MIND AND BODY LESSON SEVEN IN THIS LESSON

MIND AND BODY LESSON SEVEN

IN THIS LESSON YOU WILL LEARN TO: • Describe common illnesses and their symptoms • Give advice and understand medical advice. • Ask and answer common questions about illnesses • Give instructions • Understand instructions on medicines Grammar: Giving advice (should, ought to, why don’t you) Imperatives. Vocabulary: Illnesses and health problems Forming words Parts of the body Reading: Not just all in the mind. Listening: I’m not very well. Dealing with health problems.

VOCABULARY: ILLNESSES AND HEALTH PROBLEMS Match the illnesses and health problems in the box to whichever pictures each one connects to best. • A headache • The flu • A sore throat • Hay fever • An allergy • An upset stomach • Asthma • A temperature

GROUP DISCUSSION • Which of the illnesses/health problems in the box do you think is the most/least serious? Why? • Do you know anyone who suffers from hay fever, asthma or an allergy? How does it affect them? • Can you remember the last time you had any of the other illnesses/health problems in the box?

1. DECIDE WHETHER THE WORDS IN BOLD ARE ADJECTIVES, VERBS OR NOUNS. THEN TRANSLATE THEM INTO YOUR LANGUAGE. TIP: ADJECTIVE = A WORD NAMING AN ATTRIBUTE OF A NOUN / VERB = DESCRIBES AN ACTION / NOUN = PERSON, PLACE OR THING 1. It happens every spring. It’s horrible. My eyes water and I sneeze all the time. 2. I think it’s because of something I ate. I was sick three times last night – and I still feel awful today. 3. If I eat any kind of chocolate, I get a horrible red rash all over my body. 4. I get out of breath very easily and I cough a lot at night. 5. I sometimes just suddenly get them. I don’t know why. On bad days, they can last for up to 20 minutes. 6. I feel dreadful. I’ve got a temperature, my whole body aches, aches I’ve got a horrible cough and I’ve lost my appetite 7. It hurts when I swallow – and I’m losing my voice as well. 8. It was 38° the last time I checked. I feel hot and cold and I’m sweating a lot as well. 9. I’ve had it all morning. I can’t concentrate on anything. I took some painkillers earlier, but they didn’t work. Can you match each of the 1 to 9 of the above to one of the illnesses/health problems from exercise A.