Практический курс английского языка 2 курс. Ключи - страница 12
When people have pain in their teeth, they go to a dentist to have the holes in their teeth filled/stopped. When necessary, they may have their teeth taken/pulled out. — Когда у человека болят зубы, он идет к стоматологу, чтобы запломбировать их/ поставить пломбы. В случае необходимости больные зубы можно удалить.
People who are treated in health centres/polyclinics are called out-patients, those who stay in hospital are called in-patients. — Пациенты, которых лечат в поликлиниках, называются амбулаторными больными, а пациенты, которых лечат в больницах, — стационарными.
Something is wrong with my legs: all my joints ache and when I bend my knee, it hurts me. — У меня что-то с ногами: все суставы ноют и больно сгибать колено.
The old mans sight is getting dim, his eyes are sore, swoller and itching. — У старика слабеет зрение, глаза у него воспали лись, опухли и чешутся.
Ex. VIII а), р. 73
Scarlet fever is an infectious fever, marked by the appearand on the second day of a bright red rash consisting of closely-se red spots. Shortly after the patient develops a high temperature and suffers from painful sore throat. On the third or fourth da] the rash starts to fade and in favourable cases the temperatun
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falls and the patient feels better. At the end of a week the rash usually disappears. Complete recovery may be expected within the following month. The complications of scarlet fever are very serious, the commonest being inflammation of the ear. Scarlet fever is essentially a disease of children and young persons.
Ex. XIII, p. 75
1. I must have caught (the) flu. 2. You had better consult a doctor. 3. The doctor felt my pulse, checked my heart and lungs and took my temperature. 4. She is in no condition to talk, she has got a terrible toothache. 5. I am shivering all over. I must have caught (a) cold. 6.1 cant read aloud, I have a sore throat. 7. There is nothing to worry about, he has been successfully operated on/his.operation has been a success. 8.1 think Ill take these pills for headache. 9. Why are you bare-headed in such weather? You have been seriously/gravely ill lately. Complications may set in./You may have complications. 10. Have you been X-rayed? 11. Here is the prescription. Take a tablespoonful of the mixture three times a day. 12. Have you sent for the doctor?
13. Youve get two bad teeth. You ought to/should go to a dentist.
14. The doctor asked the patient to strip to the waist and examined him. 15. Who will go to the chemists to have the prescription/ medicine made up? 16. If you hadnt followed the doctors directions, you wouldnt have recovered so quickly. 17. If I were you, I would keep to/follow a diet because there is something wrong with your stomach. 18. What a pity that the doctor forgot to prescribe a medicine for my running nose. 19. Why are you short of breath? Do you have a high blood pressure or is there anything/something wrong with your heart? 20. The child has scarlet fever. He will have to stay in bed for ten days or so/for about ten days.
Ex. XIV, p. 77
The scrap of paper was a bill for Mr. Strelnikovs appendicitis operation/operation for appendicitis (for the operation Mr. Strelnikov had undergone for appendicitis). One of us happened to see such a document for the first time in his life, and it was very interesting for him to read it. It ran, "Blood test — $25. Surgeons fee — $200. Anaesthesia – $35. Day in hospital – $200. TV – $3 per day." Altogether/In total/All in all kissing hisappendix goodbye/waving goodbye to his appendix/
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getting rid of his appendix was to cost Mr. Strelnikov 1112 dollars. That included the doctors fee for the diagnosis, the cost of taking out the stitch, etc.
If Mr. Strelnikov had wished to extend his stay in hospital to seven days, which is standard/normal for our/this country, the bill would have become twice as big/long. However, as a citizen of a country where medical care is free, he didnt have to pay for the operation out of his salary/out of his pocket. It was the state that paid for him. And he stayed in hospital as long as Americans do, that is three days.