VII. Comment on one of the proverbs or quotations about health.

1. Good health is above wealth.

2. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

3. Never say die.

4. Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

5. The best doctors are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet and Doctor Merry Man.

6. A good laugh is the best medicine.

7. A sound mind in a sound body.

Lesson 17.

Topic: Health Care System.

13. What is above wealth?

II. Translate the text into Ukrainian.

III. Put 5-7 questions to the text.

Health.

Health is one of the most important things for every person. We need to care about it from early youth, because the situation we live in is rather tense.

Sometimes people get ill. The usual illnesses are headache, flu, toothache, bronchitis, quinsy. When you get ill, you go to the doctor’s. Also you can call a doctor to your place.

A doctor is a man who looks after people who are ill. He gives them medical treatment. People who are receiving medical treatment are called patients.

Doctors sometimes perform operations on the bodies of their patients with their hands or with instruments. Doctors who do this are called surgeons and the instruments they use are called surgical instruments. An operation made by a surgeon is called a surgical operation.

If you have toothache you should go to your dentist. A dentist is a doctor who cares of people’s teeth. He gives people dental treatment. If aching tooth is not too far gone, he’ll stop it. If it is too bad, he’ll take it out.

If you don’t feel well, you should consult a doctor. If you feel too ill to go to the doctor’s you’ll have to send for him. He’ll ask you to describe to him the symptoms of your illness. Then he’ll feel your pulse, look at your tongue and examine you thoroughly. Finally he’ll prescribe the treatment and write out a prescription. Doctor’s prescriptions are made up by a chemist. At chemist’s shop you can also get patient medicines of all kinds, including tablets, cough-mixtures, aspirin, pills, bandages, hot water bottles, tooth-paste, tooth-brushes and other things.

The best thing to do not to get ill is to go in for some sports, keep to a diet, rest actively and have favorite job.

IV. Read and translate the text. Health Triangle.

Good health is the sum of your physical, mental and social well being. Your physical health has to do with your body. Your mental health includes what you think and how you feel. Social health has to do with the way you relate to other people. Each kind of health is important by itself.

Although each side of your health triangle is important by itself, each influences the others. You may have an argument with one of your friends. This argument can affect your social health. During your argument you become very angry. Your feelings influence your mental health. Later you cannot sleep. Lack of sleep affects your physical health. You can see that if you want good health you will need to balance the sides of your triangle. You will want to keep your body fit, be comfortable with your feelings and relate well to others.

You were born with certain genes that influenced your development and were transferred to you from your parents. Your heredity makes you different from others. You are unique.

Sometimes you do not have good health. Disease is anything that blocks you from being at your best. Disease can be physical (having a cold), mental (not to be able to think), or social (having problems with your friends). Disease is the improper functioning of a body part or process. When your grandparents were young they faced the threat of many diseases caused by germs. Many people died of tuberculosis, smallpox and typhoid fever. Today the health outlook has changed. You can be immunized to prevent many diseases. The water you use has been purified, you have better nutrition, and safer and cleaner housing. All these things help you to keep healthy. The threat of diseases has been greatly reduced. Good health habits can help to prevent

some diseases. Not smoking will decrease your chance of getting heart diseases or cancer, for example.