V. Speaking

1. Make up dialogues using the following words and word combinations \J and the example given.

—Last week I felt myself really terrible, I even had to call a doctor.

— Oh, really? What happened?

— I had a very high temperature, fever they called it. And also these dark spots by my eyes... 1 hardly stayed on feet.

• Did the doctor come? And what did he do?

• Sure he came. He examined me: took my temperature, blood pressure and performed some tests I can't, explain to you.

— And what is. the diagnosis?

— Still unknown. .1 have to wait for the analyses he took. But now I'm taking some drugs, and a nurse comes twice a day to give me intravenous injections. It's quite painful, I must say.

— Well, wait a little. 1 hope you'll feel better.

1. Heart attack, terrible pain in the chest, sublingual, ambulance, examine, take blood pressure, make an injection, what kind, injec­tion, insist on hospitalization.

2. Raw eggs, poisoning, vomiting, nausea, headache, acute form, drugs., useless, doctor, advice, cleanse the stomach, give absorbing drugs, drink a lot of liquid.

3. Toothache, teeth extracted, local anesthesia, syringe, intradermal injection, normal reaction, successfully.

4. Asthmatic attack, cough, shortness of breath, gasped, my neigh­bour, skilled nurse, aerosol, inhalation, positive effect, improve.

2. Discuss the following issues.

1. What way of taking drugs is the most common? What are the ad­vantages of. each way? What are the disadvantages?

2. Give examples of drugs you know and the ways they are used,

3. Which way of drug taking is the most effective? Why?

2. What, new ways, .of drug faking (and treatment) can possibly be discovered with the development of modern science?

Cardiovascular Drugs

to affect	Впливати
to alter	Змінювати
to contract	Скорочувати
digitalis	Дигіталіс, наперстянка
to depress	Пригнічувати
Vasodilator	Яіщщо розширюють
to relax	Розслаблювати
vessel	Судина
flow	Течія, потік
epinephrine	Адреналін
dilate.	розширювати

1. Active vocabulary.

2. Lead in. Work with the text.

1.Match the word with its definition.

1. digitalis glycosides	a. drugs which increase the amount of urine excreted
2. antiarrhythmic	b, drugs which constrict muscle fibers around blood vessels
3. quinidine	c. drugs which prevent blood clotting
4. vasodilators	d. an antiarrhythmic drug; helps to restore the heart rhythm
5. nitroglycerin	e. drugs which increase the rate and force of the
6. diuretic	f. a drug which is used to correct an abnormal heart rhvthm
7. vasoconstrictors	g. drugs which increase the size of blood vessels, by relaxing the muscles in the vessel walls
8. anticoagulant	h. the type of vasodilator with a great effect on the coronary arteries

3. Read and translate the text.