- •Indisposition
- •Idiomatic expressions
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Illness – disease
- •In the last five sentences three of the alternatives are correct and two of them are wrong. Choose the three best alternatives for each.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Fill in the right words.
- •How the Body Fights Disease
- •Our Body and Our Health
- •1. Study the vocabulary given above each paragraph of the text. Read the paragraphs and note down the following points:
- •Our Body and Our Health
- •2. Body. Give names for the indicated parts of the head.
- •3. Body. Match each of the following parts of the body with the correct number in the picture below.
- •5. Body. Complete the sentences. The number of dashes is identical with the number of letters in the missing words.
- •6. Body. Crossword.
- •7. Body. Each of the ten words below is regularly used to describe an action or gesture made with a part of the body. Write which. In some cases more than one answer is possible.
- •8.Body. Choose the correct answer.
- •9. What’s the Russian for?
- •10. Body. Match the following parts of the body with the jumbled definitions on the right.
- •11.Body. Choose one of the possibilities that best completes the sentence.
- •12.Ideas for discussian:
- •At the doctor’s office
- •Imagine that you are a doctor. Try to diagnose these illnesses.
- •A home call
- •1. Read the dialogue and be ready to dramatise it.
- •1. Make up a dialogue on analogy using the vocabulary
- •Text d. General hospitals
- •First aid
- •1. As you read the text look for an answer to the following question: When should you go to the emergency room?
- •Car accident
- •Snake bite
- •Artificial respiration
- •3. Guided Conversation
- •What to do about flu what to do about flu
- •1. Read these sentences. Which do you think are true (t) or false (f)?
- •2.Discuss with your friend what can we do about flu
- •State Policy on Health Care services in Belarus Organization and management
- •Financing of health services
- •Access to services
- •2. What changes would you like to introduce in the National Health Care Services in Belarus? Discuss it with your partners.
8. Fill in the right words.
1) The other day I witnessed a terrible accident. A bus collided with a motor car .The drivers were badly… . Many passengers were also seriously … They were transported to the nearest…in an …which the policeman had called for. They were… . first aid.
2) Why do you speak so softly ? I am … 3) Why are you …., John? I …my ankle yesterday, while playing tennis. 4) I have just …my hand. You must put some ointment on it. Then it won’t … 5) Ann has two children … … with scarlet fever. They were taken to the …. at once as scarlet fever is a very …disease. It is such a pity they were not against it. They say there is an …of scarlet fever in town now.
DISEASES. Fill in the blanks
He often _ _ _ _ _ r _ from bronchitis.
That’s right, darling; Mummy’s got a fat tummy because she’s _ _ _ g _ _ _ _.
She is colour-blind, which means that she can’t _ _ _ _ _ n _ _ _ _ _ between colours.
I am allergic to this kind of pollen. I start _ _ _ e _ _ _ _ any time it gets into my nose.
She is not coming today. She has got a _ _ _ cold.
Please don’t cough all over everyone! Your cold may be _ _ _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ .
The epidemic seems to be dying out: only four _ _ _ e _ of cholera were reported last week.
The illness from which Alice is suffering has now been _ i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as pneumonia.
I have a sore _ _ _ o _ _, perhaps I smoked too many cigarettes yesterday.
I had to stay in bed because I had _ _ _ g _ _ a cold.
It was just a _ _ l _ attack of bronchitis.
I am very _ _ _ i _ _ _ about her health. She seems so weak and has a high temperature.
DISEASES. The following are terms referring to some types of diseases. Match the types with their definitions.
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DISEASES. Choose the best answer.
Children with ….. diseases should not be allowed to go to school.
a) constant b) contact c) infectious d) influential
He has ….. bronchitis. He has suffered from it for many years.
a) chronic b) durable c) fatal d) mortal
I have been advised to take every ….. against catching flu again this winter.
a) precaution b) prediction c) premeditation d) prevention
After the outbreak of a mysterious illness, investigation revealed ….. of the town’s water supply.
a) contagion b) eruption c) infiltration d) pollution
Apart from the ….. cough and cold, I have been remarkably healthy all my life.
a) irregular b) odd c) opportune d) timely
Smallpox, once responsible for millions of deaths, has been virtually ….. .
a) abolished b) eradicated c) erased d) exterminated
Unless we take immediate precautions, we shall not be able to ….. the epidemic.
a) contain b) destroy c) hold d) staunch
Peter can’t play with the children next door because he is still in ….. with measles.
a) confinement b) detention c) seclusion d) quarantine
The outbreak of whooping cough among children under 5 has now reached ….. proportions.
a) contagious b) endemic c) epidemic d) pathological
My little daughter is not allowed to play with her friends next door because one of them is suffering from a ….. disease.
a)contagious b) contiguous c) touching d) transmitting
An illness that is caused by the mind is known as ….. illness.
a) an acute b) a congenital c) a familial d) a psychosomatic
She suffers from a morbid fear of spiders, known to doctor as ….. .
a) agoraphobia b) arachnophobia c) claustrophobia d) xenophobia
DISEASES. Fill the blanks with the words below. You may use each word only once.
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bacteria |
body |
break |
dangerous |
delicate |
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disease |
eyes |
germs |
line |
liquids |
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membrane |
moisture |
mouth |
nose |
parts |
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prick |
skin |
sneeze |
stomach |
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