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18/02/2011

Health in the UK

Watch this video about the health system in the UK and fill in the gaps below:

As well as health care, ____(1)____ and ____(2)____ are important.
When you're ill, you go and see your ____(3)____, which stands for ____(4)____ (2 words).
One third of family doctors in Britain are ____(5)____.
The doctor writes a ____(6)____ when you need medicine, and then you go to the ____(7)____ or ____(8)____.
You don't have to pay for the medicine if you are a ____(9)____, ____(10)____, or ____(11)____.
You'll have to go to a hospital if you need to see a ____(12)____ doctor or ____(13)____ an operation.
The ____(14)____ provides free treatment for everyone in Britain.
Britain has one of the highest levels of ____(15)____ (2 words) in the world.
The system costs almost ____(16)____.
Alternative types of medicine include ____(17)____, ____(18)____, and ____(19)____.
Medicine helps people ____(20)____ (2 words).
Better diets have raised ____(21)____ (2 words).

You can find the answers in the "comments". But check them only when you have tried several times!!! ;-)


1 comment:

Cristina I. Sánchez Soto said...

1. diet
2. fitness
3. GP
4. General Practitioner
5. women
6. prescription
7. chemist's
8. pharmacy
9. student
10. over 60
11. pregnant
12. specialist
13. have
14. NHS
15. heart disease
16. £ 40 billion
17. reflexology
18. homeopathy
19. acupuncture
20. get better
21. life expectancy