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Poster I shows the picture of a hospital with its different
sectors and specialists, while the flashcards in poster 2
present common ailments and their corresponding treatment. You will
find them useful for practising true-to-life dialogues and generating
interactive speaking and writing activities.
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possibilities to cater for different
ages and language proficiency levels while working on the topic. Among
them, we include a unit about blood and organ donation that will help
to raise awareness about the importance
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being a donor and also a
reading exercise about the ethics and morality involved in the
Hippocratic Oath.
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but let them use their imagination and
make up their own.
Doctor:
Come on in! Please have a seat.
What's the problem?
Patient:
I have a rash on my fare.
Doctor,
Hour long have you had the rash?
Patient:
About 3 days. I put some cream
on
it
but it didn't help.
Doctor:
Are you
allergic to any

medications?
Patient:!
don't think so.
Doctor:
I'm going to give you a
prescription for some ointment. Please
apply it twice a day.
You
should avoid
scratching your skin. Make an
appointment to see me next week if it
doesn't get better.
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p
oster 1 presents a hospital
to your classroom.
Children should know that
when we need help right
away, the best place to go is
the hospital emergency room (ER). It is
open 24 hours a day and there is quite a
tot going on. Nurses and doctors take
care of those who need attention.
throw up.
•
feel short of breath.
•
sweat for no reason.
•
have belly pain and it won't go away.

•
have no appetite for more than a day.
•
have a terrible stomachache.
•
have poop that looks black or you see
blood in the toilet.
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feel really bad.
Show the poster to the class and ask
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Provide the children with the
your students to describe what they see,
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photocopiabte activity on
Ask them to identify the different rooms page 7. Ask them to label the picture
and what happens in each one,
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with the words they already know and
Help them with the vocabulary and have answer the questions. They may go on
them write a list of new words with an
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with the reading comprehension exercise
example. Tell them that when we have
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on page 8, where they will learn about a
to stay in the hospital overnight or for
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story of a child who had a hard fall.
some days, we are

admitted.
Later, when For more advanced students, there are
we are sent home we are
discharged.
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prompt cards to practise conversations
When we get to the ER they make a
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at the doctor's office (page 9). Show the
chart,
that is a sheet of paper that
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following model dialogue to the students
contains important
information about us, for
example, temperature, heart
rate and our treatment plan.
Nowadays, this information is.
recorded and saved in a
computer.
According to our problem, we
may need a shot, that's an
injection
or some
stitches
or
sutures
which are strong
strings to help close deep
cuts we may get when we fall

down or cut ourselves with a
knife. They will make the cut
heal faster.
In some cases, we may also
need an IV, that is an
intravenous catheter, which is
a thin plastic tube inserted
into our vein to pass
medicine quickly.
Ask the children to write a
list of symptoms they should
tell their parents or teachers
right away. Some suggestions
are:
'tell your parents or your
teacher in case you are at
school when you
Co
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''he purpose of poster 2 in this edition is to get the
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to practise true-to-life conversations in
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English. They will go to the doctor's, describe their
ailment, get a prescription and get some advice. In turn,
doctors will listen to their patients, ask questions about
ailments and prescribe medicine or give some advice.

There will be a fair amount of vocabulary in the activities
suggested below, so it may be wise to have the students ready
for class with some activities you will find in the next pages.
As preparation for the class, cut out the cards in poster 2,
laminate them and divide them into two sets: ailment cards and
treatment cards. These cards are the beginning of what we hope
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will be some extensive resources on teaching the language of
health. Here you have some suggestions which we are sure will
trigger further activities.
Start by standing in front of the class doing the actions for one
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of the ailments. For example, hold your head with both hands
and groan a little for your terrible/splitting headache. Lead the
students to ask,
What's unnng?/ What's the matter?
Say,
Oh.
no! I have a terrible/splitting headache.
Ask the students to pick
up the picture and stick the card on the board. Once you have
presented all the ailment cards, in pairs, the students act out
and identify each ailment. Provide help if needed.
Next, take the ailment cards and elicit the vocabulary,
What's this? A headache.
Then, turn the card over and
stick it back on the board so that blank side is shown.
Point to the card again and ask one more lime,

