N.: Good-bye, Bert. I'll let you know how things are going on.
Memory Work
For every evil under the sun.
There is a remedy, or there is none.
If there be one, try to find it.
If there be none, never mind it.
ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY (П)
Words
appendicitis n
insomnia n
attack (of smth.) n
prescription n
case (of a disease) n
recover (from a disease) υ
cholera n
remedy n
complication n
scarlet fever n
cough υ, n
sneeze о
cure of υ
sore (throat, eye, finger, etc.) adj
cure for n
surgery n
die of υ
symptom n
diphthertia n
tonic n
disease n
treat υ (smb. for a disease)
indigestion n
treatment (for smth.) n
injection n
typhoid fever n
Word Combinations
to feel smb.'s (one's) pulse
to write out a prescription (for pills, etc.)
to go to a chemist's (drugstore)
to follow the doctor's directions
to catch (a) cold
to have an accident
to be short of breath
to examine a patient (smb.'s throat etc.)
to breathe in deeply
to consult (see) a doctor
to have a nervous breakdown
to keep to a diet (of ...); to be on (go on), follow a diet
to have a prescription (medicine, mixture, tonic, etc.) made up
to take medicine (a spoonful of, etc.)
to be wrong with (one's heart, lungs, etc.); to have smth. wrong with
to be taken ill (to fall ill) with
to be laid up with
to feel sick (and giddy)
to fill smb.'s tooth
to have one's tooth filled, to have a filling
to pull (take) out a tooth = to have an extraction
to have one's tooth pulled out (taken out), extracted
to be (have one's teeth, chest, heart, etc.) X-rayed
to test smb.'s blood
to have one's blood tested
to test smb.'s blood pressure
to have one's blood pressure tested
to have, get (give) an injection (a needle)
to have a heart attack
to check smb.'s heart, lungs, etc.; to sound smb.'s heart, lungs, etc.
to be on sick leave; to get sick leave
to make an appointment with a doctor
Examples
He was taken to hospital and operated on (underwent an operation) for appendicitis.
After I've had some injections of tonic I feel quite cured of all my ailments.
The child is ill (laid up) with chicken pox (ветрянка). He'll soon recover if no complications
set in.
Smallpox (оспа) is a catching (заразная) disease marked by fever and small red spots on the
body and often leaves permanent marks.
I've been on sick leave for a fortnight already, but I don't feel any better so far.
The doctor diagnosed the illness as tuberculosis (t. b.).
A doctor who performs (carries out) operations is called a surgeon. Nowadays operations
may be performed almost on any part of the body.
When people have pain in their teeth they go to a dentist to have the holes in their teeth filled