Health and care - 4KBL - 2019-2020

Health and care - 4KBL - 2019-2020

Unit 2 'Health and Care'

Introduction

Dear pupil,
You are about to start Unit 'Health and care'.

How are you going to practise?
You are going to practise your English writing, reading, listening and speaking skills.

What are you going to do?
You are going to read, listen, speak and write about 'Health and care'.

Need help?
If possible, ask a classmate or your teacher to help you.

Have fun!

What are you able to do?

Before you are going to start this theme, it's a good idea to think about what you already know about health and care in English.

Answer the following questions to find out. Lees de volgende zinnen en geef per onderdeel aan hoeveel je al weet.
Kies uit: 'No, not at all', 'Yes, a little' of 'Yes, no problem at all'.

  1. Listening
    I can understand conversations about health and care.
  2. Reading
    I can understand websites and texts about health and care.
  3. Speaking
    I can talk about health and care.
  4. Writing
    I can write about health and care.
  5. Vocabulary
    I know the most important words and expressions about health and care.
  6. Grammar
    I can use the following grammar correctly:
  • pronouns (personal, possessive, demonstrative & relative)
  • wordorder, adverbs and adjectives
  • present simple and present continuous
  • past simple and present perfect

 

 

 

Need to know

What do you need to know?
Voordat je met dit thema begint, ga je met elkaar over 'gezondheid en zorg' praten.

Beantwoord de volgende vragen in jouw groepje.

  1. Ben je vaak verkouden?
  2. Ga je vaak naar de dokter?
  3. Heb je wel eens hoofdpijn of buikpijn?
  4. Ga je regelmatig naar de tandarts?
  5. Ben je ergens allergisch voor?
  6. Heb je ooit in het ziekenhuis gelegen?
  7. Eet je gezond?
  8. Beweeg je genoeg?
  9. Rook/roken jij of je ouders?
  10. Wat kan je doen om gezond te blijven?

Goals

At the end of this theme:

  • you will have listened to people talking about health and care;
  • you will have read texts about health and care;
  • you will have spoken about health and care;
  • you will have written about health and care;
  • you will have learnt vocabulary about health and care;
  • you will have learnt about these grammar items
    • pronouns (personal, possessive, demonstrative & relative)
    • wordorder, adverbs and adjectives
    • present simple and present continuous
    • past simple and present perfect
  • you will have practised reading exams.

Lesson 1 Good health

Task 1 - Listening

Friendly dental care

You are going to listen to a conversation between a dentist and his patient.

  • First read the questions.
  • Listen to the recording.
  • Answer the questions.
  • Listen again and read the audio script.

Read the questions.

  1. What is the man's initial reason for visiting the dentist?
  2. What problem does the dentist discover when he takes a look in the patient's mouth?
  3. When does the man feel discomfort?
  4. What is one method of treatment the dentist does NOT mention?
  5. What does the dentist use to minimize the patient's pain during the procedure?

Listen to the recording.

 

Answer the questions.

Toets:Listening assignment: Dental Care

 

Listen to the recording again. You can read the audioscript while listening.

Patient: Hi. Dr. Hyde?
Dentist: So, what's seems to be the problem today?
Patient: Well, I just came in for a check up and a dental cleaning.
Dentist: Hum. Open up. Let's take a look ...
Patient: Okay. Uh ...
Dentist: Hummmm. [Humm? Uh?] Wow! I've never seen one like THIS before. Let me try this.
Patient: Uhhh ... Ouhhhh [Man screaming in pain ...]
Dentist: Well, besides a lot of plaque buildup, there is a major cavity in one of your wisdom teeth. [I feel that.] Hasn't this given you any trouble?
Patient: Well, the tooth has been bothering me, and it sometimes hurts when I drink something cold. Does it look that bad?
Dentist: Well, we're going to remove the decay, and then we'll either put a filling in, or if the decay is extensive, we can't repair it, we might have to put a crown on your tooth. Or as a last resort, we may have to extract the tooth.
Patient: Uh, well, that sounds painful!
Dentist: Don't worry. I've done this . . . once before. [Huh?] Nah, just relax.
Patient: Wait! Aren't you suppose to give me something to dull the pain?
Dentist: Uh, chicken. Oh yeah. I almost forgot. We can either use a local anesthetic or nitrous oxide . . . laughing gas. . . to minimize the discomfort you might feel. Or you can just grin and bear it.
Patient: Nah, Nah, nah! Put me under! [I thought so.] I can't stand pain, and I'd rather not be aware of what's going on. And, if I need a filling, can I get one that looks like my other teeth?
Dentist: If we can save the tooth with a filling, I recommend a high-strength silver alloy filling instead of a porcelain one. It'll probably last longer.
Patient: Okay, well whatever. Let's get it over with.
Dentist: Okay, pleasant dreams. Drill please.

Task 2 - Reading

Factors of good health

You are going to read a text about the World Health Organisation.

Read the text.

