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Variant 1.
Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help
Antibiotics are strong medicines used to treat infections, including life-threatening
contagious diseases. But antibiotics can cause more harm than good when they aren't used the
right way. You can protect yourself and your family by knowing when you should use antibiotics
and when you should not.
Antibiotics only work against infections caused by bacteria, fungi and certain parasites.
They don't work against any infections caused by viruses. Viruses cause colds, the flu and most
coughs and sore throats. If you have these diseases, taking antibiotics may do more harm than
good. Each time you take antibiotics, you increase the chances that bacteria in your body will be
able to resist them. Later, you could get or spread an infection that those antibiotics cannot cure.
“Antibiotic resistance” and “bacterial resistance” are two ways of describing the same
thing. Usually, antibiotics kill bacteria or stop them from growing. However, some bacteria have
become resistant to some types of antibiotics. This means that the antibiotics no longer work
against them. Bacteria become resistant more quickly when antibiotics are used too often or are
not used correctly (such as not taking a full course of antibiotics as prescribed by your doctor).
Bacteria that are resistant to one antibiotic can sometimes be treated with other antibiotics.
These other medicines have to be given intravenously (through a vein) in a hospital. A few kinds
of bacteria are resistant to all antibiotics and are now untreatable. MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus Aureus) is a type of bacteria that’s resistant to all known antibiotics.
Therefore it’s important to use antibiotics appropriately and to take the medication
exactly as directed:
 Take all doses of the antibiotic, even if the infection is getting better.
 Don’t stop taking the antibiotic unless your doctor tells you to stop.
 Don’t share antibiotics with others.
 Don’t save unfinished antibiotics for another time.
 Never take antibiotics without a prescription.
Used properly, antibiotics can save lives. They either kill bacteria or keep them from
reproducing.
The Tasks:
I. Выпишите транскрипцию новых слов. Отработайте чтение слов.
Vocabulary:
1. contagious
2. antibiotic
3. harm
4. infections
5. bacteria
6. fungi
7. parasites
8. viruses
9. to resist
10. resistance
11. growing
12. correctly
13. untreatable
14. MRSA
15. appropriately
16. to direct
17. dose
1. заразный
2. антибиотик
3.вред
4. инфекции (инфекционные заболевания)
5. бактерии
6. грибок
7. паразиты
8. вирусы
9. сопротивляться, быть устойчивым
10. устойчивость
11. рост
12. правильно
13. неизлечимый
15. стафилококк
16. должным образом
17. указывать, назначать
18. доза
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18. to share
19. save
20. a prescription
19. делиться, давать
20. безопасный
21. рецепт
II. Translate useful expressions. Переведите полезные выражения:
1. life-threatening
2. to get worse
3. to get better
4. antibiotic resistance
5. bacterial resistance
III. Переведите предложения, содержащие модальные глаголы:
1. Antibiotics can cause more harm than good when they aren't used the right way.
2. Each time you take antibiotics, you increase the chances that bacteria in your body will
be able to resist them.
3. Later, you could get or spread an infection that those antibiotics cannot cure.
4. Bacteria that are resistant to one antibiotic can sometimes be treated with other
antibiotics.
II. Answer the questions. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту:
1. What are antibiotics?
2. Do antibiotics work against all infections?
3. Against what infections are antibiotics useless?
4. What do viruses course?
5. What is "antibiotic resistance?"
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