- •Health is above wealth.
- •What do doctors do?
- •What's the diagnosis?
- •What does the doctor prescribe?
- •What would you say if the doctor asked you the following questions?
- •16. Learn the following:
- •17. Which is the odd one out in each group, in terms of the main word stress? Use a dictionary if you are not sure about the words.
- •18. Which of these collocations are normal, and which are not normal?
- •Now fill the gaps using the expressions above.
- •21.What do you know about alternative medicine? Learn the new words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Acupuncture chiropractic herbal medicine
- •22. Listen to the radio programme about holistic medicine.
- •23. Why would you be given the following to help make you better? What do you do with it?
- •25. Transcribe the following words to avoid possible
- •26. Match the words with their definitions:
- •28. What do we call the type of alternative medicine which...
- •30. Complete these sentences with words from the box. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •31. Here are four pictures of things to do with health and medicine. Can you match them with the labels?
- •33. Translate the sentences. Learn the medical metaphors:
- •34. Study the words and their definitions. Translate the examples into Ukrainian:
- •35. Complete the word formation table. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •36. The medical words in the box below can also be used in a metaphorical way. Fill the gaps in the following text using these words. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •37. Asking about Health
- •2. Comprehensive questions:
- •3. Language focus
- •4. Choose the right form
- •5. Fill the blanks with the words below. You may need to change the form о the words. Each word can be used only once.
- •10. Choose the correct answer.
- •11. Hands up!
- •12. Body. Give names of the bodily organs indicated in the picture below.
- •13. All eyes
- •15. Body. Match the following parts of the body with the jumbled definitions on the right.
- •16. Body
- •18. Explain the meanings and give the context of the following idioms:
- •19. Body. Complete the sentences .
- •21. Read, the sayings and explain them. Find Ukrainian equivalents to them
- •24. Complete these conversations in a suitable way.
- •25. Answer these questions about yourself. If possible, ask another person the same questions.
- •28. Give English equivalents for the following words:
- •29. Here is a list of injuries. Look them up in your dictionary to check the meaning and the pronunciation, and fill in the chart. Use your imagination to think of a cause for the injuries.
- •30. Injuries. Crossword puzzle.
- •31. Injuries. Choose the correct answer.
- •32. Injuries. Choose the right answer.
- •2. Transcribe the following words to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •3. Language focus
- •5. Choose the correct answer.
- •6. The following problems and pieces of advice have got all mixed up. Can you match them correctly?
- •7. Choose the right answer.
- •9. Complete the sentences below with a preposition (from, on, with, etc.).
- •10 Health. Fill in the right words.
- •11. Health. Choose the right answer.
- •12. Health. Fill in the English translation of the word(s) in brackets.
- •16. Diet. Choose the right answer.
- •17. Diet. Fill in the blanks with the words below. You may use each word only once.
- •Special Diets
- •18. Diet. Choose the correct answer.
- •Examination Fever
- •21. Give the Ukrainian names of the following diseases:
- •22. Diseases. Choose the correct answer.
- •26. Diseases. Fill the blanks with the words below. You may use each word only once.
- •27. Symptoms. Match the following symptoms of disease with their definitions.
- •28. Symptoms. Choose words from the group below to complete the sentences.
- •It may be necessary to change the form of the given words.
- •29. Symptoms. Choose the correct answers.
- •30. Symptoms. Choose the right answer.
- •31. Symptoms. Choose the correct form.
- •32. Symptoms. Choose the correct form.
- •34. Patients. Choose the right answer.
- •35. Patients. Choose the right answer.
- •36. Patients. Choose the right answer.
- •37. Smoking. Choose the right answer.
- •38. Doctors
- •39. Specialists. Where can you find these patients? Match the patients with the correct wards or departments.
- •40. Specialists. Give the name of the people defined below.
- •43. Specialists. What is the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychoanalyst?
- •44. Drugs. In most cases drugs are
- •46. Drugs. Choose the right answer.
- •47. Drugs. Fill the blank with the right word from the list below. You may use each word once only.
- •48. Drugs. Choose the right answer.
- •Тільки те, що призначив лікар?
- •50. Drugs. Fill the blanks with the right word from the list below. You may use each word only once.
- •52. Drugs. Fill the blanks with the words from the list. You may need to change the form of the words. You may use each word once only.
- •53. Drugs. Choose the right answer.
- •54. Think ahead. Look at the title and guess what the article is about.
- •Three out of every 10 women
- •55. Comprehension check.
- •56. Language focus
- •10 Rules For Weight loss.
- •65. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian. Learn sport and fitness metaphors.
- •68. Just What the Doctor Ordered. Translate and learn the following idioms.
- •70. Be a Good Sport
- •71. Explain the meanings and give the context of the following idioms:
- •3. Comprehensive questions:
- •4. The text contains quite a few words whose pronunciation could pose difficulty. Transcribe the following words to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •5. Language Focus
- •6. Find synonyms or near synonyms for the following words, and write sentences to explore their associations.
- •7. Enrich your vocabulary:
- •9. Explain the contextual meaning of the words in bold and translate the following sentences into Ukrainian.
- •10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the topical vocabulary, making any necessary changes.
- •15. In small groups discuss your answers to these questions by using as many of the ways of giving opinions and agreeing and disagreeing as you can.
- •17. Choose the best option from the alternatives a or b
- •18. Listening
- •4. Look at the paragraph headings in the article and make some notes on what the text might be about. Compare your ideas with the class before reading the article.