Components of human health

 

Health is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health in its broader sense in 1946 as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

Generally, the context in which an individual lives is of great importance on health status and quality of life. It is increasingly recognized that health is maintained and improved not only through the advancement and application of health science, but also through the efforts and intelligent lifestyle choices of the individual and society.
According to the World Health Organization, the main determinants of health include the social and economic environment, the physical environment, and the person's individual characteristics and behaviors. In fact, an increasing number of studies and reports from different organizations and contexts examine the linkages between health and different factors, including lifestyles, environments, health care organization, and health policy.

Focusing more on lifestyle issues and their relationships with functional health, data from different studies suggested that people can improve their health via:

  • exercise,
  • enough sleep,
  • maintaining a healthy body weight,
  • limiting alcohol use,
  • and avoiding smoking.

In addition to that, the ability to adapt and to self manage have been suggested as core components of human health.
Personal health also depends partially on the social structure of a person's life. The maintenance of strong social relationships, volunteering, and other social activities have been linked to positive mental health and even increased longevity. In contrast, prolonged psychological stress may negatively impact health, and has been cited as a factor in cognitive impairment with aging, depressive illness, and expression of disease.

Source: Wikipedia

 

the exercise is a statements-assignment. Read the tips down below to help you answer the questions:

 

Task 3 - Vocabulary

Look at the vocabularylist Reading - Factors of good health.
You have to study these words (meaning you have to learn them by heart).

Nederlands Engels
letsel injury
de huisarts the G.P. (general practioner)
ik voel me niet lekker. I don't feel well.
in toenemende mate increasingly
op peil wordt gehouden en verbeterd is maintained and improved
vordering en toepassing the advancement and application
het streven the efforts
volgens according to
de belangrijkste bepalende factoren the main determinants
het gedrag the behaviors
de verbanden tussen the linkages between
het gezondheidsbeleid the health policy
de problemen die te maken hebben met manier van leven the lifestyle issues
verbeteren to improve
daarbovenop in addition to that
langdurig(e) prolonged
Kan ik ook om 8 uur 's ochtends komen? Is it possible for me to come at 8 o'clock in the morning?
Ik zou graag een afspraak maken met de huisarts. I would like to make an appointment with the G.P., please.
3 december om half 8 gaat niet lukken, helaas. I'm sorry, I can't make the 3rd of December, I'm afraid.
Ik heb last van hoofdpijn. I suffer from a headache.

 

You can also practise this vocabulary list on Quizlet

You have read the text and you have studied the vocabulary. Now answer the questions.

Toets:Reading assignment: Good health

Task 4 - Grammar (all pronouns)

Pronouns

We gaan in dit thema de pronouns herhalen.
Dit zijn voornaamwoorden, de meeste hiervan heb je in vorige jaren al geleerd:

  • persoonlijke voornaamwoorden - personal pronouns
  • bezittelijke voornaamwoorden - possessive pronouns
  • aanwijzende voornaamwoorden - demonstrative pronouns
  • betrekkelijke voornaamwoorden - relative pronouns

 

Doe eerst de D-test om te zien wat je al weet.

Vergelijk voor elk soort voornaamwoord de informatie die je krijgt in de video met de informatie uit de Kennisbank.

 

Personal Pronouns (persoonlijke voornaamwoorden)
Study the section on personal pronouns.

KB: Persoonlijk voornaamwoord

Watch the movie.

Do the following exercises.

Toets:Personal pronouns

Toets:Personal pronouns

possessive pronouns(bezittelijke voornaamwoorden)

Have a look at Kennisbank bezittelijke voornaamwoorden.

KB: Bezittelijk voornaamwoord

Now try to do the following exercise.

 

 

 

 

 

Watch the video and do the exercise.


Click on the links to read the theory.

KB: Possessive pronouns

 

Toets:Possessive pronouns

Toets:Possessive pronouns

 

betrekkelijke voornaamwoorden - relative pronouns

Bekijk de video en doe de oefening.

KB: Relative pronouns

Toets:Relative pronouns

betrekkelijke voornaamwoorden - relative pronouns

Vergelijk voor elk soort voornaamwoord de informatie die je krijgt in de video met de informatie uit de Kennisbank.

 

 


Watch the video.
Click on the link to read the theory.

KB: Demonstrative pronouns

Toets:Demonstrative pronouns

Task 5 - Writing

Wanted: Au pair

An informal letter
Je gaat een informele brief schrijven.

  • Lees eerst de opdracht goed door.
  • Maak hierna de schrijfopdracht.
  • Maak groepjes van drie of vier leerlingen.
  • Lees elkaars werk door en verbeter elkaar.
  • Schrijf samen de definitieve versie.
  • Lever jullie brief in bij je docent.

Read the writing assignment.

Inleiding
Een gezin (Mr and Mrs Turner) in Engeland zoekt een au pair en heeft een advertentie geplaatst in een Nederlandse krant.
Jij hebt een penvriend(in) in Engeland, die toevallig dicht bij dat gezin in de buurt woont.
Je schrijft hem/haar een brief.

