Inside the body. Decide whether the words below are bones (B) or organs (O)

1. spine... 5. liver …

2. heart... 6. kidneys …

3. skull... 7. lungs …

4. ribs... 8. pelvis …

4. What the organs do. Match the beginnings of the sentences on the left with the endings on the right:

1. The average heart a. passes through the windpipe and into the lungs.

2. The heart b. circulates around the body supplying oxygen to

the cells.

3. The air we breathe in c. pumps blood around the body through the arteries.

4. The skeleton d. helps to regulate body temperature.

5. Muscles e. separate waste liquid from the blood.

6. Blood f. beats more than 100, 000 times a day.

7. The skin g. are attached to bones by tendons.

8. The kidneys h. supports the body and protects the internal organs.

Now do the same with these:

9. The spine i. supports the back and protects the spinal cord.

10. Veins j. is a bag which collects urine before it is passed out of

the body.

11. Arteries k. carry blood from the heart to all parts of the body.

12. The womb 1. carry blood from all parts of the body to the heart.

13. Joints m. is the part of a woman's body where a baby grows

and develops.

14. The liver n. are where two bones are connected together by ligaments.

15. The bladder o. helps to clean the blood and produces bile.

II. Feeling ill. 1. Translate the underlined words:

1. I've got a cold. 5. I've got a sore back.

2. My neck aches. 6. My arm hurts.

3. I think I've got flu. 7. Have you got a temperature?

4. I've got a pain in my knee. 8. What are the symptoms?

2. Saying you don t feel very well. Match the beginnings of each sentence on the left with the pairs of endings on the right:

1. I’m a. terrible/awful/dreadful; a bit under the weather.

2. I’ve got b. ill/not very well.

3. I don’t feel c. a cold/the flu.

4. I feel d. very well/too good.

3. Serious conditions. Match the condition on the left with the part of the body that it particularly affects on the right:

1. appendicitis a. your stomach

2. tonsillitis b. your lungs

3. hepatitis c. your head

4. asthma d. your appendix

5. an ulcer e. your joints and bones

6. arthritis f. your blood

7. migraine g. your tonsils

Match the diseases with their possible causes:

8. IDS h. stress

9. typhoid i. the sun

10. heart disease j. smoking

11. skin cancer k. a mosquito bite

12. malaria l. dirty water

13. lung cancer m. unprotected sex

4. Causes and symptoms. Match the symptom on the left with the cause on the right:

1. I've got a blister. a. I think I've been working too much.

2. I've got a headache. b. Our bed is too soft. We need to get a firmer one.

3. I've got jetlag. c. I had too much to drink at dinner last night.

4. I've got a bad back. d. I've just been chopping some wood.

5. I'm feeling really run down. e. It must have been that take-away last night.

6. I've got a splinter in my hand. f. I wore the wrong shoes to go hill-walking!

7. My nose is blocked up. g. I always get hay fever at this time of year.

8. I've got diarrhoea. h. It was an 18-hour flight and a 10-hour time

difference.

Now match the following pieces of advice to the situations above:

9. Make sure you drink plenty of water. Otherwise, you'll get dehydrated.

10.Go straight to bed for a couple of hours, then get back to your normal sleeping pattern tonight.

11.Why not take some time off and go somewhere warm? That's what you need!

12.There's a special kind of plaster you can use on blisters. I had one and it helped a lot.

13.Get one of those nasal sprays from the chemist. They always work for me.

14.Have you tried an osteopath or a chiropractor?

15.Let me see. Have you got a pair of tweezers?

16.Stick to orange juice in future!

5. Health problems. Complete the following sentences with the phrases below:

a. I've got a bit of a hangover. d. You'll make yourself ill.

b. I feel dizzy. e. I always get seasick.

c. I've caught a cold. f. I've got indigestion.

1. What's the matter?

> I think I ate my dinner too quickly. _____.

2. Maybe we should take the boat. It's much cheaper than flying.

> Oh no, I'd rather not. _____.

3. I think _____.

> Well, why don't you have a glass of hot lemon and honey and get an early night?

4. _____.

> Well, it's your own fault. You shouldn't have opened that second bottle of wine!

5. You look exhausted. You've been working too hard recently. If you don't slow down a bit, _____.

6. Are you all right? You've gone as white as a sheet!

> No, I need to sit down. I ____.

6. Illnesses and symptoms. Match these illnesses with the symptoms below: hay fever, food poisoning, flu, an allergy, bronchitis, measles.

1. I've got a terrible cough and pains in my chest, and I seem to be constantly short of breath.

2. I feel absolutely awful. My temperature is 41°, and I've got a headache and a runny nose. I've got a sore throat - it's agony every time I swallow.

3. I can't go near cats. I come out in a horrible red rash.

4. She's been off school for two weeks now. She's got a temperature and she's covered in little red spots. She's completely lost her appetite - she hasn't eaten a thing for the last three days.

5. I think it must be something I ate. I was sick all night. I still feel sick now and I've got a terrible stomach-ache.

6. It's the same every summer. My eyes get really itchy and I can't stop sneezing.

In British English be sick means vomit (bring food back up from the stomach).

If you have an allergy, you are allergic to something. Are you allergic to anything?