Reading

4. | GW. Interpret the content of the text. Give your comments on the following thoughts in the text , and add your own ideas. (See task 1 page 37)

1. Natural medicine has helped people for thousands of years.
2. Aspirin is being used to stop aches and pains.
3. The bark of the cinchona tree, quinine has been used for centuries cure fevers.
4. The remedy from purple foxgloves is given to people with heart problems.
5. Garlic has been used for stomach problems and coughs for many years, and it’s also a natural antiseptic.
6. It is widely believed that herbs can heal everything.
5. PW. Make up a dialogue reading and using the expressions in the box below
A: Are you OK? You look ill. What’s wrong?
B: Oh, I’ ve got a stomach problem.

Asking about someone’s health | Expressing sympathy | Giving Advice to sick people
How are you? Are you OK? What’s wrong? | Oh, dear! I hope you’ll get better soon! | You should take a day off!
|  | Go home and take a rest!

6. | GW. Project. Find some information on the Internet, ask your biology teacher or parents, grandparents if they use herbs for different illnesses and create a presentation about it.

7. IW/PW. Change the sentences into the Passive Voice.

Sample: | Astronauts are exploring space. (Active Voice) Space is being explored by astronauts. (Passive Voice)

1. The waitress offered me a cup of tea with lemon.
2. Nowadays many people prefer herbs.
3. They will build a new hospital in our town.
4. Jack’s father has promised him a trip to Mexico.
5. We always care for the elderly people in our country.
6. They have published the doctor’s experiment in a scientific journal this week.