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LISTENING COMPREHENSIONBefore you listen 1. Discuss the following questions: Do young people nowadays have a healthy lifestyle? What steps can people take to improve their health? How long do you spend with your doctor when you go for a consultation? Do you think doctors spend enough time with patients during a consultation? Listening I
unintelligible talks, to feel a bit down, heart insufficiency, circulation collapse, to make out, nifty, to unwind, in the long run, bucketful, counterparts, to have a fit, to be fobbed off with,
The GP’s reaction to typical German health complaints is (A. neutral; B. very sympathetic; C. slightly scornful; D. angry). On the subject of rest cures, the GP is (A. enthusiastic; B. scornful; C. neutral; D. reassuring). If a British patient is not prescribed medicine by his/her doctor, he/she feels (A. worried; B. furious; C. reassured; D. that he/she must be in need of surgery). Compared to British patients, French patients want (A. more medicines and longer consultations; B. more medicines but shorter consultations; C. fewer medicines and shorter consultations; D. fewer medicines but longer consultations. Listening II
culprit, digestive problems, sign of a fracture, nasty lump, stud, urge, potent, excessive weight, to immunize, inevitable, current rate of vaccination, fits, obsession, live off, celery.
Listening III 1. Read the statements, then listen to the text “Working with the Sick” and mark them as T (true) or F (false). Expand on the statements: 34- year-old Dianne Grey was a successful actress. She began to find her job rather boring. “I was treating patients with routine medical problems”. Various armies have been fighting each other in the area for days. She will be leaving Angola next year.
2. Listen to the text again and answer the questions: Where has Dianne Grey been living for the last eight months? Why did she go to Africa? What has “Doctors Without Frontiers” been doing for people in Angola since 1986? How did Dianne feel when she first went to Angola? How does she feel now about her experience in Angola?
Date: 2015-01-12; view: 2169
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