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135 Write three sentences about people having a health problem using the phrases from p. 134. Exchange your sentences with a partner and write down what the people should do about it. WRITING 10 Choose one of the options and prepare arguments to convince the others. Also, consider possible counter-arguments that might come up during the discussion. Try to convince the others to accept your view. Prepare for about 5 minutes and discuss the situation for about 8–10 minutes. Do a simulation in groups of four. This is the scenario: Your class is visiting your partner school in Cambridge. You and your classmates are cycling to school. One of your classmates falls trying to avoid a collision with a car. His/her knee is slightly swollen and hurts terribly. Also, he/she seems to be in shock. You and your classmates try to help. What would you suggest doing first? SPEAKING 11 Get in touch with the host family. Possible counter argument: The host mother has an appointment in London on this day. Call an ambulance. Possible counter argument: You are on a cycle path and don’t know your exact location. Suggest calling his/her parents in Austria. Possible counter argument: You don’t want to upset them before you know what the problem really is. Get help at a nearby pharmacy. Possible counter argument: You can only guess what might be good for your injured classmate. By the way: Take your medicine If you stop a British person on the street and ask where the nearest drugstore is, they will most likely give you a funny look. Medication in general is referred to as drugs in the US but medicine in the UK. The Brits get their medicine from the chemist or pharmacy . There are several other British English/American English differences you should know about if you need medical items. If you cut your finger, for example, you will need a plaster in the UK but a Band Aid in the USA. Band Aid is a brand name but has become a generic term in American English. If you’re looking after a baby, you will need nappies in the UK and diapers in the US. If someone is ill in the States, they will say they are sick , but to be sick in the UK means to vomit . Hopefully you’ll never need to pay a visit to the hospital, but if you do, you could end up in the ER (Emergency Room) in the US and at A and E (Accident and Emergency) in the UK. You may need an injection, which is called getting a shot in the US but a jab in the UK. If you need fluids intravenously, you’ll get a drip in the UK and an IV in the US. Any broken bones will land you in the operating room in America or the operating theatre in the UK. But don’t worry, thanks to the American anesthesiologist or British anaesthetist , you won’t know a thing about it! Make a table of the phrases in American and British English and add German translations. Then tell a partner a story and use some of the words. Nur zu P üfzw cken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv