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Exercise 1. Practice the pronunciation:

burden [bə:dn]

quite [kwait]

necessity [nə 'sesiti]

succumb [sə 'km]

premature ['premətòə]

furthermore ['fə:ðəm‹:]

obese [ə« 'bi:s]

obesity [ə« 'bi:siti]

exceed [ik 'si:d]

curtailed [k”: 'teiəld]

overindulgence [ə«vərin 'dldʒən(t)s]

hazard ['hæzəd]

injurious [in 'dʒuəriəs]

secured [si 'kjuəd]

maintaining [mein 'teiniY]

balance ['bælən(t)s]

consumption [kən 'smpòən]

advance [əd 'va:n(t)s]

whereas [weər 'æz]

emphasized ['em(p)fəsaizd]

realize [' riəlaiz]

Exercise 3. Give Russian equivalents to the following English ones:

Heavy burden, shortening of the life span, premature death from, average or below average, obese individuals, retention of normal weight, preventive medicine, the energy requirement of the body, a daily caloric intake, a positive energy balance, dietary habits, excessive amounts of starchy food, compensative diminution, risk in overindulgence, normal gain of weight, consumption of food, to burn the excessive fat, to be due to the efforts.

Exercise 4. Choose the proper definitions for the terms:

1. fat 2. food 3. habit 4. retention 5. overweight 6. obesity

1. Substance taken in to maintain life and growth. 2. A substance that contains one or more fatty acids and is the principal form in which energy is stored by the body. 3. The condition in which excess fat has accumulated in the body, mostly in the subcutaneous tissue. 4. Inability to pass urine, which is retained in the bladder. 5. Above the weight allowed or desirable. 6. A sequence of learned behavior occurring in a particular context or as a response to particular events.

Exercise 5. Find the stem in the following words. Point out prefixes and suffices.

Physically, hopefully, necessity, extremity, shortening, blindness, sleeplessness, unnecessary, unfortunately, discomfort, in-patient, overweight, unalterable, treatment, punishment, decreased, inferiority, fatty, instigation, overindulgence, injurious, unknown, disinfection, irreversible, possibly.

Exercise 6. Form words with the help of negative prefixes. Translate into English.

Dis- like, function, connect, agree

Un- fortune, necessary, forgettable, reliable

In- different, human, visible, dissolution, effective

Im- possible, practical, mobile, moral

Ir- regular, responsible, relevant, resistible

Mis- understand, translate, place, pronounce, carriage

Mal- nutrition, formation, position, treatment

Exercise 7. Read the following words according to the rules of reading:

[òn] - station, resolution, institution, dissolution, introduction, session, discussion;

[tòә] - nature, picture, future, lecture, creature, rupture, puncture, fracture, mixture;

[әs] - dangerous, viscous, numerous, obvious, nervous, infectious, previous, serious.

Exercise 8. Revise grammar material. Translate into Russian. Pay attention to the sentences with Complex Subject.

1. The patient is supposed to have been discharged from the hospital.

2. He is thought to suffer from pneumonia.

3. Leucocytosis is known to develop in inflammation.

4. They seem to study Biochemistry.

5. He appears to suffer from tuberculosis.

6. The pain proved to be sharp on physical exertion.

7. The doctor is likely to discharge this patient next week.

8. Acute appendix is sure to be removed immediately to prevent its rupture which may result in peritonitis.

Exercise 9. Read and translate the text:

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