Unit 14 (30). A visit of a doctor. Symptoms. Complaints.

Ex.1. Read and memorize the words:

Headache – головний біль;

to have a headache – мати головний біль;

to take a tablet for a headache – прийняти таблетку від …

Toothache – зубний біль;

to have a toothache – мати зубний біль;

to rinse a mouth – полоскати рот;

Stomachache – біль у шлунку;

to have a stomachache – мати 6iль y шлункy;

Earache - біль y вyci;

to have an earache - мати біль у вусі;

to put a warm compress on the ear - накласти теплий

компрес на вухо;

Heartache - серцевий біль;

to have a heartache - мати біль у серці;

to have a bad ( weak ) heart - мати хворе (слабке) серце;

to have a healthy heart - мати здорове серце;

to listen to the heart - слухати серце;

Sore throat - запалене горло;

to have a sore throat - мати запалене горло;

to gargle the throat - полоскати горло;

Bleeding - кровотеча;

to stop the bleeding - зупинити кровотечу;

the bleeding is from an arm (leg, nose...) - кровотеча з ... ;

Cough - кашель;

to have a dry cough - мати сухий кашель;

to have a bad cough - мати сильний кашель;

Cold in the head - нежить;

to have a bad cold in the head - мати нежить;

to have a running nose - мати нежить;

Fracture - перелом;

to have an open (closed) fracture - мати відкритий (закритий) перелом;

to put splints - накласти шини;

to put a plaster cast - накласти гіпсову пов'язку;

Sunstroke - сонячний удар;

to get a sunstroke - отримати сонячний удар;

to cool the body - охолоджувати тіло;

Fever - лихоманка;

to be ill - хворіти;

to keep (stay) in bed -залишатися в ліжку;

to catch a cold - застудитися.

Ex.2. Match the words-combinations:

to have a sore throat- полоскати рот

to stop the bleeding - нежить

to have a bad cough - запалене горло

to rinse the mouth- зупинити кровотечу

to gargle the throat - накласти шину

cold in the head - сильно кашляти

to put splints- полоскати горло

Read and translate the text:

A Visit of a Doctor

One day mother fell ill. She had a running nose, a cough, a bad headache and a sore throat. Her temperature was very high. Father called in a doctor. In some hours the doctor came. He examined mother. The doctor felt her pulse, checked her blood pressure. It was 140 over 8O. That BP was normal for her. Then he listened to her heart and lungs, examined her throat. The doctor told mother that she had flu. So she had to stay in bed for some days. The doctor prescribed mother some medicine. She had to take them regularly. He gave mother a sick-list. In some days mother felt better.

Ex.3. Give the English equivalents:

захворіла; нежить; запалене горло; викликав лікаря; оглянув; виміряв тиск;вислухав серце та легені; оглянув горло; залишатися в ліжку декілька днів; прописав ліки; приймати регулярно; видав лікарняний; почувалася краще.

Ex.4. Give the Ukrainian equivalents:

did not feel well; call in a doctor; to stay in bed; to take medicine; three times a day; to give a sick list; to gargle throat; to take temperature, to feel better

Ex.5. Fill in these words:

1. This patient has a ... heart. 2. ... the throat. 3. Put the ... on the broken arm. 4. Put a warm ... on the ear. 5. ... the mouth after meal. 6. Take a ... when you have a headache.7.Pete had ... and his mother put ... on his back.8.He ... and became very weak.9.The doctor ... some medicine.10.She ... her throat 3 times a day.

(rinse, gargle, splints, weak, tablet, compress , gargled, lost appetite, prescribed, a cough, mustard plasters)

Ex.6. Answer the questions to the text:

1. What happened to mother one day? 2. What was her temperature? 3. How did the doctor examine mother? 4. What was her BP? 5. What diagnoses did the doctor make? 6. How often did mother have to take medicine?