Ex. 1. Answer the following questions to the text
1. What is one of the first duties we owe to ourselves?
2. What happens when man’s body suffers from any disorder?
3. There are certain laws of health, which deserve people’s particular attention, aren’t there?
4. Why is a constant supply of pure fresh air indispensable to good health and what should people do for it?
5. How can one characterize the second law of health?
6. When can people feel pleased with the person, even though his (her) clothes may be coarse and much mended?
7. What is most essential for the old and the young to do to keep the body in perfect condition?
8. Why should labour and study succeed each other?
9. What must one know and remember about rest and food?
10. Comment why intemperance excites bad passions and leads to quarrels and crimes.
Ex. 2. A. Revise the constructions. Translate into Russian.
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1. Why do you think it was difficult for Mr. Caswell to treat the old man?
2. It isn’t easy to treat a patient who doesn’t obey the doctor’s orders, is it? Why?
3. Ann was sure the doctor would cure her.
4. Doctor Manson cured him of the flue.
5. This disease is easily cured now.
6. Cancer can’t be cured as yet.
7. Many diseases that couldn’t be cured years ago can be cured easily now, can’t they?
8. How did his friend manage to cure him of all the diseases?
B. Translate into English.
1. Я не советую вам лечиться от гриппа самостоятельно.
2. Как вы думаете, отказался бы доктор лечить больного, если бы знал, что случится в конце концов?
3. На вашем месте я бы отказался лечить такого упрямого больного. Что заставило вас согласиться на это?
4. Он не хочет, чтобы его лечил такой молодой врач.
5. Она лечилась от бронхита в течение полугода.
6. Если бы вы обратились к этому доктору, он бы вас вылечил от всех болезней.
7. Врач лечит больного от астмы новыми медицинскими средствами, чтобы вылечить его как можно скорее.
8. Если бы я сомневался, что этот доктор сможет вылечить меня, то я бы к нему не обратился.
9. Я не думаю, что эти таблетки помогут мне вылечиться от бессонницы.
С. Revise the construction. Translate into Russian.
| to feel | miserable disappointed | to feel | fine ashamed |
| bad | comfortable | ||
| awkward embarrassed | uneasy |
Note! To feel is never used with any reflexive pronouns. So the Russian sentence Он чувствовал себя несчастным/смущённым, etc. should be translated into English as: He felt miserable/embarrassed, etc. To feel in such sentences is not used with the adverbs, but with the adjectives.
D. Translate into English.
1. Он чувствовал себя хорошо.
2. Мисс Марта чувствовала себя плохо.
3. Сначала она почувствовала разочарование.
4. Она чувствовала себя неловко, как будто в самом деле была виновата.
5. Старик чувствовал себя прекрасно, как будто снова был молодым.
Ex. 3. A. Revise the construction.
| to write out a prescription / to have a prescription filled |
1. The patient expected the doctor to write out a prescription.
2. Here is the prescription. Have it filled.
3. I’ll be very grateful to you if you have this prescription filled.
4. What do you do after the doctor writes out a prescription?
5. Where do you have prescriptions filled?
B. Translate into Russian.
1. Я попросил доктора выписать мне рецепт.
2. Пожалуйста, получите лекарство по этому рецепту.
3. По дороге домой я получил (по рецепту) лекарство.
4. Сначала доктор осмотрел меня, затем выписал рецепт.
5. Доктор выписал рецепт, не осматривая меня.
Vocabulary exercises
Ex. 1*. A. Fill in the blanks with “ill” and “sick”.
1. He must have been taken ___, otherwise he would have come. 2. I might have liked him but for his ___ manners. 3. The mother stayed at home to look at her ___ child. 4. Half the day I spent on deck because I was terribly ___. 5. I’m ___ of town and I plan to spend next Sunday in the country if I’m not ___ . 6. Everybody burst out laughing but I couldn’t make myself join them for I considered it to be ___ humour of the host. 7. Everybody was ___ and tired of her constant complaints of her ___ health. 8. When I go on board a ship or a boat, I feel ___ .
B. Fill in the blanks with “illness (sickness)” and “disease”.
1. What did the man die of? Did he suffer from any chronic ___ or complications after a serious ___? 2. The ___ was catching, and the doctor said he would put me on the sick-list. 3. Scarlet fever is a catching ___ . 4. His ___ prevented him from going to school together with his friends.
C. Fill in the blanks with “to cure” and “to heal”.
1. Fresh air, sunshine, good food may ___ a patient of consumption by ___ his lungs. 2. After a fortnight of slight fever, the wound ___ and he recovered. 3. They applied a medicine which soon ___ the deep cut in my arm.