What's
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this?
and elicit the word for the hidden image. Follow the
same procedure with the rest of the cards until you have
all the blank cards on the board. Then, go through all the
cards again asking the same question. Allow some time
for the students to remember what the ailment is as a
son of memory test. You might turn this activity into a
game which can be played by the students divided into
small groups. The winners are the students who
remember the biggest number of cards. You will be
surprised how easy the students remember what each
card is!
At random, take a card oil the board and give it to a
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student. Ask,
What's wrong? /What's the matter?
Have
the student answer your question. Follow this activity until you
finish with all the cards.
Then, distribute copies of the Ailment Cards on page tO and tell
the students to practise the previous dialogue, Once they have
finished, they should swap the cards with another group.
A treatment for each ailment
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Now that the students are familiar with health problems, teach
the vocabulary for each possible treatment. This time, stick the
Treatment Cards
of
the poster on the board and have the students
discuss which one corresponds to the problem you mention.
Instead of mentioning the ailment, you can have a student act it
Out, for instance, an earache. The class should look for the
appropriate treatment, point at it and say,
S/he goes to the doctor.
Doctor-patient role play
Prepare
the students to act out dialogues at the doctor's. This
first time, you will play the doctor's role. Have a volunteer to
play the patient's. If you happen to have a white coat and a toy
stethoscope, it will be more realistic. Have the patient knock at
the door to enter your office. Tell them to sit down and ask,
What's the matter with you?/ What's wrong?
The patient will say,
I
have a
toothache.
Then, examine the patient, look into their
mouth, take their pulse and say,
It seems
you
have a cavity. Well,
take

an aspirin
and visit your dentist.
Divide the students in pairs
and have them act out dialogues like this one. Walk around to
give any hint if it is necessary. If the level of your students
allows, you may want to give them the prompt cards on page
9.
Make sure the students know the vocabulary beforehand.
Doctor-patient's talk
Let's go further on and practise complete dialogues at the
doctor's office using the following expressions:
•
What's the problem? What's wrong? What's the problem with
you?
•
How long have you been feeling like this? When did the
symptoms start?
How tong have you had this pain? Are
you
taking anything for
Are you allergic to any medication?
You should slay in bed/ rest /have this medicine.
You'd better stop eating too mach chocolate.
It's been a week. /1cc had it for a week.
•
Could you give me something for the time being? Should I stay
in bed?
•
late fish and I have a rash on my face. I sprained my ankle. I
have indigestion / a bad cut / a sore throat /

flu.
You will find a guide for these dialogues on page
4.
Just
photocopy the page 9, cut Out the cards and distribute them
among the students assigning the roles of doctor and patient.
Don't forget to make them change cards for them
Is
rehearse
both roles.
Level: Elementary +
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Age: All
HARRY NEEDS YOUR HELP
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A) Harry needs to put his story together.
Harry is a 6-year-old boy who likes to play
Superhero. He is always jumping and climbing
up places in his special red costume. He wants to
fight evil and do justice, just as superheroes do.
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One day, not so long ago, when he was climbing
up a tree, he missed a branch and had a very bad
fall. His left arm got puffy (swollen) almost
immediately after the fall. Ouch, ouch! It hurt a
lot! So, mum said, Mr Superhero, we have to go to
the hospital.

He was so scared!
Now he doesn't remember what happened that
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day very well.
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: Here is the list of events but you will have to put them in the right order.
a)
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When they got into the ER, his mum signed in at the front desk.
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Its siren cleared the way through traffic.
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In the ambulance there were trained people who helped him during the ride.
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It showed that he had a broken arm.
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Harry didn't have to sit in the waiting room; he was taken right into the doctors office because his problem
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needed super-fast attention.
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gi Two hours later, he was ready to leave the ER. His mum helped him into the car and nook him home.
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He decided to send Harry to the X-ray room to have his arm X-rayed.
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An ambulance took him quickly to the ER.
jI j His mum couldn't take him to the ER in their car, so she called 91 1.
k)
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Somebody called his name and guided him to an examining room.
I) The doctor explained he was going to have his arm in a plaster cast while his bone mended.
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hone mended. Two hours later, he was ready to leave the ER. His mum helped him into the car and rook him home.
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Level: Elementary +
9e: All
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY DOCTOR
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iB

