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UNIT 1. MEDICINE

HEALTH PROBLEMS 1

(01:32/01:55)
1. Listen to two conversations and decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.

Conversation 1.

1. Joop’s girlfriend, Kattje, is still feeling dizzy.

2. A lot of people have had a virus recently.

3. Kattje has an appointment to see someone in a few days.

4. Michelle gives Joop some advice.

Conversation 2.

5. They don’t really know what caused Lachlan’s problem.

6. They had to call an ambulance.

7. He’ll be in hospital for two nights.

8. Nina is annoyed they’ll miss the concert.
2. Listen again and find English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:

Упасть в обморок, приступ головокружения, поправиться (о здоровье), микроб (вирус), сдавать анализы, задыхаться, сыпь, отекать, укол, «на всякий случай».

HEALTH PROBLEMS 2

(02:01)
1. You will hear four people talking about their health problems. Listen and match the problems (A-E) to the speakers (1-4). There is one extra problem you do not need to use.

Speaker 1	A travel sickness
Speaker 2	B hay fever
Speaker 3	C overtired
Speaker 4	D flu
	E sunburn

2. Speak on the diseases mentioned above – discuss what causes them, what their symptoms are and what treatment is suitable in each case.
HEALTH PROBLEMS 3

(02:25)
1. You will hear five short dialogues about people’s health. Listen and circle the correct item: A, B or C.

1. What happened to the girl?

A. She crashed her bicycle.

B. She crashed her car.

C. She crashed her mother’s car.

2. What is wrong with the man?

A. He has got food poisoning.

B. He is allergic to seafood.

C. He ate too much.

3. What has the man been doing?

A. fighting

B. dressing his children

C. jogging

4. What is the doctor’s advice?

A. To exercise more.

B. To exercise less.

C. To do some weightlifting.

5. How did the woman hurt her hand?

A. She burnt it.

B. She trapped it in the kitchen door.

C. The man hurt it.
2. How far do you agree with the man in the third dialogue “You’d have much more energy if you took regular exercise”?

MAKING AN APPOINTMENT

(00:59)
1. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the questions. Who is Tina speaking to?

A: Good afternoon. Meadows Surgery. 1) _____ ?

B: Oh, yes. I’d like to make an appointment with Doctor Michaels, please.

A: I’m afraid Doctor Michaels is on holiday at the moment. 2) _____ ?

B: Erm…yes, all right. That would be fine.

A: Right. The first available appointment is on Thursday at 10 o’clock. 3) _____ ?

B: Yes, that should be okay.

A: Good. 4) _____ ?

B: Tina, Tina Wilcox.

A: 5) _____ ?

B: I’ve been having trouble sleeping lately.

A: Right then, we’ll see you on Thursday at 10 o’clock.

B: Thank you. Good bye.
2. Use the prompts below to act out similar dialogues.

Friday	Monday
2:30 pm	9 o’clock
Carol Ormerod	Brian Powell
bad cough	earache

STAYING HEALTHY

(00:36/00:50)
1. How much do you know about natural health remedies: food, drink, natural treatments, herbal medicine? Match each remedy with its main health benefit.

2. Listen to the extracts to check whether you are right. Do you know any other natural health remedies and their benefits?

COMMON INJURIES

(04:10)
1. Listen to a doctor talking about the types of accidents his patients have. Note down any injuries (not conditions) he ascribes to the following groups.

ADULTS ________________________________________________________
OLD PEOPLE ____________________________________________________
CHILDREN ______________________________________________________
2. Listen again and complete the sentences below.

‘… and this is because muscles were __________ or __________and have become inflamed …’
‘… quite often. The victims are __________ women, but not __________.’
‘… I imagine they (old people) would be particularly _________ to accidents.’
‘… we do a lot of counseling, that’s to say __________ people’s fears about what they see as their deteriorating health.’
‘I can remember my eyes __________ terribly and a __________pain.’
‘It was __________ in so deeply that I couldn’t actually see the moth I thought his eardrum had __________.’
‘… we do get people who are repeatedly harming themselves, almost for the ___________ of it.’

STRESS

(about 2 min 30)
1. You are going to hear someone giving advice on how to reduce stress. Listen and say where you might hear that conversation. How do the speakers sound? Why?
2. Listen again and decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.

1. The woman is suffering from stress.

2. She often goes out with her friends.

3. She thinks her work is causing her stress.

4. The man suggests that she find another job.

5. The woman can work fewer hours.

6. The man suggests she take some medicine.
3. The man used the expression “to beat the stress”. What does it mean? What other word combinations with the same meaning do you know? Use the dictionary, if necessary.
4. Role-play.

Your friend is feeling stressed out and wants to make some changes to his/her lifestyle.

suggest ways to change his/her lifestyle in order to help reduce stress
reject his/her reasons for not being able to follow your advice, and suggest alternatives
express your hope that everything will work out well

A VISIT TO A DOCTOR

(02:16)
1. You will hear two people consulting a doctor. Mark the following statements as TRUE or FALSE.

1. The woman suffers from insomnia and nausea.

2. The patient is stressed.

3. The woman believes her eating habits are quite healthy.

4. The doctor recommends the woman to avoid drinking so much tea and prescribes her some sedatives.

5. The man’s foot is swollen.

6. The man kicked the wall with his foot.

7. The doctor says the foot should be X-rayed.
2. How did the patents sound in both situations? How did the doctor sound? Make up similar dialogues between a doctor and a patient.

ALLERGIES

(04:52)
1. Do you think there is an increase in allergies nowadays? What can allergies be caused by? What should be done to avoid developing an allergy?
2. Listen to a radio interviewer talking to Dr Michael Peterson about the rise in the number of people suffering from allergies and complete the information while listening.

An allergy is a ________ ________ to a substance.

That reaction can be ________, an _______, ____ ____, ________ ____, a ____ of some kind – like ______ – or _________ difficulties – like ______.

Bottlefed babies are more likely to _______ _________ than _________ babies.

When our children are ________ we smother everything in disinfectant and _______ all traces of _____. Germs are ____. Too much cleanliness is ___.

We aren’t allowing our children’s ______ _______ to develop?

We need to ______ our children to germs so that their _______ mechanisms have a chance to develop and ___ ________.

If they aren’t exposed there’s a ______ that they’ll develop allergies and ____ ____________ later on.

Allergy problems do run in the ______. Scientists have identified cases in families where there’s been some kind of _______ ________ which _______ the immune system in some way.

This might result in members of a family being more _____ __ allergies – but not necessarily the same allergies.

There has been such an _______ in allergies over the past ___ years or so.

Lifestyles in a nutshell: ______ _____ use, all technology really. ______ ______ are considerably higher than they used to be.

We’re exposed to more _________ and _____ substances: diesel fumes, pesticides.

One type of allergy that has risen considerably is ____ ___________. In some places an allergy to ____ is very common. This is probably because soya is present in so many ____ ________ these days and our bodies haven’t had time to ______ to this change. We don’t eat in the same way as we used to. _________ ____ is a thing of the past. Now everything is _________ all year round.

Reasons for an increase in allergies are too much _____________, an obsession with ___________, too few _____ and too many ____________ foods, too little fresh _____ and ___ and an abuse of out of season food all year round, too many ____________ and altogether far too much ______.
3. Discuss the following questions.

What is an allergy and what allergic reactions can you name?

Why are allergies on the rise?

In what way did our lifestyle change and how did it affect an increase in allergies?

BILL OF HEALTH

(04:15)
1. Listen to the recording and complete the sentences.

1. Some American doctors do not want to ______ because they cannot afford the insurance policies.

2. The British Government is putting aside nearly ______ in order to cover compensation claims.

3. Adrian Bowe will receive compensation which could be _____ of pounds.

4. Critics say that more _____ are inevitable.

5. It is _____ for doctors to make accurate diagnosis all the time.

6. Online databases of symptoms and diseases can cause healthy people to start _____ nothing.
2. Listen again and answer the following questions.

1. Do doctors in Britain need private insurance?

2. What health problems did Adrian Bowe have and what was the result of his visit to a doctor?

3. How many cases of medical mistakes have been registered in Britain?

4. Why do critics say that even more mistakes are likely to be made?

5. What are advantages and disadvantages of online databases of symptoms?
3. Give the English equivalents to the following words and expressions:

Приступ мигрени, инсульт, инвалид, врачебная халатность, заслуживать (компенсацию), единичный случай, плохо себя чувствовать, терапевт.
4. Discussion.

Do you think the doctors should be punished if they make mistakes? Why/why not?

MEDICAL TOURISM

(04:10)
1. You are going to hear a radio programme about the rise of medical tourism. Before you listen, read the FACTS below, then discuss these questions.

What surprises you most? Why?
Is there anything you don’t find surprising? Why?
Why do you think medical tourism is such a huge growth area?

THE FACTS

The global medical tourism industry is worth $1billion a year.
Around 50 million US residents – over 15% of the population – have no health care or insurance plan at all.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of US citizens cross the border to Mexico for more affordable hospital treatment.
India provides perhaps the most hi-tech services. Among other things, it specializes in cancer therapy and heart surgery.
A hip replacement in Malaysia costs around ₤2,000, compared to around ₤10,000 in the UK (if you pay for it privately).
Last year, more than 50% of all Austrian dental patients were treated in Hungary.
Singapore attracts a quarter of a million overseas patients a year and ranks among the top six countries in the world for overall health care.
Thailand is one of the most popular destinations in the world for those seeking cosmetic surgery.

2. Listen ONLY to an introduction and complete the notes below.

Ways globalization already affects health care:

1. …

2. Hospitals outsource record keeping to developing countries.

3. ... also outsourced – helps cut costs. Predicted that over … Americans and … Britons will soon be travelling abroad for treatment. Mexico, Jordan, …, … and Thailand to be main beneficiaries. Business expected to reach … a year sometime soon. However, questions starting to be asked.
3. Work in groups. Think of three good things and of three bad things about medical tourism.
4. Listen to the rest of the programme. Take notes on any positive/negative sides of medical tourism they mention.
5. Decide if 1-6 apply to Damian, Cindy or Lily. You may choose more than one person. Listen again and check.

1. They have had some kind of treatment.

2. They are trying to address the lack of care to those at the bottom of the society.

3. They believe that some doctors are more interested in money than in their patients.

4. They are concerned about the rising number of scams.

5. They became frustrated with the health system.

6. They mention cutting edge medical techniques.
6. Discussion.

1. Would you ever go abroad for treatment? Why/why not? Do you know anyone who has been? How did it go?

2. Have you ever heard of operations going wrong? What happened?

3. Have you ever heard of any scams? How do they work?

NATURAL HEALTH TREATMENTS

(03:07)
1. How much do you know about such natural health treatments as herbs, mud baths, hot springs, sauna and massage?
2. Listen to people talking about natural health treatments. Which ones are they talking about? Write the treatments in the chart below. (There is one extra treatment.)

2. Listen again. What do people do? What are the health benefits? Complete the chart.

	Treatment	What people do	Health benefits
Finland
Thailand
North America
Asia

AN HIV / AIDS SUCCESS STORY

(06:47)
1. Work in pairs. Before you listen guess the meanings of the following word-combinations. Discuss your ideas in class.

a case of HIV/AIDS
to fight HIV/AIDS
high-risk groups
to have regular medical check-ups
a sexually transmitted disease
to extend the system of testing and treatment to HIV/AIDS
to test all the donated blood in blood banks
infected blood transfusions
to cause the spread of the virus
a strain of the AIDS virus
to be infected with the virus

2. Listen to the article written by Linda Baxter about the way Senegal fought HIV / AIDS and complete the sentences below.

Many nations in the world have strong _________ and ______ values, but the Senegalese government decided early on that the subject of HIV/AIDS must be discussed openly.
The National Plan to _____ HIV/AIDS was already in operation in 1987, less than a year after the first cases ____ _________ in Senegal.
Its aim was ___________, _________ and __________ and it was the first such campaign in Africa.
Sex workers were registered and had to have regular _______ _________.
Anyone who was suffering from a sexually transmitted _______ was treated free of charge.
… it wasn't too difficult to extend the system of _______ and _________ to HIV/AIDS.
So, unlike many Western countries, _______ _____ transfusions never caused the spread of the virus.
Professor Souleymane Mboup … is most famous for his work on documenting HIV2, a strain of the AIDS _____ which is common in West Africa.
Many experts are afraid that this initial success will spread a false sense of ________ and people will become less careful.

3. Listen again and answer the following questions.

What 'success' does the United Nations recognise in Senegal?

______________________________________________________________

Which of these sentences is true about the Senegalese way of life?

______________________________________________________________

What did the religious leaders do?

______________________________________________________________

When did the National Plan to Fight HIV/AIDS start?

______________________________________________________________

Why do women need more social and economic power?

______________________________________________________________

How did the registration of sex workers help in the fight against HIV/AIDS?

______________________________________________________________

Who is Professor Mboup?

______________________________________________________________

What is the biggest danger in Senegal for the future?

______________________________________________________________

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