Exercise 1. Read and translate into Russian the following words and word combinations of Latin and Greek origin:
primary stage, qualified doctor, therapeutist, dentist, medical institution, maternity home, paramedical personnel, total sum, specialised centre, medical equipment, preventive medicine, annual, dental inspection, medical examination, planned and controlled medical assistance, fatal, national strategy, concentrate on medical problems, cancer, tuberculosis.
Exercise 2. Practice the pronunciation of the following words and word combinations, use the dictionary:
charge, department, means, available, congenital, developed, call, qualified, joint venture, emergency aid, annual, furnish, prosthetics, orthodontics, care, maternity.
Exercise 3. Learn the active vocabulary to the text:
free of charge бесплатно
to call in a doctor вызвать врача
a unit (department) отделение
an in-patient department стационар
an out-patient department амбулаторное отделение
to take care of заботиться о ком-либо
health care здравоохранение
a medical (dental) check-up медицинский (стоматологический) осмотр
to carry out a medical проводить медицинский осмотр examination
to undergo a medical проходить медицинский осмотр examination
to provide (render) assistance оказывать помощь
dental inspection стоматологический осмотр
means and ways of effective средства и пути эффективного лечения treatment
a congenital (developed) наследственное (приобретенное)
disease заболевание
a maternity home родильный дом
paramedical personnel средний медицинский персонал
Exercise 4. Translate the following word combinations into Russian before reading the text:
along with this, no matter where a person lives, to be available, expenses are borne by the state, emergency aid station, over one million doctors, to consume a lion's share of allocation, about two thirds, with the aim of, to set up, to carry out, to call in, to check up.