Student A: You are the doctor. Listen to
Student B: You are the patient. Tell your
your patient and give a prescription
doctor what is going wrong with you.
according to their ailment. Don't forget to
give some advice.
Ailment: indigestion
Ailment: indigestion
Duration: four days
Prescribe: antacid, Take after meals.
Previous medication: antacid but it didn't
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Extra Advice: Avoid spicy food and alcohol,
help.
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Student A: You are the doctor. Listen to
2B
your patient and give a prescription
Student B: You are the patient. Tell your
according to their ailment. Don't forget to
doctor what is going wrong with you.
give some advice.
Ailment: flu
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Ailment: flu.
Prescribe: antibiotic. Take three times a
Duration: 48 hours.
C.

day.
Previous medication: aspirins.
Extra Advice: stay in bed, drink lots of
water,
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Student A: You are the doctor. Listen to
3B
your patient and give a prescription
Student B: You are the patient. Tell your
according to their ailment. Don't forget to
doctor what is going wrong with you.
give some advice.
Ailment: sore throat
Ailment: sore throat
Prescribe: syrup, lozenges. Take every 6
Duration: one day
hours.
Previous medication: lozenges
Extra Advice: drink warm tea with ginger
and honey.
Student A: You are the doctor. Listen to
4B
your patient and give a prescription
Student B: You are the patient. Tell your
according to their ailment. Don't forget to
doctor what is going wrong with you.
give some advice.
Ailment: sprained ankle
Ailment: sprained ankle
Prescribe: pain killers.Take every 6 hours.

Duration: yesterday
Extra Advice: keep ice on it and keep foot
Previous medication: pain killer
elevated.
Now
prepare more cards to go on practising.
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Level: Elementary
+
Age: All
WHAT'S WRONG
A) Match the pictures with the problem.
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was playing football andoneofmyo~~
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forefinger. Ouch! It hurts!
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headache.
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All
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411 caught my forefinger on the car door. As it was puffy, I had it x-rayed; now
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HEALTH PROBLEMS
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Teacher's Notes
In this unit, students will read a text about how blood
donation saved a life, compare different posters, watch an
advertisement about organ donation and read an advert about
marrow donation. As a final task, they will design their own
poster to raise awareness of the importance of being a donor.
The tasks in this project are mainly aimed at developing
reading and speaking skills as well as expressing one's
opinions and commenting on the texts.
Objectives
•
Make students aware of how blood, marrow or organ
donation can save a life.
•
Comprehend different types of texts (a story, posters,
adverts, a video).
•
Improve speaking skills.
•
Read and write persuasive tents.
•
Respect others' ideas and beliefs.
Lexico-grammatical and pragmatic contents

•
Vocabulary related to hospitals, being in hospital and
being ill.
•
Linking words.
•
Collocations.
•
Use of passive voice.
•
Thrn.taking when speaking.
Thinking skills
•
Knowledge: identifying, recalling, memorising,
recognising new vocabulary and grammar structures.
•
Comprehension: explaining, expressing, discussing and
describing oral and written texts.
•
Application: interpreting, organising, showing,
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Analysis: analysing, comparing, contrasting.
•
Synthesis: producing, creating.
•
Evaluation: selecting, evaluating.
Activities
Presenting the topic

•
Write on the board: DONATE LIFE and ask students (So) to
explain how this could be possible.
•
Present the poster downloaded from who.int/campaigns/world-
blood-donor-day/2013/posters/en/ and ask So to relate both topics.
•
Ask what other ways of donating life they can think of.
Reading the text
Al So scan the text and circle the correct option.
BI Ss read the text
Donate life: a
true
story
and do the
activities.
Note
1: According to the theory of Noticing (Schmidt, R. (2001).
'Attentinri'rn P. Robinson (Ed.).
Cognition andSerormdLongoage
Instruction
(Pp.
3-32). Cambridge, CUP) students can learn what they
actually see for themseloes (notice). Taking this into account, we have
decided to highlight the linking words in the tent. If, and only if, a
student notices there highlighted words/phrases, then we may explain
their meaning and usage.
Note 2: All the phrases are in the passive voice' This is net an activityto
practise passive voice per Se, but its aim is to
present

Passive voice use:
the (aces is on the recipient of the action, not the dser. Ask students,
What do oil phrases hoer
in
common?Leok at the
form.
Working with the posters
Cl So analyse a poster and answer some questions.
Dl So work on another poster and answer some questions.
El So watch a video in which a mother explains her son's
illness, they answer some questions and decide who says
some phrases from the video.
F) So work on all the posters and adverts they have seen and
analyse them an kinds of texts.
Final task
Students design their own poster related to donation and share
it with the rest of the groups at school by placing it in the
school's hall.
Geraldina Salaberry Serrano, Karl na tJzeltinger
Level: Pre-Interrnediate
Age: Adolescents /Adults
BE A
DONOR
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A) Scan the text and circle the correct option.
1)
Who wrote this text?
a)
A

sister
I.
b)
A
doctor
c)A
mother
2)
What type
of
text
is
it?

