topical VOCABULARY

aid Emergency Medical Aid (Service) ambulance clinic (policlinic) consulting-room (Syn. surgery) hospital (e.g.: He's still in hospital).

maternity home public health resort rest-home sanatorium ward

ache (toothache, headache, stomachache); e.g.: I have a splitting headache. appendicitis attack (e.g: Не had a heart attack). blind/blindness bronchitis cancer catching contageous cold cold in the head (Syn. runny nose) complication chicken-pox cholera consumption (Syn. tuberculosis, TB) curable (incurable) deaf/deafness disease disorder (sleep disorder, liver disorder) disturbance (visual disturbance, inborn disturbance) dizziness dumb/dumbness epidemic faint (v) fainting lose consciousness (Ant. come to oneself) feel shivery fever scarlet fever (the) flu ( Syn: grippe, influenza) indigestion inherited sickness itch malaria (the) measles mumps nausea ~vomiting pain (e.g.: a pain in the knee; I feel some pain in the back) suffer from pain have a sharp pain The pain was gone to have a pain in (the stomach, etc) dentist patient in-patient out-patient neurologist nurse oncologist ophthalmologist physician psychiatrist specialist (e.g.: eye specialist / Syn. oculist; ear, nose and throat specialist) surgeon therapeutist (Syn. GP - general practitioner) to recover (e.g.: He recovered slowly after his long illness. She recovered her eyesight) to sneeze to sound one's lungs (chest) to suffer from (a disease) to take a treatment for (a disease) to take a medicine to take one's temperature to treat (for an illness) (e.g.: Which doctor is treating you for your illness?)

feel sick at heart plague pneumonia quinsy rash small-pox sore (adj), to have a sore back typhus whooping cough yellow fever mild case fatal illness hurt/injury/wound bleeding boil (n) burn (n) cut (n) fracture hurt (n) limp (v) lump (Syn. swelling) be out of joint splinter bruise a black eye sprain twist to apply chemist’s (Syn.: dispensary, drugstore) cups drops hot-water bottle injection inoculation (against) medicine mustard plaster to apply a mustard plaster ointment on an empty stomach pain reliever/killer for soothing pain for reducing the temperature pill powder prevention spoonful (e.g.: a tea spoonful of the mixture) treatment to ache to bandage to put a bandage (Syn.: put a dressing; Ant.: remove a bandage) to be down with (pneumonia) to be operated on for (cancer, etc.) to be put on sick-list to be X-rayed to bring down the temperature to catch (a) cold to cough to cup to cure (e.g.: Dr. Brown has cured her. Не managed to cure that disease.) to die of (consumption, etc.) to examine a patient to fall ill to feel feverish to feel one's pulse to give an injection (of penicillin) to have a (bad) cold to have a prescription made up to have a tooth crowned to have a tooth filled to have a tooth (pulled) out to heal (e.g.: The wound healed slowly.) to keep one's bed to listen to one's heart (lungs) to make one's blood-count to make out a prescription to measure one's blood pressure to prescribe some medicine

What do you complain of? Where do you feel pain? I’m quite fit. I am running a temperature.

I am sick. I feel seedy. I got an infection from him. I have a sore throat/a toothache/an earache/a sore eye.

I have a pain in my back (side, etc.). It hurts (badly). It is hard to swallow. My cheek is swollen.

My foot is out of joint. My head is swimming. My nose is clogged up. The flu (quinsy, etc.) is catching.

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Ex.1 Match the phrases in column A with those in B:

1. If you break a leg

2. If you have a high temperature

3. If you feel pain when swallowing

4. If a member of your family has fallen ill with some infectious disease

5. If you have an abscess

6. If you have liver trouble

B

1. you have to be immediately inoculated (against the disease)

2. you must have it X-rayed and then put in a cast

3. you have to be on a diet

4. you have to gargle your throat

5. you have to consult a surgeon.

6. you have to take some medicine to reduce temperature.

Ex.2. Fill in the right prepositions where necessary

1) I fell ill ____ flu. 2. Nobody has yet found a cure _______ the common colds. 3)He was treated ____ flu while he had quinsy. 4) What do you take _____coughing? 5) I have a running nose/cold _____ the head. 6) Make _____ this medicine yourself. 7) He has been treated _____ long, but he is not cured. 8) I can hardly walk ______ my rheumatism. 9) You are pale _______ pain. 10) If you aren't treated you won't get it. 11) If you don't have that tooth attended ______ you'll lose it. 12) He stayed away from his studies and his mother attended _______ him at home. 13) You must consult ________ a doctor. 14) You must have the prescription made _______. 15) You must be treated ______ your anemia. 16) You must take these pills _____ your blood pressure. 17) You must be put ______ sick leave.

