LESSON 5: HEALTH

Exercise 1:

PART 1: QUESTIONS 1-10

Questions 1-5
Complete the sentences.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Peter consumes far too much soft drink

Peter and Mary’s diet will be both sensible and 1 ___________

Every two months, they can eat 2 ___________

On Saturdays, they will go 3 ___________

This coming Saturday, they will go to 4 ___________

In every meal, there will be 5 ___________

Questions 6-10

Choose the correct letter, C, I, or B.

Peter’s opinion Mary’s opinion

Tuesdays B 6
Thursdays 7 8
Sundays 9 10

C Chocolate
I Ice cream
B Biscuits

1 Practical
2 Pizza(s)
3 (light) walking
4 Pine Park
5 Fruit juice
6B
7I
8C
9B
10 I

Exercise 2: Questions 1-10

Questions 1-4

Complete the table below

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer

Health Centers
Name of centre Doctor/s name Advantage
The Harvey Clinic Dr. Green Especially good with 1…………
The 2………..health practice Dr. Fuller Offers 3…….appointments
The Shore Lane Health Centre Dr 4………….

Questions 5-6
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO of the following are offered free of charge at Shore Lane Health Centre?

A acupuncture
B employment medicals
C sports injury therapy
D travel advice
E vaccinations

Questions 7-10 Complete the table below

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer
Talks for patients at Shore Lane Health Centre
Subject of talk Date/Time Location Notes
Giving up smoking 25 February at Room 4
th
Useful for people with asthma
7pm or 7………....problems
Healthy eating 1 March at 5 pm The 8………….
st
anyone welcome
(shore lane)
Avoiding injuries during 9th March Room 6 For all 10………….
exercise at 9………

1 babies 2 Eshcol 3 evening 4 Gormley

5B6E
7 heart 8 primary school 9 4:30 10 ages

A – Phân tích câu hỏi

Questions 1-4: Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each
answer.

Health Centres
(Trung tâm sức khỏe)
Name of centre Doctor’s name Advantage
(Tên trung tâm) (Tên bác sĩ) (Ưu điểm)
especially good with 1 ……………….
The Harvey Clinic (Example) Dr. Green (đặc biệt tốt cho …………..)
(Phòng khám Harvey) (Bác sĩ Green) → từ cần điền là một danh từ chỉ đối
tượng phù hợp nhất với trung tâm.
The 2 ………….. Health
offers 3 ………………….
Practice
appointments
(Trung tâm sức khỏe
Dr. Fuller (sắp xếp các buổi hẹn ……………….)
…………….)
(Bác sĩ Fuller) → từ cần điền là một tính từ hoặc danh
→ cần điền một danh từ
từ bổ nghĩa cho danh từ
riêng chỉ tên của trung tâm
“appointments”.
sức khỏe.
Dr 4 ……………..
The Shore Lane Health
(Bác sĩ ………….)
Centre
→ cần điền tên riêng của
(Trung tâm sức khỏe Shore
bác sĩ ở trung tâm Shore
Lane)
Lane

Questions 5-6: Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO of the following are offered free of charge at Shore Lane Health
Centre?
(Hai mục nào sau đây được trung tâm sức khỏe Shore Lane thực hiện miễn phí?)

 A. acupuncture (châm cứu)

 B. employment medicals (kiểm tra sức khỏe trước khi làm việc)
 C. sports injury therapy (liệu pháp dành cho chấn thương thể thao)
 D. travel advice (lời khuyên cho việc đi lại/ du lịch)
 E. vaccinations (tiêm vắc xin)

→ Chú ý keywords “TWO”, “free of charge”, và “Shore Lane”; đáp án là hai dịch vụ được
cung cấp miễn phí ở trung tâm sức khỏe Shore Lane.

Questions 7–10: Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS
AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Talks for patients at Shore Lane Health Centre

(Buổi nói chuyện dành cho bệnh nhân ở Trung tâm Sức khỏe Shore Lane)
Subject of
talk Date/Time Location Notes
(Chủ đề nói (Ngày/giờ) (Địa điểm) (Chú ý)
chuyện)
useful for people with
asthma or 7 ……………..
Giving up problems
smoking 15 February at 7 p.m room 4 (hữu ích cho ai bị hen suyễn
(Bỏ hút (7 giờ tối 15/02) (phòng 4) hoặc gặp vấn đề về
thuốc) ………….)
→ cần điền một danh từ chỉ
một vấn đề sức khỏe.
the 8 ……………..
(Shore Lane)
Healthy
(………………. ở Shore
eating 1 March at 5 p.m anyone welcome
Lane)
(Ăn uống (5 giờ tối 01/03) (chào đón tất cả)
→ cần điền một danh từ
lành mạnh)
chỉ một địa điểm ở Shore
Lane.
Avoiding
9 March
injuries for all 10 ………………
at 9 ………………..
during (cho tất cả ………….)
(……….. 09/03) room 6
exercise → cần điền một danh từ chỉ
→ cần điền thời gian của (phòng 6)
(Tránh chấn đối tượng phù hợp với buổi
buổi nói chuyện vào ngày
thương khi nói chuyện.
09/03
luyện tập)

B – Giải thích đáp án

Woman: Can I help you?

Người phụ nữ: Tôi có thể giúp gì cho anh?

Man: Yes, I’ve just moved to this area with my wife and children and I’d like to know
where we can all register with a doctor at a Health Centre.

Người đàn ông: Vâng, tôi vừa mới chuyển đến khu vực này cùng vợ con và tôi muốn biết
ở đâu chúng tôi có thể đăng ký với bác sĩ tại Trung tâm Y tế.

Woman: Okay. Well, there’s Doctor Green at The Harvey Clinic. We always
recommend her for babies, because she’s very good with them [Q1] and she runs a
special clinic.
Người phụ nữ: Được rồi. Chà, có Bác sĩ Green ở Phòng khám Harvey. Chúng tôi luôn
khuyên cho bọn trẻ đến phòng khám của cô ấy, vì cô ấy rất tốt với chúng và cô ấy điều
hành một phòng khám đặc biệt.

Man: Oh … actually my youngest child is five, so that wouldn’t be any good for us.

Người đàn ông: Ồ … thực ra đứa con út của tôi mới năm tuổi, chị nói vậy nghĩa là bác sĩ
Green không phù hợp với chúng tôi?

Woman: Right.

Người phụ nữ: Phải.

Man: Is there anywhere else I could try?

Người đàn ông: Có nơi nào khác dành cho tôi không?

Woman: Yes, the Eshcol Health Practice is the next one on my list [Q2].

Người phụ nữ: Vâng, Trung tâm Sức khỏe Eshcol là trung tâm tiếp theo trong danh sách.

Man: How do you spell that?

Người đàn ông: Chị đánh vần tên trung tâm giúp tôi nhé?

Woman: E-S-H-C-O-L. And it’s Doctor Fuller, who has space on his list. The clinic only
opened a year ago, so the facilities are all very modern.

Người phụ nữ: E-S-H-C-O-L. Và ở đó có bác sĩ Fuller với danh sách bệnh nhân vẫn còn
chỗ trống. Phòng khám chỉ mở được một năm nay, vì vậy cơ sở vật chất rất hiện đại.

Man: That sounds good.

Người đàn ông: Nghe được đấy.

