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5. a painful muscle contraction E flu eating too much or too quickly
6. difficulty breathing, wheezing F cramp doing too much exercise
7. can’t stop yawning G acne stress, anxiety
8. runny nose, sore eyes, sneezing H heart stroke an allergy to pollen
9. spots and red lumps on the face and I hay fever an allergy to dust or animals
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Use the table to talk about health problems, as in the example. Which of these problems
have you experienced?
If you have a bloated, painful stomach, then you’ve probably got indigestion. This is usually
caused by eating too much, too quickly.
What medical problems could you suffer a) on a very hot day?; b) if you get wet on a cold
day?
You could suffer from heat stroke on a very hot day. You could suffer from a cold if you get
wet on a cold day.
B Match the symptoms with the explanation what caused them:
1. Why are you sneezing? a) I am terrified by this story.
2. Why are you crying? b) I have cut myself with a knife.
3. Why are you yawning? c) I am bored with this lecture.
4. Why are you coughing? d) Cigarette smoke irritates my throat.
5. Why are you bleeding? e) You are hurting me.
6. Why are you sweating? f) I have a bad cold.
7. Why are you shivering? g) I am very cold.
8. Why are you shaking? h) I must have eaten some bad food.
9. Why are you vomiting? i) It is too warm in here.
3. Match the words in the columns to make collocations, then say what might give you
each problem.
1. splitting A poisoning
2. black B wrist
3. sprained C bleed
4. travel D cold
5. pulled E headache
6. food F sickness
7. sore G muscle
8. streaming H eye
9. nose I throat
You may get a splitting headache if you work on a computer for too long.
You may get a black eye if you are in a fight.
You may get a sprained wrist if you play tennis.
You may get travel sickness if you sit in the back seat of the car.
You may get a pulled muscle if you play sports without warming up properly beforehand.
You may get food poisoning if you eat meat that hasn’t been cooked properly.
You may get a sore throat if you have a cold.
You may get a streaming cold if you get wet on a cold day.
You may get a nose bleed if you fall over.
4. Match the collocations to the advice.
take an aspirin Ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine
put it in a sling Rest the injured part
pinch your nose Suck on a throat lozenge

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