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A
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b)
A
story
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newspaper article

3)10w
does It end?
a)
In a tragic tone
b)lna comic tone

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In an optimistic tone
B)
Read the text and do the activities below.
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both in our hometown and in Buenos Aires.
Do
life
ii ate
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People travelled exclusively to donate blood,
and
not only
from our city, but also from
true
a
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story
People went on donating blood under my
U
daughter's
name almost a year after the
A few years ago, my daughter had a very
operation. We got nearly 200 donors, and we
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complex brain surgery. It could not be done in
have never met most of them.

our hometown, so we had to take her to Fleni
Once my daughter felt better, she wrote a
Hospital in Buenos Aires, the capital city of
thank-you note, which she posted in my sister's
Argentina. During the eight-hour surgery my
social network. She ended the note saying: "For
daughter lost a lot of blood; she was given 72
all those who donated blood, I thank you from
units of blood to keep her alive. While she was
the bottom of my heart. For all those who
in recovery, we were asked to replace the
weren't able to, remember you can save a life
blood from the community supply.
by giving blood"
We were not in our hometown and we knew
Fortunately, my daughter is fully recovered
very few people in Buenos Aires. Besides, my
now.
husband and) could not donate because we
had had hepatitis in our youth. To make things
worse, my daughter is 0- (oh negative), a blood
type which is not easily found.
My sister came up with an idea: she published
a request in social networks, The request was
shared by different people nearly a thousand
ell

times. Mothers phoned their sons and
daughters living in Buenos Aires, asking them
to volunteer as donors. The media also echoed

the message and published or broadcasted j
Level: Pre-Intermediate
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Age:
Adolescents /Adults
BE A DONOR
1) Imagine you are the editor of a magazine which is going to publish the text. You don't like the title.
Change it.
2) Find in the text words that have a similar meaning to:
al blood bank
b)difficult
cI not dead
dl give back
e)called
f) near
91 later
61 approximately
il completely
3) Highlight all the words related to the hospital/being in hospital.
4) Match the halves.
a)
She was
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1) hospitalised.
b)
It could not be
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21
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given 72 units.

c)
She was

3)

easily found.
C
dl A blood type which is sot
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41
. .
done in our hometown.
e) We were
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51
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asked to replace the blood.
I) The request was
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61
.
shared by different people.
o
5) Complete the phrases with the words in the box.
network
-
recovery
-
surgery
-

published
-
a
life
-
bLood
j
a) in

:JP
b)save

c) dooate __________________
d)social

el message
1) brain __________________
6) Answer the following questions.
a) When did the story happen?
b) Why did they have to travel to Buenos Aires?
cI Why couldn't the author or her husband donate blood?
d)Why did they need donors?
el How did they find the donors they needed?
f) Would you have donated blood? Why/Why not?
C) Visit the website: www.cafepress.es/+donate-blood+posters
and choose two posters. Work with a partner
and decide who it is aimed at and if it would be effective in your town. Would you make any changes?
Which ones? Tell the class.
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Level: Pie-Intermediate

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Age: Adolescents /Adults
BEADONOR
D) Visit the website: www.designrelated.com/portfolio/sconus/entry/6939/bone-marrow-donation-poster,

look at the
poster and answer:
1)
What is this poster about?
2)
Why should you become a donor?
3)
Can anyone donate? What are the requirements/conditions?
E)You are going to watch a video in which a mother explains her son's illness and hew an organ transplant would
I
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help him.
Before watching
1)
What transplant does the child need? Discuss with a partner and come up with three options.
2)
Watch the video at: vimeo.com/65569350
and check if you were right.
After watching
3)
Who says this? Write M (mother) arT (Tony)
a) I/Tony was born with an intestinal disease.
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b) I'm / He's in the transplant list.

