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e)Stan is deaf, but he can understand people by reading their _____ .

f)I never wear a watch because I don’t like the weight on my _____ .

g)One of the boxers punched the other on the _____ and knocked him out.

h)When Diane was a baby, she used to suck her _____ .

i)I’ve lost a lot of weight, especially around the _____ .

j)Norma wears a heart on a gold chain around her _____ .

4. Complete each sentence (a–j) with a suitable ending (1–10). Use each ending once:

a)I think we should send for an ambulance _____

b)Some people go jogging every morning _____

c)It would be a good idea for you to go to the dentist’s _____

d)The doctor gave Andy an injection _____

e)I’m going into hospital tomorrow _____

f)We took the cat to the vet _____

g)Susan took two aspirins _____

h)Nobody could find a stretcher _____

i)The doctor gave Helen a prescription _____

j)I bought some special cream _____

1)to have that bad tooth of yours taken out.

2)to check whether it had recovered from its accident.

3)to take old Mrs Jones to hospital.

4)to put on my sunburnt arms and legs

5)to get rid of her headache.

6)to reduce the pain and help him sleep.

7)to take to the chemist’s

8)to keep fit, or to loose some weight.

9)to carry the injured man out of the building.

10)to have an operation on my foot.

5. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

A visit to the doctor’s

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6. Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

A disastrous holiday

The day Gerald arrived at the Almara Beach Hotel, he fell (1) _____ the stairs. The manager called a/an (2) _____ , but fortunately Gerald’s leg was only badly

(3) _____ , and not broken. The doctor (4) _____ swimming as further (5) _____

but gave Gerald a/an (6) _____ for some tablets in case his leg became

(7)_____ . The next day Gerald sunbathed by the pool, and then took a deep

(8)_____ and dived into the water. There was not very much water in the pool, and he (9) _____ one of his arms when he hit the bottom. This time he complained to the hotel manager, who sent a special meal to Gerald’s room. Later that night, Gerald was (10) _____ from a (11) ______ back, the injuries to his arm and leg, and also had a terrible (12) _____ . He had a high (13) _____ and felt terrible. Luckily he had the tablets the doctor had given him to ((14) _____

the pain. As he reached fоr them, he fell out of bed and broke his (15) _____ . He spent the rest of his holiday in bed.

7. Transcribe the following words:

Blood, stomach, diabetes, chemist, sore throat, gynecologist, asthma, whooping cough, diarrhea, ache, cholera, tuberculosis, bronchitis

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8. Translate into English:

1.Его отправили в больницу, так как у него была сильная боль в левом боку, высокая температура и рвота. Доктор поставил диагноз – аппендицит. Его будут оперировать.

2.Когда пациент приходит на прием, врач осматривает его: слушает сердце и легкие, осматривает горло, измеряет температуру, взвешивает больного, измеряет пульс и давление, спрашивает, на что жалуется пациент.

3.Если у тебя насморк и заложен нос, я рекомендую тебе купить в аптеке специальный спрей. Но лучше проконсультироваться с доктором и выяснить, нет ли у тебя аллергии на пыльцу, ведь симптомы простуды и аллергии очень похожи.

4.Ранней весной, особенно после полярной ночи, важно правильно и сбалансировано питаться. Человек должен употреблять достаточное количество белков, углеводов, есть пищу богатую клетчаткой и витаминами.

5.При первых симптомах гриппа или простуды важно принять большую дозу витамина С и, возможно, удастся избежать приема других лекарственных препаратов.

6.Вчера я упал с велосипеда, когда ехал на большой скорости с горки, набил шишек и синяков, теперь у меня все болит, больно даже повернуть голову.

7.Каждый волен выбирать для себя способы лечения – традиционные или альтернативные. Но, я считаю, что гомеопатия и иглоукалывание могут только дополнять терапию, прописанную квалифицированным врачом.

8.Ты выглядишь не очень сегодня. Заболел? – Нет, я страдаю от бессонницы уже несколько недель. А сейчас еще и голова раскалывается. – Прими обезболивающее и попробуй выделить время на свои увлечения. Ты слишком много работаешь в последнее время и это может быть причиной твоих недомоганий.

9.Он отлично отреагировал на медикаментозную терапию и у него не наблюдалось негативных побочных реакций. Хотя трудно гарантировать полное выздоровление после такого тяжелого заболевания, как сердечный приступ.

10.Вчера в спортзале я подвернул лодыжку и, по-моему, еще и потянул мышцы. – Тебе следует принять теплую ванну и смазать больное место специальной мазью.

