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Lesson 28 Patients and doctors 病人与医生

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors 病人与医生

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Comprehension理解

Answer these questions:

1 Why do doctors readily provide their patients with medicines?

2 How does the anecdote about Thomas Carlyle illustrate the author's argument?

Vocabulary 词汇

Refer to the text to see how the following words have been used, then write sentences of your own using these words: sceptical (1.1); fervently (1.1); curative properties (1.2); astronomical figures (1.4); tangible (1.6); disposing (1.8); granted (1.12); indisposition (1.16); putting up with (1.22); inconvenience (1.23).

Summary 摘要

A Drawing your information from the first paragraph (lines 1-12), write a list of points in note form outlining the author's argument that we have great faith in the power of medicine.

B Using this list of points, reconstruct the author's argument in not more than 80 words. Your answer should be in one paragraph.

Composition作文

Write a composition of about 300 words on the following subject: ‘A public health service is an essential part of social welfare.’

Argue for or against this idea. You may use some or all of the ideas given below if you wish:

1 No one should have the right to buy good health.

2 A public health service is expensive to run and is often abused.

3 No one objects to a public health service more than the doctors.

4 Example of a country where a public health service seems to be an impossibility: America.

5 Examples of countries with successful services: Sweden, Britain, Israel.

Key structures关键句型

A Note the phrase in italics in this sentence:

Our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same as theirs. (11.2-3)

Write two sentences using the same as and different from.

B Read this sentence:

The fact that the annual drug bill of the Health Service is mounting to astronomical figures proves this modern faith in medicines.

Write this sentence again so that it begins with the words in italics. Then compare what you have written with lines 3-4.

C Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses in the following sentences. Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:

1 The annual drugs bill shows no signs at present of _____(cease) to rise. (11.3-4)

2 The majority of the patients ____(attend) the medical out-patients departments feel that they have not received adequate treatment ... (11.4-6)

3 There is no quicker method of ____(dispose) of patients than by ____(give) them what they are asking for, and since most medical men in the Health Services are overworked and have little time for____(offer) time-consuming and little-appreciated advice on such subjects as diet, right living, and the need for____ (abandon) bad habits, etc., the bottle, the box, and the jar are almost always granted them. (11.8-12)

D Note the form of the verb in italics in this sentence:

Nor is it only the ignorant and ill-educated person who has such faith in the bottle of medicine. (1.13)

Write sentences which begin with the following words:

Not only; Never; Only now.

E Write sentences using the following expressions:

believe in (1.2); confidence in (1.2); in charge of (1.7); dispose of (1.8); advice on (1.10); the need for (1.11); prescribed for (1.16); ignorant of (1.16); suffer from (1.17); wrong with (1.18); benefit in (1.19); demand of (1.22); inconvenience to (1.23).

Special difficulties 难点

A Study the following pairs of words and then write sentences of your own to bring out the difference.

1 cease (1.4) ---- seize

It rained all day without ceasing.

He seized her hand and dragged her into another room.

2 receive (l.5) ---- take

When did you receive that letter?

He told me to take the keys from his pocket.

3 ask for (1.9) ---- ask

The school is asking for contributions towards a new swimming pool.

‘What time did the train arrive?’he asked.

4 advice (l.l0) ---- advise

She gave me some good advice about jobs.

She advised me about applying for jobs.

5 prescribed (1.16) ---- proscribed

If these don't work, I may have to prescribe you something stronger.

Gambling was proscribed by the new government.

B Explain the meaning of the words and phrases in italics:

1 The doctor in charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements. (11.7-8)

2 The soldiers charged at the enemy.

3 He was arrested and charged with murder.

4 How much did they charge you for installing this boiler?

C Note the use of ill-in this phrase: ill-educated (l.13).

Write sentences using the following phrases:

ill-advised; ill-informed; ill-prepared.

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension理解

1 Patients only feel that they have been adequately treated if they ____.

a.have some remedy they can take home with them

b.are confident in the curative properties of a bottle of medicine

c.can attend the medical out-patients departments of hospitals

d.see that the state spends more and more money on drugs

2 Because doctors are always working under pressure, they ____.

a.are not happy about handing out remedies

b.feel morally bound to advise patients about diet and right living

c.are sceptical about the curative powers of medicine

d.are inclined to give patients what they are asking for

3 Even educated people can be misled into believing ____.

a.that doctors know best

b.you can't be cured by a bottle of medicine

c.that a remedy that will cure one illness is also good for another

d.they are experts in medical matters

4 What patients are looking for is____.

a.finding out what is really wrong with them

b.getting out of a doctor's surgery as quickly as possible

c.imposing their will on doctors

d.having remedies which don't inconvenience them in any wayStructure

5 ____patients attending the medical out-patients departments ... (1.5)

a.Most

b.The most

c.Majority

d.Majority of

6 They only feel they have received adequate treatment ____they are able to carry home a tangible remedy. (I1.5-6)

a.in case

b.when

c.until

d.unless

7 ____most medical men are overworked, -(11.9-10)

a.Therefore

b.As a result

c.Because

d.On account

8 It is ____the ignorant person who has such faith in medicine. (1.13)

a.not only

b.both

c.neither

d.nor

Vocabulary 词汇

9 Our confidence in the curative ____of the bottle of medicine remains. (1.2)

a.substance

b.possessions

c.contents

d.qualities

10 The annual drugs bill shows no ____of ceasing to rise. (11.3-4)

a.indication

b.signals

c.signposts

d.directions

11 Patients want a remedy they can ____. (1.6)

a.drink

b.hold in their hands

c.carry

d.eat

12 There is no quicker method of getting____ patients. (1.8)

a.on with

b.away from

c.through

d.rid of