Practising Vocabulary

1 Translate the following sentences into Russian, paying attention

to the underlined parts and make up 6 sentences of your own

with any of these phrases.

1) My head is swimming. I’m going to faint. 2) My leg has gone dead. I want to stretch it but I can’t. 3) It’s not a serious injury, it’s only a scratch. 4) You may get blood poisoning if you don’t keep the wound clean. 5) His sight is poor, and besides he is colour-blind. 6) An epidemic is an infectious disease caused by germs.
7) This is a severe case of acute appendicitis. 8) Her uncle died of brain haemorrhage. 9) Let me see your tongue… Yes, it is a little furred. 10) What’s the matter with Paul? – He’s gone down with bronchitis. 11) I should say you are generally run down.
12) Millions of people now are addicted to tranquillizers prescribed by doctors. 13) I think there is nothing the matter with you, it’s just shattered nerves. 14) The brain normally suffers damage after 4 or 5 minutes without oxygen. 15) A board of doctors will be called to diagnose the case. 16) He came round after 15 minutes of being unconscious. 17) Mark spent three weeks in hospital. They treated him for ulcer. 18) Jason played football in the afternoon and now his left ankle is out of joint.

2 Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined in each

sentence.

a) There were ten people waiting in the doctor’s office/surgery/

ward.

b) After I ate the shellfish I experienced/fell/happened ill.

c) George’s cut arm took over a week to cure/heal/look after.

d) David fell down the steps and twisted his ankle/heel/toe.

e) Everyone admired Lucy because she was tall and skinny/

slim/thin.

f) I’ve been digging the garden and now my back aches/pains/

injures.

g) Whenever I travel by boat I start feeling hurt/sick/sore.

h) The doctor can’t say what is wrong with you until she

examines/cures/recovers you.

i) Use this thermometer and take his fever/heat/temperature.

j) I seem to have caught/infected/taken a cold.

3 Read the texts below. Use the words given in italics after the

texts to form a word that fits in the space and give your

summary of the texts.

A

A Visit to the Doctor’s

Jim decided to visit the doctor after his trip to the jungle. He was normally a tall (1)... muscular... person, but over the past month he had lost a lot of (2)...................... He had also noticed that his ankles and knees had become rather (3)............................ He thought that he might have eaten or drunk something (4)............... or caught some kind of (5)............. disease. The doctor took some blood for tests and told Jim to go back a week later. This time the doctor had an optimistic (6) ………......... on her face, and Jim felt quite (7)............... ‘Don’t worry, ’ said the doctor, ‘it’s nothing serious. You haven’t caught an (8) …............ disease, or anything terrible like that. It’s a simple virus, and you will need some (9) ……........... Take these tablets twice a day for two weeks, and you’ll make a full (10) ………………….

(1) muscle (2) weigh (3) pain (4) poison (5) infect

(6) express (7) heart (8) cure (9) treat (10) recover

B