Енглески језик 8, уџбеник, старо издање, Нови Логос

READING Alternative therapy
I can understand a text about alternative medicine.
1 Look at the photos and the title of the text and
answer the questions. Then read the text and
check your answers.
1 What are the animals?
2 How do you think they’re helping to treat
people in each picture?
2 1.34 Complete the text with sentences
a–e. There is one extra sentence that you do
not need. Listen and check your answers.
a For example, they noticed that people who
were ill usually became much happier when
they were with their horses.
b It can also be a very good cure for other
behavioural problems like aggressiveness.
c However, doctors who use these treatments
are sure they help patients.
d They agree that zootherapy can’t cure
everything.
e Some skin diseases are difficult to treat with
modern medicine.
5 YOUR OPINIONS Ask and answer the questions.
1 Which of the treatments in the text would
you accept or refuse? Why?
2 In your opinion, is it good for people to have
pets? Why / Why not?
3 Which do you think is better, alternative
medicine or conventional medicine?
4 What other alternative medicines do you
know? What’s your opinion about them?
5 What alternative medicines are popular in
your country?
3 BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY Complete the
table with words from the text. What suffixes
are used to form the nouns?
specialize v
treat v
infect v
ill a
depress v
lonely a
30 Health matters
Noun
4 Complete the sentences with a noun formed
from the words in brackets. Use the suffixes in
the box.
-ion -ness -ist -ence -ment
1 Is there a cure for ? (sad)
2 We can test people’s . (intelligent)
3 People get a lot of from animals. (enjoy)
4 There’s a strong between humans and
animals. (connect)
5 The doctor’s asked me to wait in the
waiting room. (reception)
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2
3
4
5
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Journalist Mark Elliott has been researching
zootherapy: the use of animals in alternative
medicine around the world.
It was in China that I first
saw doctors using bees.
A specialist was using the
stings from bees to help
people suffering from
arthritis. The treatment
is called apitherapy and
although the stings must
hurt, patients say that
they feel much better
afterwards because the
treatment reduces the
pain. In another part of
the same clinic, a boy
had his foot in a bath of
small fish. The fish were
cleaning an infection of
the skin on his foot. 1
Research has shown that
for people with these skin
problems, this fish therapy
could be more effective
than creams and drugs.
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