Opdracht
Schrijf de brief (in het Engels!).
Gebruik de informatie uit bovenstaande inleiding bij het uitwerken van de volgende punten:
  • Aanhef (verzin zelf een naam van je penvriend/in).
  • Je hebt in de krant een advertentie gelezen, waarin de familie Turner schrijft dat ze een au pair zoekt uit Nederland. Je vertelt dat je hier interesse in hebt omdat ... (verzin zelf een reden).
  • Omdat je penvriend/in in de buurt woont van de familie Turner, vraag je hem/haar of hij/zij naar een aantal dingen voor jou wil informeren:
    - wat je werkzaamheden zijn naast het verzorgen van de kinderen,
    - hoeveel kinderen ze hebben en hoe oud,
    - of je een eigen kamer hebt,
    - hoe het zit met zakgeld en met vrije tijd.
  • Je schrijft dat je met de laatste loodjes van het schooljaar bezig bent: de laatste schoolexamens, het eindexamen.
    Vertel hoe je ervoor staat en wat je verwachtingen zijn ten aanzien van je slaagkansen voor het examen.
    Je Engels is uitstekend, dus de familie Turner hoeft zich geen zorgen te maken of je deze taal kunt spreken en verstaat.
  • Je schrijft dat je in juni en juli op vakantie gaat, eerst met je ouders en daarna nog twee weken met je beste vriend(in). Je kunt dus pas op zijn vroegst in augustus bij de familie Turner beginnen.
    Je vraagt je vriend/in te informeren of dit geen bezwaar is.
  • Zeg tot slot dat je echt zin hebt in deze baan en dat je hoopt dat de Turners jou zullen kiezen als au pair voor hun kinderen.
  • Zorg voor een goede afsluitende alinea.
Aanwijzingen
Maak een logische alinea-indeling en sla na elke alinea een regel over.
Dit is een informele brief, dus je hoeft niet je adres te vermelden, het mag wel.
Denk aan de datum, de aanhef en de afsluiting.
Gebruik tussen 100 en 140 woorden: datum, adres en aanhef tellen niet mee.
Noteer het aantal woorden van de inhoud van de brief linksboven in de marge.

Task 6 - Speaking

Talking about health part 1
You are going to talk about health, healthy living and health care.

  • Form groups of three or four pupils.
  • First study the idoms about health.
  • Everyone chooses three questions.
    (Did you choose the same one? Pick another one.)
  • Discuss the questions in your group.
  • Report about your discussion to the rest of the class.

Study the idioms.

  • To be back on your feet – to recover from being unwell
  • As fit as a fiddle – in good health
  • Clean bill of health – an assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good condition
  • A new lease on life – a renewed and revitalized outlook on life
  • Recharge the batteries – to regain energy
  • Under the weather – to not feel well

Read the questions.

  1. What are some things people can do to keep healthy?
  2. What are the most damaging things to people’s health?
  3. Is it possible to have a healthy lifestyle in the modern world?
  4. What are the benefits of a healthy lifestyle?
  5. What do you think are currently the most important health care issues?
  6. If you were the leader of your country, what would you do to improve health care?
  7. What do you think about natural remedies and alternative medicine?
  8. What are some of the types of traditional remedies used in your country?
    Do you think they are effective?
  9. Why do you think it has been found that people are getting less sleep than 50 years ago?
  10. Have you heard of the expression “you are what you eat”?
  11. What health problems do you worry about most?
  12. What are the best and worst jobs for health?
  13. What do you think is the most serious health problem in your country?
  14. Do you think traditional therapies are compatible with modern medicine?
  15. Why do you think diseases like cancer are increasing?
  16. Do you enjoy exercising?

 

Talking about health part 2: role-play
You are going to do a role play in pairs:

  • Form a group of 3 or 4.
  • First study the idoms below
  • Read the situation
  • Do the role play in pairs: One is the patient, one is the doctor's assistant, groupmember 3 (and 4) give feedback, using the RUBRIC.

Roleplay assignment:

Situatie: je belt de dokter om een afspraak te maken. 

G.A. (GP's assistent): Good morning, G.P. Dr. Harolds' office, Maureen speaking. How may I help?
You: groet de assistente, zeg wie je bent en dat je een afspraak wilt maken met de huisarts.
G.A.: of course, what seems to be the problem?
You: vertel dat je je niet lekker voelt. Zeg dat je in toenemende mate last hebt van hoofdpijn. Daarbovenop wil je met de dokter praten over problemen die te maken hebben met je manier van leven.
G.A.: I'm so sorry to hear that. Let me see: you will need a double appointment I think. I could fit you in his agenda on the fourth of December, at half past 9. Is that okay?   
You: vertel dat die datum en tijd niet gaan lukken. Vraag of het ook om 8 uur kan.
G.A.: Yes, that is possible. All right, I put your name down for the fourth of December at 8 o'clock. Anything else?
You: Zeg nee, bedankt. Bedank de assistente en wens haar een prettige dag.

 

Study the idioms.

  • Good morning/afternoon – goedemorgen/-middag
  • No, thank you. That's all. – nee, dank u. Dit is alles.
  • Have a nice day – een fijne dag toegewenst.

Preparation oral exam: Article

For your oral exam (next February) you have to discuss 3 news articles. You are going to practice this today.

