Week 24 – Elementary – Home Remedies
I)
Reading :
1)
What do you do in situations 1-4?
1.
You’ve got toothache.
2.
You feel tired and you have no energy.
3.
You’ve got a temperature.
4. You've
got a really bad pain in your back and you don't know why.
Do you…?
a.
Take a day off work?
b.
See a doctor or a dentist?
c.
Take some medicine?
d.
Ask someone for advice?
e.
Go to a pharmacist?
f.
Do nothing?
g.
Do something else?
2) Pictures
A—D show different remedies. Can you match them with these problems?
headache toothache
a high temperature stomach ache
3) Read
the web postings to check your ideas.
Home Remedies
Monica, Canada April 24
10.41
Black toast with honey
A friend of mine stayed in a hotel in India and the manager
gave this to her for stomach ache. It really works. Just take a piece of bread
and toast it until it's black. Then put honey on the toast and eat it. You
don't really need the honey but it makes it taste better! It doesn't look good,
but it can really help. So if you get stomach ache, try this remedy.
Heli, Finland April 23
18.03
A wet teabag
Here are my tips for toothache. You should put a wet teabag
on the sore tooth. I always have a wet teabag in the fridge so it's there when
I need it. Another idea: take a garlic clove and put it on the tooth. Both
these ideas help me nine times out of ten. But if they don't work for you, you
should go to a dentist.
Norma, USA April 24 9.52
An onion
If you get a high temperature, use an onion. It sounds strange
but it helps. Cut one large onion in half and tie half an onion to the bottom
of each of your feet. You shouldn't wear
socks of course, just bare feet! I use this on my kids and it works every time.
The remedy came from a relative from down south.
Lameed, Egypt April 23
16.15
Salt water
When I was a child, I got a lot of headaches and my grandmother
always did this for me. Put a few drops of warm salt water in your ears. Don't
use really hot water. Do this three or four times for both ears. Then lie down and
close your eyes for about ten minutes.
4)
What do you think of these home remedies? Would
you like to try them?
Why? / Why not?
II)
Vocabulary: giving advice
1)
You can use the imperative or should to give
advice. Complete the sentences with
socks, teabag, water, feet, garlic.
You should take a _______________ clove and put it on the
tooth.
You should put a wet ____________ on the sore tooth.
Don’t use really hot _______________.
You shouldn’t wear ______________ of course, just bare
____________.
2)
Think of advice for each of these problems:
A high temperature headache stomach ache backache toothache
III)
Grammar : giving advice with if
1)
If+ present simple, imperative
If you get stomach ache, try this remedy.
If you try the salt water remedy, don't use really hot
water.
If + present simple, should I shouldn't + infinitive
If they don't work for you, you should go to a dentist.
You can change the order of if sentences
If you get stomach ache, try this remedy. Try this remedy if you get stomach ache.
2)
Put the words of this sentence in order
if / an onion / get / a temperature, /you / use
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IV)
Homework:
Match problems 1-6 with advice a—f. There's more than one
correct answer.
1.
you've got a very bad cold
2.
you're allergic to paracetamol
3.
your feet hurt
4.
you've got stomach ache
5.
you feel very tired
6.
you’ve got a problem with your knee
a.
you shouldn't eat a large meal
b.
be careful what medicine you take
c.
don’t go to work
d.
don’t go for a run
e.
put them in hot water with mustard
f.
you should go to bed early
V)
Now say the six sentences with if.
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