b. Listen to un-complete sentences and complete with appropriate given words from the list

Un-complete Sentences Words

1, He injects himself because he is… a. addicted 2. Meat and fish are sources of…. a. protein 3. Provide the body with energy…. b. carbohydrates 4. Advises people how to eat healthily…. c. cravings 5. Pizzas and burgers are examples of…. d. diet

6. Morgan Spurlock had for fast food…. e. nutritionist 5 .A balanced is healthy…. f. junk food 8. He is to fast foods…. g. diabetic

Unit Seven. Blood

Sub Topic 1. Blood types

a. Listen to some nursing students learning about how different blood types mix together. Which two blood types are mixed together?

I=Instructions S1/S2 =student 1 and 2

I I want to show you what happened if you mix the wrong type of blood. Now,in front of you, you‟ve got test tubes with different types of blood in them. The bllod in one test tube is type A. Now who can receive blood type A?

S1 A patient with blood type AB.

I Right. So AB can receive type A, but can B receie A? What happened if you give type A to type B? Now there are some B blood in the second test tube, if you add a dropof type A. You‟ll see how the react together.. Now put of the drof of the blood on a slide and look at it trhough the microscope.

164 S2 The red blood cells are joining together.

I Yes that‟s right. We call that „clumping‟. Now the blood stop moving if the red cell clump. And of course, if the blood stops moving the patient dies. Now , if put alittle of the blood type O into more type A, we will see the difference.

S1 The red cells are moving, the blood looks OK

I Right, you can give type O blood to all the other blood types, so if we have an emergency, we ussually use type O. It is the universal donor.

Sub topic 2. Blood Test

a. Listen and complete the description of a Complete Blood Count (CBC) with the words below

N=Nurse and P=patient.

N How do you feel?

P Tired all the time really, I‟ve never have any energy.

N Have you had a blood test before?

P No, I haven‟t . How much blood will you take?

N Oh, just enough to fill the siringe-just the the millilitres. Well we have got the results of your blood test. As I thought you are a litle bit aenemic.

P It‟s that bad?

N No, not necessary, it jus means that your red blood cellscount a litle on the low side. A normal count is about 4,2 to 5,4 million red blood cells per microlitres of blood, and your was 3,9 . P Oh dear-what does that mean?

N Don‟t worry, anemia is common in women, if take iron supplement your red cells cound should soon group. The cells

165 are normal in size and shape, so that looks good. Your white cells are a litle high. , but you have just bad a score thrath, haven‟t you?

P Yes

N Well, that‟s just a sign that your body‟s been fighting the infection. And platelest were normal.

Unit Eight. Medication and Alternative treatments

Listening 1.

a. Listen to the nurse giving information about patients' medication.Match the medical problems with the medicated

1

Lets start with Mr.Guppa. He‟s ahd pain all night in the lower abdomen. The doctor says he needs strongerpain relief, so he has prescribed thirthy miligrams of Morhpine every four hours

2

We have moved to Mr.Gill to an isolation room, as he has an infection in his respiratory tract. A new antibiotic may work, so we are giving him a 600 milligram infussion of Clindamycin over a period of four hours.

3

Now, Swayer. We have to encourage bowel movement, so a laxative could be useful. He has one tablespoon of Metamucil-that is 15 milligrams-three times a day.

4

Right, Mr. Thomas is on antibiotics for his skin infection.

Cephalexin is in tablet form, to be taken with food 250milligrams every sixhours.

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Lastly. Mr.Cheong receives an injection of an antihistamine every eight hour 10 milligrams of Dimotane each time. May be this will control his allergies.

Listening 2. Qigong

c. Listen to the radio program about an alternative treatment called Qigong, and decide if theses statements are true (T) or false (F)

I=Interviewerer A=Amber P=Professor Silver

I Can you cure illness withouth medicine or surgery? Energy healer says yes . Energy healers say they can heal withough touching the patient. In the studio totell you about energy healing is Amber Chesterman, who is a qigong healer.

A Hello

I

Also with us professor Julius Silver who is sceptical about qigong

P

^Hello

I

But to start us off, Amber can you tell us about qigong healing.

A

Qigong is holistic. It sees illness as a problem of mind, spirit and body, so the whole person is treated,not just the illness.

I

Right. And Qi is important, isn‟t it? What exactly is qi?

A

Qi is energy. Qi is part of everthing that exists. Illness, you see, is coused by an imbalance of qi, and qigon healer restores energy balance so that healing can happen.

I

And you heal from a distance, don‟t you? Over the telephoene?

A

That is correct. I practice external qi healing. I speak to my patients by telephone.

I

And you unblock their qi?

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P

Put simple yes.

I

Thank you.Professor Silver- you don‟t believe in Qi, do you?

P

No, I have found no evidence for Qi, no

I

And yet energy healing doesn‟t work, don‟t you agree?

P

It does work, sometimes, yes

We find a lot of eveicences of a placebo effect. Belief is seventy percen of any treatment. In other words, my hand can‟t heal you, but if you believe I have healing hands, then I can heal you by moving my hands over you

I

So, what‟s really going on here?

P

Well, we don‟t know that is being completelt relaxed helps us recover more quickly.

I

So, are saying that all I need is to relax and believe that you have the power to heal me?

P

Exactly. My explanation is not as interesting as Amber‟s, but we live in the twenty first century and...

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