You have read the article in task 2, so you already know what it is about. Prepare yourself for the following things:

1) give a brief summary of the article: what is it about? use the summary-sheet to help you summarize.

 

2) prepare yourself for questions your teacher may ask you about the article:

- what does.... mean? (make sure you can explain difficult words in English)

- what is the most interesting fact in the article, why?

- how do you feel about the article? Explain why.

- what is the aim* of the article? to entertain,inform, convince or persuade.        Explain why.

- Is this article relevant* to you? Explain yourself.

 

3) Talk about it in pairs. Imagine it is for your oral exam: which difficult questions and questions would your teacher ask?

 

Words to help:

*aim = doel

*relevant = van toepassing

 

Lesson 2 Disease

Task 7 - Listening

Cancer treatment

You are going to listen to someone who talks about a friend with cancer.

  • First read the questions.
  • Listen to the recording.
  • Answer the questions.
  • Listen again and read the audio script.

Read the questions.

  1. Which word best describes the man's initial reaction right after he found out that he had been diagnosed with cancer?
  2. What did the man do after he first learned of his illness?
  3. After several months with the disease, what was the man's main source of consolation?
  4. Who was mainly responsible for checking on and adjusting the man's medications in the home?
  5. According to the story, what can we learn from such difficult and emotional experiences?

Listen to the recording.

 

Answer the questions.

Toets:Listening assignment: Cancer treatment

 

Listen to the recording again. You can read the audioscript while listening.

I once had a friend that was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and the news that he might only live up to six months was a great shock to him, his family, and his friends.
However, in spite of the dire prognosis, he was initially determined to look into all available treatments that might cure or extend his life.
I think that when you find yourself in such situations, you tend to look up every possible avenue for hope of preserving your life.
As the months progressed and his health grew worse, I noticed an unexpected change in attitude that came over him. He had also been a jovial person with an upbeat personality, but rather (than) give in to discouragement and self-pity, he took comfort his faith in God and humanity. His conversations focused on others rather than himself, and he spoke of the afterlife as something he was prepared for, believing that his deceased ancestors, including his mother and father, were there waiting for him.
During the last few months, weeks, and days of his life, he was kindly cared for by family, friends, his loving wife, who looked after both his physical and emotional needs, and workers from a local hospice came to the home to help regulate his medication and provide any other needed support. He didn't complain about his fate, and he willingly allowed others to serve him, realizing they were the benefactors of something more.
Indeed, one might ponder why God allows death and suffering in our world, but for me, such experiences taught me to value family more and kindness for others. You often can't learn these important attributes in the lap of luxury, and perhaps, such an experience is the greatest and final gift the terminally ill can give those left behind.

Task 8 - Reading

Is it difficult to catch AIDS?


You are going to read a text about how to avoid getting AIDS.

  • First read the text. Use the 'stappenplan lezen' to help you.
  • Study the vocabulary.
  • Do the exercise.

Read the text.

all about AIDS

 

Your body has some power to fight disease. This is called your body's immune system. HIV is a virus that weakens the body's immune system or power to fight disease.

HIV can pass from one person to another through body fluids like blood, semen, vaginal secretions, or a mother's breast milk.
HIV causes AIDS but not everyone who has HIV looks sick. It can take from two to ten or more years before someone who is HIV+ becomes sick with AIDS. The only way to find out if someone has HIV is for them to get tested for the virus.
HIV can pass from one person to another through unprotected sex with someone who is infected with HIV. HIV can pass from one person to another through sharing needles for drugs. HIV can also pass from a mother to her baby during pregnancy (before the baby is born) or through breast feeding, from the mother's milk. But only about 1/3 of babies of HIV+ mothers are infected this way.

Right now, there is no way to cure AIDS. People who become infected with HIV, become sick with AIDS after six months to ten years. Eventually, they die. There are some medicines to fight AIDS, but nothing yet that cures it. Scientists around the world are trying to find a cure for AIDS.
The main way that HIV is passed from person to person is through unprotected sex with a person who is HIV infected. Thinking carefully about sex, discussing sex with your partner and trying to have safe sex (for example using a condom during sex) are some ways that chances of HIV infection can be reduced.
HIV is very weak outside of the body and difficult to catch.

  • You cannot catch AIDS from visiting or talking to a friend who is sick with AIDS.
  • You cannot catch AIDS from hugging or kissing a friend who has HIV/AIDS.
  • You cannot catch AIDS from mosquito bites or insect bites.
  • You cannot catch AIDS from a toilet seat in a public restroom.
  • You cannot catch AIDS from going to the same school with someone who is sick with AIDS.
  • You cannot catch AIDS from being kind to someone who has AIDS.
AIDS is an international problem which touches people in every country of the world. People with AIDS need our support and encouragement. Let's think about how we can support them!

Source: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

 

the exercise is a statements-assignment. Read the tips down below to help you answer the questions:

 

Task 9 - Vocabulary

Look at the vocabulary list Reading - HIV virus.
You have to study these words (meaning you have to learn them by heart).

