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op two health insurance programs — Medicaid and Medicare. Medicaid,
started in 1966, is a federal program providing free medical care for
low-income people, the aged, the blind and for dependent children.
t)ean of the Faculty:Dr. Kendall, I've read that Medicare is a health
insurance program for the elderly and disabled. What age group does the
Medicare program provide for?
4
Dr. Kendall:Medicare, started in 1967, is a federal program providing free
medical care for aged Americans over 65, for those who in the past Ijad the
greatest medical expenses.
Dr. Kruglov:Dr. Nelson, what are the scientific problems facing American
medicine?
Dr. Nelson: Well, in my opinion, the chief scientific problems facing
American medicine are the same as those facing Russian medicine, they are
heart disease and cancer. The chief causes of suffering and death today are
cancer and cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, jstroke and
atherosclerosis. |Also much medical research is done on /illnesses of aging,
disabilities caused by arthritis, mental illness, drug addiction, and genetic
problems.
The Dean of the Faculty: Dear colleagues, you've given us a clear picture
of the American health care system. We all want to thank you and wish you
the best of luck in your woi^c.
Active Words and Word Combinations
private doctorчастныйврачto
inoculateделатьпрививкуinoc
ulationпрививкаconsulting
physicianврач-
консультантdisabilityнетрудо
способность,
инвалидностиthe
disabledинвалидыretirement
benefitsпенсионные
выплаты
emergencyunitотделение
неотложной помощи
theinjuredпострадавшие,

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раненые theblindнезрячие,
слепые
Medicareправительственная
предусматривающая
частичную оплату
медицинского
обслуживанияJпрестарелым
за счет
программа,
обеспечивающая |
бесплатное медицинское |
обслуживание беднякам и
jинвалидам
f
dependent children
несовершеннолетниедети
the aged (syn. the elderly)
пожилые, старые люди
strokeинсульт
страхования, остальную
часть — за счет
государства
Medicaidсоциальная
правительственная
программа,
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mentaldiseasesпсихические 'drugaddictionпристрастие к
заболевания
наркотикам, наркомания
Упражнение 5. Задайте вопросы, ответами на которые будут
следующие предложения.
Model: A family physician provides health care for the entire family. Who
provides health care for the entire family?
1. Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and dis-
ability in the USA. 2. Nine million people suffer from emphysema and
chronic bronchitis because of smoking. 3. Smoking and hypertension are
two major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. 4. Nausea, shortness of
breath, shoulder or arm pain, or chest pain can be symptoms of a heart
attack.
Упражнение 6. Ответьте на вопросы вашего товарища. Используйте в
ответах слова и словосочетания, данные в скобках.
1. What kinds of hospitals are there in America? (government-fi- nanced,
private hospitals) 2. Who comprises the staff of hospitals or clinics in
America? (consulting physicians, residents, interns, highly skilled nurses) 3.
What departments do American hospitals have? (surgery, obstetrics and
gynaecology, pediatrics, general medicine, neurosurgical, a renal care unit,
a psychiatric unit, an Emergency Room) 4. What is Medicaid? (a federal
program, to provide free medical care, low income people, the aged, the
blind, dependent children) 5. What is Medicare? (a federal program, a
health insurance program, the elderly and disabled, to provide free medical
care, aged Americans)
Упражнение 7. Расскажите вашим товарищам о работе частного врача
в США. Используйтевсвоемрассказеследующиесловосочетания.
private doctor, family doctor, to give regular examinations, to arrange for
the patient to see a specialist, to make use of hospital facilities, private
office, group practice
Упражнение 8. Прочтите следующие утверждения и выразите свое
согласие или несогласие. Начните свои ответы со следующих
фраз:Quiteso./ Exactly. /Yes,Ithinkthat... Или: I don't think that is correct.... I
can't agree with the fact that.. . No, I don't think you are right...
1. Medicaid is a federal program, which provides free medical care for
low income people, the aged, the blind and for dependent children.

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2. Medicare is a federal program, which provides free medical care for
aged Americans over 65. 3. Most employees and their families do not
have their health insurance. 4. Many people in America have health
insurance, life insurance, disability insurance and retirement benefits at
their place of employment. 5. The chief scientific problems facing
American medicine are heart disease and cancer.
Упражнение 9. Ведущий радиопередачи «В мире медицины»
(«IntheWorldofMedicine»)
беседует
с
американским
врачом-гомеопатом д-ром Карлом Робинсоном. Используя
приведенные ниже текст и диалог, составьте и разыграйте
радиоинтервью.
Ведущий: представляет доктора Робинсона, сообщая краткие
сведения о нем (см. Текст), и предлагает д-ру Робинсону ответить
на вопросы радиослушателей (см. Диалог)
Доктор Робинсон: отвечает на вопросы ведущего и радиослуша-
телей (см. Текст)
Text
1.
Dr. К. Robinson received his B.A. from Yale University, his M.D.
from Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia and he did his resi-
dency in internal medicine in Ney York City. Then he studied home-
opathy at the Royal Homeopathic] Hospital in London. Now Dr. Robinson
practices in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2.
The word «homeopathy» is derived from the Greek language. «Ho-
meo» means «like», «pathy» means «suffering». Homeopathy means
«like suffering» or «like disease». Homeopathy is a scientific medical
practice, which treats the whole person, that is the body, the mind and
the emotions, which are affected when a person is sick
Homeopathy is a natural medicine. A homeopathic medicine is used
to stimulate the person to heal himself. It is a system of therapy based on
the law «Similia similibus curentur». In other words, homeopathy is a
scientific system of medicine based on the discovery that a substance
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can cure the same problems that it causes — usually by varying the
dosage of the substance.
Homeopathic remedies are made from natural animal, vegetable or
mineral sources.
Homeopathic medicines are not used to treat any particular oi^gan of
the body. Side effects such as tissue destruction do not occur in home-
opathy treatments.
dialogue
Interviewer. We have some questions dealing with homeopathy. The
questions were sent to the National Center for Homeopathy in Washing-
ton. We invited Dr. Karl Robinson to answer our listeners' questions. Now
I'll introduce Dr. K. Robinson to you...
And now, Dr. Robinson, would you answer the first question of our
listeners: What is homeopathy?
Dr. R.:
Interviewer. Is homeopathy a scientific system of medicine or is it
based more on the intuition of the practitioner?
Dr. R.:
Interviewer. What are homeopathic remedies made from?
Dr. R.:
Interviewer. Do homeopathic medicines cause side effects?
Dr. R. :
Interviewer:Dr Robinson, thanks very much for your answers. With this
we will end our program. Good-bye.
Упражнение 10. а) Прослушайте (прочитайте) фрагмент беседы
профессора Андерсона со студентами Медицинского колледжа
университета штата Огайо. Скажите, какие вопросы были затронуты
во время этой беседы, б) Прочитайте текст выступления
профессора Андерсона и найдите английские эквиваленты
следующих слов и словосочетаний: