Between 1990-1995 and 1995-2000, life increased in all regions of the world except Eastern and Southern Africa and Eastern Europe

HEALTH

When we are ill, we call a doctor, and he examines us and diagnoses the illness. When we have a headache, a stomach ache, a sore throat, a cold, or a pain in some parts of the body, we call a doctor. He takes our temperature and our pulse. He examines our heart, our lungs, our stomach or the part where we have pain, and tells us what the matter is with us. The doctor prescribes medicine, and gives us a prescription, which we take to the chemist's, who makes up the medicine. If you follow the doctor's orders, you get better; if you disobey the doctor, you may get worse, and even die. We must obey the doctor, if we want to get better. If we have a temperature, we must stay in bed and take the medicine he prescribes. If we cannot get better at home we must go to hospital. If we are too ill to walk, we go to hospital in the ambulance. After our illness we can go to a sanatorium until we are strong again.

When we have toothache, we go to the dentist's. He examines our teeth, finds the tooth which hurts us, stops or extracts it. Now here in Russia health system incorporates a variety of medical institutions. The medical service in Russia is of two kinds. Some state establishments give their employees medical insurance cards. They guarantee the people free of charge medical assistance. Some medical establishments charge fees for treatment.

They may be rather high, but our medical service now uses all modern equipment and medicines and provides qualified medical help to all people.

Translate the English phrases into Russian and Russian phrases into English.

1. Я плохо себя чувствую.Where can I find a doctor?

2. У меня опух локоть. What doctor an recommend me?

3. Where’s the nearest polyclinic? Я хочу проконсультироваться с врачом.

4. Что с вами? – I have a high temperature.-У вас болит горло? – No, but I feel sick and I have rash. – У вас ветрянка.

5. Н меня сильно болит зуб. – I’ll give you something to sooth the pain.

6. Find English equivalents in the text:

8. выписать лекарство

9. Вам может стать хуже

10. современное оборудование

11. квалифицированная медицинская помощь

12. скорая помощь

13. лёгкие

14. аптека

15. соблюдать постельный режим

16. страховые медицинские полисы

17. медицинские учреждения

18. система здравоохранения

19. санаторий

20. осматривает зубы

21. вырывает его

HEALTHY LIVING

It is a pleasure to look at a strong, athletic man and slim beautiful lady.

It is known that healthy people live longer and their career is more successful. To look well you must follow some simple rules: don’t smoke and take drugs, don’t drink alcohol, don’t eat too much chips and sweets, eat more vegetables and fruits, sleep well, do exercises.

We have lessons of physical education three times a week. We do exercises, run, jump, play basketball and pioneer ball, ski in winter. I think that we must have more PE lessons than we have now. For example American pupils have their PE lessons every day.

I like to play tennis, to ride a bicycle and to swim. But most of all I like roller-skating. I could hardly wait when snow melted, I put on roller-skates and went outdoors. I spent one or two hours every day skating with my friends and we’ve got a lot of fun!

I don’t smoke (nobody smokes in our family). I know that this very bad habit may cause serious problems in your health. I do my morning exercises, try to eat “healthy” food and think that this is really a good way to live.

Answer the questions:

1. What should you do to look well?

2. Which bad habits were mentioned in the text?

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Insert the correct preposition:

1) In good times most of them manage to get enough to eat, in bad times they die ____ starvation.

2) His personality seemed to be undergoing a change and it was obvious his personal life was _____ some stress.

3) I'm allergic _____ big noisy cities.

4) The research involved 15 patients in medium heavy state of health, who were admitted ____ Manchester military hospital.

5) You can force him, massage him, stretch him, operate _____ his tail, but a monkey is a monkey.

6) Ancient Eastern medicine was not just medicine, not just a cure ___ the body, but a cure ___ the soul.

7) For several days after the accident, his life hung _____ a thread.

8) It seems to have made the patient weaker and more addicted to dangerous drugs, as well as more susceptible _____ new strains of the virus that may, in some cases, eventually prove fatal.

9) According to the National Institute of Gerontology, 4.5 million Americans suffer _____ Alzheimer's disease and it annually costs the economy 100 billion dollars.

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