Woman: And it’s particularly good if you’re busy during the day because they also do
appointments in the evening [Q3]. They’re closed on Saturday, though. The only
other place on the list is the Health Centre on Shore Lane. You can register with
Doctor Gormley, that’s G-O-R-M-L-E-Y [Q4]. He’s new there, but the centre has a very
good reputation.
Người phụ nữ: Có một điều đặc biệt hay là nếu bạn bận rộn vào ban ngày thì họ cũng
sẵn sàng sắp xếp các cuộc hẹn vào buổi tối. Tuy nhiên, trung tâm không làm việc vào
thứ Bảy. Một lựa chọn duy nhất khác trong danh sách là Trung tâm Y tế ở đường Shore.
Anh có thể đăng ký với bác sĩ Gormley, đánh vần là G-O-R-M-L-E-Y. Đây là một bác sĩ mới
ở đây nhưng trung tâm cũng có tiếng từ trước rồi.

Man: Oh yes, I think I know the road. That would be the best one. Thanks. Could
you tell me, will all their services be free?

Người đàn ông: Ồ vâng, tôi nghĩ rằng tôi biết con phố đó. Đây là lựa chọn tốt nhất đấy.
Cảm ơn chị. Chị có thể cho tôi biết, tất cả các dịch vụ của họ sẽ được miễn phí chứ?

Woman: Erm… there are usually some small charges that doctors make. Let me see
what it says about the Shore Lane Centre. If you need to be vaccinated before any
trips abroad, you won’t have to pay for this [Q5 & 6]. Erm, what else? The sports injury
treatment service operates on a paying basis, as does the nutritional therapy
service. Some health centres do offer alternative therapies like homeopathy as part
of their pay-to-use service. Shore Lane are hoping to do this soon – I think they may
start with acupuncture. And finally, if you need to prove you’re healthy or haven’t had
any serious injuries before a new employer will accept you, you can get a free fitness
check-up there [Q5 & 6], but you’d most likely have to pay for insurance medicals
though.

Người phụ nữ: Erm … thường có một số khoản phí nhỏ mà các bác sĩ yêu cầu. Để tôi
kiểm tra xem Trung tâm ở đường Shore thế nào nào. Nếu anh cần tiêm phòng trước bất
kỳ chuyến đi nước ngoài nào, anh sẽ không phải trả tiền. Erm, còn gì nữa không nhỉ?
Dịch vụ điều trị chấn thương thể thao là dịch vụ thu phí, cũng như dịch vụ trị liệu dinh
dưỡng. Một số trung tâm y tế cung cấp các liệu pháp thu phí khác như vi lượng đồng
căn. Trung tâm ở đường Shore đang muốn áp dụng điều tương tự – tôi nghĩ họ có thể
bắt đầu với châm cứu. Và cuối cùng, nếu anh cần chứng minh anh khỏe mạnh hoặc
chưa gặp phải chấn thương nghiêm trọng nào để nộp đơn xin việc, anh có thể kiểm tra
sức khỏe miễn phí tại đó, nhưng rất có thể anh phải trả tiền bảo hiểm y tế.

Man: Okay, thanks.

Người đàn ông: Được rồi, cảm ơn.

Woman: You might also be interested to know the Centre is running a pilot scheme
of talks for patients. I’ve got the list here. Actually, they look very interesting.
Người phụ nữ: Anh cũng có thể muốn biết Trung tâm đang thực hiện kế hoạch thí điểm
các cuộc trò chuyện với bệnh nhân. Tôi đã có danh sách ở đây. Thật ra, chúng rất thú vị.

Man: What sort of things?

Người đàn ông: Có những thứ gì?

Woman: Well, the first one’s about giving up smoking. It’s next week, the twenty-
fifth of February, at 7 pm, and that’s in Room 4. It says the talk will stress the health
benefits particularly for people with asthma or heart disease [Q7].

Người phụ nữ: Chà, buổi nói chuyện đầu tiên là về việc bỏ thuốc lá. Nó diễn ra vào tuần
tới, 25/02, lúc 7 giờ tối, ở Phòng 4. Buổi nói chuyện sẽ nhấn mạnh lợi ích sức khỏe đặc
biệt cho những người mắc bệnh hen suyễn hoặc bệnh tim.

Man: That sounds very interesting.

Người đàn ông: Nghe có vẻ rất thú vị.

