Post-text assignments

Exercise 4. Answer the questions.

1. Why does the profession of a doctor attract many young people?

2. Why is the profession of a psychologist important and necessary to people?

3. What facts prove that heroism is typical of this profession?

4. What vaccines did doctors experiment upon themselves?

5. What disease is the most feared these days?

6. Is the Hippocratic Oath of great importance for medical students nowadays?

7. Do psychologists need to work in extreme situations nowadays?

8. What does the patient confidence mean for a good psychologist?

9. What can you say about personal qualities of a good psychologist?

10. What is the current view of the role of a psychologist in our life?

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

Gриваблива професія, помилитись із покликанням, землетрус,стародавня професія, ризикувати здоров’ям, рятувати та подовжувати життя, небезпечна хвороба, бути в заручниках, подолати важку ситуацію, бути байдужим, сучасне життя, страждати від СНІДу, проводити дослідження.

Exercise 6. Complete the words to match the definitions given.

1	morbid condition of body, illness, sickness	d_s__s_
2	to subject to chemical agent	t_e_t
3	idea, conception, chain of reasoning, produced by thinking	t__u_h_
4	to transgress, to act against the dictates or requirements of (oath, law)	_i_la__
5	opposite or contrary in character or order	r_ve_s_
6	to disclose, to show	r_ve_l
7	imparting of private matters	c__fi_e_ce
8	cure for disease, healing medicine or treatment	r_m_d_
9	defense	_ro__ct_o_
10	true, accurate, right, proper	c__re_t

Exercise 7. Substitute the words and phrases in bold type by close in their meanings from the text.

1. Heroism is characteristic of medical profession.

2. Psychologists help people to get over extreme situations.

3. A medical psychologist must know all sides of human character.

4. Psychologists are conspicuous in many areas of contemporary life.

5. ln our life there is a lot of health problems connected with stress.

6. A psychologist considers it his duty to help people to fix their everyday problems.

7. He must teach them how to deal with various troubles.

8. In our world there are a lot of health problems.

9. Psychologists are prominent in many fields of contemporary life.

10. He must love humanity and have a kind heart.

Exercise 8. Put questions to underlined words.

1. Medical men of different epochs and lands experimented with the vaccines.

2. Nowadays thousands of doctors try to save or prolong lives of people who suffer from AIDS.

3. Modern psychologists sometimes have to work in extreme situations.

4. They help people to overcome these situations.

5. In our society there are a lot of health problems.

6. Daily stressors are increasing, especially among young people.

7. Unpredictable changes that await us in our everyday life all have the potential to cause mental disorders.

8. Psychologists are hard at work trying to identify and solve the stress related problems that exist now and that may arise in future.

9. I plan to carry out a research in this field.

10. Psychology will play an important role in shaping the health and happiness of humankind.

Exercise 9. Finds all forms of the verb to be in the text, underline them and explain their usage.

Exercise 10. Make a question with the verb ‘to be’:

1. John / in the hospital?

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2. They / hungry?

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3. We / late?

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4. You / tired?

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5. He / French?

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6. She / a doctor?

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7. Harry and Lucy / from London?

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8. I / early?

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9. You / thirsty?

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10. She / on the bus?

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