Learn the following vocabulary.
Here are some serious illnesses, with the word-stress underlined. Make sure you know the stress-pattern when learning longer words or phrases. It is a good idea to make a note of it. dia be tes: disease where the body does not properly absorb sugar and starch bron chi tis: inflammation in the breathing system, causing you to cough heart disease: serious illness connected with the heart which can lead to a heart attack skin cancer / lung cancer / breast cancer: harmful tumours in those areas TB (or tubercu lo sis): infectious disease in the lungs cho lera: an intestinal disease that can be caused by bad drinking water hepa ti tis: inflammation of the liver ty phoid: fever, with red spots on the chest and abdomen heart attack/failure: when the heart fails
40. Which of these collocations are normal, and which are not normal? Correct the inappropriate ones. 1. Her mother died with skin cancer. 2. Is there a prescription price in your country? 3. In Britain, national security is a separate tax from income tax. 4. Healthcare is the biggest item in the nation's budget. 5. Are there insurance societies for private healthcare in your country? 6. Private dentists charge very high fees. 7. She suffers of a severe allergy and can't be in a smoky room.
Sort these everyday phrasal verbs and expressions connected with health and illness into two groups, depending on whether they have positive or negative meanings with regard to health. Use a dictionary if necessary.
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