind of music, going shopping, taking a long walk, being alone, being with other people, eating more or eating less, taking alcohol, etc.)?
7. Do you always follow the same pattern to relieve stress or do you try different things? Do you deal with stress differently than your parents do/did?
8. Are you capable of relieving your stress or do you need help?
9. What is the most stressful experience you have ever had? Did you learn anything from that experience?
10. What do you think is the greatest cause of stress for most people?
b)
Plan
a low-stress, cheap, one-day holiday.