Nederlands Engels
ziekte bestrijden to fight disease
het immuunsysteem van je lichaam your body’s immune system
verzwakken to weaken
lichaamssappen body fluids
het sperma the semen
de afscheiding the secretion
iets/je laten testen to get tested
onbeschermd(e) unprotected
kunnen worden teruggebracht can be reduced
muggenbeten mosquito bites
het openbare toilet the public restroom
de ondersteuning the support
de troost the encouragement

 

You can also practise this vocabulary list on Quizlet.

 

You have read the text and you have studied the vocabulary. Now do the exercise.

Toets:Reading assignment: Catch AIDS

Task 10 - Grammar (wordorder, adverbs & adjectives)

We are going to revise wordorder and study adverbs & adjectives this week. first do the D-test to find out what you already know.

 

 

 

 

Wordorder

 

 

Woordvolgorde 
Have a look at the following Kennisbank about word order (= woordvolgorde).

 

KB: Word order


Do the following exercise.

Toets:Woordvolgorde

Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden & bijwoorden

Watch the video:

 

Have a look at the theory:
KB: Adjectives
KB: Adverbs

Now you are ready to do the following exercises.

Toets:Adverbs

Toets:Adjectives or adverbs

Task 11 - Writing

People for people

Deze opdracht komt uit het examen van 2006.

  • Lees de advertentie (uit: The Big Issue).
  • Maak daarna de schrijfopdracht.
  • Maak groepjes van drie of vier leerlingen.
  • Lees elkaars werk door en verbeter elkaar.
  • Schrijf samen de definitieve versie.
  • Lever jullie brief in bij je docent.

Read the advertisement.

CSV People for People
We don’t need your money ... just your time
If you’re aged 16 to 35 and willing to work as a full-time volunteer, UK charity CSV guarantees you a placement.
Projects range from befriending the homeless in Glasgow to supporting young people leaving care in Cardiff.

Volunteers work away from home throughout Britain, for 4-12 months.
In return you receive experience, free accommodation, food and a weekly allowance.
No-one is rejected.

For more information contact CSV People for People
CSV Head Office, 237 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9NJ, Great Britain

 

Read the assignment.

Inleiding
Je hebt een advertentie uit The Big Issue gelezen. Wat CSV People for People daarin aanbiedt, het doen van vrijwilligerswerk, heeft je altijd al heel erg aangetrokken.
Je doet dit jaar examen voor het VMBO. Je bent goed in Engels en wilt heel graag een jaar naar Engeland.
Dit baantje lijkt je een uitstekende manier om het verblijf daar te kunnen betalen en de Engelse taal beter te leren spreken.
Je hebt ook al wat werkervaring omdat je een vakantiebaan in een verpleeghuis hebt gehad.
Je besluit een brief te schrijven aan CSV om meer informatie.
Het adres is:
CSV Head Office
237 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9NJ
Great Britain

Opdracht
Schrijf de brief (in het Engels!) aan het bovenvermelde adres.
Gebruik de informatie uit bovenstaande inleiding bij het uitwerken van de volgende punten:
  • Stel jezelf voor (naam, leeftijd, jongen/meisje, woonplaats/land).
  • Schrijf waar je de advertentie gelezen hebt.
  • Hoe denk je over het aangeboden vrijwilligerswerk.
  • Leg uit waarom je naar Engeland wilt en
    waarom je het baantje wilt.
  • Vraag of je ook in aanmerking kunt komen voor het werk als je uit Nederland komt.
  • Vertel over de ervaring die je hebt opgedaan.
  • Vraag om meer informatie over het zakgeld.
  • Sluit de brief met een passende slotzin af.
Aanwijzingen
Maak een logische alinea-indeling en sla na elke alinea een regel over.
Denk aan je eigen adres en dat van CSV Head Office, de datum, de aanhef en de afsluiting.
Gebruik tussen 100 en 140 woorden: datum, adres en aanhef tellen niet mee.
Noteer het aantal woorden van de inhoud van de brief linksboven in de marge.

Task 12 - Speaking

Talking about health part 2
You are going to talk about health.

  • Form groups of three or four pupils.
  • Everyone chooses five questions.
    (Did you choose the same one? Pick another one.)
  • Discuss the questions in your group.
  • Report about your discussion to the rest of the class.

Read the questions.

  1. Are you addicted to anything, such as coffee, tobacco?
  2. Are you afraid of the dentist?
  3. What is the ideal amount of sleep to get per night? Are you getting it?
  4. Is your country smoker-friendly?
  5. Would you rather be anorexic or obese?
  6. What would you do if the doctor told you that you only had a month to live?
  7. Do schools in your countries have cafeterias? Do they serve healthy food?
  8. Does anything run in your family?
  9. What’s the best way to lose weight?
  10. Is your country’s cuisine healthy?
  11. If you found an elixir that, once drank, would allow you to live forever, would you drink it?
  12. Do you worry about the safety of the food you eat? What won’t you buy?
  13. Would you like to be a doctor? Why or why not?
  14. What methods are used in your country to prevent pregnancy?
  15. What important factors should a couple consider before having a baby?
  16. Do you believe today’s generation of teenagers are more sexually active than the generation of 30 years ago? If so, why?
  17. What is something you are not spending enough time doing?
  18. What do you think of vegetarianism? Veganism?
  19. Do you have any allergies?
  20. What would you do if you found an unconscious person lying on the street and there were no telephones nearby?
  21. Do you believe people of the same blood-type have similar characters?
  22. Have you ever donated blood?
  23. Do you think technology will help humans live longer and longer?
  24. What is the key to long life?
  25. What’s your opinion of vaccinations?
  26. Would you rather be blind or deaf?
  27. Would you rather be quite short or quite tall? Why?
  28. What’s your opinion of tanning, and tanning salons?

