ni2 29/2/12

Homework: Writing: write a text similar to the one on p. 64 about one of your gripes about modern society. Follow the strategy presented in exercise 6 and prepare an outline first and then develop it. The outline should be included in the paper you send me (150 – 200 words). 

Also, p.65 and grammar practice of unit 5.

Immune /ɪˈmjuːn/

Immediately /ɪˈmiːdiətli/

re‧cov‧er

1 [intransitive] to get better after an illness, accident, shock etc:

After a few days of fever, she began to recover.

Recover from

He's in hospital, recovering from a heart attack.

The 10 most common reasons for a visit to a primary care provider are as follows:

1. Hypertension ("high blood pressure")

2. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (coughs, colds, "flu", etc.)

3. Physical Examination (yearly physical, pre-employment physical, etc.)

4. Diabetes Mellitus

5. Sinusitis ("sinus infection")

6. Bronchitis /brɑːŋˈkaɪtəs / || /brɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/

7. Degenerative Joint Disease ("arthritis" /ɑːrˈθraɪtəs / || /ɑːˈθraɪtɪs/, etc.)

8. Asthma

9. Otitis ("ear infection")

10. Depression

Alzheimer /alsˈaimer/

Chicken pox also chick‧en‧pox [uncountable] Itchy (itchy scratchy)

An infectious illness which causes a slight fever and spots on your skin

 (Stomach) cramps (plural)

Severe pains in the stomach, especially the ones that women get when they menstruate.

Runny nose (blow your nose)

Mucus

dislocated

Migraine / ˈmaɪɡreɪn/ an extremely bad headache, during which you feel sick and have pain behind your eyes

Have/get a migraine

I won't be coming this evening - I've got a migraine.

Bad/severe migraine

He suffers from severe migraine.

Diarrhea, (BrE) diarrhoea / ˈdaɪəˈriːə / || / ˌdaɪəˈriə/

Snot informal

1 [uncountable] an impolite word for the thick mucus (=liquid) produced in your nose.

Joints

Syrup – tablet – injection (syringe (needle)) – painkiller -

Have a cough / a fever

Stiff leg - sore muscles

Sore throat

Swollen gums

Groin – ingle

un‧bear‧a‧ble: too unpleasant, painful, or annoying to deal with [= intolerable]:

The pain was almost unbearable.

He was making life unbearable for his parents.

Painkillersplas‧ter

1 [uncountable] a substance used to cover walls and ceilings with a smooth, even surface. It consists of  lime, water, and sand.

2 [uncountable and countable]     British English  a piece of thin material that is stuck on to the skin to cover a small wound [= bandaid American English]

I've got pins and needles in my arm (está dormido)

Vesícula biliar gallbladder

arritmia sustantivo femenino arrhythmia

Blis‧ter [countable]

1 a swelling on your skin containing clear liquid, caused for example by a burn or continuous rubbing:

New shoes always give me blisters.

i‧bu‧pro‧fen [uncountable]

A medicine that reduces pain, inflammation, and fever

par‧a‧ce‧ta‧mol plural paracetamol or paracetamols [uncountable and countable]

British English a common drug used to reduce pain, which does not contain aspirin.

Vaccine

vac‧cin‧ate [transitive]

to protect a person or animal from a disease by giving them a vaccine[= immunize]

vaccinate somebody against something

All children should be vaccinated against measles.

—vaccination noun [uncountable and countable]

A flu vaccination

X-ray [countable]

1 a beam of radiation (1) that can go through solid objects and is used for photographing the inside of the body

2 a photograph of part of someone's body, taken using X-rays to see if anything is wrong:

The X-ray showed that her leg was not broken.

3 a medical examination made using X-rays:

I had to go to hospital for an X-ray.

A chest X-ray

Acne

I’m not really that much better (as the doctor said I would be).

Cholesterol

Flu [uncountable]

a common illness that makes you feel very tired and weak, gives you a sore throat, and makes you cough and have to clear your nose a lot[= influenza]:

Steven's still in bed with flu.

She's got the flu.

I couldn't go because I had flu.

A flu virus/bug

The spread of the flu virus

Doctors now fear a flu epidemic.

Avian flu  

Bird flu    

Chicken flu

Cold [countable] a common illness that makes it difficult to breathe through your nose and often makes your throat hurt:

I've got a bad cold.

Keep your feet dry so you don't catch a cold (=become ill).

Check‧up , check-up [countable]

A general medical examination that a doctor ordentist gives you to make sure you are healthy:

It's important to have regular checkups.

Physiotherapists

Massage /məˈsɑːʒ / ||/ ˈmæsɑːʒ/

Vertigo / ˈvɜːrtɪɡəʊ / || / ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/

Bottom 6 body [countable] the part of your body that you sit on [= backside]:

I just sat on my bottom and slid down.

Virus / ˈvaɪrəs / || / ˈvaɪərəs/

Bronchitis /brɑːŋˈkaɪtəs / || /brɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/

Antibiotic / ˈæntɪbaɪˈɑːtɪk / || / ˌæntibaɪˈɒtɪk/

Whine

1 [intransitive and transitive] to complain in a sad, annoying voice about something [= moan]:

Oh Charlotte, please stop whining.

'I don't understand,' whined Rose.

The doctor prescribed me…

Pre‧scribe [transitive]

1 to say what medicine or treatment a sick person should have [↪ prescription]

Prescribe somebody something

If these don't work I may have to prescribe you something stronger.

Prescribe something for something

The drugs prescribed for his stomach pains

Sprained ankle

Heat‧stroke [uncountable]

Fever and weakness caused by being outside in the heat of the sun for too long

Plague ¹ /pleɪɡ/

Hysteria /hɪˈstɪriə / || /hɪˈstɪəriə/

Famine / ˈfæmən / || / ˈfæmɪn/

exhaustion /ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən/