R E S P I R A T O R Y T R A C T

PRE-TEXT ASSIGNMENT

Exercise 1. Practice the pronunciation:

pneumonia [ nju:məunjə ], bronchitis [ brəῃ'kaitis ], bronchi ( bronkia – pl ) [`brəῃkai (`brənkiə)], exudate [ eksju:'deit ], coarse [ kə:s ], hoarseness [hə:snis],

tenacious [ ti'nei∫əs ], exposure [ iks'pəuʒə ], sinusitis [ 'sainəsaitis ], indulgence [ in'dΛldʒəns ], warrant [ wərənt ], residual [ ri'zidjuəl ], annoying [ ə'nə:iŋ ], majority [ mə'dʒəriti ].

Exercise 2. Topic vocabulary:

Exercise 3. State the suffixes in the following words and translate them.

the nouns: efficiency, slowness, division, usage, inhibition, tiredness, significance, development, difference, infancy, closure, passage;

the adjectives: medical, pulmonary, different, cortical, respiratory, various, specific, primary, considerable, effective, extensible, Italian;

the verbs: summarize, communicate, analyse, dilate.

Exercise 4. Match the following English word combinations with the Russian ones:

Exercise 5. Translate into your native language paying attention to the modal verbs.

1.You can see the patient in the consulting room. 2. She must be on a strict diet to be strong and healthy. 3. The bad tooth had to be filled in time. 4. Local tenderness may occur in pleurisy. 5. We will be able to rest on Sunday. 6. The patient is allowed to walk about the room. 7. The students were not able to make the diagnosis themselves. 8. We had to summarize and analyze all the findings of our observations. 9. The consolidation in the lung could be revealed by X-ray examination. 10. One should remember that most viruses are destroyed at the temperature of 50-60 within 30-60 minutes.

Exercise 6. Put in the modal verbs or their equivalents and translate them.

1. If you have a bad headache you … take some medicine.

2. The doctor … have your blood analyses to be sure of your diagnosis.

3. For what time … I have an appointment with the doctor?

4. Pulpitis … result in gangrene.

5. What … save a patient’s life in cardiac arrest?

6. The operation … be performed at 10 o’clock yesterday.

7. In order to relieve pain doctors … use pain-killers/

8. As my sister caught a cold she … stay in bed.

9. What … cause serious complications after grippe?

10. The operating-room … be well lighted and ventilated.

Exercise 7. Translate into English:

Exercise 8. Read and translate the text:

DISEASES OF THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT

The classic bacterial infections of the lungs are bronchitis and pneumonia which are caused by a variety of microorganisms most of which can be treated effectively now.

Date: 2015-01-02; view: 1188