- •1. Look at the pictures. Which could be connected to the following aims? Discuss in pairs.
- •2. A. What do you think the most important factors in keeping healthy are?
- •3. Paraphrase the following quotations. Which do you agree with? Why? Discuss.
- •1. A. You will read a text about four great medical discoveries. Before you read, discuss the following with a partner.
- •Throughout history, key discoveries have changed the course of medical science. We look at four historic medical breakthroughs.
- •Penicillin
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •1. Explain the highlighted words in the passage.
- •2. Match the beginnings with the endings.
- •3. Match the English word combinations with their Ukrainian equivalents.
- •4. Discussion
- •Vocabulary and Speaking
- •1. Label the numbered parts of the body, using the words in the box. The numbers in black boxes are inside the body.
- •3. What part of your body do you use to do these things?
- •4. A. Say where each of the following body parts is located. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •If you’re fit, you don’t need to exercise. If you aren’t fit, exercise is dangerous.
- •If your total score is:
- •Say No to Death
- •1. Define the statements as true or false.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Match the beginnings with the endings.
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •4. Мatch the English word combinations with their Ukrainian equivalents.
- •5. Paraphrase the sentences using the word combinations from the previous exercise.
- •6. Translate into Ukrainian.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •1. Study the ‘case history’ below. Then write ten headlines for the President’s ten-day illness, from President taken ill to The nation holds its breath.
- •2. After all that, do you feel well enough to read on? Note the ways that illnesses can be spoken of and reported in the text below. Examination Fever
- •4. Without looking back at the previous two texts (Ex. 1,2), try to supply the missing word that completes these expressions. Translate them into Ukrainian:
- •5. This is a section on symptoms, possible diagnosis and remedies. These six exchanges between doctor and patient have been mixed up. Decide which response should follow which question.
- •6. Rearrange these six paragraphs in the same way.
- •Vocabulary Practise
- •1. What are your symptoms? Study the material that follows to enlarge your vocabulary.
- •2. What does the doctor prescribe?
- •3. Match the diseases with their symptoms.
- •4. Fill in the missing words in these sentences. Use words from the box.
- •5. Make collocations by matching words from two columns.
- •Health: illness and disease
- •Aches and pains
- •6. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word.
- •7. Translate the following phrasal verbs and verb-preposition collocations for health and illness.
- •8. Read the text below and find words in the text which mean the following.
- •9. Translate into English.
- •10. Learn the following vocabulary.
- •11. Sort these everyday phrasal verbs and expressions connected with health and illness into two groups, depending on whether they have positive or negative meanings with regard to health.
- •12. Translate the sentences with minor ailments and ways of talking about minor problems.
- •13. Rewrite the underlined parts of these sentences using the active vocabulary.
- •1. What do you know about alternative medicine? Learn the new words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •2. What do we call the type of alternative medicine which...
- •3. Read the text. Make sure you study the language of the text to be competent in further exercises and discussions.
- •4. Match the words with their definitions.
- •5. Match the two columns to form meaningful word combinations.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •7. Translate these sentences into English.
- •8. Complete the sentences using the material of the text about acupuncture (ex.3)
- •9. Translate into English.
- •1. Look at the pictures. What is the text about?
- •2. Do you take any exercise? Why/Why not?
- •1. Qigong is perfect for those who
- •3. Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below. Use the words only once.
- •4. Which of the treatments and procedures below, relate to conventional and which to alternative medicine?
- •5. Match the medical people with what they might say...
- •6. Find the odd word out.
- •7. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in bold, then cover the text and talk about the two types of medicine.
- •8. Fill in the missing words related to medicine and health. The first letter is given to help you.
- •9. Underline the correct item.
- •A Visit to a Doctor
- •10. Read the text and describe your last visit to the dentist. At the dentist’s
- •11. Answer the questions.
- •12. Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them in situations of your own.
- •13. Translate into English.
- •14. Choose the right form.
- •15. Fill in the blanks with the words below. You may need to change the form оf the words. Each word can be used only once.
- •General Dental Practice
- •16. Give English equivalents for the following words and phrases.
- •Parts of the body
- •3. Choose the correct answer
- •4. Body. Match the Ukrainian names of the parts of the body with their English counterparts.
- •5. Body. Match the following parts of the body with the jumbled definitions on the right.
- •7. Body. Choose one of the four possibilities that best completes the sentence.
- •8. Body. Complete the sentences.
- •The Science of Life
- •A symbol of medicine, a triumph of simplicity
- •5. Read the article and answer the questions (1-7).
- •3. Match words from columns a and b to make collocations, then make sentences.
- •4. Match the sets of adjectives to the nouns to form collocations. Choose any 3 sets and make sentences.
- •5. Select two suitable words which can complete each sentence.
- •6. Study the pairs of words/phrases below and make sentences in order to show their difference in meaning.
- •1. Study the difference.
- •3. Give English equivalents for the following words.
- •4. 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.
- •Diseases
- •5. Give the Ukrainian names of the following diseases.
- •6. Diseases. Choose the correct answer.
- •7. Read the article. Work in pairs and discuss the health problems people might have in the 21st century.
- •8. Find the appropriate word for the definitions.
- •9. Translate the following text into English. Україна – перша у Східній Європі за кількістю віл-інфікованих.
- •Doctors and specialists
- •1. Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following phrases.
- •2. Give the name of the people defined below.
- •3. Translate the article about the the world-famous Ukrainian surgeon, scientist and philosopher Mykola Amosov.