D. Fill in the blanks with “ache”, “pain” and “hurt”.
1. As Joe was coming home a sudden ___ in his heart made him stop and lean against the wall of a house. 2. Wet weather often makes old people feel an ___ in their bones. 3. He fell down the stairs and ___ his leg. 4. This heavy suit-case makes my arm ___ . 5. Did you ___ yourself?
Ex. 2. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to different meanings of the verb “to treat”.
1. She always finds fault with him and scolds him though he doesn’t deserve to be treated like that.
2. They shut the door in his face but he treated the incident as a joke.
3. I decided to treat my guest to the pies so skillfully baked by my grandmother.
4. The newspaper article treated of some details of the national strike of miners in Britain.
5. Russia will treat with other peace-loving nations the problem of terrorism during the forthcoming summit talks.
6. The Russian delegation is treating for 50 per cent cut in nuclear weapons with other nuclear powers in Geneva now.
Ex. 3.* Match the diseases with their symptoms.
| 1) flu | a) swollen glands in front of ear, earache or pain on eating |
| 2) pneumonia | b) burning pain in abdomen, pain or nausea after eating |
| 3) rheumatism | c) rash starting on body, slightly raised temperature |
| 4) chickenpox | d) dry cough, high fever, chest pain, rapid breathing |
| 5) mumps | e) headache, aching muscles, fever, cough, sneezing |
| 6) an ulcer | f) swollen, painful joints, stiffness, limited movement |
Ex. 4. What does the doctor or nurse use the following things for?
1) thermometer;
2) scales;
3) tape measure;
4) scalpel.
Example: Stethoscope is used for listening to a patient’s chest.
Ex. 5.* Complete the following table.
| Noun | Adjective | Verb |
| ………………… | breathless | ……………… |
| ………………… | faint | ……………… |
| ………………… | shivery | ……………… |
| ………………… | dislocated | ……………… |
| ache | ……………………………. | ……………… |
| treatment | - | ……………… |
| ………………… | swollen | ……………… |
Ex. 6. What can the doctor said to each of the following patients?
| 1. Anne with bad sunburn. 2. Jo who’s broken her leg. 3. John who’s off to the Tropics. 4. Paul with flu. | 5. Liz with a bad cough. 6. Sam who needs his appendix out. 7. Rose suffering from exhaustion. 8. Alf who’s sprained his wrist. |
Ex. 7. What medical problems might you have if… .
| · you wear shoes that rub? · you eat too fast? · you smoke a lot? · you play football? · you go skiing? · you stay too long in the sun? | · you eat food you’re allergic to? · you run unusually fast for a bus? · you eat food that is bad? · a mosquito bites you? · you get wet on a cold day? · you think you’re ill all the time? |
Ex. 8.* Fill in the missing words in these sentences with the words from the box.
bandage (а), black (b), blisters(c), bruises (d), hypochondriac (e), indigestion (f), operation (g), prescribe (h), rest (i), sore (g)
Example: I think I’m getting a dreadful sore throat.
1. A ball hit him in the face and gave him a terrible ______ eye. 2. Doctors ______ medicine to treat their patients. 3. Paul is having an ______ today – they’re taking his wisdom teeth out. 4. The doctor says I’ve just got a bug that’s going ______. 5. We’ll get the nurse to put a ______ on your ankle. 6. The best thing for her would be total bed ______ for a few days. 7. I’m covered in ______ after playing rugby. 8. My new shoes are too tight. I’ve got ______ on my heel. 9. Don’t eat so fast – you’ll get ______. 10. He’s always imagining he’s ill – he’s a dreadful ______.
Ex. 9. Consult the list of a person’s health disorders (given in the active vocabulary) and try to classify them into the following groups:
| illness | disease | ailment | malady | infection |
| sprained/dislocated ankle | ulcer | a running nose | aids | throat infection |
| virus | condition | disorder | bug |
| an acute respiratory disorder | heart attack | a liver disorder | a stomach bug |
Ex. 10.* Put these illnesses in the correct category: Infectious or Non-infectious.
allergy, brain haemorrhage, cancer, chickenpox, flu, heart attack, mumps, rheumatism, sore throat, sprained ankle, ulcer
Example: Infectious: flu; Non-infectious: heart attack.
Ex. 11.* Make the collocations by matching words.
| 1) swollen | a) allergy |
| 2) operating | b) cancer |
| 3) lung | c) temperature |
| 4) heart | d) insurance |
| 5) brain | e) glands |
| 6) health | f) pressure |
| 7) raised | g) nose |
| 8) painful | h) theatre |
| 9) blood | i) haemorrhage |
| 10) food | j) joints |
| 11) itchy | k) attack |
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