Woman: There’s also a talk for families with children. It’s on Healthy Eating and
takes place on the first of March at five o’clock.

Người phụ nữ: Cũng có một cuộc nói chuyện cho các gia đình có con nhỏ. Tên nó là Ăn
uống lành mạnh và buổi này diễn ra vào ngày đầu tiên của tháng ba lúc năm giờ.

Man: Will that be at the Health Centre?

Người đàn ông: Ở Trung tâm Y tế hả chị?

Woman: Erm, actually it’s at the primary school on Shore Lane [Q8]. I imagine they’re
inviting the parents of pupils there – it says here ‘all welcome’.

Người phụ nữ: Erm, ở trường tiểu học trên đường Shore. Tôi đoán là họ sẽ mời cả phụ
huynh học sinh đến đó – ở đây ghi là ‘tất cả đều được chào đón’ này.

Man: Mmm, I might go to that if I have time.

Người đàn ông: Mmm, tôi sẽ đến đó nếu có thời gian.

Woman: There’s a couple of other talks – one giving advice about how to avoid
injuries while doing exercise. It’s on the ninth of March. Oh, it’s a late afternoon talk,
at 4:30, and it’ll be in Room 6 [Q9]. It also says the talk is suitable for all ages [Q10].
And finally, there’s a talk called ‘Stress Management which is …

Người phụ nữ: Có một vài buổi gặp mặt khác – một buổi đưa ra lời khuyên về cách
tránh chấn thương trong khi tập thể dục vào 9/3. Ồ, đó là một buổi nói chuyện vào
chiều muộn, lúc bốn giờ ba mươi ở Phòng 6. Ở đây ghi là cuộc nói chuyện phù hợp với
mọi lứa tuổi. Và cuối cùng, có một cuộc nói chuyện gọi là ‘Giải quyết căng thẳng’ …

C – Từ vựng

 clinic (noun)
Nghĩa: a building or part of a hospital where people can go for special
medical treatment or advice
Ví dụ: Your local family planning clinic can give you advice about birth
control.
 reputation (noun)
Nghĩa: [countable, uncountable] the opinion that people have about what
somebody/something is like, based on what has happened in the past
Ví dụ: a politician with a reputation for honesty ~ the politician has a good
reputation for his honesty.
 acupuncture (noun)
Nghĩa: [uncountable] a Chinese method of treating pain and illness using
special thin needles that are pushed into the skin in particular parts of the
body
Ví dụ: Needles are inserted into specific acupuncture points in the body.
 give up something/ doing something (phrasal verb)
Nghĩa: [no passive] to stop doing or having something
Ví dụ: She didn’t give up work when she had the baby.

Exercise 3:
Questions 1-3
Circle the correct answer
According to the first speaker:
1 The focus of the lecture series is on
A organising work and study.
B maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
C coping with homesickness.
D settling in at university.
2 The lecture will be given by
A the president of the Union.
B the campus doctor.
C a sports celebrity.
D a health expert.
According to the second speaker:
3 This week’s lecture is on
A campus food.
B dieting.
C sensible eating.
D saving money.
Questions 4-7
Complete the notes.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
A balanced diet
A balanced diet will give you enough vitamins for normal daily living.
Vitamins in food can be lost through 4 ___________

Types of vitamins:
(a) Fat soluble vitamins (vitamin tan trong chất béo) are stored by the body.
(b) Water soluble vitamins - not stored, so you need a 5 ___________

Getting enough vitamins

Eat 6 ___________ of foods.
Buy plenty of vegetables and store them in 7 ___________

Questions 8-9
Complete the diagram by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the boxes provided.
Answer table
1. B 6. (a) variety

2. D 7. the dark//the fridge//a cool place//a dark place

3. C 8. eat in moderation//not too much

4. cooking 9. eat lots//eat most

5. (regular) daily intake

Exam review

J = John

D = Diane Greenbaum

J: Good morning, good morning, everyone. and welcome to our regular lecture on health issues.
This series of lectures is organized by the Students’ Union and is part of the union’s attempt to help
you, the students of this university, to stay healthy while coping with study and social life at the
same time. So it’s a great pleasure for me to welcome back Ms. Diane Greenbaum who is
a professional dietician and who has been kind enough to give up her time, in what I know is a very
hectic schedule, to come along and talk to us today.

