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UNIT 3
Do I need a health check-up?

SNAPSHOT

Look at the following pictures of some diseases that attack various parts of
your body. Match the words from the right side with the picture.

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• Runny!nose!
• Sore!eye!
• Stomachache!
• Broken!leg!
• Osteoporosis!
• Lung!cancer!

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Read and practice this following dialog in pairs.

Doctor Hi, what’s wrong?

Jane I feel unwell and vomit a lot.
Doctor How long have you felt like this?
Jane Nearly two days. It started just before going to bed the day
before yesterday.
Doctor Let me examine you. I will press on your stomach to see if it
hurts.
Jane Ok. It doesn’t hurt when you press on my stomach. I just feel
tired.
Doctor Ok. Did you eat anything different before you started to feel
unwell?
Jane Yes my friend cooked dinner for me. He isn’t a very good cook
and his food tasted a bit strange.
Doctor You’ve got food poisoning. It is not very serious and you
should be better after a day.
Jane Oh dear, what should I do?
Doctor You need to drink lots of water and get plenty of rest.
Jane Ok, thank you doctor.
Doctor You’re welcome. If you are not better in 48 hours come and
see me again.

GRAMMAR FOCUS

Pronouns
Read and discuss with your lecturer.

Subject Object Possessive

Examples
Pronoun Pronoun Adjective
1st person Did mother find my
I me my
singular shoes?
2nd person Mrs. Baker wants to
you you your
singular see your homework.

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3rd person Can Jake bring
singular, he him his over his baseball
male cards?
3rd person
Samantha will fix her
singular, she her her
bike tomorrow.
female
3rd person
singular, it it its The cat broke its leg.
neutral
1st person
we us our This is our house.
plural
2nd person
you you your This is your class.
plural
3rd person
they them their Where is their school?
plural

Exercise 1
Discuss some other diseases with your friends, mention the causes, and
identify the parts of body that are affected. Fill in the following table.

Diseases Causes Parts of Body

Sore throat Not drinking enough/..... Throat

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PRONUNCIATION

The following picture gives the names of the parts of your body. Practice with
your lecturer to pronounce each of them.

READING

Osteoporosis
Imagine that you are a doctor and you have a patient that has a problem
with his back. What will you do to cure the problem?

Nowadays people are healthier than 100 years ago. They eat good
food to avoid diseases. Minerals in food can help people recover from
fatigue. Minerals also help to maintain our health especially our bones.
Osteoporosis is one kind of bone disease. It makes our bones weak. It
can be caused by several factors. The factors are genetics, gender, age, race,
weight, medical conditions, medication, lack of calcium, and lifestyle. In
addition consuming much salt, alcohol, and caffeine can increase the risk of
weak bones.
To prevent this disease, people should consume minerals. Minerals are
good for maintaining the health of our bones. We have to consume enough
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minerals every day. Zinc (Zn) is an important mineral for our body especially
our bones. It includes more than 200 enzymes.
We can find zinc in many meats such as beef and chicken, in seafood
such as fish, oysters, crab and shrimp, and in soy products such as tofu and
tempeh. It can be found in dairy products such as cheese, yogurt, and milk.
Furthermore, if we want to avoid osteoporosis, we have to make our
bones strong. Jumping is the best way to strengthen our bones. To sum up, by
doing exercise and eating good food osteoporosis can be avoided.

Excersise 2

List the unfamiliar words that you found in the text above. Try to guess their
meanings and write some possibilities in the following table.

No New Vocabulary Possible Meaning

1 Fatigue Exhausted
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Exercise 3
Read the following statements. Check if they are true or false according to the
text.
No Statements True False
1 Today, our lives have become worse.
Tempeh and tofu can increase our risk of bone
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disease.
Zinc is a mineral which makes our bones
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strong.
4 Exercise helps strengthen bones

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GRAMM AR FO CUS

Equative, Comparative, and Superlative

Equative Comparative Superlative
Functions to express to compare two When comparing more
equality or nouns or pronouns. than two things.
inequality.
Examples Joko is as My brother is taller Yoga is the youngest
fast as Udin. than I am. biologist in the firm.

