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2. GW. Discuss treatments you would choose for each ailment and make a plan.

Ailment (illness/disease) | You think | Your partner thinks
a headache | medicine | conventional
a backache |  |
a high fever |  |
a toothache |  |
high blood pressure |  |

3. PW. Say the sentences in the Passive/Active Voice
1. Scientists will discover useful medicine for different illnesses.
2. Archeologists have discovered an ancient temple.
3. The girls should decorate the room with flowers.
4. The ambulance took the injured man to hospital.
5. The film has brought Daniel a lot of popularity.
6. Some placebos were given to the patient yesterday.
7. A cure for cancer might be soon discovered.
8. Several valuable paintings have been stolen from the Art Gallery.
9. They have cancelled the concert because of bad weather.
10. Doctors are using placebos nowadays.
4. GW. Discuss the following questions and give your comments
(See Task 1, page 30)
■ What effects did the first injection have on Mr Wright?
■ What caused Mr Wright’s death according to the story?
■ How did the doctors react in this situation?
■ What new findings are there these days about the placebo effect?
■ Do you believe that placebos can have a healing effect?

5. | IW. Find the definitions or the close meanings of the verbs. Use them in your own sentences.

to heal | to melt | to diminish | to inject

to practise | to cancel | to achieve

to discover | to ignore | to beg