D: Thank you. Thank you very much, John. May I say it’s a pleasure to be back? Now, stresses at
university, being away from home and having to look after yourselves, learning your way around the
campus all contribute to making it quite hard sometimes to ensure that your diet is adequate. So
today I’m going to talk about ways of making sure that you eat well while at the same time
staving within your budget. Ngan chặn trong ngân sách.

If you have a well-balanced diet, then you should be getting all the vitamins that you need for normal
daily living. However sometimes we think we’re eating the right foods but the vitamins are
escaping, perhaps as a result of cooking and anyway we’re not getting the full benefit of them.
Now, if you lack vitamins in any way the solution isn’t to rush off (vội vàng) and take vitamin pills.
though they can sometimes help. No it’s far better to look at your diet and how you prepare your
food.

So what are vitamins? Well, the dictionary tells us they are “food factors essential in small quantities
to maintain life”. Now, there are fat-soluble vitamins which can be stored for quite some time by the
body and there are water-soluble vitamins which are removed more rapidly from the body and so
a regular daily intake of these ones is needed.

OK, so how can you ensure that your diet contains enough of the vitamins you need? Well, first of
all, you may have to establish some new eating habits! No more chips at the uni canteen, I’m afraid!
Now firstly, you must eat a variety of foods. Then you need to ensure that you eat at least four
servings of fruit and vegetables daily. Now you’ll need to shop two or three times a week to make
sure that they’re fresh and store your vegetables in the fridge or in a cool dark place.

Now let’s just refresh our memories by looking at the Healthy Diet Pyramid. OK, can you all see
that? Good. Well, now, as you see we’ve got three levels to our pyramid. At the top in the smallest
area are the things which we should really be trying to avoid as much as possible. Things like … yes,
sugar, salt, butter … all that sort of thing. Next, on the middle of our pyramid, we find the things that
we can eat in moderation. Not too much though! And that’s where we find milk, lean meat, fish,
nuts, eggs. And then at the bottom of the pyramid are the things that you can eat lots of! Because
they’re the things that are really good for you And here we have bread, vegetables, and fruit. So don’t
lose sight of your healthy diet pyramid when you do your shopping.
Exercise 4:
Questions 11- 12
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

11 Who is Mrs. Sutton worried about? .................... .

12 What is the name for a group of family doctors working in the same building
together? .................... .

Questions 13-18

Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Name of Health
Number of doctors Other information Information about doctors
Centre
Dr Jones is good
proper
Lack of 15 ..
with 16 ....................
Dean End 13 .................... appointment system patients.
Dr Shaw is good with
.................. small children.

Building less modern Dr Williams helps people

South Hay 14 ....................
than Dean End with 17 ....................

Questions 18-20

Question 18 Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER.

Doctors start seeing patients at the Health Centre from .................... o’clock.

Question 19 Choose TWO letters A-E.

Which TWO groups of patients receive free medication?

A people over 17 years old

B unemployed people
C non-UK residents
D people over 60 years old
E pregnant women
Question 20

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER.

The charge for one item of medication is about £ .................... .

