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AT THE DOCTOR’S How to express pain? Vocabulary sore (adj.) Explanation If a part of your body is sore, it causes you pain and discomfort to hurt (v.) If a part of your body hurts you feel pain there pain (noun) Pain is a feeling of great discomfortyou have, for example, when you have been hurt or when you are ill ache (noun) An ache is a steady, fairly strong pain in a part of your body Examples of use • I must have something under my eyelid My eye is very sore • I’ve got a sore throat, I can’t even speak • My belly hurts, I think I’m about to get my period • Steven broke my heart You can’t imagine how much it hurts! • I feel very acute pain in my kneecap I’m afraid it might be broken! • My wife has been treating me very badly I can’t stand this pain anymore • I’ve got a headache, runny nose and I keep sneezing I might have caught the flu! • Please doctor, help me! I’ve got a terrible toothache Match up the words with their definitions: syringe a particular disease such as measles or pneumonia disease small, solid mass of medicine that you swallow without chewing illness a doctor who doesn’t specialize in any particular area of medicine GP an illness which affects people, plants or animals e.g caused by bacteria or infection fever bringing an illness or injury to and end or making it disappear sick leave a small tube with a needle at the end used for putting liquids into things prescription an injection given in order to prevent someone from getting a disease treatment time a person spends away from work because of illness or injury pill a person whose job is to care for people who are ill vaccination if you have it your body temperature is higher and your heart beats faster nurse a piece of paper on which a doctor writes what medicine you need to take cure medical attention given to a sick or injured person or animal Complete the following sentences: a) I’m sorry Sir, I can’t sell you this drug You need to have a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from your doctor in order to buy it b) My shoulder has been very _ _ _ _ since I fell off my bike two weeks ago c) AIDS is the most dangerous Sexually Transmitted _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Although scientists work hard on this issue, the _ _ _ _ is so far unknown d) I will never go to Egypt again! I spent all my holidays sitting on a toilet with severe diarrhoea and a terrible stomach _ _ _ _ e) Last winter was really harsh Half of my colleagues were on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ f) A volunteer group in my town are organising a street action, giving out single-use_ _ _ _ _ _ to drug addicts They hope it will stop many _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from being spread g) The work of _ _ _ _ _ _ is underappreciated in Eastern Europe They earn very little! h) Could you touch my forehead? I ‘m really hot, I have a feeling I have got a _ _ _ _ _ What may happen to your body if you’re not lucky enough Vocabulary an injury(n.), to injure(v.) Explanation Damage done to a person’s or an animal’s body wound(n.) Damage to part of your body, especially a cut or a hole in your flesh, caused bya gun, knife or other weapon If a bone breaks you areinjured because in cracks or splits If a part of you body twists it moves into an unusual, uncomfortable or bent position for example because of being pushed or hit to break(v.) to twist(v.) a bruise(n.), to bruise(v.) a scratch(n.) to swell(v.),swollen(n.) a fracture(n.) An injury that appears on your body as a purple mark, although the skin is not broken A small, shallow cut If something swells it becomes larger and rounder than normally A slight crack or break in Examples of use My aunt was badly injured in a car crash She had to be hospitalised Alex’s grandfather likes to talk about his wounds caused by the enemy during the World War II Kevin broke his leg as he was jumping off the stage at the rock concert I will never wear high-heel shoes again! Last week as I was wearing them I fell down and twisted my ankle After a street fight his body was all bruised My brother’s had a car crash, but fortunately he wasn’t badly hurt Just a few scratches I got stung by a bee and my leg swell up I can’t walk very fast, I have something, especially a bone a hip fracture Homework: Explain the meanings of the following words and use them in sentences: • cut • fall out of sth • overdose • shoot • hit • hangover • unconscious

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