C)
I need / he needs a stomach, intestine and liver transplant
dli wear / He wears a special backpack for 18 hours a day.
e) It sucks.
I
4) Do you think the advert is effective? Why /Why not?
I
:F) Compare the posters and adverts we have seen in this unit. What do they have in common? How do they
differ? Are they persuasive, emotional or informative? Explain.
FINAL TASK
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Find out about blood, marrow and organ donation in you town or country. Is there a registry? What are the
requirements to register?
4
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• Choose one and make a poster with information to make people aware of the importance of becoming a donor.
Include contact information to your local/national registry.
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You can invent your own slogans for your poster or find some at: www.angelfire.com/sc/avbdwb/slogan_booklet.

•
Place your poster in the school's hall.
Links for further ideas
•
Poster
+
story:
www.ohmyachesandpains.info/2009/Ofl/my-heroes-bone-marrow-and-organ-donors.html
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• Article: funnymama.blogspotcom.ar/201
3/08/life-saving-eagle-scout-project.html
•
Donation
FAQS:
bethematch.org/support-the-cause/donate-bonemarrow/donation-faqs/

•
Poster: www.pula5kiacaderny.org/podium/push/default.aspx?s=261
&i=44271
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t t community supply
lco / ve
rep lace, e.I .
honed;
. . neighbouring; after;
h) neatly; ii
fully;
31 Highlighted words: surgery, hospitalised, in recooeny, community
supply,
(hepatitis), blood type, blood. units of blood; 41 all or
2;
b14;c( t or
2;
d) 3; .1 5;f16; slat in recovery; bI save a life: xl donate blood, dl social nels'sxrlc
C)
message published; f

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brain surgery; 61 ofbfew years
ago; b) Because the surgery could not be done In their hometown; xl Because they had had hepatitis; dl Possible answers: Because their daughter was
given
72
units of blood; because they had to replace the blood from the community
supply; el
They used social networks and lots of povylo volunteered;
CI students'answens;CI Stsdents'onswens; DI
1)
Marrow donation;
2lYou
can be the one to save a life; 3) Not anyone.
You
should be between
10
and,60,
be willing to donate to any patient in need and meet the health guidelines.
Eli)
Accept any reasonable answers; 31 a) M; b)
T,
cIT;d( M; cli.
F)
students'
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Level: Pre Intermediate
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Age:
Adolescents
EATING DISORDERS

Complete the passage with these words.
r
bodies - burn - develop - happy - huge
hungry - kidneys - little - much - attention
Humans need food and water to live. Kids and teenagers especially need to eat enough and healthily in
order to grow and 11

But some kids might think that food makes them fat, so they worry about how their 21

look some kids may eves stop eating, eat too 31 _______________.or induce vomiting after they eat.
Many kids or adolescents pay 4)

to thin models and TV stars. They see their bodies on
TV, the Internet, or in a magazine and they want to look like them too, because they seem to be beautiful
and 51 ________________ all the time. But that is not so true.
We can mention two eating disorders: one is anorexia, or anorexia nervosa. People who have this
problem, diet too 6)
-
or just stop eating. They usually deny feeling 7)
.they exercise too much, they feel fat and don't get involved in social activities. The
other disorder is bulimia. It implies secretly eating a$)
-
amount of food, and then try
to get rid of it by vomiting or taking laxatives and exercising a lot to 9) _the calories.
These disorders may damage the heart, the liver, and the 101 _______________: also teeth may get
stained or fall because of vomit acidity.
Talking about having a problem and getting help is the first step to getting back to being healthy again.
It is essential to remember that celebrities'looks are not real and that we are all beautiful in different
Source:
adapted from

Keys
1)
develop, 21 bodies, SI little,
4)
attention, 51 happy, 61 ,nauh, 71 hungry, 81 huge,
91
burn,
10)
kidneys.
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Level: Intermediate