(Questions 11-20)
11. (her) daughter (Anna) // Anna // Ana // (her) child
12. (a) practice // practices
13. (about) 6 // six (doctors)
14. (about) 4 // four (doctors)
15. better // more efficient // faster
16. elderly // old // older
17. back problems/trouble // bad backs
18. 9 // nine (am) // 9.00 // nine/9 o’clock
19. EITHER ORDER
B // unemployed people
E // pregnant women
20. (£) 5 // five (pounds)

Peter:
Okay Mary, I know I’m putting on weight with all my bad eating habits.
Mary:
That’s right. Chocolate bars, pizzas, and all washed down with litres of soft drink. And
with all the sugar in soft drink, I think we can say you’re definitely overindulging, don’t
you think?
Peter:
I know, I know. I intend to definitely stop drinking that from now on.
Mary:
And that’s part of the sensible eating plan that we have agreed we need to formulate—
one that we can both follow.
Peter:
That’s right, sensible, and practical — allowing us to indulge in some sweet foods on
occasions.
Mary:
On rare occasions, and we’re going to cut out all the pizzas and hamburgers.
Peter:
Well, not totally. I thought you said pizzas could be eaten once a week. You know how I
like pizzas.
Ss1:
Mary:
No. I said once every two months. Once a week was ice cream, not pizza.
Peter:
Yeah, that’s because you like ice cream. I prefer pizza.
Mary:
Peter, if you want to lose weight, you need to be disciplined, in both what you eat, and
what you do, which brings us to the issue of exercise.
Peter:
That’s right. So, jogging twice a week, and hiking on Saturdays, right?
Mary:
No, hiking is Sundays, allowing Saturdays for the light walking exercise. I’ve investigated,
and discovered there are a lot of walking trails around this suburb, with many beautiful
places if you just look around.
Peter:
So what’s happening this Saturday? A walk around the city?
Mary:
That’s later in the month. This Saturday we’ll visit Pine Park.
Peter:
Hill Park is nicer, with great views, too.
Mary:
Yes, but we have to travel too far to reach Hill Park, so I ruled that out, and I love the
smell of pines.
Peter:
And what about the weekday meals? Salads every night, I suppose?
Mary:
No, it’s important to vary the meals so that the food remains interesting and fun. The
only common factor is the fruit juice, but otherwise we’ll have a variety of healthy fare,
from salads, to fish, to lean meat.
Peter:
I'd rather have meat every night, but you’re the boss.
Mary:
If you want to lose weight, you’ll have to accept this program, okay?
Peter:
Okay.
Peter:
Now Mary, you said we could have a little treat in our diet plan three times a week:
specifically, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays.
Mary:
Yes. A very small treat, but something to reward us for all the discipline shown. Such
rewards will motivate us to continue the diet.
Peter:
So, on Tuesdays, what can I choose?
Mary:
You have a choice between a small serving of chocolate, ice cream, or biscuits.
Peter:
Okay, well, I’ll go for the biscuits. I love those crunchy little things with my cup of tea. So
do you, right?
Mary:
I do indeed, so I’ll have them, too, saving the ice cream for later.
Peter:
But I know how much you like ice cream, so why don’t you save it for the end of the
week? That will give you the motivation to keep going, and you can have chocolate
midweek?
Mary:
That’s a good idea, but I think the most important thing is for you and I to eat different
things on those other two days.
Peter:
Well, if you think that way, I’ll eat the ice cream on Thursdays, not the chocolate. Okay?
Mary:
Well, if you’re having that, then I can’t have ice cream. In order to be different, I’ll have
the chocolate.
Peter:
So, we can compare our different snacks, and maybe even share a little with each other.
Mary:
Exactly! And the variety and fun involved will take our minds of wanting more.
Peter:
Eating for fun! A good idea!
Mary:
And then you can have the chocolate on Sunday, right?
Peter:
But I like biscuits? Actually, I want biscuits again—to have with my cup of tea.
Mary:
But you have the biscuits on Monday, remember, and we can’t repeat.
Peter:
Ah come on! This isn’t fixed in concrete. I can have them again instead of chocolate. You
might like variety, but I don’t. I’m a creature of habit.
Mary:
Well, the whole point of this was to taste different snacks, but if you want the same
thing, okay. I, for one, am sticking to the original plan, with ice cream to finish the week,
and not another dose of chocolate.