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Lesson 9

How are you feeling?

I hope you would have fun reading this joke which is entitled " It hurts! " .

A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, wherever I touch, it hurts."
The doctor asks, "What do you mean?"
The man says, "When I touch my shoulder, it really hurts. When I touch my knee - OUCH! When I touch my forehead, it really, really hurts."
The doctor says, "I know what's wrong with you. You've broken your finger!"

  • So, today we`re going to speak about illnesses and diseases

Watch the video and try to understand and memorize some vocabulary and phrases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdzlLuPYzxc

Vocabulary

illness /ˈɪlnəs/ = хвороба a disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.

"he died after a long illness"

sickness  /ˈsɪk.nəs/  недужість,  недуга, нудота  the feeling or fact of being affected with nausea or vomiting.

"she felt a wave of sickness wash over her"

nausea /ˈnɔː.zi.ə/= нудота= the feeling that you are going to vomit

Signs of the illness include fever, nausea, and vomiting

 Vomit /ˈvɒm.ɪt/ = блювати to empty the contents of the stomach through the mouth= throw out

Disease /dɪˈziːz/= захворювання is a medical diagnosis with specific diagnostic criteria, (an) illness of peopleanimalsplants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident:

Flu for example.

Mumps  /mʌmps/- свинка  is an infectious disease.

To hurt  /hɜːt/ = причинити біль, боліти= to feel pain in a part of your body, or to injure someone or cause them pain:

Tell me where it hurts.

Emma hurt her back when she fell off her horse.

ill  /ɪl/ = хворий= not feeling well, or suffering from a disease

felt ill so I went home.

Sick  /sɪk/ = хворий =physically or mentally ill; not well or healthy

We can use sick before a noun but we don’t normally use ill before a noun:

She’s been looking after a sick child this week, so she’s not at work.

Not: … an ill child …

Note that to be sick means ‘to vomit’ in British English. In American English it means more generally ‘to be unwell’.

To fall ill=  fall sick= to become ill= захворіти

I heard you fell ill yesterday—I hope it's nothing serious.

Pain -  /peɪn/ біль, гострий біль

I have a pain in my stomach. – У мене біль в животі (гострий  біль, як при аппендициті, наприклад).

Be in pain - відчувати біль, боліти= feeling pain

It was obvious that she was in pain.

Ache /eɪk/ тупий біль = a continuous pain that is unpleasant but not very strong, used in combinations with parts of the body to mean a continuous pain in the stated part:

An earache/a headache/ toothache/ backache

I've had a stomach ache all morning.

Sore [sɔ:r] – хворий, запалений (воспаленный)

Sore throat  /θrəʊt/  хворе горло, біль у горлі

To run/ have a temperature=to have a higher body temperature than normal and to be ill

take temperature = вимірювати температуру To measure one's internal body temperature

You're forehead feels pretty warm to me; let me take your temperature and see if you're running a fever.

fever /ˈfiː.vər/ = лихоманка, жар= a condition in which the body’s temperature is higher than usualesp. as a sign of illness:

 The child has a rash and a high fever.

Rash /ræʃ/= Висип= a lot of small red spots on the skin:

I've got an itchy (що свербить) rash all over my chest.

 A cold= застуда =a common infectionespecially in the nose and throat, that causes you to cough and sneeze and your nose to run  or feel blocked:

I've got a cold.

She caught a cold at school.

 To catch a cold- застудитись

flu /fluː/(formal influenza  /ˌɪn.fluˈen.zə/) грип

common infectious illness that causes fever and headache:

to catch/get/have (the) flu

cough/kɒf/кашель, кашляти

sneeze/sniːz/чхати

Allergy  /ˈæl.ə.dʒi/= Алергія

Your rash is caused by an allergy to peanuts.

 To be allegric /əˈlɜr·dʒɪk/ to something= to have a allergy to something

I’m allergic to cats

Get over something = здолати= одужати = to recover=  to become well again after an illness 

It’s taken me ages to get over the flu.