Age: Adolescents / Adults
THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH
An oath is known as a spoken promise taken during a ceremony. Its origins are found in religious passages and oral
legends in which a sacred statement was made in order to swear to god that something would be done or omitted.
Different cultures and historical characters have taken oaths to different gods, according to their beliefs and customs. This
is the case of the original Hippocratic Oath, which is believed to have been written by Hippocrates of Kos, a Greek
intellectual who practised medicine and kept a record of his experience. Hippocrates lived approximately between 460
and 370 BC, and in those times his oath represented the responsibility that a conscious physician should have when facing
an ill person. In this case, the Hippocratic Oath consisted of a promise made to the Greek gods that the activity would be
: performed with ethics and morality, knowing that the destiny of the patient was
it
the hands of the physician.
This oath has been recited for more than twenty centuries. It has suffered some adjustments according to the customs of
: different cultures, but in the end it respects the core of the original message. In the present day, numerous universities in
the world suggest their graduated doctors to proclaim the oath before receiving their diplomas.This is way of beginning
their duties being aware of the responsibility that they hold towards the rest of the society.The following tent is a 20th
century version of the Hippocratic Oath, used in many medical schools in universities of the United States:
jI swear tofuifill, to the best

of
my ability and judgment, this
covenant:
I will respect the hard-won scientific gains
of
those physicians
in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is
mine
with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit
of
the sick, all measures which are
required, avoiding those twin traps
of
overtreatment and
:

therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science,
and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh
I
the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say '1 know not, nor will Ifail to call
in my colleagues when the skills
of
another are needed for a
:
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patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy

of
my patients, for their problems are
not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially
must I tread with care in matters
of
life and death. If it is given
me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my
power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced
with great humbleness and awareness
of
my own frailty. Above
all, I must not play at God.
fl
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•
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I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous
growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the
person's family and economic stability. My responsibility
includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for
•
the sick.
()
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I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is
preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member
of
society, with
special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound

of
mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected
while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I

I

always act so as to preserve the finest traditions
of
my calling
and may I long experience the joy
of
healing those who seek
my help.
Written in
1964 by Louis
Lasagna, Academic Dean of the School
of
Medicine atlufts
University.)
Level: Intermediate
Ages Adolescents/ Adults
THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH
A)
Lookup in the dictionary the meaning of the following words
.,

-
which might help you to complete the next exercise
nihilism (noun)

-
frailty (noun)
-

infirm (adjective)
sound (adjective)
-
sympathy (noun)
-
outweigh (verb)
B)
Read again the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath and decide

whether the next sentences are true (T) or false IFI. In each case,
indicate which sentence of the oath has helped you to figure out the
MLOW
answer.

-
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KPAi OT.
I I1 I1
O
ocx
11 Doctors mutt bear in mind that they are not treating
vu
diseases, but they are treating people.
HIPpOCRATIS

2) Doctors must never say that they don't know.

IVSIVRANDVM
31 It isn't natural for doctors to seek advice from their
colleagues.

41 It is always better to prevent a disease than to cure it.
51 The matters of health must be kept in secret between the
patient and the professional.
'HIPPOCRATIC
6)
Doctors roust be proud of their responsibility of saving and
OATH
taking lives, as their knowledge is flawless.
7)
Doctors have responsibilities only towards ill people
61.
8)
A close and warm relationship with a patient might have
-
the same value as other techniques used in medicine,
H I
p p
0 C R AT I C OATH
91 Doctors must avoid saying,
There
is nothing to
be done.
10) Overtreatment is an honest way of practising medicine.
References
Bainh.Jaiie (201 1). The

HippoerotirOathanerhionoMvinghinroekai
soriol,andrelig/ooa
conflict.
Wostvirginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences center, School of Medidne.
httys/fioedicine.hsu.wvu.odu/Students/Aboot-toM/Adrrrission-Procnee/Eesayslthe
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Lasagna, Loaie.1in641.
HippocraticOath
lModerovereiool. John Hopkins Sheridan
Libraries, Guide to finding inforrrration oboist bioethics and related subjects.
htcpWnoides.likrare.ihu.odu/ssneent.plrp?pid=23699&sid=190964
Keys lt True, 2) False; ) Faire; 4) True, 5) True; 6) False; 7) False; SlTrue; 9) True; 15) False.
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Level:
Pre Intermediate

Age:
Adolescents/Adults
IN THE WAITING ROOM
A) Join the sentences paying attention to the different medical specialties and decide which relative
pronoun should be used:
who, which
or
that.
I Dermatology is the medical Specialty a) studies the diseases of the eye.
2)
Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine bI focuses on the respiratory tract.
3)
A dentist is a doctor
cI works with clinical problems related to bones and soft tissues.

