Complete the three parts of this story with an appropriate word or expression from the boxes. In some cases, more than one answer is possible.

Health and Medicine. Illnesses and their Treatment.

1. Decode the following abbreviations and translate them:

1) NHS

2) AIDS

3) ENT-specialist

4) GP

5) HIV

6) ER

7) X-ray

8) SARS

2. Complete the following table:

noun	adjective	verb
…………………… …………………… ……………………. …………………… ache treatment ……………………	breathless faint shivery dislocated     swollen	……………………………… ……………………………… ……………………………… ……………………………… ……………………………… ……………………………… ………………………………

Translate from English into Russian

1. The doctor recommended that I take a flu shot.

2. Population was injected against the disease.

3. Injecting drugs with contaminated needles can cause AIDS

4. The food made me sick to my stomach.

5. He got sick to his stomach and started to throw up.

6. My infected finger is still sore.

7. The doctor referred the patient to a heart specialist.

8. Surgical procedures may be necessary.

9. The condition can be treated surgically.

10. The patient refuses to have surgery/ an operation.

11. The doctor receives in his surgery.

12. To be vaccinated against smallpox at the age of about one year.

4. Which do you think 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. Rose suffering from exhaustion 7. Alf who's sprained his wrist 8. Sam who needs his appendix out.

a) Take one three times a day after meals. b) Take a teaspoonful last thing at night. c) Rub a little cream on before going to bed each night. d) We'll get the nurse to put a bandage on. e) You'll need to have some injections before you go. f) I'll ask the surgeon when he can fit you in for an operation. g) You'll have to have your leg put in plaster. h) I think you should have total bed rest for a week.

Match the problem on the left with the advice on the right. Use each item once only.

Mrs Smith	Mrs White	Mrs Smith
What's the matter? What's wrong? What's up? You don't look very well.	I've got....     1. backache 2. a cut finger 3. dandruff 4. indigestion 5. a blocked nose 6. a sore throat 7. a swollen ankle 8. sunburn.	If I were you, I'd........... You'd better........... Maybe you should…   a. get a walking stick, b. buy one of those nasal sprays, c. put some cream on it and cover up. d. clean it thoroughly with antiseptic, e. bend your knees when you lift things, f. try one of those special shampoos, g. gargle and try not to talk so much, h. eat more slowly.

6. Insert articles where necessary:

1.... man was losing... weight and looked sick. 2. I have... splitting headache and... bad cold in...head. 3. It's awful to have... toothache, isn't it? 4. You have caught... cold. Don't forget that... cold is catching. 5.... people who suffer from rheumatism feel... pain in their bones. 6. You have got all... symptoms of... quinsy. 7. Have you got... pain in... back of your head? 8. I was operated on for... appendicitis last year. 9. What are... symptoms of... flu?

Complete the three parts of this story with an appropriate word or expression from the boxes. In some cases, more than one answer is possible.

PART 1

My doctor told me I was very (0) unhealthy and that I didn't (1) _______ myself. For a start, I was (2) ________ by about twenty kilogrammes. He said I was a couch potato and needed to change my (3) ________ lifestyle. He also told me about the benefits of leading a more (4) ________ lifestyle. He stressed the importance of sticking to a (5) _________ and insisted that I shouldn't eat so much (6) _________ from fast-food restaurants. In addition, he strongly advised me to (7) __________ smoking. He described to me the horrors of fatal (8) _________ such as (9) ________ and

(10) __________. He advised me to (11) __________ and suggested I (12) ________ some exercises.

PART 2

Anyway, I bought myself a (13) _______ and a pair of (14) _________.

I started going to a (15) ____ where I went (16) ___and (17) _________. I also started doing some (18) ____ such as aerobics. I then joined a (19) _____where I had the use of a sauna and got some good advice from a dietitian. I (20)_______ unhealthy foods – those which were (21) _________, such as meat, or full of (22) ___________ and sugar, like cakes and biscuits – and made sure I consumed more (23) _____________.

PART 3

	overdid twisted sprained broke muscles shape weight slim cleared up

To my delight, I lost (24) ________ and became (25)_______ for the first time in my life. I developed (26) ___________in places I didn't realize 1 could develop them. And my skin problems (27) _________. Unfortunately, one day I (28) _________ it: I fell off my exercise bike, (29) _________ my ankle, (30) _________ my wrist and (31) __________ two ribs!

Somehow, I don't think that two weeks of lying in bed and eating hospital food will keep me in good (32) ____________!

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