Post-text assignments

Exercise 6. Answer the questions:

1. What is a chemist's shop?

2. What departments are there at every chemist’s? What can one buy there?

3. Where are all the drugs kept at the chemist's?

4. Why are some drugs sold by prescription only?

5. What are the necessary particulars on the label?

6. Who has the right to write out prescriptions in Ukraine? and in GB and the USA?

7. What does the complete prescription consist of?

8. What language is used for prescriptions?

Exercise 7. Match the terms with their explanations:

1.	a chemist’s	a)	a case of taking drugs in excessive amount
2.	a pharmacist	b)	a special time when a medicine can no longer be used
3.	a medicine	c)	a small piece of paper which contains the information about the drug
4.	a prescription	d)	pills or tablets used for treatment of diseases
5.	an overdosage	e)	a person who is qualified to compose and dispense drugs
6.	a label	f)	a storage place for drugs and remedies inside a chemist’s
7.	a drug cabinet	g)	a medical facility where one can buy drugs and things for medical care
8.	an expiry date	h)	a doctor's written instruction for the composition and use of a drug

1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.

Exercise 8. Find the English equivalents to the following word-combinations in the text:

забезпечувати населення ліками; виготовляти, розфасовувати, зберігати та продавати ліки; відділ продажу готових ліків; рецептурний відділ; зберігати у шафах для ліків та відкритих полицях; отруйні та сильнодіючі ліки; суворо контролювати; ліки для загального продажу; дата виготовлення та термін зберігання; протипоказання та побічні дії; виникати внаслідок передозування; призводити до серйозних наслідків.

Exercise 9. Replace the words in bold type with their equivalents from the texts above:

1. Any medicine should be taken according to the prescription.

2. A chemist’s provides people with medicines.

3. The body of the prescription includes the ingredients of a drug.

4. The drugs are kept in drug cabinets.

5. An excessive intake of drugs leads to bad results.

6. Toxic drugs are sold by prescription only.

7. Some additional effects appear when taking these pills.

8. To escape double meaning the British don’t use Latin abbreviations.

Exercise 10. Insert the preposition where necessary:

1. You can find this drug … the chemist’s over there.

2. The prescription is written … in Latin.

3. Overdosage causes … serious consequences.

4. I was … a sick-leave twice last year.

5. I keep all the medicines … a small drug cabinet.

6. This procedure consists … listening … the patient’s heart and lungs.

7. Depending … the weather, we either go … the polyclinic or call … a doctor.

8. World Health Organisation supplies … people … the information about epidemics.