Treat or treatment?

Truth or myth? Surprising facts and misleading myths about our health and the world we live in.

myth x

true D

true P

myth Y

true r

4.19 myth q
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F F
F F
F F
F F
F F
F F
F F
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watching
viruses

defences
syndrome

strain

sweat

Did any of this information surprise you? Will it affect the way you behave? Are there any other strongly held beliefs about
health and medicine in your country which you think are probably myths?
I think Jane is a bit underweight for her age – she is as light as a feather.
Simile
F F F F F F F F F

mule
sheet
fish
post
log
bat
gold
 I think Jane is a bit underweight for her age – she is as light as a feather.
Simile

F F F F F F F F F

dream
flash

horse

Try to think of three people or things you could describe with these similes. Compare with a partner.
GRAMMAR 4.21
gerunds & infinitives

agree, can’t afford, happen, manage, pretend, refuse, threaten

avoid, can’t help, deny, imagine, involve, it’s not worth, look forward to, miss,
practice, regret, risk, suggest

had better, let, would rather

GRAMMAR
gerunds & infinitives

________________________
_________
_____________
__________________________

_______
______

_______
_________
1

• He denied stealing / having stolen the

money.
• It was our fault. We were still not to
lock / not to have locked the car.
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E

I would like to see the Eiffel Tower

I would like to have seen the Eiffel Tower.

4
E It is no use
E There's no point
E It's not worth

E
E

It's very difficult for me to decide.

Who was the first

person to walk on the moon?
PRACTICE Example:
gerunds & infinitives
being told
to have followed
to have been
to be told
running
to be working
to have saved
committing / having committed

to eat
calling
to walk
to sit down
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gerunds & infinitives

There is no point getting angry.

don’t have enough eggs

hate being woken up

Do you regret not having / Do you regret not having had

without having finished school

‚d love to have gone / would have loved to have gone / ‚d have loved to have been able to go

The children seem to be having good time

plan is not to redecorate the kitchen

 What forms of alternative medicine are popular in your country?
LISTENING & SPEAKING Why do you think some people are skeptical about them?

What did they use? What for? Was it useful?

SPEAKER A
acupuncture he had lost his yes
sense of taste & smell

all kinds of illnesses, e.g.

SPEAKER B homeopathy getting their voice back / yes
losing their voice

SPEAKER C homeopathy / homeopatic childbirth no

medicine

4.25
SPEAKER D herbal medicine to help him sleep no
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D
A
A
B
D
C
B