4)
Pulmonology in the field of medicine dl studies wounds and injuries caused by accidents.
51 A traumatologist is doctor

e) is an expert in the health of babies, infants and adolescents.
61 Gastroenterology is the medical specialty f) studies the illnesses of skin, hair and nails.
71 A pediatrician is doctor

g) follows the evolution of pregnancies.
81 A rheumatologist is doctor

h) analyses the digestive system.
91 Radiology is a medical specialty

ii analyses the results of x-ray images.
101A gynecologist is a doctor

jI specialises in studying the diseases of the teeth and mouth.
B) Now that you can recognise some medical specialties, try to guess which patient is waiting for which
professional. Complete the sentences for each patient using the following conjunctions:
and, because, so.
Professionals: Gastroenterologist - Radiologist - Gynecologist - Dentist - Rheumatologist -
Ophthalmologist - Dermatologist -Traumatologist - Pulmonologist - Pediatrician.
Patients:
11 Vanessa is pregnant she must be waiting for a/an
21 Christian must be waiting for a/an he is a football player who had a leg injury.
3) Sandra must be waiting for a/an she has worn glasses since she was little.
41 Julia is months old is being held by her mother. Her mother has taken her to the hospital to see
a/an
5)

Andy lost two teeth yesterday he must be waiting for a/an
6)
Gregory has a pain on his back and uses a cane he must be waiting for a/an
7)
The is expecting Stephen, a patient who has a rash on his arm looks very worried.
8)
Martin can't quit smoking coughs all the time. He is waiting for a/an
9)
Elizabeth is waiting for a/an she wants to show him an x-ray radiography of her
hand.
10)
Jane ate a bag full of candies now she suffers from a stomachache. She is probably waiting for
a/an
Level: Pre Intermediate

Age:
Adolescents/Adults
IN THE WAITING ROOM
C) Let's assume that all the patients have left the hospital with some pieces of advice given by their doctors.
Complete the following sentences with the modal verbs
must
or
should
in their afirmative and negative
forms.
1) The gynecologist advised Vanessa that she rest every time she feels tired. As she is about to give birth, she
do any sports and sleep at least 8 hours.
21 The traumatologist told Christian he do any physical exercise for six months. If he takes care of his leg, it
heal completely in seven months and he feel any pain.
31 The ophthalmologist recommended Sandra that if she decides to go to the gym she wear her regular

glasses.
Instead she buy a pair of prescribed contact lenses that fit her perfectly.
4)
The pediatrician told Julia's mother that the baby be vaccinated as soon as possible. She
be exposed to cold weather and be in touch with other small children for a while.
5)
The dentist told Andy he wash his teeth after every meal and pay special attention after
eating sweets. He doesn't need to worry as his new teeth grow in less than two months.
6)
The rheumatologist suggested Gregory that he lift anything heavy. Considering his age, he
,
walk without his cane and he never use the stairs.
71 The dermatologist calmed Stephen by telling him that his rash is not serious. It disappear is a few days if
houses an ointment that cost him much. However, he avoid scratching that area.
8)
The pulmonologist told Martin he stop smoking immediately because he has a severe pneumonia. He
be exposed to low temperatures and force his voice.
9)
The radiologist told Elizabeth she urgently visit a traumatologist as she has a broken finger. He also
explained to her that she move her hand violently and that she probably need some painkillers.
101 According to the gastroenterologist Jane eat so many candies all at once. He advised that she
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run right before eating because she let her digestion take place properly.
Key A) ll)lthat/whichl; 21 a (that/which);
all
(who/that); 4lblthut/whichl; tt d lwho/thutl;6t h (that/which); 7)e(who/shat); 8)nlsvho/thatl; 9)
i
(that/which);
lOig lwhn/thatl, till no/gyneunlngist.2l tra

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tolgist/becaune. 3) ophthIn ologint/becauso. 4) and/pediatrician. 5) so/dentist. 61 no/rheumatologist.
71 dernsatologisttand. 81 and/pulmnnnloglst. 91 radiologist/because. lot so/gaatrnenterologist Cli) should/mustn't/must; 21 mustn't/should/shouldn't
3) shouldn't/shouldlmntsst;4) rmmust/,etsstn't/shoaldn't 51 nsuutfshuald/must6l shouldet/mrustnt/mnost; 71 should/shouldnt/nsaut 81 mastlnsuutn't/shouldn't;
91 must/mustn't/should; lot mustn't/shouldn't/must
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