Transcript scientific english otc and prescription drugs

SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
OTC AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
“Drugs and Medicines”
“Over the counter and
prescription drugs”
PART II: “Understand your
medicine”
Read the text on p. 17
VOCABULARY: brainstorming

Write down all words relating to PHARMACY
Medicine
Pill
Liquid
Active and inactive ingredients
Chemicals
Flavor
Coloring
Sugar
Water
Outside coating
Prevent
Cure
Pain
Illness symptoms
Cough
Runny nose
 Now
do exercise 1, p. 18.
Can
you make an example of
an OTC drug?
Aspirin
Paracetamol
 Can
you make an example of a
prescription medicine?
Antibiotics
READING COMPREHENSION
Read the text on p. 21 and
answer the following questions:
Where can you find OTC medicines?
On the shelves of stores
From a clerk at the sales counter of general stores,
supermarkets, gas stations etc.
1)
2) Where can you buy prescription medicines?
At the counter of a pharmacy
READING COMPREHENSION
3) What are OTC medicines used for? (look
for all the verbs describing their function)
To relieve aches, pains and itches
To prevent or cure diseases like tooth
decay and athete’s foot
To manage recurring problems like
migraines
READING COMPREHENSION
4) What are some of the risks of OTC
medicines?
They can interact with other medicines,
supplements, foods and drinks.
They can cause problems for people with
certain medical conditions
VERBS: VOCABULARY
ALLEVIARE
PREVENIRE
CURARE
RACCOMANDARE
OTTENERE
INTERAGIRE CON
ACQUISTARE
ASSUMERE
Please do exercise 2 on p. 22
VERBS: VOCABULARY
Please do exercise 4 on p. 23
PART III: OVER THE
COUNTER (OTC) AND
PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES
A “PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE” is any
medicine that needs the doctor’s
authorization before the pharmacist will
sell it to you.
An “OTC MEDICINE” is any medicine that
you can buy without a prescription.
ONLINE MEDICAL ENGLISH
(p. 24)
 SAME
WORD, DIFFERENT MEANING
Ex. Medicine
FAMILY OF WORDS:
Ex. Synthetic (adjective)
Synthesis (noun)
Synthetize (verb)
IRREGULAR PLURALS in
SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
Words of Greek origin ending with –sis:
Final is becomes es (pronounced /iːz/):
Axis axes/ˈæksiːz/
Crisis crises/ˈkraɪsiːz/
Testis testes/ˈtɛstiːz/

Example: Synthesis
The plural is not synthesiss or synthesises
BUT
Syntheses
 Final
ies in words of Greek origins remains
unchanged:
 Series series
 Species species
 Final
on in words of Greek origin becomes
-a:
Criterion Criteria
Phenomenon phenomena
Final us becomes -i (second declension, [aɪ]) or
-era or -ora (third declension), or just adds -es
(especially in fourth declension, where it would
otherwise be the same as the singular):
 Alumnus alumni
 Corpus corpora
genus genera
Prospectus prospectuses (plural prospectus is
rare)
Syllabus syllabi

 Virus
had no plural ending in Latin; the
plural in English is usually viruses.
 Final
a becomes -ae (also -æ), or just
adds -s:
 Alumna alumnae
 Formula formulae/formulas
 encyclopedia (rarely encyclopædia)
encyclopedias (encyclopediae is rare)
 Final
ex or ix becomes -ices (pronounced
/ɨsiːz/), or just adds -es:
Index indices/ˈɪndɨsiːz/or indexes
Matrix matrices/ˈmeɪtrɨsiːz/
Vertex vertices/ˈvɜrtɨsiːz/
–um becomes –a
Medium
Media
Bacterium
Bacteria
 Final