Pre-text assignments

Exercise 1. Learn the following new words:

	to administer	[əd'ministə]	назначати; давати (ліки)
	to call in	[ˈkɔ:l ˈin]	викликати (лікаря)
	chart	[tʃa:t]	таблиця, графік, карта
	to complain (of)	[kəm'plein]	скаржитися на
	complaint (of)	[kəm'pleint]	скарга
	to consult	[kən'sʌlt]	звертатися (до лікаря)
	diagnosis	[ˏdaig'nousis]	діагноз
	ENT-doctor (ear-nose-throat-doctor)	[ˈi:ˈenˈti: ˈdɔktə]	ЛОР-лікар
	to fill in	[ˈfil ˈin]	заповнювати, вписувати
	physician	[fi'ziʃn]	лікар, терапевт
	polyclinic	[ˏpoli'klinik]	поліклініка
	reception	[ri'sepʃ(ə)n]	прийом, отримання
	regimen	[ˈreiʤimin]	режим
	sick-leave	[ˈsik ˈli:v]	лікарняний листок
	urine	['juərin]	сеча
	urinalysis	[juəri'nælisis]	аналіз сечі

Exercise 2. Read the following paying attention to the rules of reading:

-ea- [i:]: sick-l ea ve, tr ea tment, w ea k, sp ea k, h ea t;

-ea- [e]: hea d, brea d, dea d, dea th, hea lth;

-cian [ʃ(ə)n]: physi cian, obstetri cian, pediatri cian, phthisiatri cian, musi cian;

-tion [ʃ(ə)n]: examina tion, administra tion, medica tion, combina tion, injec tion;

-sis (sing.) [sis] ––˃ -ses (pl.) [siz]: analy sis – analy ses, diagno sis – diagno ses, cri sis – cri ses, synthe sis – synthe ses, the sis – the ses.

Exercise 3. Form different parts of speech. Translate the pair of received words into Ukrainian. Make up your own sentences with them:

a) form adjectives from nouns with the help of the suffix –y: word, sleep, health, air, ease;

b) form adverbs from nouns with the help of the suffix –(i)ly: day, clear, deep, main, successful, necessary;

c) form nouns from nouns with the help of the suffix –ist: neurology, gynaecology, physiology, anatomy, dermatology.

Exercise 4. Read the following word-combinations and translate them. Make up sentences of your own:

to consult: to consult a neurologist, to consult an ENT-doctor, to consult the patients, a consulting doctor, consulting hours;

to make: to make a correct diagnosis, to make a procedure, to make a blood test, to make an experiment, to make an exception;

to complain: to complain of poor health, to complain of headache, to complain of problems, patient’s complaints, complaint of bad care;

to administer: to administer treatment, to administer certain drugs, to administer pain-killers, administration of injections, doctor’s administrations;

analysis: blood analysis, urinalysis, feces analysis, laboratory analyses, biochemical analyses.

Exercise 5. Join the words from two columns so as to make up word-combinations. Translate them:

A	B
1.	consulting	a)	chart
2.	to be on	b)	institution
3.	temperature	c)	patients
4.	medical	d)	diagnosis
5.	a definite number of	e)	card
6.	a patient’s	f)	room
7.	correct	g)	a sick-leave
8.	proper	h)	regimen
9.	bed	i)	an injection
10.	to give	j)	treatment

Exercise 5. Read and translate the text: