2. Put questions to the text.

III). Read the dialogues and act out your own ones.

Dialogue 1.

M. Good morning, Mr. Brown!

J. Good morning!

D. Hello. What can I do for you?

J. It is difficult for me to breathe. I don’t feel well and I have had high temperature since yesterday.

M. She often has a head ache.

D. Let me examine her. Yes … You’ve got a bad cold, Jane. Take pills three times a day. Drink hot milk with honey or hot tea with raspberry.

J. How long do I have to stay in bed?

D. You have to stay in bed for a week.

M. And what about her headache?

an illness хворобa drugstore аптека

a headache головний біль to remove a tooth вирвати зуб

a blood test аналіз крові ambulance швидка допомога

a toothache зубний біль sore throat хво

ре горло

to cough кашляти prescription рецепт

to measure temperature міряти температуру receptionist секретар

to examine a patient оглянути пацієнта an injection укол

I. Guess the word from the definition. If you put together the first letters of these words, you’ll get a phrase.

1. A piece of paper given by the doctor for treatment.

2. If you come to the doctor, first of all he will …. you.

3. A person who makes patient’s appointments with a doctor.

4. A very high temperature.

5. If we have pain in the ear, we say we have an ... .

6. A place where the patient comes for a check up.

7. We take a temperature with it.

8. A pain in the head.

9. The doctors say if they want to calm down the patients: “Take it ...”

10. You call it if you need first aid.

11. You must check them if you often have a cough and pneumonia.

12. Pain in the tooth.

3. Read and translate the following text:

“The first wealth is health.”

Emerson

No social system reveals itself better than in the way it cares for the mental and physical health of its citizens. Governments should do more for the health care system of their countries. Unfortunately the things are far from being satisfactory. Shortcomings in the health care system are the examples of the disregard for the people’s treatment. One can see steadily growing costs of medical treatment, closing of public hospitals and clinics, reduction of hospital staff, longer waiting lists, and more expensive (and sometimes untested or even harmful) medicine on sale. It’s common knowledge that health is extremely important for every person. Some people consider health to be the most important thing in life. Since ancient times the words “happy” and “healthy” have very often been used as synonyms. Rich people were ready to give all their fortune for health. Possessing good health is rather a precious thing but many factors can destroy it.

Without doubt one of the most dangerous hazards people face in the contemporary world is AIDS. It is often called the plague of the 20^th century. AIDS is the final, life-threatening stage of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The name refers to the fact that HIV severely damage the immune system, the body’s most important defense against disease. Millions of AIDS cases have been diagnosed worldwide.

The United Nations has designated December 1, as World AIDS Day. Public agencies and schools around the world sponsor education and prevention programmes. Many individuals wear a red ribbon to show support for people with AIDS. The scholars work hard to find the way to cure this disease. But, unfortunately, it still remains an incurable one.

Another big problem is cancer. It strikes people of all ages but is most common in the middle-aged and the elderly. The disease can attack any part of the body and may spread to other parts. Cancer occurs when certain cells of the body multiply without control. It can affect any type of cell. If left untreated, most kinds of cancer are fatal. More research is needed to find better methods of preventing and curing cancer, because it affects so many people, many countries spend public money to fund cancer research.

Stress is one more serious enemy of the present society. It is the body’s emergency response to real or imagined danger. Many events, thoughts, or

8. Is it catching? 17. Isn’t there an analogue?

9. Must I stay in bed?

Discussion:

1. How often do you get cold?

2. Is your polyclinic far from your place?

3. What is your normal blood pressure?

4. Have you ever lost consciousness?

5. Do you like to be ill and stay at home?

6. What are usual illnesses?

7. Are you the healthy-eating, clean-living, sporty type?

8. Are you destroying yourself with cigarettes, alcohol and junk food?

9. How do you keep fit?