Preparation oral exam: Article

For your oral exam (next February) you have to discuss 3 news articles. You are going to practice this today.

You have read the article in task 8, so you already know what it is about. Prepare yourself for the following things:

1) give a brief summary of the article: what is it about? use the summary-sheet to help you summarize.

 

2) prepare yourself for questions your teacher may ask you about the article:

 - what does.... mean? (make sure you can explain difficult words in English)

 - what is the most interesting fact in the article, why?

 - how do you feel about the article? Explain why.

 - what is the aim* of the article? to entertain,inform, convince or persuade.        Explain why.

 - Is this article relevant* to you? Explain yourself.

 

3) Talk about it in pairs. Imagine it is for your oral exam: which difficult questions and questions would your teacher ask?

 

Words to help:

*aim = doel

*relevant = van toepassing

 

Lesson 3 Health journal

Task 13 - Listening

Physical education

Monica and Todd discuss whether students should be forced to take P.E. classes.
(P.E. = Physical Education)

  • First read the questions.
  • Listen to the recording.
  • Answer the questions.
  • Listen again and read the audio script.

Read the questions.

  1. What subject does Monica teach?
  2. What does Monica say about the fitness of children?
  3. Where does Monica come from?
  4. What does Monica think about increasing the number of P.E. lessons?
  5. What counter argument does Todd talk about?

Listen to the recording.

 

Answer the questions.

Toets:Listening assignment: Physical Education

 

Listen to the recording again. You can read the audioscript while listening.

Todd: So, Monica, you are actually a trained physical education teacher.
Monica: Yes, that's right.
Todd: So, we often hear about how kids today are not fit, and they don't exercise enough.
Do you think that's true?
Monica: I think it is true, yes. I think kids these days spend a lot more time on the computer than they used to, so of course that means less time outside and getting fit.
Todd: Now, in some countries there's a big debate about how much fitness kids actually do in school, so in your country, in New Zealand, do kids still do a lot of fitness actually in school?
Monica: Well, recently the P.E. curriculum got amalgamated with the health curriculum, so P.E. and health were considered to be important in school, and the health side of the curriculum is often taught in the classroom, and of course the P.E. side often taught outside the classroom, and there's always debate about how much kids should be doing inside school. In fact very recently, now that it has become quite a big problem in New Zealand for teenagers, there has been talk about increasing the number of P.E. lessons that students have, but the current Prime Minister I think believes that the emphasis should be put on out-of-school activities like clubs and encouraging students to become more involved in that side of things.
Todd: What do you feel? Do you think it should be?
Monica: I actually agree to be honest, because I think if you increase the number of P.E. lessons that students have in a week, it doesn't actually necessarily increase their motivation to be involved in physical activity, but if like he's suggesting, you increase the opportunities outside of school, students maybe become involved in a sport that they choose, that they'd like to do and they hopefully can take it on as a lifetime sport. Yeah, which is important.
Todd: But wouldn't the counter argument be that only kids that have a natural inclination to play sports would want to join those clubs and if the kids that are more sedentary or don't enjoy physical activity won't join a club, so you need to actually make them do fitness at school?
Monica:Yeah, that's true. That is a counter argument, and a very good one … to argue on some other occasion. Of course I can talk about that side of the argument as well if you want me to.
Todd: No, it's Okay. Basically, you saw there's … both sides make a good point.

Task 14 - Reading

Health journal

You are going to read four small articles about health and care.
The first one is about mental illness, the second one is about obesity. The third text is about smoking and the last one is about nursing.

Read the four texts.

Mental illness difficult to determine

There are many times when someone suffering from either mental illness or depression may not even realize there is a problem.
I have suffered from depression myself. I was completely unaware of what was wrong with me, my family doctor pointed it out to me, as I did not have any one else around me that recognized the symptoms.
It was hard for me to accept at first, but after having the hard facts placed in front of my face and understanding that it may get worse, I had no choice but to get help.

A lot of people who suffer from such problems tend to be more alone than anyone realizes.
I suspect that anyone who was unaware of their condition would probably be shocked, as I was, to have someone confront them about it.
A good friend would confront them anyway, and hopefully they would seek help.

Source: http://www.grammarbank.com/article-mental-illnesses.html

 

Help needed for obese

Obese people don't want pity and we don't want anything but a hand up so we can get back to work.
Some of us would like to contribute and even pay taxes again but we need some assistance.
There are all kinds of programs assisting young people to go to school, like student loans and grants.
This really large group of our population could benefit from some sort of program that might involve education, liposuction, special footwear, and a part-time personal trainer who would develop individualized solutions for each person.
Let's get some intelligent kind of operation going.
Let's develop a war on fat.

