Surely not! By no means!
Example:
— You never take your temperature when you аге ill.
— Oh, yes (of course), I do. I always take my temperature when I'm ill.
1. Sick people never stay in bed while they are ill. 2. You were laid up with-flu last week, I
believe. 3. It is not dangerous to take care of a person who has got a catching disease. 4. People often
feel sick and giddy when they are quite well. 5. We seldom sneeze and cough when we have a cold.
6. You never have a sore throat when you have tonsillitis. 7. She doesn't feel any pain in her heart
when she has a heart attack. 8. Children have swollen eyes when they have been laughing too much.
9. People need the services of the doctor when they are well, I think. 10. Probably you consult a
dentist when you have a stomach-ache.
X. Read the text. Summarize it in 5-6 sentences without using direct speech;
Hob sat in the doctor's waiting-room. On the chairs at the wall other patients were sitting.
They all looked sad except Hob who was reading an exciting story in a magazine. Just then the
doctor came in to say that he was ready to see the next person. Hob got up and went into the
consulting room.
Before Hob could say a word the doctor said, "Now what's the trouble? Sit down there and
we'll have a look at you. Unfasten your jacket and your shirt, please. I'll listen to your heart." Hob
tried to speak, but the doctor interrupted him and ordered him to say "ninety-nine". Hob said it.
"Now let me see your throat, open your mouth wide." The doctor had a good look and then he said,
"Well, there's nothing wrong with you." "I know there isn't," said Hob, "I just came to get a bottle of
medicine for my uncle."
(From Essential English for foreign students by С. Е. Eckersley, Lnd.. 1977)
XI. Write 10 sentences to go with each of the pictures on pp. 68, 71.
XII. Answer the following questions:
1. What are the symptoms of flu (tonsillitis, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, etc.)? 2. Who is
treated at the policlinic, and who is treated at the hospital? 3. What do you do when you fall ill? 4.
What does the doctor do when he comes to examine you? 5. What do you feel when you have flu? 6.
How does a sick person look? 7. How should we translate into Russian "He is ill" and "He has ill
manners"? 8. What catching diseases do you know? 9. Do people in this country get their pay when
they are ill?
ХIII. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Я, должно быть, схватил грипп. 2. Вам лучше обратиться к врачу. 3. Врач пощупал
мой пульс, прослушал сердце и легкие и измерил температуру. 4. Она не в состоянии