Text с. Our Future Profession

In Russia (the Soviet Union) hundreds of thousands of young people study at different medical institutes. They study numerous theoretical and special subjects. They have prac

tical training during which they do the work of nurses and assistant doctors. Such a course of studies helps them to gain much knowledge of medicine, which will give them the possibility to diagnose different diseases and treat people.

But medical students must remember that it is not easy to be a good doctor. A good doctor must have not only deep knowledge of a particular field of medicine such as surgery or therapy. He must love people and have a kind heart. He must give all his knowledge, all his abilities, all his talent, and all his time to people, to the protection of their health.

One of the prominent Soviet therapeutists Prof. M. P. Kon-chalovsky considers that a person may be a poor writer, he may be a bad painter (худож­ник) or an actor but a man cannot and must not be a bad doctor.

Medical students must understand well all the difficulties of their future profession. They must remember that often it will be difficult to diagnose a disease, sometimes it will be even more difficult to cure it. But a good doctor will always do his best¹to gain his patient’s confidence.²And the confidence of a patient in his doctor is a “valuable remedy”.

Did you hear about Hippocrates Oath³before you entered the Institute? What does it read? It reads, “I shall enter any house for the good of the patient.

1. shall not do my patient any harm” — nthese are the words from Hippocrates Oath. And they must be not only words for medical students. They must become the motto (девиз) of their life.

Medical students must remember that to treat patients is a great art (искус­ство) but not an ordinary trade (ремесло). It is one of the professions which requires a real calling⁴for it.

Notes

1. fodoone’sbest— делать все возможное

2. to gain confidence — завоевать доверие

3. HippocratesOath— клятва Гиппократа [hi’pokratiz] [эив]tomake(take)Oath— дать клятву

4. calling — призвание

4. Explain the pronunciation of the letter combinations in bold tupe.

thousand, which, with, them, chart, phase, show, chill

4. Explain the pronunciation of the suffix ‘-ion’ in the following:

conclusion, function, formation, occasion, eruption, discussion, occlusion, production, contraction, invasion

4. Give full answers to the following questions:

1. Can you cure a disease? 2. Do you consider that you will pass your examinations successfully? 3. Must you remember all Latin anatomical terms?

4. Is the word ‘skeleton’ an anatomical term?

4. Put questions to the words in bold type:

1. We needthis particular time for the experiment.2. We entered the Institutelast year. 3. Sometimes professors deliver lecturesat the clinic. 4. He is in poor health. 5. We must giveall our knowledge and abilities to people.

4. Define the parts of speech of the words in bold type:

1. Where do you study? 2. The Institutewhere I study has different departments. 3.When are people in good health? 4. People are in good healthwhen they take care of it. 5.Who entered the Institute several months ago? 6. My sisterwho entered the Institute two years ago studies successfully. 7.What are you? 8.What prominent anatomist do you know? 9.What do you remem­ber well? 10.1 remember wellwhat the professor told us at the last lecture.

11. . Which month is January? 12. The monthwhich comes after April is May. 13.How do you speak English? 14. We knowhow he speaks English.

4. Translate into English:

1. На какой предмет вы должны в особенности обращать внимание на первом курсе? 2. К сожалению (unfortunately), врачи еще не могут вылечи­вать больных от некоторых заболеваний. 3. Я думаю, что мой друг может сдать экзамен по биологии на отлично, так как у него отличные способно­сти к этому предмету. 4. Вы должны заниматься спортом, чтобы быть здо­ровым. 5. Хирурги#является одним из многих предметов, который может представлять особый интерес для студентов.

4. Try to understand the meaning of the words in bold type from the context. Memorize them:

1. She has ahigh temperature. It is 39.4°C. 2. Now we study at ahigher school, that is at the Institute. 3. Insix years we shall gethigher education.

15. Read text D. Make the plan. Retell the text: