Now fill the gaps using the expressions above

Correct the inappropriate ones.

1. Her mother died with skin cancer.

2. Is there a prescription price in your country?

3. In Britain, national security is a separate tax from income tax.

4. Healthcare is the biggest item in the nation's budget.

5. Are there insurance societies for private healthcare in your country?

6. Private dentists charge very high fees.

7. She suffers of a severe allergy and can't be in a smoky room.

? 19. Sort these everyday phrasal verbs and expressions connected withn health and illness into two groups, depending on whether they have positive or negative meanings with regard to health. Use a dictionary if necessary.

be poorly	feel a bit under the weather	be over the worst	fight off
be on the mend	be back on one's feet again	get over	come down with

Example [Nurse to visitor in a hospital] 'I'm sorry, Mr Pickering is rather.... poorly..........today and we're not allowing visitors.’

1. [Someone speaking to a colleague just returned to work after an illness] 'Hello, Frank, good to see you....................................................................’

2. [Person ringing their place of work] 'Jo, I won't be in today, I've.................................................................................... a cold.’

3. [Person in hospital, just beginning to get better, talking to a visitor] 'Oh, I'm OK. I'm................................................................................. now. I still feel bad, but I should be out within a week or so.’

4. [Parent to a child with a cold] 'Don't worry, darling. Everyone has a cold now and then. You'll.................................................................................... it.’

5. [Someone to their partner, who is worried about them] 'Don't worry. It's nothing serious. I'm just feeling...................................................................., that's all.’

6. [Someone ringing a workmate] 'I'm trying to............................................ the flu, but nothing seems to help. I don't think I'll be in work tomorrow.’

7. Hilary was quite ill last week, but she's..................................................... now and should be back at work next week.

? 20. Translate the sentences with minor ailments and ways of talking about minor problems:

Note that hurt is different from ache:

My arm hurts where I banged it against the car door. [gives pain caused by an injury]

My wrists ache from too much typing at the computer.

The fixed expression (the usual) aches and pains is often used to refer in a non-serious way to minor problems.

A: How've you been keeping recently, Mona?

B: Oh fine, you know, just the usual aches and pains.

The fixed expression cuts and bruises can refer to minor injuries.

A: I hear you fell off your bicycle. Are you all right?

B: Yeah, fine, just a few cuts and bruises, nothing serious.

Some other kinds of physical discomfort:

My hand is stinging since I touched that plant. [sudden, burning pain]

My head is throbbing. [beating with pain]

I have a stiff neck from turning round to look at the computer screen all day. I'll have to move the monitor to a better position. [pain and difficulty in moving your neck round]

I feel a bit dizzy. I think I should sit down. [a feeling that you are spinning round and can't balance]

She was a bit feverish this morning, so I told her to stay in bed. [with a high temperature]

I had a terrible nauseous feeling after taking the medicine, but it passed. [feeling that you want to vomit]

He was trembling all over; I knew it must be something serious. [shaking]

My nose is all bunged up today with this horrible cold. [blocked]

Other informal expressions that mean 'not well, but not seriously ill':

You look a bit off-colour today. Are you all right?

I was feeling a bit under the weather, so I stayed home that day.

I'm just feeling a bit out of sorts, it's nothing to worry about. I'll be fine tomorrow.

? 29. Rewrite the underlined parts of these sentences using the active vocabulary.

1. I was feeling quite as if I had a high temperature.

2. The drugs always gave her a feeling that she wanted to vomit.

3. I felt as if my head was spinning and went and lay down for an hour.

4. My nose was blocked so I got a spray from the chemist.

5. I got a pain in my neck from driving a long time in an awkward position.

6. Joanna was shaking and looked unwell, so I asked her if she needed help.

Read the article: “Who shoud get what?”

Work in pairs and discuss the health problems people might have in the 21^st century.

Heart Disease is often hereditary but can also be caused through bad diet and lack of exersise. It can be prevented, and public awereness levels are high in some countries. Howeer, some sections of the communityy seem to ignore advice. Treatment is possible, but prevention is obviously preferable in the long term.

Cancer takes many forms and is caused by a number of factors. There is strong evidence that smoking and other lifestyle factors contribute significantly especially to lung and throat cancers. Treatment can be through chemotherapy, and success rates are increasing. Some people believe that thisssssssss, like heart disease, is self-inflicted, and that patients should be asked to pay extra for their treatment.

HIV/AIDS Awareness levels around the world vary a great deal as to the causes and risks associated with this disease. It is preventable but, as yet, although there is treatment available, there is no known care. Research continues in the hope of finding one.

Malaria is a disease which is spread via mosquito bites. It is easily prevented with the use of mosquito repellents: electronic devices, creams and sprays. It can be also avoided by taking pills regularly, which protect the body from the disease. Maleria cannot be cured as such, though its symptoms: earache, fever, and shaking are treatable.

21.What do you know about alternative medicine? Learn the new words and use them in the sentences of your own.

Nowadays a lot of people prefer alternative medicine (different from typical western systems). For example:

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