- •Health is above wealth.
- •What do doctors do?
- •What's the diagnosis?
- •What does the doctor prescribe?
- •What would you say if the doctor asked you the following questions?
- •16. Learn the following:
- •17. Which is the odd one out in each group, in terms of the main word stress? Use a dictionary if you are not sure about the words.
- •18. Which of these collocations are normal, and which are not normal?
- •Now fill the gaps using the expressions above.
- •21.What do you know about alternative medicine? Learn the new words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Acupuncture chiropractic herbal medicine
- •22. Listen to the radio programme about holistic medicine.
- •23. Why would you be given the following to help make you better? What do you do with it?
- •25. Transcribe the following words to avoid possible
- •26. Match the words with their definitions:
- •28. What do we call the type of alternative medicine which...
- •30. Complete these sentences with words from the box. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •31. Here are four pictures of things to do with health and medicine. Can you match them with the labels?
- •33. Translate the sentences. Learn the medical metaphors:
- •34. Study the words and their definitions. Translate the examples into Ukrainian:
- •35. Complete the word formation table. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •36. The medical words in the box below can also be used in a metaphorical way. Fill the gaps in the following text using these words. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •37. Asking about Health
- •2. Comprehensive questions:
- •3. Language focus
- •4. Choose the right form
- •5. Fill the blanks with the words below. You may need to change the form о the words. Each word can be used only once.
- •10. Choose the correct answer.
- •11. Hands up!
- •12. Body. Give names of the bodily organs indicated in the picture below.
- •13. All eyes
- •15. Body. Match the following parts of the body with the jumbled definitions on the right.
- •16. Body
- •18. Explain the meanings and give the context of the following idioms:
- •19. Body. Complete the sentences .
- •21. Read, the sayings and explain them. Find Ukrainian equivalents to them
- •24. Complete these conversations in a suitable way.
- •25. Answer these questions about yourself. If possible, ask another person the same questions.
- •28. Give English equivalents for the following words:
- •29. Here is a list of injuries. Look them up in your dictionary to check the meaning and the pronunciation, and fill in the chart. Use your imagination to think of a cause for the injuries.
- •30. Injuries. Crossword puzzle.
- •31. Injuries. Choose the correct answer.
- •32. Injuries. Choose the right answer.
- •2. Transcribe the following words to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •3. Language focus
- •5. Choose the correct answer.
- •6. The following problems and pieces of advice have got all mixed up. Can you match them correctly?
- •7. Choose the right answer.
- •9. Complete the sentences below with a preposition (from, on, with, etc.).
- •10 Health. Fill in the right words.
- •11. Health. Choose the right answer.
- •12. Health. Fill in the English translation of the word(s) in brackets.
- •16. Diet. Choose the right answer.
- •17. Diet. Fill in the blanks with the words below. You may use each word only once.
- •Special Diets
- •18. Diet. Choose the correct answer.
- •Examination Fever
- •21. Give the Ukrainian names of the following diseases:
- •22. Diseases. Choose the correct answer.
- •26. Diseases. Fill the blanks with the words below. You may use each word only once.
- •27. Symptoms. Match the following symptoms of disease with their definitions.
- •28. Symptoms. Choose words from the group below to complete the sentences.
- •It may be necessary to change the form of the given words.
- •29. Symptoms. Choose the correct answers.
- •30. Symptoms. Choose the right answer.
- •31. Symptoms. Choose the correct form.
- •32. Symptoms. Choose the correct form.
- •34. Patients. Choose the right answer.
- •35. Patients. Choose the right answer.
- •36. Patients. Choose the right answer.
- •37. Smoking. Choose the right answer.
- •38. Doctors
- •39. Specialists. Where can you find these patients? Match the patients with the correct wards or departments.
- •40. Specialists. Give the name of the people defined below.
- •43. Specialists. What is the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychoanalyst?
- •44. Drugs. In most cases drugs are
- •46. Drugs. Choose the right answer.
- •47. Drugs. Fill the blank with the right word from the list below. You may use each word once only.
- •48. Drugs. Choose the right answer.
- •Тільки те, що призначив лікар?
- •50. Drugs. Fill the blanks with the right word from the list below. You may use each word only once.
- •52. Drugs. Fill the blanks with the words from the list. You may need to change the form of the words. You may use each word once only.
- •53. Drugs. Choose the right answer.
- •54. Think ahead. Look at the title and guess what the article is about.
- •Three out of every 10 women
- •55. Comprehension check.
- •56. Language focus
- •10 Rules For Weight loss.
- •65. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian. Learn sport and fitness metaphors.
