health

What's wrong?

The UK has many of the same health problems as other European countries. It has a different kind of health insurance to Germany, however. We look at two types of problems: health problems in Britain’s population and with the service.

Doctor, doctor

Help your students learn how to talk about medical problems.

Aches and pains

What parts of the body can ache?

Business Spotlight Audio 6/2011

BUSINESS SKILLS
10 mistakes you should not make

HEALTH MATTERS
Side effects, and ways to describe pain

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False-friends test
Culture shock
All about “all”
Place names

Business Spotlight plus 6/2011

TRANSLATION WORK
False friends and tricky expressions

VOCABULARY
Talking about health problems at work

Winner of the competition in Business Spotlight Plus 5/2011

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Skill Up! (11)

We hope that you won’t have to use all the vocabulary in this issue of Skill Up! to talk about your own personal health problems in English, but we do hope that you find the information useful.

Man versus machine: Ken Jennings plays against the IBM WATSON computer system. Photo: IBM Research Zurich

Ask Dr Watson

US: Would you trust a game-show winner to diagnose and treat your medical condition? You might, if that winner was Watson, IBM's supercomputer.

Krankheit, Leiden

Is your knowledge of the English language up to date?

Quiz: "spruces" or "sprouts"?

Bean ____, not cucumbers, were the source of the E. coli outbreak.

Quiz: "crude" or "rude"?

We don't need to worry about the manufacturing sector. It's in ____ health.

Fading fast

FEELING TIRED: It’s late afternoon and you’re nearing the end of a long workday. Unfortunately, the end is not quite near enough: you still have lots to do, and a couple of hours till quitting time. Here's how to cope — without coffee or chocolate.

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