- •Health and medicine
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- •Тематика коммуникативных модулей
- •Желаем Вам больших успехов!
- •Contents
- •Module 7 health and medicine
- •1 Look at the pictures and match them to the sentences which best describe these accidents and illnesses. Discuss with the partner whether these things ever happened to you.
- •2 Discuss in pairs when was the last time you were ill or had an injury and if your illness (injury) was serious.
- •3 Read the questionnaire and find out how you are keeping. Say either yes or no.
- •4 Match a word in column a with an associated word in column b.
- •5 Decide whether it’s useful or not to consult any leaflets with instructions about an illness. Look at the words below and try to guess what kind of instructions is given in the following leaflet.
- •11 Listen to the conversation between Craig Williams and Dr Casey at the Health Centre, surgery and tick (√) any words in the table above that are used in the conversation.
- •1 2 Match the words and their synonyms.
- •14 Listen to the conversation between Mrs. Mallard and her family doctor Dr. Gillespie, say what’s wrong with the patient and make up a list of all symptoms.
- •15 Role-play the conversation, with one of you playing the role of a patient visiting a doctor. Try to use the expressions given below.
- •19 Divide the names of illnesses into groups.
- •20 Choose the main symptom or symptoms from the table given below for the illnesses (1-6).
- •Illnesses:
- •21 Study the following examples of synonyms and words usually confused by Russian learners and fill in the missing words into the sentences below.
- •22 What symptoms do you have when you have these illnesses?
- •23 Match each of these illnesses with one of the four sets of symptoms here.
- •24 For questions 1-15, read the text below about the brain and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
- •Time clauses
- •25 Match the parts of the sentences and put the verbs into the correct tense.
- •26 Put the verbs in brackets into present simple or future.
- •27 Fill in: until, while, before, as, when, as soon as, by the time or as long as.
- •28 Underline the correct word(s).
- •29 Fill in the gaps with before, after, since, by, ago, until, by the time.
- •30 Match the items in Column a to those in Column b to make correct sentences, as in the example.
- •31 Rewrite these sentences with time clauses using the conjunctions in brackets.
- •32 Look at the pictures and make up sentences using the time words given.
- •35 Work in pairs. Look at the following pictures illustrating health problems. Talk about them in turns for up to a minute.
- •36 Rosemary Key wants to take out a life insurance policy. The insurance company has sent her to see a doctor for a check up. This is part of the form he has to complete.
- •37 Fill in the same form giving your own details. Think of some of the illnesses you (or members of your family or friends) have had. What were the symptoms and what did the doctor advise?
- •38 Write this letter to an English-speaking friend.
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Contents
MODULE 7 HEALTH AND MEDICINE |
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LEVEL: Elementary – Pre-Intermediate
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6 |
UNIT 1 WHAT’S THE MATTER? Grammar: Ill — Sick, Illness — Disease, Time Clauses |
7 |
UNIT 2 AT THE DOCTOR’S Grammar: Cure — Heal — Treat, Phrasal Verbs, Future: Present Continuous, Present Simple |
24 |
UNIT 3 IT REALLY WORKS! Grammar: Modal Verbs |
45 |
UNIT 4 A SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY Grammar: Conditionals (0,1st) |
63 |
VIDEO CLASS “You and Your body” |
78 |
Word list |
82 |
Bibliography |
85
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MODULE 8 |
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LEVEL: Pre-Intermediate - Intermediate
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87 |
UNIT 1 AMUSE YOURSELF Grammar: Past Simple: Regular Verbs |
88 |
UNIT 2 THE SILVER SCREEN Grammar: Past Continue, Connectives While, As, For |
111 |
UNIT 3 FACE THE MUSIC Grammar: Past Perfect Simple |
127 |
UNIT 4 NET ADDICTION Grammar: Revision |
145 |
Video class “STREET ENTERTAINERS” |
154 |
Word list |
161 |
Bibliography |
163 |
Module 7 health and medicine
PRE-INTERMEDIATE - INTERMEDIATE
UNIT 1
WHAT’S THE MATTER?
LEAD – IN
1 Look at the pictures and match them to the sentences which best describe these accidents and illnesses. Discuss with the partner whether these things ever happened to you.
1 He’s got a terrible headache.
2 She’s cut her hand quite badly.
3 He’s got an awful stomach-ache.
4 She’s broken her leg.
2 Discuss in pairs when was the last time you were ill or had an injury and if your illness (injury) was serious.
READING
3 Read the questionnaire and find out how you are keeping. Say either yes or no.
1 Have you ever broken an arm or a leg?
2 Have you ever stayed at home because of an illness?
3 Have you ever taken vitamin pills?
4 Have you ever given up any of the following because of your health?
Smoking
Drinking
Coffee
Meat
Sunbathing
5 Have you ever taken up any of the following because of your health?
Running
Swimming
Regular exercise 6 Have you ever had an accident while watching a sport? 7 Have you ever had an accident while playing a sport? 8 Have you ever had … ?
a heart attack high blood pressure
malaria
9 Have you ever had…?
flu
a headache
food poisoning
10 Have you ever become ill on holiday? 11 Have you ever worried about getting ill? 12 Have you ever stayed in hospital?
13 Have you ever looked up an illness in a medical dictionary?
14 How are you keeping? - Not so good.
-I've never felt better!
Mostly Yes: Either you've been unlucky with your health or you've become a hypochondriac. Relax! Life's too short to worry so much about your health.
Mostly No: You're very lucky... so far. You're healthy and you don't worry much. But maybe you need to take better care of yourself - just in case.