- •5. What do you think?
- •7. Language focus
- •Vocabulary :
- •10. Which of the sports are these people probably talking about?
- •Verbs and their collocations in the context of sport
- •15. Give names for the illustrated sports.
- •16. Match the following sports with the right pictures.
- •17. Complete the following sentences with the words or phrases from the list below.
- •19. Match the names of the footballers with their position on the
- •20. Choose the right answer.
- •21. Complete these expressions using the things on the right.
- •22. Fill in the table matching the sports with the right kinds
- •23. Give the names for the illustrated ways of swimming.
- •24. Horse riding. Match the words with the right numbers in the
- •25. Indicate which equipment is used in the following
- •26. Choose the correct answer.
9. Complete the sentences below with a preposition (from, on, with, etc.).
My wife complained that something was wrong …..her. She said she had a pain …. her back and that she suffered ….. bad headaches. As she was getting worse and worse I sent ….. a doctor. Immediately afterwards she was taken ….. hospital. Yesterday she was operated ….. .Now she feels much better.
10 Health. Fill in the right words.
1. I've got hayfever and that's the reason why I keep on _ _ _ e _ _ _ _.
2. I really do not know if this medicine _ _ _ _ a_ _ _ alcohol; most medicines do.
3. As far as I know common aspirin is the best _ _ _ _ for your illness.
4. If the meeting is tomorrow I'll have to _ _ c _ _ an appointment with my dentist.
5. He is a very talented _ _ _ g _ _ _ . All the patients on whom he has operated are in good health now.
6. While some surgeons are experimenting with transplantation of natural organs, others see the future in the use of _ _ _ _ f _ _ _ _ _ ones.
7. He asked me if he might smoke a .cigarette. I am a smoker myself, so I did not _ _ _ e _ _ to it.
8. As the doctor came into the room the nurse handed him the temperature _ _ r __ of the patient.
9. He took a sleeping-tablet, but it had absolutely no _ _ _ _ c _ . It was a sleepless night for him.
10. Our children seem to spend all day playing doctors and _ _ _ _ _ n_ _.
11. He slipped on the icy road, lost his _ _ _ _ n _ _ and fell.
12. You can't buy this medicine without a _ _ _ _ _ r _ _ _ _ _ _ from a doctor.
13. It may be dangerous to have a meal first and go for a swim immediately _ _ _ _ _ w _ _ _ _ .
14. I don't feel very well. I think I'm going to be _ _ c _ .
15. The psychiatrist's _ _ e seems exorbitant considering the short time he spends on each patient.
16. His mother sent him to bed because he had quite a
high _ _ _ _ _ r_ _ _ _ _.
17. He was 10 kilos overweight and was advised to go on a _ _ _ _ .
18. I had to wait for an hour in the doctor's _ _ _ g_ _ _ .
19. If you want to find out someone's temperature,
use a _ _ _ r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
20. If you want to stay well, don't eat too much and get plenty
of _ x _ _ _ _ _ _ .
11. Health. Choose the right answer.
1. The patient's condition is ….. .
a) critical b) dangerous c) hazardous d) perilous
2. Everything possible was done to ….. the suffering of the wounded man.
a) alleviate b) console c) diminish d) pacify
3. The doctor decided it was better at that point not to ….. the nature of the illness.
a) confess b) give up c) reveal d) unmask
4. Abortion has become a ….. issue in recent years.
a) blazing b) burning c) fiery d) hot
5. That man will live for ever, he's ….. .
a) immature b) immoral c) immortal d) indefinite
6. We thought she was over the worst of her illness, but yesterday she
had a ….. .
a) come-back b) relapse c) relaxation d) reversion
7. I could tell that she was frightened because she ….. my arm hard.
a) bruised b) gripped c) pulled d) stretched
8. It is physically impossible for any human being to ….. such extreme cold for long.
a) endure b) last c) persist d) withhold
9. I have been offered the appointment,…..to my passing a medical examination.
a) condition b) confirmatory c) dependent d) subject
10. As people get older their bodies begin to run …..and they have less immunity to disease.
a) down b) low c) off d) out
11. They ….. his broken leg in plaster.
a) arranged b) fitted c) set d) tied
12. We need to be able to breathe ….. in order to live.
a) atmosphere b) carbon dioxide c) oxygen d) ozone
13. The test …..that she was pregnant.
a) certified b) demonstrated c) indicated d) verified
14. According to a hospital spokesman, hopes were ….. last night that the victim would ever regain consciousness.
a) decreasing b) fading c) growing d) increasing
15. Try something sharp-smelling under her nose, that might ….. if she's still unconscious.
a) bring her about b) bring her to c) get her over d) put her forward
16. The recent study of ….. has produced some interesting results showing that humans have a built-in 24-hour biological clock.
a) biographs b) biorhythms c) bioscopes d) biotypes
17. Exercising generally begins with standing up straight, …..slowly and then letting your breath out evenly.
a) airing b) exhaling c) ingesting d) inhaling
18. Before the group of doctors would give their opinion they wanted to ….. with each other.
a) confer b) confess c) confirm d) confide
19. Peter was ….. from hospital last week.
a) discharged b) dismissed c) released d) withdrawn
20. In the stomach, the protein in food is ….. into simpler substances by the action of acids and enzymes.
a) broken down b) knocked down c) melted down d) rendered down