Medicine. The Usage of Drugs

I. Active vocabulary

Medicine – Ліки

To cure – Лікувати

To relieve - полегшувати

A symptom - симптом

To defend - захищати

A virus - вірус

Heart beating - серцебиття

To prevent - запобігати, уникати

To protect - захищати

To be caused by - бути спричиненим чимось

A side effect - побічна дія

Antibiotics - антибіотики

Anaesthetic - знеболюючий засіб

Antiseptic - дезінфікуючий засіб

Soothing pills - таблетки, що знеболюють

Tincture - настойка

Vaccine - вакцина

II. Lead in. Work with the text.

1. Відповісти на питання

1. When do you take medicine?

2. Can drugs be used as medicine?

3. Do you like to take medicine? What medicines do you often take?

a) Medicine	to remove or reduce an unpleasant feeling or pain
b) То cure	_an extra and usually bad effect that a drug has on you as well as curing illness or pain
с)То relieve	a substance, especially a liquid, that you drink or swallow in order to cure an illness
d) A side effect	to make sure that somebody or something is not harmed, injured or damaged
е) То protect	to make a person healthy again after an illness

2. Match the definition with words.

2. Replace the italicized parts of the sentences with equivalents from the text.

1. Doctors usually treat patients by means of medicine.

2. She wants to protect him from taking a wrong step.

3. The illness was caused by a virus.

4. The tincture is a kind of medicines.

5. She has a high temperature after walking in the rain.

6. Drugs can be taken for the treatment of a disease.

III. Reading and translate the text.

It's a common knowledge that people who are sick may take medicine to help them feel better. Medicine is made of drugs. A drug is a chemical that changes the way your body works. A drug can change the way you feel. It can also change the way you think.

Why Medicine Is Used

Medicine can help cure some kinds of diseases. To cure means to heal. Suppose you had an earache caused by bacteria. The doctor gives your father medicine for you to take. The medicine kills the bacteria. Your earache is gone and you feel better.

Medicine cannot cure all kinds of diseases. Sometimes medicine can relieve the symptoms of a disease.

A symptom is a signal that you may be sick. A fever and body aches may be symptoms of the flu. Medicine cannot cure the flu. They can only relieve the symptoms. When you relieve the symptoms you feel better. At the same time, your body's defenses fight the fin viruses.

Some people must take medicine every day. Their diseases can't be cured. Medicine helps keep these diseases under control. Some kinds of heart diseases can't be cured. People with a heart disease may take medicine to keep their hearts beating in the right way.

Sometimes medicine can be used to prevent a disease. A vaccine is a type of medicine. It helps your body produce antibodies. Antibodies protect you from one kind of disease. You should have had a measles vaccine. If so, you will not get measies.

Over-the-Connter Drugs

Over-the-counter drugs are drugs that can be bought without a prescription. These drugs can be found on the shelves in some stores. A drugstore can sell over-the-counter drugs. Grocery and de­partment stores may also sell over-the-counter drugs.

Over-the-counter drugs can help people. They can help sick people feel better. These drugs can also be harmful. Over-the-counter drugs must be used in the right way. The directions for safe use should be followed.