- •68. Just What the Doctor Ordered. Translate and learn the following idioms.
- •70. Be a Good Sport
- •71. Explain the meanings and give the context of the following idioms:
- •3. Comprehensive questions:
- •4. The text contains quite a few words whose pronunciation could pose difficulty. Transcribe the following words to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •5. Language Focus
- •6. Find synonyms or near synonyms for the following words, and write sentences to explore their associations.
- •7. Enrich your vocabulary:
- •9. Explain the contextual meaning of the words in bold and translate the following sentences into Ukrainian.
- •10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the topical vocabulary, making any necessary changes.
- •15. In small groups discuss your answers to these questions by using as many of the ways of giving opinions and agreeing and disagreeing as you can.
- •17. Choose the best option from the alternatives a or b
- •18. Listening
- •4. Look at the paragraph headings in the article and make some notes on what the text might be about. Compare your ideas with the class before reading the article.
- •5. What do you think?
- •7. Language focus
- •Vocabulary :
- •10. Which of the sports are these people probably talking about?
- •Verbs and their collocations in the context of sport
- •15. Give names for the illustrated sports.
- •16. Match the following sports with the right pictures.
- •17. Complete the following sentences with the words or phrases from the list below.
- •19. Match the names of the footballers with their position on the
- •20. Choose the right answer.
- •21. Complete these expressions using the things on the right.
- •22. Fill in the table matching the sports with the right kinds
- •23. Give the names for the illustrated ways of swimming.
- •24. Horse riding. Match the words with the right numbers in the
- •25. Indicate which equipment is used in the following
- •26. Choose the correct answer.
25. Transcribe the following words to avoid possible
mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
acupuncture; acupuncturist; homeopathy; osteopathy; insomnia; vaccinations; pulse; to deaden; arthritis; asthma; punctured.
26. Match the words with their definitions:
1. allergic (adj.) |
a) to make something less painful or less strong |
2. dental (adj) |
b) appendixes a small tube-shaped part inside the body below the stomach |
3. homeopathy (n) |
c) relating to teeth |
4. vaccination (n) |
d) a way of treating illnesses using very small amounts of natural substances |
5. deaden (adj) |
e) an illness which causes the parts of the body where bones meet to become painful and often big |
6. arthritis (n) |
f) a medical condition which makes breathing difficult by causing the air passages to become narrow or blocked |
7. asthma (n) |
g) abbreviation for general practitioner: a doctor who sees people in the local area and treats illnesses that do not need a hospital visit |
8. clinical (adj) |
h) when you find it difficult to sleep |
9. insomnia (n) |
i) the treatment of injuries to bones and muscles using pressure and movement |
10. GP (n) |
j) relating to medical treatment and tests |
11. appendix (n) |
k) caused by an allergy |
12. miracle (n) |
l) having an important effect or influence, especially on what will happen in the future |
13. preventive (also preventative) (adj): |
m) something that is very surprising or difficult to believe. |
14. puncture |
n) preventive action is intended to stop something before it happens. |
15. significant (adj) |
o) to make a hole in something. |
16. osteopathy (n) |
p) a substance which contains a harmless form of a virus or bacterium (= extremely small organism), and which is given to a person or animal to prevent them from getting the disease which the virus or bacterium causes. |
17. worn-out(adj.) |
q) another effect that a drug has on your body in addition to the main effect for which the doctor has given you the drug. |
18. side effect (n) |
r) a treatment in which your feet are rubbed and pressed in a special way in order to improve blood flow and help you relax. |
19. reflexology (n): |
s) very tired because you have been working hard |
27. Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
1. She was feeling out of the weather and a bit fevering so she took the day off.
2. I felt really off my colour yesterday and my head was throwing, so I took a tablet.
3. I felt a bit off the sorts and seemed to have more pains and aches than usual.
4. My arms are hurting after carrying that heavy suitcase of yours.
28. What do we call the type of alternative medicine which...
1. uses herbs and other natural plants?
2. uses oils which smell nice and are rubbed into your body?
3. uses needles to stick into specific parts of your body?
4. uses tiny amounts of substances which cause the illness the doctor is trying to cure?
29. Rewrite the underlined parts of these sentences using the active vocabulary.
1. I was feeling quite as if I had a high temperature.
2. The drugs always gave her a feeling that she wanted to vomit.
3. I felt as if my head was spinning and went and lay down for an hour.
4. My nose was blocked so I got a spray from the chemist.
5. I got a pain in my neck from driving a long time in an awkward position.
6. Joanna was shaking and looked unwell, so I asked her if she needed help.