H E A L T H

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H E A L T H

• ILLNESS AND DISEASE

Zdroj English Vocabulary in Use, autor Stuart
Redman, nakladatelství Cambridge University Press
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Common problems.

• Shes sneezing.
• Shes coughing.
• Shes got a sore throat.
• Shes blowing her nose.
• Shes got a temperature.

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Common problems

• She is sneezing.

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Common problems

• Shes coughing.

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Common problems

• Shes got a sore throat.

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Common problems

• Shes blowing her nose.

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Common problems

• Shes got a temperature.

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Vocabulary 1

• hurt (hurt,hurt) zranit,
• bolet
• pain in ones chest
• bolest na prsou
• filling plomba
• fill a hole /a cavity in the tooth zaplombovat
  díru
• v zubu
• lung cancer rakovina
• plic
• heart atttack infarkt
• hepatitis žloutenka

• illness,disease nemoc
• symptom príznak
• cold nachlazení
• flu chripka
• hay fever senná rýma
• pollen pyl
• diarrhoea prujem
• be sick zvracet
• hangover kocovina
• ache, pain bolest

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Vocabulary 2

• breathe dýchat
• vomit zvracet
• chemist lékárník,
• drogista
• prescription predpis
• serious condition vážný stav

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• Dialogue No. 1
• What happened? Whats the matter?I ve got a
  cold.
• How do you know? What are the symptoms?A
  sorethroat, sneezing and a cough.
• Do you know the cause of your illness?I think a
  virus.
• Dialogue No. 2a) Ive got flu (U)(more serious
  illness than cold).b) The same for a cold plus
  aching.c) A virus.
• Dialogue No. 3 a) Ive got hay fever (U).b)
  Sneezing, runny nose, sore eyes.c) Its allergic
  reactin to pollen from grass.

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No. 4a) I ve got diarrhoea.b) I
keep going to the toilet.c) Some food or
virus..No. 5a) I feel sick.b) I want to
vomit.c) Many food and alcohol.No. 6a) Ive
got a hangover.b) Ive got a headache and Iam
feeling sick.c) Too much alcohol.
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Note good advice

• For these illnesses, you can
• either buy something from the chemist,
• or go to your doctor, who may give you a
  prescription ( a piece of paper with an order
  for some medicine) that you get from the chemist.

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Aches and pains (wordspot)
Nouns We only use ache with the following Ive
got toothache (U), a stomach-ache,
backache (U), earache (U)
a headache. For other parts of the body we use
pain e.g. I woke up in the night with
a terrible pain in my chest
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• Verbs
• You can use ache for some things
• e.g. My back aches.
• But hurt is more common to describe real pain,
• and it can be used with or without a direct
  object.
• She hurt (injured) her foot when she jumped off
  the bus
• and fell over.
• She hurt herself when she jumped off the bus.
• I hit my leg against the table and it really
  hurts. ( gives me
• a terrible pain).

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• Adjectives
• The only common adjective is painful/painless
• E.g.
• I had an injection yesterday and it was very
  painful.
• A Did it hurt when you had your filling? (when
  the dentist
• fills a hole in the tooth)..
• B No, it was painless.

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• Serious illnesses
• Doctors believe smoking is the major cause of
  lung cancer.
• He had a heart attack and died almost
  immediately.
• Hepatitis is a liver disease
• Asthma (chest illness causing breathing
  problems) has become
• more common.
• Note
• Illness and disease are often used in the same
  way.
• Disease is used for a serious condition caused by
  an infection
• e.g. liver disease.
• Illness is a more general word.

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• E x e r c i s e 1
• Complete the main symptom/s for these
  conditions.
• A cold
• Flu
• Hay fever
• A hangover
• Diarrhoea
• Asthma

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E x e r c i s e 2
Look at the pictures and write what happened.
Fig 1 Fig 2
Fig 3 Fig 4