Source: http://www.grammarbank.com/short-article.html

 

research correlation smoking and concentration

Psychologist George Spilich at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, decided to find out whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to think and concentrate.
He put non-smokers, active smokers and smokers deprived of cigarettes through a series of tests.
In the first test, each subject sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter. In this simple test, smokers, deprived smokers and non-smokers performed equally well.
The next test was more complex. Non-smokers were faster, but under the stimulation of nicotine, active smokers were faster than deprived smokers.
In the third test of short-term memory, non-smokers made the fewest errors, but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers.
In the fourth test, non-smokers were the best and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just before testing.
As the tests became more complex, non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins.

http://www.grammarbank.com/reading-comprehension-worksheet.html

 

Nursing beyond hospitalwalls

Modern scientific and technological developments in the practice of medicine and public health have drawn nursing into new and wider fields of activity, and its functions have been expanded accordingly.
Therefore, nursing is no longer limited mainly to activities within the hospital, or to what is called curative nursing.
It has become also a community service in which preventive and rehabilitative functions are a vital part of its program.
The modern concept of nursing considers the hospital, however central, as only one of many health agencies in the community.

http://www.grammarbank.com/practice-of-medicine.html

 

the assignments are MC-questions. Read the tips below to help you answer them correctly:

Task 15 - Vocabulary

This is a vocabulary list. Study these words and do the exercise.

Nederlands Engels
de geestesziekte the mental illness
lijden aan to suffer from
zich niet bewust zijn van to be unaware of
iemand iets uitleggen to point out to someone
iemand hebben om het je te laten inzien to have someone confront them
hulp zoeken to seek help
de vetzucht, de obesitas the obesity
ze willen geen medelijden they don’t want pity
een helpende hand a hand up
we hebben wat hulp nodig we need some assistance
studentenleningen en -beurzen student loans and grants
ze zouden gebaat kunnen zijn bij they could benefit from
inhouden to involve
rokers van wie de sigaretten waren afgepakt smokers deprived of cigarettes
presteerden even goed performed equally well
de minste fouten the fewest errors
bredere marges wider margins
verbreden to expand
dientengevolge, daardoor therefore
de openbare dienst the community service
preventieve en revaliderende taken preventive and rehabilitative functions
een essentieel onderdeel a vital part

 

You can also practise this vocabulary list on Quizlet.

Toets:Reading assignment: Health journal

Task 16 - Grammar

Grammar - Present simple versus present continuous


De volgende 'Kennisbank' geeft uitleg over het verschil tussen de present simple & present continuous.
Je leert het verschil tussen die twee en hoe je ze gebruikt.

 

Maak eerst de D-test om te zien wat je al weet.

- Present simple

Present simple
Study the section about the simple present. When and how can you use it?

KB: Simple present

Do the following exercises:

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- Present continuous

Present continuous
De volgende 'Kennisbank' geeft uitleg over de present continuous.
Deze vorm van het werkwoord gebruik je om aan te geven dat iemand nu iets aan het doen is.

KB: Present continuous



Do the following exercises.
In the following exercise, the present continuous is used in questions.
Any idea how to answer?

Toets:Present continuous

Toets:Present continuous

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Toets:Vraag en antwoord

- Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

 

Present continuous
De volgende 'Kennisbank' geeft uitleg over het verschil tussen de present simple & present continuous.
Je leert het verschil tussen die twee en hoe je ze gebruikt.

 

Maak eerst de D-test om te zien wat je al weet.

KB: Present simple versus present continuous



Do the following exercises.

Task 17 - Writing

WHO Headquarters

Contacting WHO headquarters
Je hebt tijdens de les spreekvaardigheid (Speaking 2 World healthcare systems for the rich) gesproken over de WHO.

  • Herlees eerst de bijbehorende tekst.
  • Maak daarna de schrijfopdracht.
  • Maak groepjes van drie of vier leerlingen.
  • Lees elkaars werk door en verbeter elkaar.
  • Schrijf samen de definitieve versie.
  • Lever jullie brief in bij je docent.

Read the article.

A new United Nations report has found that healthcare systems across the world are becoming more unequal.
The annual World Health Report, launched on October 14th by the World Health Organization (WHO), found that the healthcare gap between rich and poor people is wider today than it was thirty years ago.
Even people living in the same city experience enormous differences in the quality of medical care they have access to.
The WHO said in its report: “In far too many cases, people who are well-off and generally healthier have the best access to the best care, while the poor are left to fend for themselves.”
Perhaps the saddest conclusion of the report is that health care today is frequently treated as something which hospitals can make profits on.