Ex.3. Study the definitions the words easily confused, then fill in the gaps with the most appropriate word.

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Ex. 8. Translate the sentences from Russian into English. 6

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Healthcare System in Belarus 14

The Belarusian Constitution guarantees the right for all citizens “to healthcare, including free treatment at state health-care establishments.” Medical treatment at medical centres or hospitals is provided free of charge, and conforms to state minimum social standards. 14

illness (sickness) - disease.

"illness" is the state of being ill; "disease" refers to a particular kind of disease with special symptoms and name.

pain - ache

"pain" refers to suffering of body. It is sharp and sudden;

"ache" means a continuous pain.

cure - heal - treat

"cure" means to bring back to health;

"heal" means to make healthy after wounds of any kind (e.g. cuts are healed);

"treat" means to take care of with medicines, etc. It refers to the process оf curing (e.g. a person must be treated to be cured).

1. ill – sick (Mind: "ill" is never used before a noun).

1) The nurse mixed the medicine with teaspoon and gave it to the ________ man who sat up in bed to take it. 2) When people are _______ and have a temperature оf over 39 degrees we say they are in a high fever. 3) When I go on board a ship or a boat, I feel ________ 4) He was suddenly taken _______.

2. illness (sickness) - disease

1) What did the man die of? Did he suffer from any chronic ________ or complications after a serious _____________? 2) The __________ was catching, and the doctor said he would put me on the sick-list. 3) Scarlet fever is a catching __________. 4) His __________ prevented him from going to school together with his friends.

c) treat - cure

1) After scarlet fever complications developed, and they had to be ________ for a month before the patient was completely_______. 2) The open air life in the mountain _________ him of headaches. 3. The doctor said that if I followed his instructions, I should soon be _________ of the disease.

3. cure- heal

1) Fresh air, sunshine, good food may ___________ a patient of consumption by _________ his lungs. 2) After a fortnight of slight fever, the wound ________ and he recovered. 3) The doctor applied a medicine which soon __________ deep cut in my arm.

4. ache – pain - hurt

1) As Joe was coming home a sudden ________ in his heart made him stop and lean against the wall of a house. 2) Wet weather often makes old people feel a(n) _______ in their bones. 3) He fell down the stairs and ________ his leg. 4) This heavy suit-case makes my arm _________. 5) Did you ___________ yourself?

Ex.4. Find an adjective in list B to match a noun in list A.

A: person, temperature, throat, chill, cold, headache, heart, pulse, disease, illness, cheek, health, eyesight, equipment, blood-pressure.

B: catching, quick, chronic, sick, sore, normal, weak, bad, slight, high, medical, swollen, perfect, poor.

Ex. 5 Fill in the right words.

1) The other day I witnessed a terrible accident. A bus collided with a motor car. The drivers were badly ________. Many passengers were also seriously _______. They were transported to the nearest ________ in an _________ which the policeman had called for. They were ______ first aid. 2) "Why do you speak so softly?" "I am _______”. 3) "Why are you ______, John?'' "I ______ my ankle yesterday, while playing tennis." 4) "I've just ________ my hand." "You must put some ointment on it. Then it won't __________. 5) Ann's two children have ___________ with scarlet fever. They were taken to the _________ once as scarlet fever is a very ___________ disease. It is such a pity they were not __________ against it. They say there is an _______ of scarlet fever in town now.

Ex. 6. Translate the English phrases into Russian and Russian phrases f into English.

1. Я очень плохо себя чувствую. Where can I find a doctor?

2. У меня опух локоть. What doctor can you recommend me?

3. Вызовите, пожалуйста, врача. Where is the nearest polyclinic? Я хочу проконсультироваться с врачом.

4. Please give me the doctor's phone number. Когда принимает доктор?

5. Что с вами? I have a high temperature. У вас болит горло? No, but I feel sick and I have rash. У вас все признаки ветрянки.

6. Положите градусник под язык и измерьте температуру. I have по temperature, I've just slight poisoning. У вас расстройство желудка, рвота?

7. I Разденьтесь до пояса, пожалуйста. Я хочу прослушать ваши легкие. You have nothing serious, just a cold. You must stay in bed and take the medicine.

8. Мне нужно лекарство по этому рецепту and please, give me something for a toothache. Пожалуйста, принимайте эти капли.

9. Вам нужно посидеть на диете. Come and see me in 5 days. Также принимайте это лекарство по 1 столовой ложке 3 раза в день.

10. На что жалуетесь? I've lost a filling. Откройте рот: Oh, You have a swollen gum.

11. Мне придется удалить этот зуб, он шатается: Wash your mouth and spit out.

12. Этот зуб можно подлечить. I'll give you something to sooth the pain. А сюда мы поставим коронку.

