Unit 8

Unit 8A: Cold comfort

Completed Sentences 1. Stiff, aches 2.Temperature, throbbing 3.Hacking, throat 4.Runny, rundown 5.Upset, rash

Symptoms  Ache: a dull or continuous pain  Hacking cough: a bad cough that has a strong, rough noise and sounds like you are having difficulty coughing  Temperature: how hot your body is  Rash: an area of redder than normal skin  Run-down: you feel less well than usual and have less energy than you normally do.  Runny: dripping liquid

Unit 8A: Symptoms  Sore Throat: when your throat hurts  Stiff: you feel sore and you can’t move your body as easily as normal  Throbbing: strong pain that comes and goes in a rhythm, with a thumping feeling  Upset stomach: you feel sick because of something you have eaten or because you are ill.

Match the adjectives with the nouns to describe symptoms 1. Hacking 2. Runny 3. High 4. Throbbing 5. Stiff 6. Upset a) Stomach b) Temperature c) Cough d) Muscles e) Nose f) Headache

Match the adjectives with the nouns to describe symptoms 1. Hacking 2. Runny 3. High 4. Throbbing 5. Stiff 6. Upset a) Stomach b) Temperature c) Cough d) Muscles e) Nose f) Headache

Old wives tales A common belief, often false, that is passed down from old women to younger women. They are often to do with health problems and their cures.

Which of these remedies are for which ailments? Chop an onion in half and wear it around your neck on a piece of string. Rub alcohol all over the body. Chew mint flavoured chewing gum Peel and chop an apple sprinkled with salt everyday for a week Suck on a clove of garlic Bathe in oatmeal

8B: Bill of health

Put the sentences in the correct order

Health Idioms I was feeling a bit under the weather and I knew there was a bug going round so I thought I was going down with something. The doctor told me I was fine, but I got a splitting headache that afternoon. My back was also killing me, so I went back to the doctor's. But again, he told me I was in good shape. The next day I was even worse and I thought I was at death's door. Once more, the doctor gave me a clean bill of health. 'Hypochondria is your only problem,' he said.

8B: Health Idioms Under the weather: Not feeling well. Sick A. You look pale. Are you ok? B. Actually, I'm feeling a little under the weather.

8B: Health Idioms There’s a bug going around: there is a very infectious illness in your office, school, community, etc, and a lot of people are becoming sick. A: Where is everyone? I thought there were ten people in this office? B: Everyone is sick. There’s a bug going around.

8B: Health Idioms Go down with (sth): You are in the early stages of an illness. You can go down with a cold, flu, an infection, etc. Often there is some uncertainty about whether one is really ill or not. I think I’m going down with the flu.

Health Idioms At death’s door: you are near death. This is often used to talk about how people look. I've never seen anyone look so sick. She looked at death’s door.

8B: Health Idioms Killing me: something so painful that I can hardly stand it. I couldn’t go to school yesterday because my back was killing me.

8B: Health Idioms In good shape: You are very fit and healthy. Not sick. Mark is in good shape because he goes to the gym everyday.

8B: Health Idioms Give (sb) a clean bill of health: You are completely well and have no medical problems. I went to the doctor yesterday because I was feeling sick, but she gave me a clean bill of health, so I guess I am okay.

Replace the words in italics with one of the phrases from Act 2 1.At death's door 2.Killing me 3.Going down with something 4.There was a bug going round 5.Gave me a clean bill of heath 6.In good shape

Royal Flying Doctor's Service

Unit 8C: Alternative Therapies 1. Acupuncture 2. Aromatherapy 3. Color therapy 4. Hypnosis 5. Reflexology 6. Tai chi

Acupuncture

Aromatherapy

Color Therapy

Hypnosis

Reflexology

Tai Chi

Read the article and answer the following questions 1.What therapies from the box are mentioned? 2.Were any others mentioned? 3.What are the positive effects of colour therapy? And what did each colour do? 4.What are the positive effects of aromatherapy? 5.What were Clara's changes to the office? 6.Did the changes have an overall effect on the staff?

Unit 8D: Changing the subject Listen to the following conversations. Write down the expressions the speakers use to change the topic.

Unit 8D: Changing the subject 1. Anyways, as I was saying… 2. As for… 3. By the way… 4. Come to think of it… 5. Talking of… 6. That reminds me…

Anyway, as I was saying…  a way that a speaker can go back to a subject they were talking about earlier. This is often used when a speaker feels that other people have changed the subject. A: I don’t think that our policy on Africa is having any success. B: That reminds me. I had a lovely holiday in Tanzania last year. The wildlife was… A: Anyway, as I was saying, I think we need to look again at Africa.

As for…  To introduce a new subject that has some connection to the current topic

By the way…  Used to introduce an extra piece of information that may not be completely relevant or follow the main line of argument. In text messages, people usually use btw to mean by the way

Come to think of it…  Used for adding a new item of information that you have just thought of. It means something like “I have suddenly thought of something connected to what I just said.”

Talking/Speaking of…  Used to introduce a change of subject that is still related to the current topic. Speakers often use this expression as a way of helping a conversation to move smoothly on to a new topic while making it sound as if everything is linked.

That reminds me…  Used to introduce a change in the subject of the conversation. It appears to make a direct link between what the previous speaker has been talking about and the new subject. Sometimes the speaking is just using this as an excuse to change the topics.

Unit 8D: Phrasal Verbs with Objects

Match the phrasal verbs to the meanings 1.C 2.F 3.A 4.B 5.E 6.D

Unit 8D: Phrasal Verbs with Objects 1. Get back to (sb): you will phone/write them back 2. Put up with (sb/sth): you talk/work with them patiently even though you don’t like them 3. Put (sth) off: you postpone it or do it late

Unit 8D: Phrasal Verbs with Objects 4. Put (sb) up to (sth): actively encourage someone to do something dangerous, illegal, or stupid 5. Sort (sth) out: the thing with solve itself (or go away) and doesn’t need further work from you 6. Tell (sb) off: you criticize them and say that they did something wrong

Underline the objects and put them in the correct category Get back to him Sort itself out Puts up with you Putting it off Put him up to it Telling me off Inseparable Get back to him Puts up with you Separable Sort itself out Putting it off Telling me off 2 Objects Put him up to it