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HEALTH AND DISEASES (GLOSSARY)

Healthy living

healthy living; healthy lifestyle; to be in good health; to feel well;

balanced diet; nutritious food; to have regular meals; to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables;

proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals; to be overweight; to go on a diet; to stay slim; physical fitness; regular exercise; sports;

to do morning exercises; to exercise regularly; to play sports; to go in for sports; to feel well; to be in good health; to be physically fit; to be in good shape; healthy environment; clean water; fresh air; to quit smoking; to give up smoking; to sleep well; to have a good sleep; to have / to get a good night’s sleep; to have eight hours of sleep;

coping with stress; to cope with stress;

regular medical checkups; preventing injuries and diseases.

Human body

body and soul; flesh and blood; skin and bones.

Head

head, skull, brain, face, ears, hair;

face, forehead, temples, eyebrows, eyes, cheeks, nose, mouth, lips, chin;

eye, eyelid, eyelashes, eye socket (eye orbit), eyeball, pupil, iris, retina, lens, optic nerve;

nose, bridge of the nose, nostrils, sinuses;

mouth, jaws, teeth, gums, tongue, tip of the tongue, hard palate, soft palate, uvula; tooth, teeth; front teeth, back teeth, upper teeth, lower teeth; molar, premolar, incisor, canine tooth, wisdom tooth, milk tooth;

ear, earlobe, middle ear, eardrum.

Body

body, neck, chest, stomach, back, buttocks, arms, hands, legs, feet; skeleton, bone, bone marrow, spine, collarbone, breastbone, rib, pelvis;

spine / backbone / spinal column / vertebral column; vertebra, vertebrae; coccyx; joint, tendon, ligament, muscle;

neck, Adam’s apple, nape of the neck, throat, pharynx, larynx, vocal cords; torso, trunk, chest, breast, nipple, diaphragm, abdomen, navel.

Limbs

upper limbs, arm, shoulder, armpit, elbow, forearm, wrist, hand;

hand, palm, fingers, thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger, fingernail;

lower limbs, leg, hip, thigh, knee, kneecap, calf, shin, ankle, foot; foot, feet, sole, heel, toes, big toe, little toe, toenail.

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Internal organs

circulatory system, respiratory system, digestive system, nervous system, urinary tract;

heart, lung, trachea, bronchi, esophagus, stomach, gall bladder (gallbladder), liver, small intestine, large intestine, kidney, bladder, spleen;

aorta, artery, vein, capillary, blood, lymph, blood vessel, blood circulation; endocrine glands, thyroid gland, pituitary gland, adrenal glands, pancreas, lymph glands;

reproductive organs, conception, pregnancy, embryo, fetus, childbirth;

to be pregnant; to have a baby; to give birth to a male child (to a female child); body fluids / bodily fluids; blood (red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma), lymph; gastric juice, bile, mucus, tears, saliva, sweat, urine.

Blood groups / blood types

blood group A; blood group B; blood group AB; blood group O; OR: blood type A; blood type B; blood type AB; blood type O; Rh factor (Rhesus factor); Rh-positive blood, Rh-negative blood;

Examples: Peter has type A blood with a positive Rh factor. His blood type is A positive. Mike is Type O negative. He is Rh negative. Anna is type B positive. She is type B+. I am AB negative.

Diseases and disorders

disease, malady, ailment, illness, sickness, disorder, health problem;

chronic disease, acute disease, serious disease, heart disease, common diseases; infectious disease, contagious disease; communicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases;

to have a heart disease; to suffer from asthma; to catch an infectious disease; minor disorder, major disorder, nutrition disorder, blood disorders, mental disorders, congenital disorders, hereditary disorders, hormonal disorders;

to have a minor kidney disorder; to have a serious genetic disorder; to fall ill; to be ill; to be sick; to be in poor health; to be in bad shape;

to have a cold; to catch cold; to come down with a cold; to come down with pneumonia; to go down with a cold (with pneumonia);

to have a headache; to have a toothache; to have earache; to have a pain in the stomach; to have chest pains; my left foot hurts; my wrist hurts;

to have an allergy to medication (to medicines); to be allergic to pollen (to animal hair; to smoke); to have food allergies;

to faint, to lose consciousness; to be unconscious; to regain consciousness;

to treat, to cure, to heal; to be on the mend; to recover (from an illness); to get well.

Specific diseases, disorders, injuries

Skin: skin irritation, skin inflammation; redness, tenderness, swelling; rash, dermatitis, itchy skin, itching; acne, pimple, boil; blister, burn, scar, scratch; corn, callus, wart, eczema, psoriasis.

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Medical instruments

thermometer, eye dropper, nose dropper, hot-water bag, hot-water bottle, heating pad, enema;

tongue depressor, stethoscope, syringe, scalpel;

bandage, sterile gauze, cotton wool, adhesive plaster, Band-Aid, elastic bandage, tourniquet;

ice pack, sling, cast, crutches, stretcher.