Ex. 8. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1) Мне нездоровится. 2) У меня болит ухо. 3) У меня болит горло. 4) Мне больно глотать. 5) У меня все болит. 6) Мне больно ходить. 7) Она целую зиму страдала от простуд. 8) Ему удалили аппендицит. 9) Зайди в аптеку и закажи лекарство. 10) Я почти привык к ноющей боли в зубе, но сейчас эта острая боль невыносима. 11) Тебе надо сделать анализ крови, рентген, измерить давление. 12) Я хочу запломбировать зуб. 13) Ему нужно сделать обезболивающий укол. 14) Мне дурно, меня тошнит, раскалывается голова.

2. At the doctor’s

Ex.1. Match the name of the doctor with the field in which he specializes:

1) pediatrician

2) gynecologist

3) neurologist

4) urologist

5) dentist

6) veterinarian

7) anesthesiologist

8) general practitioner (GP)

9) internist

10) orthopedic

11) plastic surgeon

12) ophthalmologist

a) a doctor who treats problems related to the nerves.

b) a doctor who cares for teeth.

c) a doctor who treats children only.

d) a doctor who treats eye problems.

e) a doctor who treats animals only.

f) a doctor who treats urinary-tract problems.

g) a doctor who treats the entire family and who does

not specialize in only one area

h) a doctor who specializes in internal medicine.

i) a doctor who performs cosmetic surgery.

j) a doctor who treats women's problems.

k) a doctor who puts patient to sleep prior to surgery.

l) a doctor who treats bone problems

Ex. 2. Read the text. Translate the words and phrases in brackets.

There is nothing more unpleasant than (заболеть) when you are away from home. If that happens, do you (пойти на прием к врачу) or send for him at once? He will come and (прослушать пульс, измерить температуру, прослушать легкие, осмотреть) you thoroughly. Не will (прописать диету) for you and tell you what to eat, and what not to eat, and he will probably advise you to give up drinking coffee, or tea, or both, and to smoke less. If you want some (лекарство) he will give you (рецепт) that you can get made up at the (аптека). Going to the chemists is rather an adventure in a foreign town. Chemist shops, these days, are wonderful places. Besides medicines and all kinds (таблетки) you can get all sorts of other things there as well, such as brushes, combs, bottles of every shape and size containing scent, (полоскание, микстура от кашля) and what not. You can buy tooth-pastes, tooth-brushes and a hundred and one other things required by man, woman or child.

Ex. 3. Put the sentences in the right order to make the story.

1. The boy is badly injured and he needs an operation.

2. A little boy has been knocked down and injured.

3. He is being examined by an ambulance man.

4. In a busy shopping street there has been an accident.

5. The boy's parents can see him only during visiting hours.

6. He is being unconscious.

7. The boy is taken to a hospital.

8. He will be operated soon by a surgeon.

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Ex. 4. Read the following dialogues

• Tell me your trouble, young man.

• Well, I must have caught cold. I've been sneezing and coughing all the time and on the top of that it's hard for me to swallow.

• Open your mouth, please, let me have a look at your throat ... Your pulse, please... Now take off your coat and shirt, I'll listen to your heart and sound your lungs ... Got a temperature?

• Yes, but not very high — thirty-seven, point three, ⁺ -

• There's nothing serious the case with you. Just take care not to expose yourself and avoid draughts, keep the bed for a few days and take the medicine I'll prescribe you.

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• When were you operated on for your appendicitis?

• Two days ago. They brought me here in an ambulance, you know. Had I been brought to hospital a little later I might have died of blood poisoning. ⁴

• How do you feel now?

• I'm still a bit too weak and somewhat dizzy. But the doctor says I'll be picking up in no time. If everything goes well they will take out the stitches next Friday. Well, and how's everybody?

• Thanks, all right. Asking how you are ... I’ll be leaving now, hope to see you in a better shape soon, er?

• Thanks a lot for coming round to see me. Good-bye.

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Read the illustrative dialogues in pairs, noting how people ask about health, how sympathy is expressed and advice is given in various situations.

— I've got a terrible headache.

— Why don't you lie down for half an hour?

— I think I will.

— I haven't seen your brother lately. How is he?

— As a matter of fact, he's laid up.

— Oh, dear! What’s up with him?

— We don't know but we are having the doctor in tomorrow.

— How's your friend these days?

— He hasn't been too well just recently.

— I'm sorry to hear that. What's the matter?

— I think he's been overworking.

— I hope he soon gets over it.

— Thank you. He'll be pleased to hear you asked after him.

— (A person sneezes). Bless you. What's the matter? Are you all right?

— No, I feel sick. I've got a headache.

— Oh, I'm sorry. Would you like to call the doctor?

— No, I think there is nothing serious. I'll take an aspirin and lie in bed.

— How annoying for you to lie in bed.