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UNIT 8:
THE SWORD THAT CAN HEAL
Reading 4 + practice 1
(some ten new centers… conventional surgery)
Unit 8: THE SWORD THAT CAN HEAL
What is the heading of paragraph E?
It is about this new technology in British hospitals
I/ NEW WORDS

(v) lead - led - led
Uncle ho led our resistance against the the French
(v) bleed - bled - bled
(v) peptic ulcer
(n) medicine - medical (adj)
(adj) conventional
Unit 8: THE SWORD THAT CAN HEAL
I/ Read the text silently and answer the questions below:
Some ten centers already using this treatment will soon be opened in Britain, which is already one of the leaders in the laser treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers and this, combined with new medicines, can mean ulcer treatment without conventional surgery.
SILENT READING
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW:
1. Whis country is one of the leaders in the laser treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers?
2. What is the advantage of this kind of treatment?

Unit 8: THE SWORD THAT CAN HEAL
ANSWERS
1. Whis country is one of the leaders in the laser treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers?

Britain is one of the leaders in in the laser treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers
2. What is the advantage of this kind of treatment?

It doesn’t need conventional surgery

Unit 8: THE SWORD THAT CAN HEAL
SUMMARY
Cancer
leaves the healthy neighbors unharmed
Removes bones by vaporising them
Cosmetic surgery
Seals and conceal the marks
Combine with other medicines
doen’t need conventional surgery
The laser can be used to treat _____(1)____ by ___(2)___ V- ing.
The advantage is that it _____(3)_____
Unit 8: THE SWORD THAT CAN HEAL
PRONUNCIATION OF FRACTIONS
I/ Forms: a/b
a over b
245/ 13
Two hundred and forty-five over thirteen
b = 2
half
1/2: one half
3/2 : three halves
5/2 : five halves
b = 4
quarter
1/4: one quarter
3/4 : three quarters
5/4 : five quarters
a/b
a is read as cardinal numbers
b is pronounced in ordinal numbers and in plural forms if a>2
1/3 : one third
2/5 : two fifths
3/7 : three sevenths
1/9 : one ninth
1/30 : one thirtieth


Practice pronunciation of FRACTIONS
1/9
3/5
6/7
1/2
2/3
1/3
5/4
39/15
7/2
11/4
5/12
45/ 87

: One ninth
: three fifths
: six sevenths
: One / a half
: two thirds
: One third
: five fourths
: thirty - nine over fifteen
: seven halves
: eleven fourth/ eleven over four
: five twelfths
: forty-five over eighty - seven