Exercises:

1. Complete the advice.

1. If you __________________ smoking, you increase the risk of lung cancer and heart disease.

2. Your health would improve if you _______________ alcohol completely.

3. You could ____________ __________ with a serious drug problem.

4. I’m going to ____________ you ___________ with some tablets. If they don’t help, we’ll need to think about surgery.

5. ___________ ___________ on the amount of salt you take with your food.

6. I expect things will ____________ in a few days and you’ll be able to get up.

7. Try to _______________ situations where you feel stressed.

2. Match the two parts of the sentences.

1. If you still have pain,

2. If you find it difficult to give up smoking,

3. Your symptoms will return

4. If you can’t get to sleep,

5. Come back and see me again

6. If you are still concerned,

a. try to avoid caffeine later in the day.

b. if you find your breathlessness has increased.

c. keep taking paracetamol.

d. I can refer you to a consultant.

e. if you start smoking again.

f. I can arrange for nicotine replacement therapy.

4. Advise a patient with high blood pressure about physical activity. Look at the information in the table, and C to help you.

Advice for people with heart disease or high blood pressure
Do	Avoid
Moderate, rhythmic (aerobic) exercise such as brisk walking, cycling or swimming.	Intense exercise such as weight-lifting, press-ups.
Any regular physical activity that you are used to.	Any sport or activity that brings on angina.
Eat a low cholesterol diet.	Moving from floor to standing exercises too quickly.

U nit 24 Data Presentation

^{Referring to a table or figure}

In an article, you can write:

Figure 1 Table 1	shows X.
X is shown in	Figure 1. Table 1.

I n a presentation, you can use the same expressions, or you can say:

^{Comparing variables}

When you refer to a table you will often need to compare one variable with another:

X was

twice three times

as

effective common

as

Y.

Or you may need to compare the same variable at different times:

The number of X in 2000 was

double triple / three times

that in 1990.

There was a

twofold threefold

increase in the number of X between 1990 and 2000.

The number of X increased	twofold threefold	between 1990 and 2000.
The number or X	doubled trebled

^{Approximating}

When referring to the data presented on slides, numbers are often rounded, for example 41.3 becomes 41 or even 40. When this is done, it is common to use expressions of approximation:

Side-effects were reported by

about around approximately roughly some

forty patients.

Numbers are frequently presented as fractions or percentages, even when the exact number is given.

When you want to emphasize a number, for example 9.8%, you can say:

almost 10% nearly 10%

more than 9% over 9%

just under 10%

and when you want to make the number seem small:

less than 10%