ACS 105 LANGUAGE LEADER PREINTERMEDIATE What is the

ACS 105 LANGUAGE LEADER / PRE-INTERMEDIATE

What is the topic of today’s lesson?

UNIT 4: HEALTH

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � clinic- (n): a place where people get medical treatment. � Bring your baby to the clinic and we'll take a look at her.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � disease-illness(n): a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms � The first symptom of the disease is a very high temperature.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � injury(n): physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or an attack: � Several train passenger s � received serious injuries in the crash

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � surgery- (n): a medical treatment in which a doctor cuts open your body to repair or remove sth. � The patient had surgery � on his heart.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � surgeon(n): a doctor who does operations. � My aunt is a surgeon at Atatürk Hospital.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � malnutrition(n): a serious medical condition caused by not eating enough food. � Many of the children in African countries suffer from malnutrition.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � health insurance (n. phr. ): � an arrangement in which you make regular payments to an insurance company in exchange for that company paying most or all of the costs of your medical care � Do you have a health insurance?

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � Exercise 1 a � Exercise 1 b: Describe the healthcare system in our country.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � Do you know any national or international organization that helps the people in need of health care? � Have you heard of Red Cross or Red Crescent? � Organization whose humanitarian mission is to protect the lives of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � charity(n): an organisation that gives money, goods or help to people who are poor or ill. � She does a lot of work for charity. � UNICEF is an international charity.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � disaster(n): (an event such as an accident, flood that results in) great har m, damage, or death. � This is one of the worst natural disaste rs ever to happen in the area.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � podcast(n): a radio programme that is stored in a digital form that you can download from the internet and play on a computer

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � facility(n): a place, especially inclu ding buildings, where a particular activity happ ens � medical facilities � sports facilities

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS �Reading �What p. 32 is IMA? � International �Where � in Medical Aid does IMA work? poor and disaster hit areas of the world �Where � On can you listen about IMA? its website

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4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � continent(n): one of the seven main areas of land on earth

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � diet(n): the kind of food that you eat each day �a healthy/balanced/varie d diet � Rice is the staple diet (= most important food) of many people in China.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � reduce(v): to make sth become less in size, amount, price etc. � The plane reduced speed as it approached the airport. � My weight reduces when I stop eating sugar.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � raise money(v): to get people to give money to help people or to do a particular job

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � massive(adj): very big � They've got a massive dog.

4. 1 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS � destruction(n): the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired: � Many people are very concerned about the destruction of the rainforests.

4. 2 BRAIN FOOD � What does “brain food” mean? � What should we do to feed our brain?

4. 2 BRAIN FOOD � blood pressure (n. phr): a measure of the pressure at which the bloodflows through the body: � The nurse will take your � blood pressure in a moment.

4. 2 BRAIN FOOD � nutrition(n): he substances that you take into your body asfood a nd the way that they influence your healt h: � Good nutrition is essential if patients ar e to make aquick recovery.

4. 2 BRAIN FOOD � mental(adj): relating to the mind, or involving the process of thinking: � The family has a history of mental disorder.

4. 2 BRAIN FOOD � elderly(n): � elderly old relatives/parents

4. 2 BRAIN FOOD � Ban (v): to forbid (= refuse to allo w) something, especially officially: � The film was banned (= the government prevente dit from being shown) in several countries.

4. 2 BRAIN FOOD � Speaking and Vocabulary p. 34 � Do the exercise 1 � Look at the picture in the reading text. What types of food can you see? � Reading p. 34 � Read the text and do the exercises 2 a, 2 b, and 2 c

4. 3 SCENARIO: Health at Work � What can you see on the photos on pages 36 and 37? � Where are these photos taken? � What health conditions are being shown? � What could be the cause of these conditions? � Have you ever been or seen situations like these?

4. 3 SCENARIO: Health at Work � Suffer (v): to experience emotional or physical pain � She's been suffering from (= been ill with) cancer for two years. � He suffered a lot when his wife left him.

4. 3 SCENARIO: Health at Work � Neck(n): the part of the body that joins the h ead to the shoulders: � He had the thickest neck I'd ever seen. � She wore a gold chain a round her neck.

4. 3 SCENARIO: Health at Work � Stressed (adj): so worried and tired that you cannot relax � She's been feeling very stressed since she startedher new job.

4. 3 SCENARIO: Health at Work � Listen and do the exercises 2 a and 2 b � Intonation of yes/no questions � Exercises 3 a, 3 b and 3 c � 4 a. listen and find out the problems of David � 4 b. Fill in the gaps � 4 c. Can you think of any more advice for David?

4. 3 SCENARIO: Health at Work � KEY LANGUAGE � How do we give advice? � You should study English. (should + V 1) � You should study English in order to pass the course. � You should study English so that you can pass the course. � You should study English because it is important for you. � Exercises 5 a, 5 b and 6

4. 3 SCENARIO: Health at Work � Task: giving health advice p. 37 � Work in groups of 4 � Students A and B will be health officers (doctors) � Students C and D you are employees Morgan and Jones.

4. 4 STUDY AND WRITING SKILLS � Discuss the questions with a partner � Open p. 116 and read the short story and aswer the questions in exercise 2. � Look back at the text and underline the unknown words. Ask your partner the words. � Do the exercises 4 a, 4 b, 4 c, 4 d, 5 and 6.

4. 4 STUDY AND WRITING SKILLS � Writing � Do Skills you send emails to your friends? � How often do you send emails? � What do you write about? � How much do you usually write?

4. 4 STUDY AND WRITING SKILLS � Read the email and answer the questions. Exercise 8. � Do the other exercises.