3. Answer the questions using the words and word-combinations given in brackets.

1. Why do people turn to alternative treatments? What alternative treatments do they turn to?

(to be worried about the side effects of drugs, to examine one’s own attitudes towards medicine, to complement / replace Western medicine, to suffer from insomnia, to feel mentally and physically exhausted, to be worn-out, to be fed up with attempts at self-medication, to bring any relief from one’s condition, homeopathy, osteopathy, yoga, reflexology and acupuncture, alternative health centre)

2. What is acupuncture?

(to remove the blockage of the energy flow to the organs, an acupuncturist, to insert needles into the body, meridians, to stimulate the flow of energy, to restore the patient’s health)

3. What can acupuncture be used to treat?

(to be sceptical of the medical value of acupuncture, an alternative to Western medical treatments, clinical tests, to be effective for a number of conditions, to treat a wide range of complaints, to deaden the pain of the operation, a preventative medicine, to increase the body’s resistance to infection, to be effective against pain, to fight injury, to keep in good physical condition, to cope with stress, alternative medical treatment, to keep sbd healthy)

Notes

homeopathy (n): a way of treating illnesses using very small amounts of natural substances.

osteopathy (n): the treatment of injuries to bones and muscles using pressure and movement.

arthritis (n): an illness which causes the parts of the body where bones meet to become painful and often big.

Reflexology

(04:04)

1. How much do you know about Chinese medicine? Can you guess what health benefits foot massage has?

2. Listen to people talking about the health benefits of reflexology. Number the areas of the feet from 1 to 5. (There are two extra areas.)

2. Listen again. What health problems can reflexology help? Write the health problems.

1. ___________________________________________________________.

2. ___________________________________________________________.

3. ___________________________________________________________.

4. ___________________________________________________________.

5. ___________________________________________________________.

3. What parts of the soles of your feet should be massaged

• to relieve headaches

• to relieve backaches

• to relax stiff shoulders

• to help sore tired eyes

• to get rid of stomachaches?

UNIT 2. TRAVELLING

AN AMERICAN’S VIEW OF EUROPE

(04:35)

1. Below are lists of expressions commonly used when talking about travel. Match the words on the left and the words on the right that have a similar meaning.

teeming with tourists	to roam
unspoilt	not commercialized
built-up	to be wary of
out of the way	welcoming
to break one’s journey	overrun with tourists
hospitable	to be ripped off
to get about	developed
to watch out for	to stop off
to pay an extortionate price	to travel
to wander	remote

2. Bill Bryson is a travel writer from Iowa in the United States. He first came to Europe in 1972. You are going to hear an extract from his book Neither here nor there. In this extract he describes his impressions of Europe and the Europeans. Now listen and find out:

1. what struck him about:

• Luxembourgers

• the French

• the British

• Europeans in general

2. why he did not want to learn the language of the country he was visiting.

3. Listen again and note down his comments about the following:

• unsliced bread

• berets

• shopping

• windmills

• crossing the street

4. The sentences below use phrases from the extract. Try to complete each sentence in a natural way.

1. It’s difficult to take a politician seriously who ____________________.

2. I love Chinese food, but I just cannot get the hang of _______________.

3. In order to speak the language well, it’s necessary to have a good grasp of _______.

4. It defeats the purpose of traveling, if you ________________________.

5. Let me give you a tip about getting about in my country. Never_______.

5. Describe a place that you have visited or lived in, and say what struck you about it, mentioning any of its peculiarities.

TOURIST INFORMATION

(03:24)

1. Listen to a tourist asking for information in a tourist information office. 

What information does a tourist ask for in a tourist information office? 

2. Complete the information while listening.

Tourist:  Excuse me.  Do you speak English? 

Woman:  Yes, of course.  Can I help you? 

Tourist: Yes, we’ve just arrived ______ here.  Have you got a map of the town? 

Woman: Yes.  Here you are.  The ________ is just here.  I’ll mark it with a cross.  If you 

walk down this street here, you get to the beach.  It’s about 5 minutes. 

Tourist:  Thank you.  Where is the old part of the town? 

Woman: Over here.  You can see lots of narrow _____ streets, and there’s  ____.Tourist:  How long would it take to walk there? 

Woman: About 10 or 15 minutes. The easiest way from here is ______ and ____along the road until you reach _____, and then turn right. 

Tourist:  Is there a__________ station as well as a __________ station? 

Woman: Yes.  The train station is here on the edge of the town.  I’ll just get you some _____. Here you have a train timetable, and one for the buses. 

Tourist:Thanks very much. Do you have any information about things to do 

in the area? 

Woman: Yes, of course.  Over there we’ve got _____ about ________.  And this free _____ here tells you what’s on this month. It has information about concerts, festivals, children’s events etc. 

Tourist:  That looks very useful, thank you. 

Woman: There are also several __ you can take from here.  There’s a ___ of the old town.  It takes a couple of hours and is very interesting.

And then there are ___. There’s one which takes you round ______ in this area.  I don’t know if you know that this ____is famous for its castles. 

Tourist:  No, I didn’t.  Would we need ___________ _____ ___________? 

Woman: Yes, for the coach tour you need to book at least ________in advance, and you can  do that from here. 

For the walking tour you just ____ outside this office at ten o’clock in the 

morning on Tuesday or Thursday. 

Tourist:  Right, well, thank you very much.  You’ve been most helpful. 

Woman: Not at all. I hope you enjoy your ___ here and if you need to know anything

else, feel free to ask.