Unit11-b4-5

1 1 Giáo Viên: Giáo Viên: Thái Phương Đài Thái Phương Đài Tröôøng THCS Kim Long 2 2 3 3 Diseases COLD FLU HEADACHE TOOTHACHE STOMACHACHE HEART ATTACK SORE EYE CANCER COLDCOLD COLD 4 4 UNIT ELEVEN: UNIT ELEVEN: KEEP FIT, STAY KEEP FIT, STAY HEALTHY HEALTHY Period: 70 PART B4 & B5 B. WHAT WAS WRONG WITH YOU? (Cont) Monday February 25 th , 2008 5 B4. READ. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS The common cold • There is only one disease called common: the common cold. We call it the common cold because every year millions of people catch it. • Everybody knows the symptoms: a runny nose, a slight fever, coughing and sneezing. It is very unpleasant, but nobody knows a cure. 6 • At the drugstore, there are usually shelves with cold ‘cures’ . These medicines don’t cure a cold, but they do relieve the symptoms. Whatever you do, your cold will last for a few days and then disappear. • How can you help prevent a cold? Eat well, exercise and you will be fit and healthy. 7 VOCABULARY: -disease / di'zi:z/ (n) -everybody / 'evrib diɔ / (pro) -symptom /'simptəm/ (n) -slight fever (n) -cough /kƆf / (v)  coughing(n) -sneeze /sniz/ (v)  sneezing (n) -unpleasant / [ n'plezntʌ / (a) -nobody /‵noubədi/ (pro) -cure [kjuə] (n) (v) -medicine/'medsn/ (n) -relieve / ri'li:v/ (v) -whatever /w t'evəɔ / (pron) -disappear /,disə'piə/ (v) -prevent /pri'vent/ (v) 8 QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. a. Why do we call the cold ‘common’? b. What are the symptoms of the common cold? c. Is there a cure for the common cold? d. Do cold cures work? What do they do? e. How can you help prevent a cold? B4. READ. THEN ANSWER B4. READ. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THE QUESTIONS 9 B4. READ. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS The common cold • There is only one disease called common: the common cold. We call it the common cold because every year millions of people catch it. • Everybody knows the symptoms: a runny nose, a slight fever, coughing and sneezing. It is very unpleasant, but nobody knows a cure. 10 • At the drugstore, there are usually shelves with cold ‘cures’ . These medicines don’t cure a cold, but they do relieve the symptoms. Whatever you do, your cold will last for a few days and then disappear. • How can you help prevent a cold? Eat well, exercise and you will be fit and healthy.