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1. surgery [(s§:dZEri]
9 UK,
office [(fIs] US
2 7 2. cage [keIdZ]
3. kitten [(kIt&n]
3 5
4. Elizabethan collar
[i)lIzE)bi:T&n (kQlE],
e-collar [(i: )kQlE]
8 5. scales [skeI&lz]
4
UK,
10 scale [skeI&l] US
6. medicine cabinet
[(meds&n
)kÄbInEt]
11 7. budgie [(bVdZi]
ifml.
8. kennels [(ken&lz]
9. waiting room
[(weItIN ru:m]
13 10. puppy [(pVpi]
12
11. latex gloves
15 [(leIteks glVvz]
14 12. prescription
[pri(skrIpS&n]
16 13. examination table
[Ig)zÄmI(neIS&n
)teIb&l]
14. trolley [(trQli] UK,
cart [(kA:t] US
15. surgical mask
[)s§:dZIk&l (mA:sk]
16. syringe [sI(rIndZ]
17
17. pet carrier
[(pet )kÄriE]
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All in a day’s work health care, such as giving pet own-
Polly is a veterinary surgeon. Here, ers advice on nutrition, hygiene,
and clean out the kennels and There’s only one thing I don’t like
MEDIUM PLUS
cages. The waiting room is always about my job: telling people that
full, but not all our patients are sick. their beloved pet will have to be put
Our work involves preventive down. But it’s all in a day’s work.
Exercise 1 E Exercise 3 M
Cross out the word or phrase in each line that does not Match the problems described by pet owners (A–E) to
match the others. the vet’s responses (1–5).
A. cabinet | cage | kennel | pet carrier A. We don’t want our 1. When did you last have
cat to have any more it wormed?
B. nurse | pet | specialist | vet kittens.
2. You should have it
C. budgie | kitten | puppy | trolley B. I think our dog may be vaccinated.
overweight.
D. neutering | vaccination | waiting room | worming 3. You should have it
C. I’m worried my cat spayed.
might run away.
Exercise 2 A 4. We can give you nutri-
D. My dog has had diar- tional advice.
Complete definitions A–D with the words from the list. rhoea for several days.
5. Have you considered
Elizabethan collar | parasite | syringe | tortoise E. What can I do to pro- having it micro-
tect my cat against cat chipped?
A. A(n) is a small animal or flu?
plant that lives in or on another animal or plant and
feeds on it.
Exercise 4 A
B. A(n) is a reptile with a
hard round shell on its back that lives on land and Look at the last sentence in the text on page 46 and
moves very slowly. choose the best answer to this question: What is the
meaning of the idiom “all in a day’s work”?
C. A(n) is a needle fitted to a
plastic tube, used for injecting drugs or drawing blood A. A particular activity takes no more than one day to
from a body. finish.
⋅⋅
, Katzenschnupfen , Durchfall , hier: Panzer
“Surgery” and “surgeons”
In British English, a surgery (countable noun) is a place
cone [kEUn] draw [drO:]
, hier: kegelförmiger , hier: abnehmen
where a doctor, dentist or vet sees his or her patients. The
⋅⋅
Kragen American word for this is office.
Surgery (uncountable noun) is medical treatment in which
Answers a doctor cuts open a person’s or animal’s body — in other
⋅⋅⋅⋅
words, an operation.
containers in which
to activities carried
A. cabinet (the other
D. Elizabethan collar
words refer to
words refer to
B. pet (the other
A. parasite
B. tortoise
people)
C. syringe
word is vet.
2.
3.
1.