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Macmillan Polska 2010

PHOTOCOPIABLE

Student’s Worksheet 1

Name:

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/ 50 points

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

1. Translate into Polish / 15 points

1. herbal therapy

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2. drug abuse

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3. compulsive gambling

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4. mint tea

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5. pneumonia

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6. painful joints

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7. to sneeze

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8. to lose consciousness

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9. high blood pressure

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10. chest

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11. X-ray

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12. fatal disease

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13. mental breakdown

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14. appendicitis

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15. lung(s)

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2. Explain the difference. / 10 points

1. a plaster / plaster

2. a burn / a scald

3. an injection / a vaccine

4. to lose weight / to gain weight

5. a scar / a cut

3. Write down the missing word. / 15 points

1. A(n)

................................

is a swelling on your skin containing clear liquid, caused for example by a burn

or continuous rubbing.

2. To

................................

means to suddenly push air out of your throat with a short sound, often

repeatedly.

3. A(n)

................................

can be described as a lot of red spots on someone’s skin, caused by an illness.

4. A(n)

................................

is someone who goes to a hospital for treatment but does not stay for the

night.

5. When liquid is coming out of your nose, usually because you have a cold, we say that you have

a

................................

nose.

6. A pain in your head and a feeling of sickness that you get the day after you have drunk too much alcohol

is called a

................................

.

7. The feeling that you have when you think you are going to vomit is called

................................

.

8. An illness in which waste from the bowels is watery and comes out often is called

................................

.

9. Someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television is called a

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potato.

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Macmillan Polska 2010

PHOTOCOPIABLE

Student’s Worksheet 2

Name:

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HEALTH AND MEDICINE

10. She was suffering

................................

a serious disease.

11. She is

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colour. She is slightly ill.

12. Mychildrenareasfitasa

................................

.Theyarehealthyandfine.

13. The doctor gave me a

................................

for sleeping pills.

14.

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medicine such as acupuncture is the opposite of conventional medicine.

15. The surgeons operated

................................

me last year.

4. Translate into English. / 10 points

1.spuchnięty

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2. wzrok

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3. tabletka do ssania

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4.ofiara

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5.skręconakostka

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6. opatrunek

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7. poczekalnia

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8. siniak

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9.położna

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10. ugryzienie przez komara

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