Exercise 9 Read the poem “Doctor's Handwriting” and practice saying it.

Doctor's orders, concise and specific, When a doctor writes orders and notes

Written clearly, not one hieroglyphic, And you can't figure out what he wrote,

Could be read with great ease. Just be very firm.

All the nurses were pleased. Confront the big worm

They all thought he was terrific! And shove each worthless page down his throat!

Exercise 10 Match the proverbs in column A to their analogues in B:

A Britain proverbs 1. Good health is above wealth. 2. Beauty is only skin deep. 3. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 4. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 5. You are what you eat. 6. The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach 7. Break a leg! B Russian analogues a) Не родись красивой, а родись счастливой. b) В здоровом теле здоровый дух. c) Здоровье дороже всякого богатства. d) Кто рано встает, тому бог подает. e) Ни пуха, ни пера! f) Скажи мне, что ты ешь, и я скажу, кто ты. g) Путь к сердцу мужчины лежит через его желудок.

 

Exercise 11 Write Russian equivalents of idioms about health:


a) Fit as a fiddle

b) Alive and kicking

c) At death’s door

d) Be on mend