V. Reading Activities

a) Pre-reading Stage.

-Have you ever heard such terms as Auscultation, Diphtheria, Sputum, Whooping-cough. Do you have any guesses about their meaning? What are they?

b) While –reading Stage.

-Read and try to memorize the diagnostic and pathological terms connected with the description of respiratory system. (Ex.8 p.66)

c) Post-reading Stage.

- Match terms with definitions.

1. Percussion · liquid and mucus caught up from the throat or lungs;

2. Auscultation · serious contagious disease of the throat;

3. Sputum · listening with the ear a stethoscope to sounds within the

body;

4. Rales · an acute infectious disease characterized by repeated attacks

of coughing;

5. Diphtheria · an inflammation of the respiratory passage with labored

breathing, hoarse coughing;

6. Group · an abnormal sound indicating a diseased condition of the

lungs;

7. Whooping-Cough · gentle tapping of the surface of the body as part of a

medical examination.

- Fill in a suitable word.

1. … usually mixed with … from the respiratory tract, ejected from the mouth.

2. Diphtheria is caused by a bacterium …

3. … is an infections disease with … coughs and long intakes of breath.

4. … … is a cough accompanied by a shop or convulsive noisy catch in the breath.

5. Rales is … … accompanying the normal sound of breathing.