Exercise 3. a) Form different parts of speech. Explain the meaning of affixes. Translate the pair of words into Ukrainian

1. form adverbs with the help of the suffix -ly: entire, dangerous, immediate, potent, correct, different, safe;

2. form nouns with the help of the suffix -ist: oncology, dermatology, pharmacy, neurology, dentistry, urology, endocrinology;

3. form adjectives with the help of the suffix -ous: fame, danger, poison, nerve, fibre, glory, joy;

4. form adjectives with the help of the suffix -al: clinic, medic, practice, nation, critic, logic.

Exercise 4. Read and translate the following word-combinations into Ukrainian.

an institution of health service, to supply with medicines, a wide variety of articles, municipal and private types of chemist’s, a chemist's department, a prescription department, things for medical care and medical herbs, narcotic and psychotropic drugs, to sell by prescription only, date of dispensing, expiry date, proper storage of the drug, directions to the patient, to write out a prescription, to avoid ambiguity and misunderstanding.

Exercise 5. Read and translate the text.

At the Chemist’s

Chemist's shop (a pharmacy in Great Britain, a drug store in the USA) is an institution of health service. It supplies the population with medicines and medical things. It is a place where a wide variety of articles is sold and prescription can be made; drugs are dispensed, stored and sold. There are different types of chemist’s: municipal, public, private. Each chemist's shop has a chemist's department and a prescription one. All medicines are kept in drug cabinets, open shelves and refrigerators at a chemist’s.

At the chemist's department a person buys drugs ready to use, different things for medical care and medical herbs.

Poisonous, drastic, narcotic and psychotropic drugs are sold by prescription only at the prescription department. These drugs are potent and can be dangerous if taken in an overdose. Therefore, their use is strictly controlled.

Every small bottle, a tube or a box of medicine has a label on it. White labels indicate drugs for internal use, yellow ones indicate drugs for external use and blue ones indicate drugs used for injections. The dose to be taken and the directions for the administration are also indicated on a label. Besides, all containers of dispensed medicines have the following particulars: name of the patient, name of the medicine, correct dosage instructions, date of dispensing, expiry date, warnings or contraindications, name and address of the pharmacy. It prevents confusing different remedies, some of which are poisonous. Their overdosage may cause unfavourable reactions and sometimes even death.

The structure of a complete prescription includes six essential parts: the patient's name, the superscription (i.e. the traditional symbol Rx at the beginning of the prescription), the inscription (i.e. the body of the prescription containing the ingredients and their quantities), the subscription (i.e. prescriber’s instructions to the pharmacist), the signature (i.e. directions to the patient) and the prescriber's name.

In continental Europe, prescriptions are written out in Latin abbreviations. The only exception is the signature. That is why European medical schools require two years of Latin as part of the curriculum for medical doctors and pharmacists. In Great Britain, all prescriptions are written out in English to avoid ambiguity and misunderstanding that might lead to serious consequences.

Exercise 6. Answer the questions.

1. What is a chemist's shop?

2. What departments are there at every chemist’s?

3. What can a person buy at the chemist’s department?

4. What can a person buy at the prescription department?

5. Where are all the drugs kept at the chemist's?

6. Why are some drugs sold by prescription only?

7. What are the necessary particulars on the label?

8. What does the complete prescription consist of?

Exercise 7. Find the English equivalents to the following word-combinations in the text.

забезпечувати населення ліками; виготовляти, зберігати та продавати ліки; відділ продажу готових ліків; рецептурний відділ; зберігати у шафах для ліків та відкритих полицях; отруйні та сильнодіючі ліки; суворо контролювати; викликати несприятливі реакції; дата виготовлення та термін зберігання; протипоказання та побічні дії; виникати внаслідок передозування; призводити до серйозних наслідків.

Exercise 8. Match the terms with their explanations.

1. a chemist’s 2. a pharmacist 3. a medicine 4. a prescription 5. an overdosage 6. a label 7. a drug cabinet 8. an expiry date

a) a case of taking drugs in excessive amount b) a special time when a medicine can no longer be used c) a small piece of paper which contains the information about the drug d) pills or tablets used for treatment of diseases e) a person who is qualified to compose and dispense drugs f) a storage place for drugs and remedies inside a chemist’s g) a medical facility where one can buy drugs and things for medical care h) a doctor's written instruction for the composition and use of a drug

Exercise 9. Replace the words in bold type with the equivalents from the texts.

1. Any medicine should be taken according to the prescription.

2. A chemist’s provides people with medicines.

3. The body of the prescription includes the ingredients of a drug.

4. The drugs are kept in drug cabinets.

5. An excessive intake of drugs leads to bad results.

6. Toxic drugs are sold by prescription only.

7. Some additional effects appear when taking these pills.

8. To escape double meaning the British don’t use Latin abbreviations.

Exercise 10. Insert the preposition where necessary.

to (x 2) on (x 2) in (x 2) with out at

1. You can find this drug … the chemist’s over there.