Health and illnesses

Health and illnesses
An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Let’s talk about the pictures!
-lead a healthy way of life
-do exercises regularly
-work out in the gym
-have a healthy and balanced diet
-avoid eating junk food
-to be as fit as a fiddle
-a positive attitude
-to cope with stress
-prevention

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the most common illnesses
have a bad headache
have a sore throat
have a runny nose
have a (common)cold / have flu
feel dizzy
have a fever
take tablets/ medicine/ pills/ antibiotic
sneeze
have a bad cough
have a pain in his back
feel under the weather

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hospital ward
well-equipped and modern
state health insurance is in deep trouble
public hospitals
underpaid doctors/ nurses
to undergo surgery /have an operation
to treat / treatment
to cure / incurable diseases
care
recovery
therapy homeopathy/ naturopathy / alternative treatments
check-up

Group Activity
Symptoms Illnesses Medicines Other
Aspirin; sleeplessness;insomnia; cold; side effect; prescription; allergy; headache; antibiotic; broken bone; to operate on; bandage; plaster; virus; cough medicine; itchy eyes; sneezing; chicken pox; pain; diabetes ; STD, epidemic; to vomit= to be sick=to puke; cancer; high-blood pressure; drops; to recover; pain killer;nervousness; heart attack; stroke; health insurance card

Give advice to each person!
Mary, who is 82, has got a bad attack of flu.
Jack has got a bad sore throat and cough.
Bill has sprained his ankle.
John has just had a heart attack.
Mary keeps vomiting and she has a diarrhea.
Susan can’t give up smoking and drinking too much alcohol.
Judy thinks she might be pregnant.
If I were you, I would/wouldn’t..+..V1...
I think you should......V1
I din’t think you should....V1

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z54tewbcmK8
Answer the questions!
1. What symptons does she/ the girl have?
2. What pieces of advice does she get from her friends in the morning?
3.In what ways do her friends try to cure her?
4.Why does she start feeling better immediately?