Great Medical Achievements

Make 5-7 min. reports on forms of alternative medicine (choose one from active vocabulary).

Talk about the benefits of Qigong.

Listening II

Discuss the medical benefits of keeping pets, advantages and disadvantages of having a pet.

Listening I

Speak on the underlined parts of the text.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION:

1) Listen to the text “ Pet Therapy” and take notes to expand on the following statements:

Pets improve the health of their owners.

The difference a dog made.

A pioneering new method of treatment.

Pets linked to longer lifespan.

A new view of the world.

Pets are not for everyone.

Healing physical and mental scars.

Prison relations improved by animals.

Animals ease tension.

1) Listen to the text about Qigong, a type of therapy. Complete the sentences and expand on your choice:

Qigong is perfect for those who……. (a) do not like vigorous exercise; (b) enjoy jogging; (c) are exhausted; (d) do not enjoy routines.

Qigong….. (a) is a type of body building; (b) helps the body fight disease more effectively; (c) is a form of acupuncture; (d) is like aerobics.

Qi is believed to be…… (a) the training of energy; (b) a channel in the body; (c) the life-force; (d) the circulatory system.

Some governments approve Qigong because…. (a) they are keen on it; (b) it is cheap; (c) they have been persuaded that it works; (d) it is better than conventional methods.

In Europe, Qigong has mainly been used….. (a) for serious conditions; (b) for those who can’t afford private treatment; (c) for easily treated ailments; (d) for those with allergic reactions to drugs.

What made a French air stewardess nearly die? (a) cancer; (b) Qigong; (c) the established way of treatment; (d) limited life expectancy.

According to the conclusion of the passage, Qigong…… (a) will definitely make you live longer; (b) will only cure you if you believe in it; (c) has miraculous effects; (d) is ineffective.

Do you know anything about other forms of alternative medicine? Do you believe they work?

1) You are going to read a story about N.I. Pirogov, the “wonderful doctor”, as he was called by ordinary people, and a story about Alexander Fleming and the discovery of penicillin.

2) Make sure you know the words/ word- combinations and phrases: enroll, immeasurable suffering, ether, tremendous importance, to test on smb., associates, pave the way, to make wide use of, field hospitals, field surgery, carry out, cause of inflammation, pus formation, wound infection, antiseptic field-dressing, to give assistance to, besieged, to work out principles, ardent, profoundly, staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci, bacilli, moulds, to be calm by nature, genus penicillium, solution, antagonism, to keep a small store, sulpha drugs, to cause a great stir, to exaggerate, bacterial antagonisms, antagonistic substances, decisive experiment, deadliest strain, to retain, to inject into the blood stream, to resume.

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