Unit 9 Body and mind
Inside view
Conversation 1
Kate Oh, Janet, you don't look too good. What's the matter?
Janet Oh, I'm OK. I am not sleeping very well at the moment, so I'm quite tired. I fell asleep in the lecture just now.
Kate Is anything wrong?
Janet Oh, I don't know. Maybe I'm worried about my end of term exams. And I've got an essay to write.
Kate Are you eating properly? I didn't see you at dinner last night.
Janet No, I've lost my appetite. I can't face any more Western food for a few days.
Kate I think you've lost some weight. Do you feel sick?
Janet Mostly homesick.
Kate Have you talked to your tutor?
Janet No! Why would I do that?
Kate Well, it's part of his job to keep an eye on your health. Why don't you make an appointment to see the doctor?
Janet But I'm all right.
Kate Do you have any other symptoms? Do you have a headache?
Janet Well, I have a headache nearly all the time at the moment. And I feel a bit depressed. But it's nothing. I'll be all right. Please! Don't worry about me.
Kate You poor thing! Why don't you make an appointment to see the doctor. She'll give you a check-up, take your temperature and blood pressure, all the usual tests.
Janet Oh, I don't want to make a fuss. It's nothing.
Kate You're not making a fuss. I am! And I'm coming with you.
Conversation 2
Doctor What seems to be the problem?
Janet Well...
Kate She hasn't been eating or sleeping properly. She fell asleep in the lecture this morning.
Doctor Hmm, and what did the lecturer think of that?
Janet Fortunately, he didn't see me.
Doctor OK, I'm going to ask you a few questions. How's your social life?
Janet It's fine. I've got some really nice friends.
Doctor Have you got a boyfriend?
Janet No. I don't think my parents would like me to have one while I'm at university.
Doctor And are you eating properly?
Janet Yes, I think so.
Kate She says she's a bit fed up with Western food.
Doctor OK, so you'd like some home comfort... what's your favourite food?
Janet Fried rice!
Doctor Not much fried rice for dinner in college, is there? Um, any worries about your work?
Janet No. Maybe. Yes, I suppose so.
Doctor Do you have an essay crisis?
Janet Yes! I haven't finished all the reading. I don't read as quickly as my friends, so it takes me a long time to write my essays.
Doctor OK, Janet. I want you to try and take a few days off. I'll have a word with your tutor and see if he can wait for your essay.
Janet OK.
Doctor If you're run down or depressed, you're more likely to catch a cold. Can you come back and see me next week? In the meantime, I suggest you try taking some ...
Outside view
Customer 1 Hi, can I get, um, a HULK please.
Customer 2 Can I have a HULK?
Customer 3 I'd like to try the HULK.
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Voice-over Company founder, CEO, and president, Robert Green, has made a career for himself by following his passion: health and fitness. Trained as a dancer, Robert has been an exercise instructor, a TV show host, and a successful entrepreneur. Robert has built the bodyfactory around the HULK. The HULK is a smoothie, but it's not like any other smoothie you've ever tried.
Robert We have over 30 smoothies, but what seems to be the most popular smoothie is the HULK. It's absolutely amazing. We beg and we plead people to try other drinks, but the HULK is really where it's at. The HULK smoothie was created by me about 12 years ago and what's so amazing is there's nothing out there for the average consumer that contains all your green vegetables, that tastes really, really good and that actually has the nutritional breakdown that your body needs on a daily basis. So some of these ingredients include broccoli, spinach, cayenne pepper, celery, tomatoes, onions, brown rice, seaweed, sage, thyme, sea salt. With so many ingredients, people might expect it to taste not so good, but this drink is absolutely the best drink you'll ever have.
Customer 6 I love the HULK. I drink it every day.
Customer 4 I hate swallowing pills, so I get all of my vitamins in the HULK.
Customer 7 It gets me through my day.
Robert People actually develop a craving for this, an actual addiction, in a good way, for this positive food. So someone who's never worked out in their life, someone who's never eaten healthy in their life, could drink the shake and actually love drinking the shake, develop a craving for this good, quality shake. It actually makes them want to continue this new lifestyle that they have.
Listening in
Passage 1
In 1812 a young man called James Barry finished his studies in medicine at Edinburgh University. After graduating he moved to London where he studied surgery at Guy's Hospital. After that, the popular young doctor joined the army and over the next 40 years had a brilliant career as an army medical officer, working in many far off countries and fighting successfully for improved conditions in hospitals. It was a remarkable career - made even more remarkable by the discovery upon his death that James Barry had kept an extraordinary secret.
