Lesson 20 medicine and health (At the Doctor)

"Medicines are not meant to live on", an English proverb says. That is true and I can add that good health is better than the best medicine." And if your health is good, you are always in a good mood. You have "A sound mind in a sound body", as the old Latin saying goes. Taking medicines is an unpleasant thing, of course, and if you want to avoid it, you should go in for sports and keep yourself fit But if something is wrong with our health and we are rather run down, we must consult a doctor and have a thorough examination. He will ask us to strip to the waist, listen to our heart and chest, feel the pulse, take the tem­perature and measure our blood pressure. *But if the illness is serious or an operation is a big one, he will advise us to get a specialist in a hospital where they have all the necessary equipment

If our teeth need attention, stopping, filling, or if we need false teeth (dentures),''then we have to go to the dentist. If our eyes need attention, we go to the oculist, who will test our sight to see whether we are suffering from short-sight or long-sight and will write out a prescription for glasses.

'The common illnesses are: a cough, a cold, influenza ("the flue"), sore throat. Children often get measles, mumps, scarlet fever and whooping-cough. Often people suffer from indigestion, rheumatism, heart troubles and blood-pressure. Some diseases are infectious and contagious, and great care must be taken by people who have these illnesses so that they don't pass them on to other people.*You may also have toothache, earache, headache, stomach-ache. Then you may get a bum, a scald, blood-poisoning or break a bone/

Some of the commonest things used to prevent or cure illnesses are: medicine, pills, powders, ointment, sleeping- draughts, injections, bandages, massage, antiseptics, tablets.

Word List:

medicine – лекарство, медицина

health - здоровье

to be in a good mood - быть в хорошем настроении

to avoid – избавиться

to keep oneself fit - быть в форме

to consult a doctor - обратиться к врачу, проконсультироваться у врача to have a thorough examination - тщательно обследоваться

to strip to the waist - раздеться до пояса

listen to one's heart and chest - послушать сердце и легкие

to feel the pulse - прощупать пульс

to take the temperature - измерять температуру

to measure one's blood-pressure - измерять кровяное давление

illness - заболевание, недуг

hospital - больница

to have all necessary equipment - иметь все необходимое оборудование to need attention - требовать внимания

filling - пломбирование зуба

false teeth (dentures) - вставные зубы

dentist - стоматолог

oculist - окулист

to suffer from - страдать от

short-sight - близорукость

long-sight - дальнозоркость

to write out a prescription - выписать рецепт,

a cough - кашель

a cold - простуда

measles - корь

mumps - свинка

infectious - инфекционный

contagious - заразный

to take a great care - хорошо позаботиться

toothache - зубная боль

earache - боль в ухе

headache - головная боль

stomach-ache - боль в желудке

pain - боль

to get a burn - получить ожог

to get a scald - обвариться кипятком

to get a blood-poisoning - получить заражение крови

to get a break-bone - поломать кость

to prevent - предотвратить

to. cure - лечить

powders - порошки

ointment - мазь

sleeping-draught - снотворное

injection - инъекция

bandage - бинт

massage - массаж