- •3 Now answer the questions before the text using the information given in it. Try to give detailed answers.
- •5 Mark the following statements as true (t) or false (f). Prove your point of view.
- •6 Skim the text about anaesthesia. Find an appropriate heading for each section (1-8).
- •7 Guess what definitions in column b correspond to the term in column a. Check that your ideas make sense in the context of the text.
- •8 Read the text about anaesthetic agents. Some words and word combinations have been removed from the article. Choose from the words the one which fits each gap. Translate the text.
- •9 Now scan the text about the anaesthetic machine and in each passage find English equivalents of the following Russian terms:
- •Anaesthetic machine
- •Components of a typical machine
- •10 Read the text once again and translate it
- •Vocabulary
- •11 Find pairs of synonyms
10 Read the text once again and translate it
Vocabulary
11 Find pairs of synonyms
1. allow |
a. practice |
2. surgery |
b. harmless |
3. experience |
c. vaporize |
4. specialty |
d. quickness |
5. general |
e. entirely |
6. safe |
f. precise |
7. beforehand |
g. let |
8. completely |
h. total |
9. evaporate |
i. in advance |
10. rapidity |
j. facilities |
11. accurate |
k. operation |
12. equipment |
l. profession |
12 Find pairs of antonyms
1. safe |
a. cause pain |
2. temporally |
b. exclude |
3. distress |
c. accompanied by |
4. general |
d. partially |
5. include |
e. dangerous/harmful |
6. painful |
f. particular |
7. alone |
g. permanently |
8. reduce |
h. increase |
9. relieve pain |
i. strain/stress |
10. entirely |
j. painless |
Discussion points
13 Imaging the following situation: one of you is an engineer and the other is a customer. You are going to discuss the detail of the anaesthetic machine which the engineer has to develop. Make up a dialogue. Pay attention to all phases of the discussed subject.
14 Look through the texts from Unit 3 once again. Sum up the information given in them and prepare a story describing anaesthesia. Don’t forget to mention all the aspects including the purposes, types, means and equipment.