- •4. Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate forms of the Verbals. Define their functions. What do you think of the new ailment? help me, doctor, I'm too wealthy
- •Are you ontop of the world?
- •6. Discuss the answers to the questions below.
- •7. Translate the following into English.
- •8. Match the words to form the meaningful word combinations.
- •9. Translate into English.
- •10. Choose the correct answer.
- •1. Read the article.
- •3. Explain the meaning of the words and word combinations in English and use them in the situations of your own.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •5. Transcribe the words.
- •6. Match the words to form the meaningful word combinations.
- •7. Read the text and discuss it using the active vocabulary.
- •8. Think ahead. Look at the title of the article and guess what the article runs about. Read the article through once to see if you have guessed correctly.
- •9. Answer the questions.
- •10. Find words or phrases in the text which have these meanings.
- •11. Match the words into collocations.
- •12. Choose a word from the box to match one of the definitions below.
- •13. Complete the sentences with the words from the previous exercise. Change the word forms if necessary.
- •14. Give the Ukrainian equivalents.
- •15. Give the English equivalents.
- •16. Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations in English and make up your sentences with them.
- •17. Discuss the following.
- •18. Read the text. Make sure you study the language of the text to be competent in further exercises and discussions.
- •18. Answer the questions.
- •19. The text contains quite a few words whose pronunciation could pose difficulty. Transcribe the following words to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future.
- •20. Match the words into collocations.
- •21. Explain the meaning of the following word combinations in English and make up your own sentences with them.
- •22. Find the words in the text which correspond to the given definitions.
- •23. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the topical vocabulary, making any necessary changes.
- •24. Find synonyms or near synonyms for the following words, and make up your own sentences to explore their associations.
- •25. Explain the contextual meaning of the words in bold and translate the following sentences into Ukrainian.
- •26. Translate the text into English.
- •The Subjective – with – the Participle Construction
- •The Nominative Absolute Participial Construction
3. Match words from columns a and b to make collocations, then make sentences.
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A |
B |
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Lab |
Reaction |
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Medical |
Intake |
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Passive |
Tests |
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Allergic |
Smoking |
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Respiratory |
History |
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Vitamin |
Activity |
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Strenuous |
Infection |
The lab tests will reveal whether iron deficiency is the cause of the problem.
4. Match the sets of adjectives to the nouns to form collocations. Choose any 3 sets and make sentences.
Anyone suffering from a contagious disease has to be quarantined in order to prevent the infection from spreading.
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1 |
fatal, contagious |
condition |
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2 |
congenital, chronic |
wound |
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3 |
serious, slight |
dizziness |
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4 |
holistic, conventional |
treatment |
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5 |
speedy, miraculous |
injuries |
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6 |
multiple, internal |
disease |
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7 |
superficial, flesh |
medicine |
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8 |
emergency, on-going |
recovery |
Commonly Confused Words
5. Select two suitable words which can complete each sentence.
He felt a stabbing / knifing / cutting / piercing / needling pain in his side as he bent to pick up the ball.
Most doctors do not usually know much about non-conformist / holistic / alternative / conventional /orthodox medicine.
He will have to suffer / take / undergo / experience / have treatment at the cardiac clinic very soon.
David was doubtful about whether he could play in the match or not because of a/an niggling / irritable / recurring / inflammatory / terminal injury.
The dentist assured me that I would feel only petty / mild / trivial / slight / little discomfort as he did the fillings in my teeth.
A surprising number of people have toxic / noxious / poisonous / allergic / adverse reactions to very common foodstuffs.
6. Study the pairs of words/phrases below and make sentences in order to show their difference in meaning.
1 cut / incision
2 pain / tenderness
3 dizzy / faint
4 hoarse voice / sore throat
5 nausea / vertigo
6 diagnosis/prescription
7 consultation / examination
8 exhaustion / exertion
9 midwife / matron
10 recuperate / improve
The young boy had a nasty cut on his finger. The surgeon stitched up the incision and removed his gloves.
WOUNDS AND INJURIES
1. Study the difference.
Wound (n, v) and injury are both used to describe damage to the body, but a wound is generally caused by a weapon (e.g. gun or knife) and it is usually intentional.
He shot the man in the chest. (= a bullet wound in the chest) [from a gun]
He stabbed the boy in the back. (= a knife wound in the back)
He got into a fight and got beaten up. He had a black eye and two broken ribs.
2. INJURIES. Choose the correct answer.
1. He got that ….. on his forehead when he ran into an open cupboard door in the dark a few days ago.
a) blister b) bruise c) scar d) sprain
2. Mary was ….. by a wasp while she was gathering some pears.
a) bitten b) eaten c) stung d) wounded
3. Be careful, don't ….. yourself when you are cutting those roses.
a) pick b) prick c) sting d) wound
4. I fell off my bicycle when I was five and I still have a ….. on my knee.
a) freckle b) scar c) hole d) scratch
5. He got a terrible ….. on the head when he forgot to bend as he went through the low doorway.
a) bump b) hunch c) ripple d) wrinkle
6. This ….. dates from my operation last year.
a) cut b) scar c) scratch d) sore
7. A sword will only draw blood if it actually ….. the skin.
a) pierces b) pricks c) plunges d) thrusts
8. I have a ….. on my leg where you hit me.
a) blister b) bruise c) hole d) wound
9. She cried so much that her face became ….. .
a) fat b) soft c) swollen d) torn