health and illness

UNIT I HEALTH AND DISEASES HEALTH AND ILLNESS PRASAL VERBS AND VERB-PREPOSITION COLLOCATIONS FOR HEALTH AND ILLNESS fighting off Trying to get rid of I’m fighting off a cold at the moment go done with Has caught (a non serious illness) Peter isn’t in today; he’s gone done with flu go over it Got better, recovered I had a virus last week, but I got over it recover from Getting better (from more serious illness) My husband is recocering from a major operation suffer from died of It is used for more long-term problems I suffer from hay fever and sneeze a lot when I´m near grass or flowers My grandmother died of lung cancer last year Health and Illness Idioms Under the weather John is under the weather today This is why he has not come to work slightly unwell fighting fit You need to be as fit as a fiddle / fighting fit to stand any chance of winning the London marathon To be at the peak of your physical and mental form, most as if you could fight a boxing match To be in good shape I think I'm in fairly good shape and should be able to swim 100 metres round the coast to the next bay and back To be able to a lot of physical activity without getting tired in poor shape I’m in fairly poor shape I don't think I'll be able to walk from the car into the church without some form of assistance being quite ill BRITISH HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHCARE General expression for all the services offered by hospitals, clinics, dentists, opticians, etc In Britain healthcare is paid for through taxes and national insurance payments taken directly from wages and salaries NATIONAL INSURANCE Tax paid by most adults which covers the costs of healthcare for everybody NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Bristish name for the service that covers hospitals, clinics, dentists, etc The government decides how much will be spent on the National Health Service, but a lot of people feel they not spend enough SURGERY FAMILY DOCTOR A small centre with just two or three doctors A doctor who looks after people’s general health GP = General Practitioner PRESCRIPTION CHARGE A charge for the medication the doctor prescribes, which you pay at a pharmacy CLINIC A large centre with several doctors and kinds of services Hospital treatment and visits to a family doctor (or GP) at a surgery or clinic are free, but there is a prescription charge Dentists and opticians charges fees Private healthcare is available and a large number of insurance schemes exists to enable people to ’go private’ ’GO PRIVATE’ Choose private health care WHICH IS THE ODD ONE OUT IN EACH GROUP? diabetes bronchitis cholera heart attach sore throat lung cancer hepatitis typhoid tuberculosis illness disease sickness consultant doctor surgeon hospital ambulance transfusion heart disease surgery TB [...]... general health GP = General Practitioner PRESCRIPTION CHARGE A charge for the medication the doctor prescribes, which you pay at a pharmacy CLINIC A large centre with several doctors and kinds of services Hospital treatment and visits to a family doctor (or GP) at a surgery or clinic are free, but there is a prescription charge Dentists and opticians charges fees Private healthcare is available and a... is available and a large number of insurance schemes exists to enable people to ’go private’ ’GO PRIVATE’ Choose private health care WHICH IS THE ODD ONE OUT IN EACH GROUP? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 diabetes bronchitis cholera heart attach sore throat lung cancer hepatitis typhoid tuberculosis illness disease sickness consultant doctor surgeon hospital ambulance transfusion heart disease surgery TB ...PRASAL VERBS AND VERB-PREPOSITION COLLOCATIONS FOR HEALTH AND ILLNESS fighting off Trying to get rid of I’m fighting off a cold at the moment go done with Has caught (a non serious illness) Peter... suffer from hay fever and sneeze a lot when I´m near grass or flowers My grandmother died of lung cancer last year Health and Illness Idioms Under the weather John is under the weather today This... ill BRITISH HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHCARE General expression for all the services offered by hospitals, clinics, dentists, opticians, etc In Britain healthcare is paid for through taxes and national