tailieunhanh - A resource for reading and words part 7

Tham khảo tài liệu 'a resource for reading and words part 7', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | PASSAGE 46 MEDICAL CARE Medical care has changed greatly since the days when the family doctor treated all family members for every type of medical problem. Today s physician is usually a specialist who treats only problems with his or her specialty. Today s specialists often work together in a large group in order to share costs. The group will buy expensive equipment for its own offices rather than use hospital facilities. The physician s office usually has a laboratory where a variety of medical tests can be done. So unlike the family doctor who often visited patients at home today s doctors normally see patients in their office where they can use specialized equipment. VOCABULARY To treat to care for to try to make a patient well again Specialist a person who has a particular skill or knows a lot about a particular subject. Specialty a particular type of work a person does best Equipment things used for particular purpose Facility pieces of equipment or services provided for a particular purpose A variety of a number of Unlike different from contrasting To specialize to become a specialist EXERCISES Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words defined above. 1. Some cases of infertility are easy to . . although others require complex treatment. 2. He . in collecting the work of four artists he considered fco be the true Cubists Picasso Braque Leger and Gris. 3. They will want to know that you have a safe warm place for children to play and that your kitchen and toilet. are adequate. 4. People are still injecting and sharing dirty. 5. In London we have a team of 4 . nurses backed up by 2 doctors. REDING COMREHENSION 1. The difference between the family doctor of the past and today s physician is that. A family doctors charge higher fees. B the latter does not treat every type of medical problems. C . both are not specialized in a branch. D physicians can t carry out tests. E family doctors see the patients of their family. 2. We can infer from the .