1. After that substantial dinner I feel positively … 2. Val was out of sorts, … and tired of everything. 3. She was taken … at midnight and driven to the hospital in the ambulance. 4. I’m not so … that I can’t continue with my work. 5. Jane hasn’t been around for quite a while; she must be … again. She is a very … person. 6. He is seriously … with pneumonia. 7. If you are …, see a doctor.
V. Translate from English into Russian.
1. “You don’t look your usual self this morning” said my wife at breakfast. 2. I hardly slept a wink all night. 3. My head was throbbing violently and there were moments when it felt as if the whole office was going round. 4. I woke up sweating all over. 5. You should stay away from work for the rest of the week and take it easy. 6. Keep him well covered up. 7. I felt giddy and was glad to lie down again.
Exercise VI. Give English equivalents for the following words and expressions.
Сильная головная боль, схватить грипп, грелка, вызвать врача, эпидемия, пощупать пульс, прослушать сердце и легкие, чувствовать себя отвратительно, выписать рецепт, принимать аспирин, сбить температуру.
Exercise VII. How many synonyms to the following do you know?
To feel ill, to fall ill, to hurt, to lie in bed, to run a temperature.
Exercise VIII. Supply the missing prepositions and adverbs where necessary.
1. The doctor isn’t likely to prescribe any special medicine … your headaches. 2. During the recent epidemic … the grippe many children stayed … … school, being laid … … the desease.3. The boy was shivering … cold. 4. To recover quickly a patient must follow … all the doctor’s instructions. 5. Here are two prescriptions, one … some pills and one … a tonic. 6. Unfasten your jacket and your shirt, I’ll listen … your heart. 7. You’d better keep … bed for a day or two. 8. Take … this mixture, it will help to bring your temperature …. 9. Roy complained … pain in the stomach. 10. If you don’t take care … yourself, you may have a nervous breakdown and have to go … hospital.
Exercise IX. Transform the dialogue into indirect speech.
Nurse: (Answers the telephone) Students’ Health Centre.
Roger: I’d like to make an appointment to see a doctor.
Nurse: Is this an emergency?
Roger: I’m not sure. I’ve had stomach cramps for two days. They’re getting worse.
Nurse: Any vomiting?
Roger: No, but I don’t have any appetite.
Nurse: Do you have other symptoms?
Roger: A bad headache, but I think that’s from not eating.
Nurse: I don’t think it’s anything serious. Probably just the flu. But let’s not take a chance. Why don’t you come in half an hour?
Roger: I’ll be there.
Nurse: We’ll see you then.
X. Read the text.
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