Translate into English. 1. Очевидно, ученые нашли средство для лечения кариеса.1. Очевидно, ученые нашли средство для лечения кариеса. 2. В статье говорится, что мы все едим слишком много сахара, и это вызывает зубную боль. 3. Эти бактерии превращают сахар в кислоты, а они в свою очередь воздействуют на зубы и образуют в них дупла. 4. Ученые нашли вакцину против этих бактерий и провели тесты на обезьянах. Вакцина совершенно безвредна. 5. Я думаю, что вакцину можно будет получить у зубного врача. Follow-Up Activity Write down a report about a new cure for tooth decay found recently. In your report be sure to give answers to the following questions. 1. What has been found recently? 2. What causes tooth decay? 3. What does the vaccine do? 4. What have tests on monkeys proved? 5. Where can you get the vaccine?
UNIT 4 Lesson A. IN-CLASS LISTENING Text Title: Heart attacks Cassette: From Synthesis Advanced, by W.Fowler Pre-Listening Exercises Study the list of words given below. airway [ÈE«weI] - дыхательные пути windpipe [ÈwIndpaIp] - дыхательное горло breast-bone [Èbrestb«Un] - грудная клетка circulation [ÇsÎùkjuùÈleIS«n] - кровообращение collapse [k«ÈlQps] - падение massage [ÈmQsAùZ] - массаж; делать массаж cardiac [ÈkAùdIQk] - сердечный external [IkÈstÎùnl] - наружный tilt back - наклонить назад pinch - зажимать squeeze [skwiùz] - сжимать, сдавливать faint - потерять сознание ensure [InÈSU«] - обеспечивать choke - задыхаться extend [IkÈstend] - вытягивать cope with sth - справиться с чем- либо Discuss the following situation A person faints in your presence. What’s your reaction? What will you do? What do you think should be done as the first aid in such cases? Listening Exercises 2.1. You will hear Dr Dennis Haynes, a resident physician, talking about heart attacks in a radio interview. Give Yes/No answers to these questions: a) Is heart trouble the principal cause of death in Britain? b) Is it possible for a person who is not a doctor to save the life of someone who has had a sudden collapse? c) Are most people usually afraid to act for fear of doing something wrong? d) Does Dr. Haynes think the technique of stopping a heart attack is complicated?
While you listen to the recording again try to complete the following statements from the text. a) Many people could be saved if... b) The interviewer was terrified that if... c) Well, there’s no need to be scared if... d)... a person who’s unconscious may choke because, if... e) But it’s similar to what happens when we are asleep, except that if... Listen to the recording and identify the following statements as True or False. Correct the false ones, noting down the relevant information. a) About 3000 people die of a heart attack in Britain every week. b) There are 4 main things you have to remember if you want to stop a heart attack. c) By the time anyone specialised arrives the victim may be dead. d) External cardiac massage is much too complicated to learn with a few minutes’ practice. Look through the list of actions you have to carry out if you want to stop a heart attack. While listening another time put the actions in the order they appear. Cross out the one which is not mentioned by Dr. Haynes. 1. If a person isn’t breathing, breathe for him... 2. You also need to dosome mouth-to-mouth breathing. 3. Before you start external cardiac massage be sure to unbutton the person’s collar. 4. Just tilt back the person’s head by lifting his chin. 5. If there’s no pulse, you have to create one with external cardiac massage. 6. You have to make sure the person’s breathing. 7. You have about three or four minutes to ensure three things. 8. Lay the person on his side while someone goes for help. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check Listen to the beginning of the conversation and focus on the phrases Dr Haynes uses to introduce the main information. Write them down. There are two of them in the recording.
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