I am as tall as She is more careful She is the oldest of her

you. with her work than I siblings.
am.
Padang is not
as crowded
as Jakarta.
Forms as + adjective add –er to the the + adjective + est
+ as not adjective

as + adjective
+ as two syllable adjectives the + most + adjective (for
ending in –y: change longer adjective or more
the –y to –ier (e.q: than two syllables, e.g: the
happy-happier, etc) most intelligent, the most
comfortable)
longer adjectives: use
more with the
unchanged adjective
(e.g: more careful,
etc)

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However, some adjectives have different forms of comparatives and
superlatives. They do not follow the "-er" and "-est" rule. They are called
Irregular comparatives and superlatives.

Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives

bad worse worst
far (distance) farther farthest
far (extent) further furthest
good better best
little less least
many more most
much more most

Exercise 4
Write the appropriate comparative adjectives in the blank.

1. Ridho is 23 years old. Riki is 25 years old.

Ridho is younger than Riki.
Riki is older than Ridho.

2. The white shoes cost Rp. 150.000,-. The brown ones cost Rp. 100.000.
The white shoes are ______________________________ the brown ones.
The brown ones are ______________________________ the white shoes.

3. Rendi is 171 cm tall. Roby is 166 cm tall.

______________________________________________
______________________________________________

4. The weather in August in Washington, D.C. is hot. The weather in

August in Quebec is cool.
______________________________________________
______________________________________________

5. “The Sixth Sense” is interesting. “The Prestige” is incredibly boring.

______________________________________________
______________________________________________

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Exercise 5
Unscramble the sentences below. Use superlative adjectives
1 My dog/fast/animal/city My dog is the fastest animal in the city
2 Coldplay/wonderful/band/world
3 Rendy/excellent/student/class

4 The Amazon/deep/river/South
America
5 Brad Pitt/famous/actor/world

W- H Questions
Question
Meaning Examples
words
Who Person Who's that? That's Nancy.
Where Place Where do you live? In Boston.
Why do you go to sleep early? Because
Why Reason
I've got to get up early.
When Time When do you go to work? At 7:00.
How Manner How do you go? By car.
What Object, idea or action What do you do? I am an engineer
Which Choice Which one do you prefer? The red one.
Whose Possession Whose is this book? It's Alan's.
Whom Object of the verb Whom did you meet? I met the manager.
What kind of music do you like? I like
What kind Description
quiet songs.
What time Time What time did you come home?
How many students are there? There are
How many Quantity (countable)
twenty.
Amount, price How much time have we got? Ten
How much
(uncountable) minutes.
How long did you stay in that hotel? For
How long Duration, length
two weeks.
How often do you go to the gym? Twice a
How often Frequency
week.
How far is your school? It's one mile from
How far Distance
here.
How old Age How old are you? I'm 16.
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How come Reason How come I didn't see you at the party?

Exercise 6

Write the appropriate equative or non-equative adjective in each blank.

1. Ridho is 175 cm tall. Azwar is 175 cm tall.

Ridho is as tall as Azwar.

2. The cobra snake in the zoo is eight metres long. The viper snake is six

metres long.

The cobra snake________________________________the viper.

3. The average temperature in Miami is 23˚C. The average temperature in

Bangkok is 29˚C.

Miami is_____________________________Bangkok.

4. It is very windy in Chicago. It is also very windy in San Fransisco.

Chicago_______________________________San Fransisco.

5. Boston is 325 kilometres from New York. Washington is also 325

kilometres from New York.

Boston is _________________________________Washington from New

York.

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W RITING

Create a new patient-doctor dialog about a different illness (different from

page 25) in pairs.

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