B2.1

Personality: open-minded:  He's very tolerant and is keen to learn about new cultures and ideas.  

AT THE DOCTOR'S If you don't fell well you can make an appointment to see your family doctor (GP) at the local health centre. He will examine you and ask what symptoms you have. He may take your pulse and temperature or take your blood pressure. Then he will make a diagnosis and decide how to treat you. He may prescribe you some medicine to cure your illness. You take the prescription to the chemist's or pharmacy, where the chemist will usually give you some tablets/pills. Read the instructions carefully in case there are any side-effects. The doctor may also tell you to have one or two days off to rest and recover. With this treatment you will normally get better in a few days. If the doctor is not sure what's wrong with you he may send you to see a specialist or arrange for you to have some more test, for example X-rays. If you are seriously ill you may need to go to hospital and have an operation. You may need several weeks to get over the operation. It's a good idea to have a medical check-up once a year. AT THE HOSPITAL an ambulance  the operating theatre (quirófano) casualty ( baja, herido, victima) a surgeon (cirujano) a patient  a ward (sala de hospital) SYMPTOMS What's the matter with Kate?/ what's wrong with Kate ? I feel ill/I don't feel well He feels sick (él se siente enfermo) // He's being sick ( él esta vomitando) I feel sick (me siento enfermo) // I feel dizzy ( mareado) His ankle is swollen (hinchado) // His ankle is broken(roto) His knee hurts/His knee aches She's in hospital (ill)//She's at the hospital ( visit)   MEDICAL CONDITIONS Be pregnant have an allergy have a chronic illness have flu have a hangover  have a heart attack have a stoke (ictus) have a virus take an overdose(sobredosi) ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE acupuncture homeopathic medicine massage osteopathy   IMPORTANT EXPRESIONS O WORDS have a check up family doctor (GP) health center  symptoms take your pulse  don't feel well examine take your blood pressure make an appointment ( pedir una cita) gauze (gasa) tape (sth) up (vendar) adhesive tape (esparadrapo) painkillers ( ibuprofen,paracetamol) plasters/band (tiritas) bandage(venda) scissors writes/gives him a prescription a receipt ( a shop) a recipe (cooking)  a prescription (medicine) to have time off work to get over the operation he has a check-up regularly a itchy (picor) to bite (picar) rare skin condition            

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take care of= look after take advantage of= make use of an opportunity take part in = participate in take place= happen "The Glastonbury Festival usually takes place on the last weekend in June" "Has any big sporting event taken place in your (nearest big )city?" take( your ) time= do sth slowly, not in a hurry take into account= think about sb/sth when you are making a decision take after= be similar to sb take off= I (for planes) leave the ground; (for clothes) remove take up=begin a new activity