Listening, Reading and Vocabulary

Warm Up Questions 1.When you are sick, do you take medicine? 2.How can people prevent diseases? 3.Have you ever been in a place that was having an epidemic? 4.What did people do about it?

disease (n) a sickness, a health problem, a medical condition diseases Bad living conditions can cause diseases.

treatment (n) a remedy or procedure for curing disease treatment Acupuncture is an alternative treatment for pains.

epidemic (n) a disease that spreads quickly and extensively among a group of people in the same area epidemic In the 1940’s, there was a polio epidemic and many children were disabled by the disease.

prevent (v) to stop something from happening prevented The lack of motivation prevented Jane to go to college.

antibiotics (n) a substance that kills bacteria and cure infections, used as a medication antibiotics Peter took antibiotics for an ear infection.

useless (adj.) worthless, not useful useless. David crashed his car. Now it is useless.

viruses (n) a very small living thing that causes diseases virus Children often catch the cold virus at school.

cruel (adj.) mean, causing pain on purpose to people or animals cruel Keeping animals in cages is cruel.

fire (v) dismiss someone from work fired Mr. Wilson fired Tina because she was constantly late for work.

services (n) Public services like hospitals, schools and transportation that are provided to the public to use services Every city offers some free communityservices to senior citizens.

plague (n) A dangerous disease, infection or epidemic that spreads fast and easily and kills many people. plague A cholera plague had killed many prisoners of war.

effort (n) an attempt to do something that involves a lot of work or determination effort Frank made an effort to get along with his mother in-law, but he wasn’t successful.

spread (v) to extend over a large area spreaded The fire spreaded to the mountains and foothills.

tuberculosis (n) a contagious disease that affects the lungs Tuberculosis Tuberculosis has declined since the introduction of antibiotic treatment in the 1950's.

sneeze (v) to expel air through the nose and mouth suddenly, forcefully and involuntarily sneeze When people have a cold or allergies, they sneeze constantly.

cough (v) (n) to push air noisily from the lungs through the mouth coughing cough Jimmy has a cold. He has been coughing all day. He has a terrible cough.

pick up (v) to lift something pick up Children pick up shells at the beach.

mosquito (n) a small fly that feeds on the blood and transmits diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, and dengue mosquito. In tropical areas, there are a lot of mosquito.

tick (n) A small insect without wings that lives on the skin of some animals. ticks Tony removed a few ticks from his dog.

influenza (n) A contiguous disease spread by viruses and it can sometimes be fatal. influenza. Doctors advise people to rest in bed if the have the influenza.

fever (n) high body temperature, higher than 98.6 F fever. Wear light clothes if you have a fever.

pregnant (adj.) carrying a child in the womb pregnant. Kathy is six months pregnant.

contagious (adj.) to transmit a disease from one person to another contagious A common cold is a contagious disease.

relieve (v) to end or lessen pain, hunger, or tension relieve Aspirins relieve headaches.

vaccination (n) medication given by injection to prevent a disease vaccination A nurse gave Mr. Wilson a vaccination against the flu.

inject (v) to put fluid into the body with a needle injected The doctor injected antibiotics to his patient.

boiling (adj.) extremely hot boiling The boiling milk spilled all over the stove.

miserable (adj.) very unpleasant or bad, poor quality miserable People who live with chronic pain have miserable lives.

institutions (n) An organization that helps people in the area of health, education or work. institutions. Bob cannot pay for a private nurse, so he lives in a state institutions.

supervise (v) to watch over the activity of others and make sure that they perform it correctly supervises Julia is a head nurse. She supervises other nurses.

meanwhile (adv.) meantime, during the period of time between two events meanwhile, I’ll see you tomorrow; meanwhile, have a nice evening.

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