XV. a) Choose an appropriate expression from the list given below and say what medical problems you might have if ...

 

1) you wear shoes that rub? 2) you eat too fast? 3) you smoke a lot? 4) you play football? 5) you go skiing? 6) you stay out in the sun too long?

7) you eat food you’re allergic to? 8) you run unusually fast for a bus? 9) you eat food that is bad? 10) a mosquito bites you? 11) you get wet on a cold day? 12) you think you’re ill all the time?

 

to have a cold / a cough / a sore throat / a temperature / a stomach ache / chest pains / earache / a pain in one’s side / a rash on one’s chest / spots / a bruise on one’s leg [e.g. after playing football] / a black eye [e.g. after being hit in: the eye] / a lump on one’s arm / indigestion [after eating too fast] / sickness and diarrhoea / sunburn / painful joints [e.g. ankles, knees, wrists, shoulders] / blisters [after wearing new, tight shoes];

to feel sick / dizzy / breathless / shivery / faint;

to be depressed / constipated / tired all the time;

to lose one’s appetite / voice.

 

 

 

b) Think what advice you can give to these people. Use the modal verb should. Read Grammar Reference first.

Example: If you have a stomachache, you should keep to a diet and you shouldn’t eat food.

 

XVI. You are giving advice to a friend. Use should or shouldn’t.

Example: Your friend is always coughing because he smokes too much. Advise him to stop smoking. You should stop smoking.

 

1. Your friend has a bad toothache. Advise him to go to the dentist. You…………………………………………………………………

2. Your friend rides his bicycle at night without lights. You think this is dangerous. Advise him not to do it. ……………………..............

3. Your friend going to visit Greece. Advise him to learn a few words of Greek before he goes. …………………………………………...

4. Tom has just been offered a job. You think it would be a good idea for him to accept it. ………………………………………………...

5. You don’t think it would be a good idea for Jill and Sam to get married. …………………………………………………………….

6. Your friend has a bad cold. You think it would be a good idea for him to stay at home this evening. ………………………………….

 

XVII. Now you have to read the situations and write sentences with should (have) and shouldn’t (have). Sometimes you have to use the present, sometimes the past.

Examples: 1. The speed limit is 30 miles an hour but Tom is driving at

50. He shouldn’t be driving fast.

2. When we got to the restaurant there were no free tables. We

hadn’t reserved one. We should have reserved a table.

 

1. It’s very cold. Mr Taylor, who has been ill recently, is walking along the road without a coat. He............................................................................................................

2. We went for a walk. While we were walking, we got hungry but we hadn’t brought anything with us to eat. We said: We..............................................................................

3. I went to Paris. Marcel lives in Paris but I didn’t go to see him while I was there. When I saw him later, he said: You.................................................................................

4. The notice says that the shop is open every day from 8.30. It is not 9 o’clock but the shop isn’t open...........................................................................................................

5. The driver in front stopped suddenly without warning and I drove into the back of his car. It wasn’t my fault.................................................................................................

6. The children normally go to bed at 9 o’clock. It is now 9.30. They are not in bed; they are watching television. (two sentences).........................................................................................................................................

7. The accident happened because Tom was driving on the wrong side of the road. ………………………………………………………………………………………….

XVIII. a) Listen to four conversations. Find out what’s wrong with each person. Choose from the list. (Reward InterN@tive software. YDP Multimedia. 1999. Полный курс английского языка с интегрированными средствами дистанционного обучения. Pre-intermediate, lesson 29, p.10, ex.14.)

Speaker 1 ………………..

Speaker 2 ………………..

Speaker 3 ………………..

Speaker 4 ………………..

 

b) What advice do the people get?

 

Speaker 1	forget that it’s your normal bed time
Speaker 2	have a hot lemon drink
Speaker 3	take two aspirins
Speaker 4	go to bed for the rest of the day