The WHO recommends a return to a more basic 'primary health care' system that many countries developed in the 1970s.
Back then, the sick could visit a family doctor and get the treatment they needed.
The report says healthcare no longer focuses on poorer members of society: “Health care is often delivered according to a model that concentrates on diseases, high technology, and specialist care,” it stated.
WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said: “Viewed against current trends, primary health care looks more and more like a smart way to get health development back on track.”
She added: “We are, in effect, encouraging countries to go back to the basics.”
More than 100 million people are pushed below the poverty line each year because they cannot afford healthcare.

Source: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0810/081015-healthcare.html

 

Read the assignment.

Inleiding
Je hebt op school tijdens een les spreekvaardigheid Engels (speaking 2) een artikel gelezen over de World Health Organization (WHO). De bijbehorende schrijfopdracht is het schrijven van een brief aan Dr. Margaret Chan.
In deze brief stel je haar drie vragen over het verschil tussen de gezondheidszorg voor arme en rijke mensen.
Doe ook een suggestie wat zij aan het probleem zou kunnen doen. Je schrijft je brief naar:
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland

Opdracht
Schrijf de brief (in het Engels!) naar het bovenvermelde adres.
Gebruik de informatie uit de inleiding bij het uitwerken van de volgende punten:
  • Stel jezelf voor (naam, leeftijd, jongen/meisje, woonplaats, land).
  • Schrijf dat je een artikel over WHO hebt gelezen op school.
  • Vermeld dat je het adres van de WHO zelf op internet opgezocht hebt.
  • Stel drie vragen over het verschil in gezondheidszorg voor arme en rijke mensen.
  • Stel voor wat Dr. Chan aan het probleem zou kunnen doen.
  • Sluit de brief met een passende slotzin af.
Aanwijzingen
Maak een logische alinea-indeling en sla na elke alinea een regel over.
Denk aan je eigen adres en dat van WHO, de datum, de aanhef en de afsluiting.
Gebruik tussen 100 en 140 woorden: datum, adres en aanhef tellen niet mee.
Noteer het aantal woorden van de inhoud van de brief links bovenaan je pagina.

Task 18 - Speaking

World healthcare system for the rich
You are going to talk about healthcare systems across the world.

  • First read the article.
  • Form groups of three or four pupils.
  • Do the exercise.
  • Everyone chooses two questions.
    (Did you choose the same one? Pick another one.)
  • Discuss the questions in your group.
  • Report about your discussion to the rest of the class.

Read the text.

A new United Nations report has found that healthcare systems across the world are becoming more unequal.
The annual World Health Report, launched on October 14th by the World Health Organization (WHO), found that the healthcare gap between rich and poor people is wider today than it was thirty years ago.
Even people living in the same city experience enormous differences in the quality of medical care they have access to.
The WHO said in its report: “In far too many cases, people who are well-off and generally healthier have the best access to the best care, while the poor are left to fend for themselves.”
Perhaps the saddest conclusion of the report is that health care today is frequently treated as something which hospitals can make profits on.

The WHO recommends a return to a more basic 'primary health care' system that many countries developed in the 1970s.
Back then, the sick could visit a family doctor and get the treatment they needed.
The report says healthcare no longer focuses on poorer members of society: “Health care is often delivered according to a model that concentrates on diseases, high technology, and specialist care,” it stated.
WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said: “Viewed against current trends, primary health care looks more and more like a smart way to get health development back on track.”
She added: “We are, in effect, encouraging countries to go back to the basics.”
More than 100 million people are pushed below the poverty line each year because they cannot afford healthcare.

Source: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0810/081015-healthcare.html

 

Do the following exercise.

  • Write five GOOD questions about healthcare in the table. Do this in pairs.
  • Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
  • When you have finished, interview other students.
  • Write down their answers.
  STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3
Q.1      
Q.2      
Q.3      
Q.4      
Q.5      
  • Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out.
  • Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

You can also download here the Healthcare table , to fill it in on paper.

Read the questions.

  1. Did you like reading this article?
  2. What did you think when you read the headline?
  3. What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘healthcare’?
  4. Do you think healthcare should be free for everyone?
  5. Are you surprised healthcare is becoming more unequal?
  6. Are there differences in the quality of healthcare in your city?
  7. What do the poor do for healthcare if they have to fend for themselves?
  8. Have you ever had to fend for yourself?
  9. Is it right for hospitals to make profits?
  10. How is it possible the healthcare systems of the 1970s were better than those today?
  11. What do you think of the idea of having a family doctor?
  12. If more people are living longer, isn’t healthcare working?

Preparation oral exam: Article

For your oral exam (next February) you have to discuss 3 news articles. You are going to practice this today.

You have read the article in task 14, so you already know what it is about. Prepare yourself for the following things:

1) give a brief summary of the article: what is it about? use the summary-sheet to help you summarize.

 

2) prepare yourself for questions your teacher may ask you about the article:

- what does.... mean? (make sure you can explain difficult words in English)

- what is the most interesting fact in the article, why?

- how do you feel about the article? Explain why.

- what is the aim* of the article? to entertain,inform, convince or persuade.        Explain why.

- Is this article relevant* to you? Explain yourself.

 

3) Talk about it in pairs. Imagine it is for your oral exam: which difficult questions and questions would your teacher ask?

 

Words to help:

*aim = doel

*relevant = van toepassing