Medicines

medicine, drug, medication, preparation, medicament, remedy; a cold medicine, a medicine for a cold, cold remedies;

to prescribe medication; to give a prescription (for allergy, rash, cough, etc.); to take medicines; to take a pill; to take aspirin;

pill, tablet, capsule, powder, drops, syrup, tincture, lotion, spray, ointment, cream;

analgesic (analgetic), antacid, antibiotic, tranquillizer, contraceptive, laxative, decongestant;

antiseptic, antibacterial spray, rubbing alcohol, iodine; to paint with iodine; medicine chest, medicine cabinet; first-aid kit.

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APPENDIX

THREE MEN IN A BOAT, BY JEROME K. JEROME

Chapter 1

Three Invalids. – Sufferings of George and Harris. – A victim to one hundred and seven fatal maladies. – Useful prescriptions. – Cure for Liver complaint in children. – We agree that we are overworked, and need rest. – A week on the rolling deep? – George suggests the river. – Montmorency lodges an objection. – Original motion carried by majority of three to one.

There were four of us – George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room, smoking, and talking about how bad we were – bad from a medical point of view I mean, of course.

We were all feeling seedy, and we were getting quite nervous about it. Harris said he felt such extraordinary fits of giddiness come over him at times, that he hardly knew what he was doing; and then George said that he had fits of giddiness too, and hardly knew what he was doing. With me, it was my liver that was out of order. I knew it was my liver that was out of order, because I had just been reading a patent liver-pill circular, in which were detailed the various symptoms by which a man could tell when his liver was out of order. I had them all.

It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering from the particular disease therein dealt with in its most virulent form. The diagnosis seems in every case to correspond exactly with all the sensations that I have ever felt.

I remember going to the British Museum one day to read up the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch – hay fever, I fancy it was. I got down the book, and read all I came to read; and then,

in an unthinking moment, I idly turned the leaves, and began to indolently study diseases, generally. I forget which was the first distemper I plunged into – some fearful, devastating scourge, I know – and, before I had glanced half down the list of “premonitory symptoms,” it was borne in upon me that I had fairly got it.

I sat for awhile, frozen with horror; and then, in the listlessness of despair, I again turned over the pages. I came to typhoid fever – read the symptoms – discovered that I had typhoid fever, must have had it for months without knowing it – wondered what else I had got; turned up St. Vitus’s Dance – found, as I expected, that I had that too, – began to get interested in my case, and deter-

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mined to sift it to the bottom, and so started alphabetically – read up ague, and learnt that I was sickening for it, and that the acute stage would commence in about another fortnight. Bright’s disease, I was relieved to find, I had only in a modified form, and, so far as that was concerned, I might live for years. Cholera I had, with severe complications; and diphtheria I seemed to have been born with. I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid’s knee.

I felt rather hurt about this at first; it seemed somehow to be a sort of slight. Why hadn’t I got housemaid’s knee? Why this invidious reservation? After a while, however, less grasping feelings prevailed. I reflected that I had every other known malady in the pharmacology, and I grew less selfish, and determined to do without housemaid’s knee. Gout, in its most malignant stage, it would appear, had seized me without my being aware of it; and zymosis I had evidently been suffering with from boyhood. There were no more diseases after zymosis, so I concluded there was nothing else the matter with me.

I sat and pondered. I thought what an interesting case I must be from a medical point of view, what an acquisition I should be to a class! Students would have no need to “walk the hospitals,” if they had me. I was a hospital in myself. All they need do would be to walk round me, and, after that, take their diploma.

Then I wondered how long I had to live. I tried to examine myself. I felt my pulse. I could not at first feel any pulse at all. Then, all of a sudden, it seemed to start off. I pulled out my watch and timed it. I made it a hundred and forty-seven to the minute. I tried to feel my heart. I could not feel my heart. It had stopped beating. I have since been induced to come to the opinion that it must have been there all the time, and must have been beating, but I cannot account for it. I patted myself all over my front, from what I call my waist up to my head, and I went a bit round each side, and a little way up the back. But I could not feel or hear anything. I tried to look at my tongue. I stuck it out as far as ever it would go, and I shut one eye, and tried to examine it with the other. I could only see the tip, and the only thing that I could gain from that was to feel more certain than before that I had scarlet fever.

I had walked into that reading-room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a decrepit wreck.

I went to my medical man. He is an old chum of mine, and feels my pulse, and looks at my tongue, and talks about the weather, all for nothing, when I fancy I’m ill; so I thought I would do him a good turn by going to him now. “What a doctor wants,” I said, “is practice. He shall have me. He will get more practice out of me than out of seventeen hundred of your ordinary, commonplace patients, with only one or two diseases each.” So I went straight up and saw him, and he said:

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