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]
[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 virusDoctors 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 '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/
