At the Chemist’s Shop

Grammar: Past Participle

Exercise 1. Learn the following words:

Remedy -лікарський засіб, ліки Potent - сильнодіючий Designate -визначати , вказувати Storage -зберігання Expiry date -термін придатності Adjuvant -допоміжний засіб Vehicle - середовище для ліків, розчинник Guarantee - гарантувати Authenticity-достовірність Assess -оцінити

Exercise 2. Translate the following words with the suffixes -tion and -ify.

-tion: prescription, medication, respiration, contribution, digestion, urination, contraindication, instruc­tion, direction, production.

-ity: authority, authenticity, safety, quality.

Exercise 3. Match the explanations with the terms.

1. an unwanted effect produced by a drug in addition to its desired therapeutic effects	a. dose
2. any substance that affects the structure or functioning of a living organism	b. prescription department
3. powerful, strong-effective	c. drug
4. the safekeeping of goods in a depository	d. narcotic
5. the amount of medicine to be taken	e. adjuvant
6. insufficient, incorrect	f. side effect
7. a substance producing sleep or other undesirable conditions	g. potent
8. the department where medicines are ordered	h. inadequate
9. a substance used in medical treatment, internally or externally	i. medication
10. an ingredient (as in a prescription or in a solution) that modifies the action of the principal agent	j. storage

Exercise 4. Translate the following words and word combinations:

drug store, chemist’s shop, pharmacy, institution of health service, medicines and medical things, a chemist's department, a prescription department, proper working rooms, a hall for visitors, drugs ready to use, medi­cal herbs, drug cabinets, drastic effect, potent drugs, strictly controlled use, taken in an overdose, date of dispensing, expiry date, warnings or contradictions, to follow the prescribed directions, the dangers of overdosage, the proper storage of the drug, the license given by the State Department of Quality.

Exercise 5. Read and translate the text:

Chemist's shop (also calles a parmacy or a drug store) is an institution of health service which supplies the population with medicines and medical things. It is a place where a wide variety of articles is sold and prescription can be made; drugs are composed, dispensed, stored and sold. They are differentiated into municipal, public and private ones. An ordinary chemist's shop has a chemist's department, a prescription one, proper working rooms and a hall for visitors.

At the chemist's department one can buy drugs ready to use, dif­ferent things for medical care and medi­cal herbs.

At the chemist's all medicines are kept in drug cabinets, open shelves and refrigerators. Poisonous, drastic, narcotic and psychotro­pic drugs can be sold by prescription only. These drugs are potent and can be dangerous if taken in an overdose. Therefore, their use must be strictly controlled.

All containers of dispensed medicines should be clearly labeled with the following particulars: name of the patient, name of the medi­cine, correct dosage instructions, date of dispensing, expiry date, warnings or contradictions, name and address of the pharmacy.

The pharmacist should instruct the patient about: the necessity to follow the prescribed directions carefully; the dangers of overdosage; the problems resulting from an inadequate dosage; the expected side effects of the drug; the proper storage of the drug, etc.

A complete prescription is made up of six essential parts: the pa­tient's name, the superscription, the inscription, the subscription, the signature and the prescriber's name. The superscription is the tradi­tional symbol Rx, which always appears at the beginning of the pre­scription. (It represents the contraction of the Latin verb "recipe", i. e. to take). The inscription is the body of the prescription. This con­tains the ingredients and quantities of each. In the complex prescrip­tion containing multiple ingredients, the inscription may consist of three parts: medication, adjuvant and vehicle. The subscription always follows the inscription and contains the writer's instructions to the pharmacist. The signature consists of the di­rections to be given to the patient. This information is intended to be placed on the label of the container in which the medication is dispensed. The prescriber's name is the part of the prescription that guarantees its authenticity.

The realization of medicines is promoted by presenting the license given by the State Department of Quality and Safety Control and Production of Medicines and Medical articles.

Exercise 6. Answer the questions.

1. What do we call a chemist's shop?

2. What kinds of chemist's shops do you know?

3. What can we buy at the chemist's?

4. Where are all the drugs kept at the chemist's?

5. What drugs can we take by prescription only?

6. What are the necessary particulars on the label?

7. What are the essential parts of the complete prescription?

8. What is the difference between superscription, subscription and inscription?

9. What is the body of prescription?

10. What parts does the inscription consist of?

11. How is the realization of medicines promoted?

Exercise 7. Complete the sentences using words from the text.

1. Chemist's shop is an institution ....

2. Chemist's shops are differentiated ....

3. At the chemist's department one can buy ....

4. ... should be sold by a prescription only.

5. All containers should be labeled with the following particulars: ... .

6. Pharmacist should instruct the patient ....

7. The signature consists of ... .

8. The realization of medicines is promoted ....

Exercise 8. Put questions to the underlined words:

1. A chemist’s shop supplies the population with medicines and medical things.

2. A complete prescription is made up of six essential parts.

3. At the chemist's all medicines are kept in drug cabinets, open shelves and refrigerators.

4. The pharmacist should instruct the patient about: the necessity to follow the prescribed directions carefully and the dangers of overdosage.

5. At the chemist's department you can buy drugs ready to use, dif­ferent things for medical care and medi­cal herbs.

6. The prescriber's name guarantees the authenticity of the prescription.

Exercise 9. Explain the terms in English (give 4-5 sentences for each term):

chemist’s shop, prescription

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Exercise 1. a) Give the Past Participle form of the following verbs, then translate them into your language:

Supply, make, compose, dispense, store, sell, buy, use, keep, take, lable, instruct, prescribe, advise, expect, form, put, find, call, give, warn.

b) Make 10 word combinations with the Past Participles from Ex.1a

Exercise 2. Translate the following word combinations into English:

Ліки, які продають в аптеці; гірчичники куплені вчора; ліки, які зберігають у аптечних шафах; строго контролюємий; сильнодіючий препарат прийнятий у надмірній дозі; попереджений про шкідливі ефекти; призначені ліки; інформація розміщена на етикетці; проінструктований що до вживання ліків; призначення зроблене лікарем, небажанний ефект.

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences with Past Participles into your language:

1. All the medicines kept in drug cabinets have labels on them.

2. I know nothing about the expected side effects of the drug.

3. The medicines prescribed by the doctor can be bought at this department.

4. This medicine taken in an overdose can cause death.

5. Correct dosage instructions given by the physician must be strictly followed.

6. The information provided in the package inserts must be read carefully.