Match the disease with its symptoms

1. tonsillitis 2. measles 3. mumps 4. polio, poliomyelitis 5. smallpox, 6. whooping cough 7. an ulcer 8. cholera	a serious, often fatal disease, causing high fever and leaving permanent marks on the skin an infection of the tonsils in which they become swollen and sore an infectious disease with a series of coughs followed by a harsh gasp of breath burning pain in abdomen, pain or nausea after eating causes diarrhea and vomiting fever, small red spots painful swellings in the neck
1. dysentery 2. German measles, rubella 3. salmonella 4. arthritis 5. lumbago 6. rheumatism 7. tetanus 8. pneumonia	A. a germ that causes food poisoning B. a mild infectious disease causing a sore throat and red spots all over the body. C. a pain in the muscles of the lower part of the back, caused by rheumatism D. an infection of the bowels that causes diarrhea. E. dry cough, high fever, chest pain, rapid breathing F. swollen, painful joints, stiffness, limited movement G. your jaw and neck become stiff, caused by bacteria that enter a cut in your skin
1. anaemia 2. leukaemia 3. asthma 4. laryngitis 5. chickenpox	A. a chest illness that causes difficulty in breathing B. an infection of the larynx that makes speaking painful C. people look pale and feel week; lack of red cells D. rash on body, with a mild fever/slightly raised temperature
1. migraine 2. Parkinson's disease 3. hypochondria 4. Alzheimer’s disease 5. legionnaire’s disease 6. diphtheria 7. scarlet fever	A. a serious disease of the lungs that leads to severe pneumonia and is usually spread through air-conditioning systems B. a serious illness affecting your brain that makes it difficult for you to remember things and becomes worse as time passes C. a serious illness that affects your nerves and makes you shake and move slowly. It mainly affects older people D. a serious infectious disease of the throat causing difficulty in breathing E. a severe type of headache, often accompanied by nausea and disturbance of vision F. red marks on the skin

13. Complete the following dialogues and dramatize them. Find more jokes on the topic “Visiting a doctor”

A man visits the doctor for a checkup, and after some tests, the doctor comes in with a grave look on his face.

Doctor: Well, I have some bad news and some really bad news.

Man: Well, give me the really bad news first.

Doctor: You have cancer, and only 6 months to live.

Man: And the bad news'?

Doctor: You have Alzheimer's disease.

Man: _________________________________!

II

Provided you eat sensibly, stay off the beer, cigarettes and whisky, don't take any strenuous exercise and keep away from the women, you _______________________________.

III

Mrs. Smith: Help me, doctor! My son, John, swallowed the can opener!

Doctor: Don't panic. He'll be all right.

Mrs. Smith: ______________________________________?! ___________________________!

IV

A man speaks frantically into the phone,

"My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"

"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.

"_________________!" the man shouts. "________________!"

V

A man goes to the eye doctor. The receptionist asks him why he is there. The man complains, "I keep seeing spots in front of my eyes." The receptionist asks, "Have you ever seen a doctor?" and the man

replies, "________________."

VI

Doctor, are you sure I'm suffering from pneumonia? I've heared once about a doctor treating someone with pneumonia and finally he died of typhus."

"Don't worry, it won't happen to me. ______________________________."

VII

Doctor, doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the operation?"

"Yes, of course..."

"____________________________!"

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