Fluid /ˈfluː.ɪd/ рідина = liquid

To prescribe /prɪˈskraɪb/ = приписувати, призначати= (of a doctor) to say what medical treatment someone should have

The doctor prescribed some pills.

 pill =таблетка=a small solid piece of medicine that a person swallows without chewing 

sleeping pill

a painkiller /ˈpeɪnˌkɪl.ər/ = болезаспокійливий засіб= a drug that is used to reduce or remove physical pain

a prescription /prɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/ = рецепт=a piece of paper on which a doctor writes the details of the medicine or drugs that someone needs

How to say you are ill

  • I'm ill.

  • I feel really not good.

  • I'm on my last legs (to be very tired, especially after a lot of physical activity or work. It also means to be going to die soon - 'the old man is on his last leg').

How to say you are feeling OK

  • I am alive and kicking (to continue to be well, healthy or successful - Don't worry about your grandfather; he is alive and kicking)

  • I feel good (used to talk about emotional state)

  • I feel great / well

  • He is a picture of (good) health (to be in a very healthy condition - The doctor told him that he is a picture of good health)

Health problems

  • I have a headache / toothache / backache / stomachache / earache...

  • I have a pain in my back / tooth / head...

  • I have a broken / sprained( /spreɪn/вивих, розтягти зв'язки)/ twist (вивихнути) an ankle / wrist.

  • I have a flu / cold / runny nose / fever / high temperature / sore throat

  • I feel sick. I'm feeling nauseous.

  • I have a bruise(/bruːz/синяк) / cut / graze (/ɡreɪz/подряпина= scratch)/ wound (/wuːnd/рана).

Health advice:

  • Exercise regularly.

  • Eat healthy food.

  • Brush your teeth regularly.

  • Sleep early (= don't stay up late!)

  • Have regular medical check up.

  • Relax.

  • Go on a diet.

PRACTICING

to practice and master your vocabulary on the topic do the following tasks:

https://quizlet.com/_89mjcq?x=1qqt&i=2ryl0e

https://onlinetestpad.com/hpnob7oawoi5m

Extra Reading Task

vocabulary

https://quizlet.com/_8asfy5?x=1qqt&i=2ryl0e

At the doctor`s

-  Next, please. Come in… Take a seat.

-  Hello, doctor. Last time I came to see you a year ago. You gave me a complete medical check-up then.

-   OK. And what is the matter with you at the moment? Any complaints /kəmˈpleɪnt/?

-   I don’t feel very well. I’ve had an awful headache for 2 days already. Besides I’ve got a sore throat.

-   Have you got a high temperature?

-   I took my temperature this morning. It was 37.9.

-   That’s not so much, I must say.

-   So much the better, doctor. If it were over 38 degrees I’d be in bed now.

-   Are you coughing much?

-   A little bit. I don’t have any fits of coughing but I feel pain when I talk and swallow  /ˈswɒl.əʊ/.

-   I see. I have to examine  /ɪɡˈzæm.ɪn/ your throat and sound your lungs now… Please, strip to the waist. Now take a deep breath /breθ/. OK. You can breathe  /briːð/out. And now I want you to cough. Good… Well, don’t worry, it’s just a throat infection. There’s nothing wrong with your lungs. I’ll prescribe some pills which you should take twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, after your meals. You should also take cough syrup  /ˈsɪr.əp/, 3 teaspoonfuls /ˈtiː.spuːn.fʊl/ a day will be enough. And it goes without saying that you must not drink any cold liquids.

-   All right. Is that all doctor?

-  Oh, yes, I shall not prescribe any antibiotics  /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/ for you, as you haven’t got bronchitis  /brɒŋˈkaɪ.tɪs/fortunately. If you follow my directions, you’ll avoid any complications and feel much better in a couple of days. However if the symptoms do not disappear by Thursday you should come and consult me again. So, get well. Here is your prescription. By the way, shall I write out a sick-list?

-    No, it’s all right. I’m on vacation now. Thank you, doctor. Bye-bye.

HOME ASSIGNMENT

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tasks A,B p. 44 (WB)

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