Evento de Alumnos Ayudantes ‘’Frank País García’’.

Jornada de la clase

Curso 2015-2016

Autor:

• Leonel Gustavo Céspedes Tamayo Cuarto Año Medicina. Almuno ayudante de

Cirugía General. Monitor de Inglés Médico. Filial de Ciencias Médicas ‘’Lidia Doce

Sánchez’’ Mayarí. UCM Holguín. Cuba

Unit 1: Introduction

Topic: Introduction to English for Medicine

Summary

• Identify parts of the human body (internal and external);

• Use medical terms to describe symptoms and diseases;

• Recognize different English idioms related to the parts of the human body;

Task 1 Read the text and identify the body parts.

Andrea had to face the music___________ She broke her

roommate’s favorite vase. Her roommate was probably going to scream at the top of her lungs__________. Later Andrea would get the cold shoulder___________. Andrea knew she was a pain in the neck_______ to her roommate. They didn't always see eye to eye________. Andrea's racking her brains_________ trying to figure out how to tell her roommate about the vase.

Answer Andrea had to face the music(face). She broke

her roommate’s favorite vase. Her roommate was probably going to scream at the top of her lungs(lungs). Later Andrea would get the cold shoulder(shoulder). Andrea knew she was a pain in the neck(neck) to her roommate. They didn't always see eye to eye(eye). Andrea's racking her brains(brain) trying to figure out how to tell her roommate about the vase.

IDIOMS1. To face the music2. at the top of one`s lungs3. cold shoulder 4. pain in the neck5. to rack one's brain6. to see eye to eyeMEANINGSan obnoxious or bothersome person or eventto agreeto think hard to remember something or to find a solutionto accept the consequences of your actionsas loud as one can, very loudlyunfriendly treatment of a person

Task 2Write the correct part of the body in the corresponding number.

Answer• 1. eye 2. nose 3. neck

4. shoulder 5. chest 6. elbow7. wrist 8. hand 9. hip10. leg 11. heel 12. foot13. head 14. ear 15. mouth16. chin 17. arm 18. bellybutton19. waist 20. finger 21. thigh22. knee 23. shin 24. ankle25. toes

Task 3

Listen to the following body parts and organs as many times as you need. Then select their corresponding systems.

Task 4

Now you are going to listen to a doctor interviewing a patient about some symptoms and signs. Can you identify from the list the ones mentioned?

Task 5

• Read the following text and say if these sentences are TRUE(T) or FALSE(F).

THE LUNGS• The lungs are the essential organs of respiration. They are two

in number and are separated by the heart and other contents of the mediastinum. Both lungs have a conical shape and a light porous spongy texture. The lungs consist of tiny thin-walled spaces of air called alveoli. The blood is oxygenated in the walls of the alveoli. The lungs float in water and crepitate when they are handled due to the presence of air in the alveoli. At birth, the lungs have a pinkish-white colour, in adult life the colour is dark grey, mottled in patches and as age advances, this mottling takes on a black colour. The right lung usually weighs about 625 g. and the left one, 567 g. but this may change.

__The lungs are the major organs of respiration.__Both lungs are cone-shaped.__The air in the alveoli makes the lungs float.__The lungs of old people are dark grey and mottled in patches.__Both lungs are equally heavy.

Homework

• Task No.4 Unit 1. English though Medicine