D. Look through new words. Make up sentences, using new words and words combinations. Learn them by heart.
B. Read the text and check yourself. Find out what this text is about. Use the vocabulary given below the text.
AT THE DOCTOR
| Is there anything more important than health? I don't think so. "Health is the greatest wealth," wise people say. You can't be good at your studies or work well when you are ill. If you have a headache, heartache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a sore throat or a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold in your head, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should consult a doctor. The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. After that he will prescribe some treatment, pills, tablets or some other medicine which we can buy at the chemist's. He will recommend you to stay in bed for some time, because there might be serious complications. The only thing you have to do is to follow his recommendations. Speaking about doctors' recommendations, I can't help telling you one funny story. An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He complained of weakness, insomnia, memory loss and serious problems with his heart, lungs and liver. The doctor examined the patient and said that no medicine could cure his disease. Do you want to know what the doctor's advice was? He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. In other words, the doctor recommended him to follow the rule: "Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is." The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn't smoke more than one cigarette a day. A month later the gentleman came into the doctor's office. He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man. "But you know, doctor," he said, "it's not easy to begin smoking at my age." |
Vocabulary
health здоров’я
wealth багатство
wise мудрий
to be good at studies добре навчатися
headache головна біль
heartache біль у сердці
toothache зубна біль
backache біль у спині
earache біль у вухові
bad pain сильний біль
stomach шлунок
to complain of жалуватися на
sore throat біль в горлі
cough кашель
to run a high temperature мати високу температуру
bad cold in one's head сильна простуда
to suffer from страдати від
blood pressure тиск
to consult a doctor звернутися до лікаря
to examine оглянути
to feel one's pulse перевірити пульс
to test one's blood pressure поміряти тиск
to take one's temperature поміряти температуру
to sound one's heart and lungs прослухати серце та легені
to test one's eyes провірити зір
to check one's teeth провірити зуби
to have one's chest X-rayed зробити рентген грудної клітки
to prescribe приписати (лікування), виписати (рецепт)
treatment лікування
pill пілюля
tablet таблетка
medicine ліки
at the chemist's в аптеці
complication ускладнення
to follow one's recommendations слідувати рекомендаціям
I can't help telling я не можу не розповісти
weakness слабкість
insomnia безсонниця
memory loss втратити пам'ять
liver печінка
patient пацієнт
to cure вилікувати
disease хвороба
quiet тихий, спокійний
to have a good rest добре відпочити
to take long walks багато ходити пішком
rule правило
to be well добре себе почувати
to smoke курити
at my age у моєму віці
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3 c. Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. Do you agree with the saying "Health is the greatest wealth"?
2. The doctor recommended his patient to follow the rule: "Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is." What do you think of this piece of advice?
3. When were you last ill? What did you complain of?
4. Did you see the doctor?
5. Did you have to stay in bed?
6. What treatment did the doctor prescribe?
7. How long did it take you to get well?
8. Have you ever had complications after a disease?
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9. What do you usually do when you have a headache?
10. How often do you go to the dentist to check your teeth?
11. How long does it usually take you to recover from cold?
12. Have you ever been operated on? Was it serious?
d. Look through new words. Make up sentences, using new words and words combinations. Learn them by heart.
Doctors
similar words: physician especially AmE, British English, consultant, registrar
a doctor who does operations: surgeon
a doctor who treats mental illnesses: psychiatrist, psychotherapist, shrink informal
a doctor who treats people's teeth: dentist, orthodontist
a doctor who treats animals: vet, veterinarian especially AmE
someone who is training to be a doctor: medical student, intern American English
the place where you go to see your doctor: surgery British English, office American English
Hospitals
types of hospital: medical center American English (a big hospital)
maternity hospital (for women who are having a baby)
mental hospital/psychiatric hospital (for people who are mentally ill)
clinic (for people receiving a particular kind of treatment)
hospice (for people who are dying)
nursing home (for old people)
parts of a hospital: A&E also casualty British English, emergency room American English, operating theatre British English /operating room American English, ward, unit
people in a hospital: doctor, nurse, surgeon, patient, orderly
in hospital British English in the hospital American English go to hospital British English go to the hospital American English come/be out of hospital British English come/be out of the hospital American English leave hospital British English leave the hospital American English be taken to hospital British English be taken to the hospital American English be rushed to hospital British English be rushed to the hospital American English be airlifted/flown to hospital British English, be airlifted/flown to the hospital American English (=be taken to hospital in a plane) be admitted to hospital British English, be admitted to the hospital American English (=be brought into a hospital for treatment) be discharged/released from hospital British English be discharged/released from the hospital American English (=be allowed to leave a hospital because you are better) psychiatric hospital (=a hospital for people with mental illness) maternity hospital (=a hospital where women have their babies) hospital treatment/carehospital stay (=the period that someone spends in hospital)
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Illness
recover from an illness serious illness minor illness short/long illness childhood illness acute illness (=an illness that becomes serious very quickly) chronic illness (=an illness that lasts a long time and cannot be cured) fatal illness (=an illness which causes death) terminal illness (=an illness which cannot be cured and that causes death, often slowly) mental illness the symptoms of an illness (=the things that show that someone has it) through illness (=because of illness)
Illness and disease are often used in the same way and are equally common in spoken English. However, illness is more often used to refer to the length of time or state of being unwell • He died after a long illness.• if you are off school because of illness !! Do not use illness to talk about less serious problems such as headaches or colds. Disease is a particular kind of illness, especially one that spreads from one person to another or affects a particular part of your body • infectious diseases• heart disease !! Disease can also be used to mean a lot of different diseases • Cigarette smoking causes death and disease.
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