Post-text assignments

Exercise 4. Answer the questions.

1. When was NHSA adopted?

2. How did NHSA change British health system?

3. What medical services operate in Britain?

4. What kind of medical services are not free in Britain?

5. For expensive is emerhency care service for foreigners?

6. Why do some people prefer to be private patients?

7. What do the practitioner services consist of?

8. What medical service is more popular in the UK?

9. What are the constituents of NHS?

10. Who can practice as doctores in Britain?

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

Бути введеним до практики, повний відхід, переваги доступні для застарахованих людей, ті, хто могли заплатити, форма балгодійності, безкошновне надання невідкладної допомоги, заможні люди, отримувати уповноваження на практику, низка домашніх та клінічних послуг.

Exercise 6. Match what is in A to what is in B.

A B

1. Old hospitals are ... and cannot provide ... services.	a) available
2. Medical service in Great Britain is ... to everyone.	b) entitled
3. People ... any form of medical service.	c) a unified health service
4. Some private hospitals are called ....	d) are made
5. То practice independently a young doctor must be ... by the General Medical Council.	e) into practice
6. Health centres are an integral part of....	f) uneconomic, adequate
7. The National Health Service Act was introduced … in 1948.	g) majority of specialists
8. The great … and general practitioners join the Service.	h) nursing homes
9. Charges … for drugs, spectacles and dental саrе.	i) free
10. … emergency medical treatment is given to any visitor from abroad who becomes ill while staying in the country.	j) are free to choose

Exercise 7. Substitute the words and phrases in bold type by close in their meanings from the text.

1. The introduction of а nеw health service did mean a full rupture with the past.

2. People pay for medicines, glasses, and stomatological service in Great Britain.

3. Foreigners are given free urgent саrе if necessary.

4. People can easily choose any medical service or any doctor.

5. In cities there are some private hospitals called "nursing homes".

6. Many rich people prefer to be private patients.

7. The great majority of specialists and general practitioners become part of the Service.

8. Only persons listed in a medical register can practice as doctors in NHS.

9-10. Before obtaining rights to practice independently a medical student must spend at least a year after the finishing of his examinations in approved hospitals or institutions.

Exercise 8. Put questions to underlined words.

1. The NHSA was introduced into practice in 1948.

2. A new health service did not mean a complete break of the past.

3. All that was good in the existing services was absorbed into a new scheme.

4. Most medical treatment in Great Britain is free.

5. Charges are made for drugs, spectacles and dental саrе.

6. Free emergency medical treatment is given to any visitor from abroad who becomes ill while staying in the country.

7. NHS provides free medical treatment.

8. It consists of three main parts.

9. Local health authority services comprise a range of home and clinical services for prevention, treatment or саrе.

10. A medical student must spend at least a year after the completion of his examinations in satisfactory service in a resident medical capacity.

Exercise 9. Write passive sentences in Simple Past.

1. the test / write ____________________________________

2. the table / set ____________________________________

3. the cat / feed ____________________________________

4. the lights / switch on ____________________________________

5. the house / build ____________________________________

6. dinner / serve ____________________________________

7. this computer / sell / not ____________________________________

8. the car / stop / not ____________________________________

9. the tables / clean / not ____________________________________

10. the children / pick up / not____________________________________