Barry was a pleasant and good-humoured person with high cheek bones, red hair, a long nose and large eyes. He was well-liked by his patients and had a reputation for great speed at surgery — an important quality at a time when operations were performed without anaesthetic. He was also quick-tempered. When he was working in army hospitals and prisons overseas, the terrible conditions often made him very angry. He fought hard against injustice and cruelty and his temper sometimes got him into trouble with the authorities. After a long career overseas he returned to London where he died in 1865.
So was this the end of the story? Not quite. When they were preparing his body for his funeral, they discovered James Barry's secret. HE was in fact a SHE. James Barry was a woman.
No one was more surprised at this discovery than her many friends and colleagues. It was true that throughout her life people had remarked on her small size, slight build and smooth pale face. One officer had even objected to her appointment as a medical assistant because he couldn't believe that Barry was old enough to have graduated in medicine. But no one seriously suggested that Barry was anything other than a man.
So why did James Barry deceive people for so long? At that time, a woman couldn't study medicine, work as a doctor or join the army. Perhaps Barry had always wanted to do these things and pretending to be a man was the only way to make it possible. Perhaps she was going to tell the truth one day, but didn't because she was enjoying her life as a man too much. By the time it was discovered that she was the first woman in Britain to have qualified as a doctor, it was too late for the authorities to do anything about it.
Passage 2
Speaker 1
Interviewer Tell me about medical care in Britain. What happens when you need to go to the doctor?
Speaker 1 Well, first of all, you need to register with your local doctor. And, then of course, if you need to see him or her, you have to phone in and make an appointment which can be two or three days later. But, of course, if you have an accident and it's more urgent, you go to a department called the Accident and Emergency Department, which is usually in a hospital. And, if it's really urgent, someone will call a number, which is 999 here in Britain and you, er, get an ambulance.
Interviewer What about getting medicine? Do you get it from the doctor or do you get it from the chemist?
Speaker 1 Well, you actually get the medicine itself from the chemist but the doctor has to prescribe the medicine first. So, you then take the prescription to the chemist's and the chemist then gives you your medicine. The medicine isn't actually at the doctor's surgery.
Interviewer Right. Right. What happens about paying for medical care? How do you pay for medical treatment?
Speaker 1 Ah, yea. You don't pay the doctor. The payment is covered by taxes or medical agreements between the UK and your country. But you pay a fixed charge for the medicine.
Interviewer Right.
Speaker 1 That you're prescribed.
Interviewer I see, yes. And what happens if... you know, I hope it never happens. What happens if you, you stay in hospital?
Speaker 1 Well, if you are seriously ill, you will stay in hospital and your family and friends can visit and come and see how you are but they don't usually stay actually overnight with you. And they don't need to bring you food or anything. Or look after you. I mean everything is done for you in the hospital, really.
Interviewer I see. I see.
Speaker 2
Interviewer Tell me about medical care in the States. What do you do when you need to go to a doctor?
Speaker 2 OK, well, when you arrive, you choose your doctor. And, it doesn't have to be you know, exactly where you're staying -just anywhere that is convenient for you.
Interviewer Uh-huh. And do you get these tests and treatment at the doctor's surgery?
Speaker 2 You do indeed. The doctor will do a lot of tests on you. It's very high-tech care. They have to consider every possibility that could occur with any illness.
Interviewer I see. Yeah.
Speaker 2 On the other hand, if it's an emergency, if you have an accident, you call 911 and an ambulance will come and take you to your nearest hospital.
Interviewer And what about getting medicine? Do you get the medicine at the doctor's or ...?
Speaker 2 Yeah, you do. The doctor writes all the prescriptions for you and then you take it to the pharmacy to pick it up. And you will pay the full price for every bit of medicine that you get...
Interviewer I see. So, it's quite expensive.
Speaker 2 Yes, it certainly is.
Interviewer I mean, how do you pay for it?
Speaker 2 Well, that is a problem for some people. I mean, we do not have a national health plan here in the USA. So, you really do have to have medical insurance. You see, you know, you can be refused admission to a hospital if you don't have insurance. It's an absolute nightmare. And then you have to pay for absolutely everything. You pay for your x-rays, for your medicine, for your tests; you know for the care, for everything. And, of course, well you do get it back from your insurance company.
Interviewer If you pay an insurance premium ...
Speaker 2 Well, that is the thing. You absolutely -it's compulsory - you have to have it.
Interviewer Right. And what about staying in hospital? What are American hospitals like?
Speaker 2 Well, they're very good. They're very quiet and calm. Sick people need to rest and they do not encourage large groups of people. They keep visiting hours very short.
Interviewer I see. OK. Thank you.
Speaker 2 You're welcome.
