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ILLNESS AND DISEASE

Common problems.

Shes sneezing.
Shes coughing.
Shes got a sore throat.
Shes blowing her nose.
Shes got a temperature.

Common problems

She is sneezing.

Common problems

Shes coughing.

Common problems

Shes got a sore throat.

Common problems

Shes blowing her


nose.

Common problems

Shes got a
temperature.

Vocabulary 1:

illness,disease = penyakit
symptom = gejala
cold = kedinginan
flu = flu
fever = demam
diarrhea = diare
sick = sakit
hangover = mabuk
ache, pain = sakit, nyeri

hurt = sakit
pain in ones chest = sakit
pada bagian dada
fill a hole /a cavity in the
tooth = penanaman gigi
lung cancer = kangker
paru-paru
heart atttack = serangan
jantung
hepatitis = hepatitis

Vocabulary 2:
breathe = bernafas

vomit = muntah
Chemist, drug store = apotik
prescription = resep
serious condition = kondisi kritis
toothache = sakit gigi
stomachache = sakit perut
Headache = sakit kepala
sore throat = sakit tenggorokan
Inflammation = radang
Aching = pegal

Dialogue No. 1:
a) What happened? Whats the matter?
I ve got a cold.
b) How do you know? What are the symptoms?
A sorethroat, sneezing and a cough.
c) Do you know the cause of your illness?
I think a virus.
Dialogue No. 2:
a) Ive got flu (=more serious illness than cold).
b) The same for a cold plus aching.
c) A virus.
Dialogue No. 3:
a) Ive got fever
b) Sneezing, runny nose, sore eyes.
c) Its allergic reactin to pollen from grass.

No. 4:
a) I ve got diarrhoea.
b) I keep going to the toilet.
c) Some food or virus..
No. 5:

Note = good advice:


For these illnesses, you can
either buy something from the chemist,
or go to your doctor, who may give you a
prescription (= a piece of paper with an
order for some medicine) that you get from
the chemist.

Aches and pains (wordspot)


Nouns:
We only use ache with the following
Ive got toothache
a stomach-ache,
backache, earache
a headache.
For other parts of the body we use
pain
e.g. I woke up in the night with a terrible pain in my chest

Verbs:
You can use ache for some things
e.g. My back aches.
But hurt is more common to describe real pain,
and it can be used with or without a direct object.
She hurt (=injured) her foot when she jumped off the bus
and fell over.
She hurt herself when she jumped off the bus.
I hit my leg against the table and it really hurts. (= gives me
a terrible pain).

Adjectives:
The only common adjective is painful/painless
E.g.
I had an injection yesterday and it was very painful.
A: Did it hurt when you had your filling? (=when the dentist
fills a hole in the tooth)..
B: No, it was painless.

Serious illnesses
Doctors believe smoking is the major cause of lung cancer.
He had a heart attack and died almost immediately.
Hepatitis is a liver disease
Asthma (=chest illness causing breathing problems) has become
more common.
Note:
Illness and disease are often used in the same way.
Disease is used for a serious condition caused by an infection
e.g. liver disease.
Illness is a more general word.

Exercise 1
Complete the main symptom/s for these conditions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

A cold:
Flu:
Hay fever:
A hangover:
Diarrhea:
Asthma:

Exercise 2
Look at the pictures and write what happened.

Fig 1

Fig 2

Fig 3

Fig 4

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