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Exercises

48.1 Match the diseases with their symptoms.
1 flu swollen glands in front of ear, earache or pain on eating
2 pneumonia burning pain in abdomen, pain or nausea after eating
3 rheumatism rash starting on body, slightly raised temperature
4 chickenpox dry cough, high fever, chest pain, rapid breathing
5 mumps headache, aching muscles, fever, cough, sneezing
6 an ulcer swollen, painful joints, stiffness, limited movement

48.2 What does the doctor or nurse use the following things for?
Example: stethoscope For listening to a patient's chest.
1 thermometer 2 scales 3 tape measure 4 scalpel

48.3 Look at statements (a) to (g) in D opposite. Which do you think the doctor said to each of
the following patients?
1 Anne with bad sunburn. 5 Liz with a bad cough.
2 Jo who's broken her leg. 6 Sam who needs his appendix out.
3 John who's off to the Tropics. 7 Rose suffering from exhaustion.
4 Paul with flu. 8 Alf who's sprained his wrist.

48.4 Complete the following table.

noun adjective verb

................................. breathless .................................
................................. faint .................................
................................. shivery .................................
................................. dislocated .................................
ache ................................. .................................
treatment - .................................
................................. swollen .................................

What medical problems might you have if ...
1 you wear shoes that rub? 7 you eat food you're allergic to?
2 you eat too fast? 8 you run unusually fast for a bus?
3 you smoke a lot? 9 you eat food that is bad?
4 you play football? 10 a mosquito bites you?
5 you go ski-ing? 11 you get wet on a cold day?
6 you stay too long in the sun? 12 you think you're ill all the time?

8.6 Think of some of the illnesses you (or members of your family or friends) have had. What
were the symptoms and what did the doctor prescribe?
Follow-up: Look at the health page of a magazine or newspaper. Make a note of any new
vocabulary on the theme that you find there. Look in your medicine cabinet at home, at
school or work. Can you name everything that you find there?

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