Lesson 5. I’m in good health

The aim of the lesson

• The students will acquire necessary speaking skills in order to be able to speak about medical conditions and illnesses

WILF (What I’m Looking For)

• I will express myself with acceptable accuracy
• use the right words to express my thoughts
•  convey my ideas clearly
• participate in discussions
• tell/see the difference between ache, pain, hurt, sore, ill, sick to use them correctly

ambulance /ˈambjʊl(ə)ns/

ache /eɪk/

1. a continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body.

e.g. The ache in her head worsened.

2. suffer from a continuous dull pain.

e.g. My legs ached from the previous day's exercise

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burn /bəːn/

to burn – burnt – burnt

a cold /kəʊld/

medicine /ˈmɛds(ə)n,ˈmɛdɪsɪn/

1. medical science
2. a drug

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painful /ˈpeɪnfʊl,ˈpeɪnf(ə)l/

1. causing physical pain.

"a painful knock"

2. causing distress or trouble.

"a painful experience"

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painkiller /ˈpeɪnkɪlə/

• a drug or a medicine for relieving pain.

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� sore /sɔː/�

a raw  ссадина, больное место

or painful place on the body.

"all of us had sores and infections on our hands"

to be ill with / to fall ill with

1. If you fall ill or are taken ill, you suddenly become ill.

Shortly before Christmas, he was mysteriously taken ill. 

She fell ill with measles.

2. not feeling well, or suffering from a disease:

She felt quite ill from exhaustion.

Don't talk nonsense! She's far too ill to return to work!

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let’s practice

• ex. 3a, 91

let’s check

• Sore, Pain, Hurt, Ache
• Fill in the blanks.
• 1. I _____ my knee while playing football yesterday.
• 2. Gargling with warm water will relieve the symptoms of a ____ throat.
• 3. A dentist can fix that _____.
• 4. The blow made my head ______.
• 5. The driver _____ himself badly in the accident.
• 6. These new shoes ______.
• 7. The boy came home with a _____ knee.
• 8. The nurse bandaged my ______ toe.
• 9. Losing the election was a _____ disappointment.
• 10. Put some iodine on that _______.
• 11. The child’s constant tantrums ______ his mother.
• 12. I have a ________ in my shoulder.

Answers

1. I hurt my knee while playing football yesterday.

2. Gargling with warm water will relieve the symptoms of a sore throat.

3. A dentist can fix that ache.

4. The blow made my headache.

5. The driver hurt himself badly in the accident.

6. These new shoes hurt.

7. The boy came home with a hurt knee.

8. The nurse bandaged my sore toe.

9. Losing the election was a sore disappointment.

10. Put some iodine on that sore.

11. The child’s constant tantrums pained his mother.

12. I have a pain in my shoulder.

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