It is interesting to know: Coffee and Tea.

Coffee and tea were known in Europe two hundred years ago. People were afraid to drink them because they thought coffee and tea could kill a person. Once the king of Sweden decided to find out whether it was true or not.

At that time there were two brothers in prison. They were twins and were much alike. They had committed a crime and had been sentenced to death. The king said: “I shall let them live but they must drink coffee or tea to the end of their lives. One brother must drink coffee and the other one must drink tea every day”.

They both lived for many years. At last one of the brothers died when he was 80 years old. The other died a few years later. In this way it was proved that neither coffee nor tea is harmful to man.

Pizza.

Pizza has a long history. The ancient Greeks first had the idea of putting vegetables on large flat pieces of bread, and “pizza ovens” have been found in the ruins of Roman cities. But for centuries one vital ingredient was

The public is free to use the Service, or any independent part of it, as it pleases.

The public is free to choose his doctor, and to change to another if he wished to do so. The doctor may accept private patients while taking parts in the Service.

The practitioner services consist of the Family Doctors Service, the Dental Service, and the Pharmaceutical Service. All these Services provide the patient with the individual medical attention that he needs.

The professional attention of a family doctor is available to everyone. Patients may choose the doctor they wish provided only that he is enrolled in the Service and that he agrees to attend them. They may also change their doctor. The doctor has the same freedom to accept or refuse patients as he wishes. He cannot be forced to attend any person against his will. The doctor working in the Service is entitled to attend paying patients who have not joined the Service, if he cares to do so. If serious illness develops or diagnosis is difficult, he may call in a consultant and get hospital treatment without reference to any outside authority.

A doctor in Public Service is remunerated by a capitation payment for each patient registered with him.

At present the Family Doctor Service is almost always organized from the doctors own surgeries, to which patients do for advice and treatment unless the doctor visits them at home. A few doctors work from health centers.

Many general practitioners are working with one assistant. To become an assistant to general practitioner (the principal) is a common method of entering general practice.

Lesson 19.

Topic: Health Care System.

1. Read and translate the following text:

HIV/AIDS

HIV – (human immunodeficiency virus) is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).

missing—the first tomatoes were not brought to Europe until the 16^th century, from South America. It was the 19^th century before Rafaele Esposito, a baker from Naples, began to sell the first modern pizzas. He was asked to bake a special pizza for a visit by the Italian King and Queen in 1889, and so the first pizza Margarita was created, named after the Queen.

Pizza became a favorite dish in Italy, but it was after the Second World War, when thousands of American soldiers went home from Europe, that pizza really became an international dish. Soon there were pizzerias all over the USA, and Americans spread the idea around the world.