Ex.II Read and translate the sentences

Laughter is the best medicine.

Medicines should be kept out of the reach of children.

Have you been taking your medicine? (not drinking)

She studied medicine at Johns Hopkins University.

“The remarkable achievements of modern medicine ” is a title of my essay.

Acupuncture is widely used by practitioners of alternative medicine.

The medicine cabinets are used for storing and keeping injections, tablets, pills etc.

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medicine – медицина, терапия, лекарство, медикамент

to practice medicine – заниматься врачебной практикой, быть практикующим врачом

prescription medicine – лекарство, отпускаемое по рецепту

acupuncture - иглоукалывание

alternative medicine – альтернативная, нетрадиционная медицина

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READING

Ex.1 Read the words. Pay attention to the stress.

faculty [ʹfækǝltɪ], university [ˏ ju:nɪ ʹvǝ:sɪtɪ], scientist [ʹsaɪǝntɪst], surgery [ʹsǝ:ʤǝrɪ], surgeon [ʹsǝ:ʤn], therapy [ʹθerǝpɪ], therapeutist [ˏθerǝ ʹpju:tɪst], obstetrics

[ǝb ʹstetrɪks], obstetrician [ˏɔbstǝ ʹtrɪʃn], hygiene [ʹhaɪʤi:n], pharmacology

[ˏfa:mǝ ʹkɔlǝʤɪ], pharmaceutical [ˏfa:mǝ ʹsju:tɪkl]

Ex.2 Read the words. Define the part of speech. Translate the words.

surgery, surgical, surgeon; therapy, therapeutic, therapeutist; pediatrics, pediatric, pediatrician; hygiene, hygienic, hygienist; physiology, physiological, physiologist; chemistry, chemical, chemist; to graduate, a graduate, graduation

Ex.3 Define the root words.

foundation, graduation, preparatory, surgical, therapeutic, scientific, preventive

Ex.4 Read and translate the text. Put the paragraphs in the correct order.