M I G R A I N E

Exercise 1. Practice the pronunciation:

Vague [ veig ]

Malaise [ mə’ leiz ]

Vertex [ ‘vʒ teks ]

Forehead [ 'farid ]

Nausea [ 'nɔ:ziə ]

To exhaust [ ig' zɔ:st ]

Indistinguishable [ indi’stingwi∫әbl ]

Disturbance [di’stʒ:bəns ]

Exercise 2. Topic vocabulary:

Recurrent attacks - повторяющиеся приступы

To precede the onset - предшествовать началу приступа

Vague — неопределенный, неясный

Malaise - недомогание, беспокойство

Impending arrival - приближающее начало

Visual disturbance - нарушение зрения

Temple - висок

Restricted area - ограниченная область

Vertex - темя, макушка

Throbbing - пульсирующий

Occurrence - случай, явление

То alternate - чередовать(ся), перемежаться

Exercise 3. Give russian equivalents

Constant feature, fully developed attack, sickness, to suffer from a vague malaise, sudden onset, to cross the midline, bilateral and bitemporal headache, to persist for several hours, the frequency of the attacks, to enjoy normal health, the sufferer, cerebral tumour, sensory phenomena, in migraine.

Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to the place occupied by Participle in the sentences:

Twenty women undergoing tubal or endometriosis surgery by laparoscopy or
laparotomy were evaluated postoperativeiy.

A new virus linked to liver disease of previously unknown cause has been
discovered by a research team in Italy.

Continuously monitoring the blood pressure of patients in the intensive care unit
today involves a catheter system.

It detected early, before the cancer has spread, melanoma has an almost 100%
cure rate.

The precise nature of the cellular defect resulting from the mutation is uknown.

Exercise 5. Read and translate the text.