10
My health – my wealth (B)
Textbook: pp. 46–49
GoalUsing reason linkers in writing; types of doctors; word building (health – healthy – unhealthy; treat – treatment).
New words
General Practitioner (GP) · umumiy amaliyot shifokoricardiologist · yurak shifokorihealthy · sog‘lomrisk · xavf
Explanation
In writing, state cause and effect clearly: Smoking is banned in schools because tobacco smoke harms people nearby. To list several reasons use: One reason is that..., Another reason is..., Furthermore... Types of doctors: a GP treats general problems, a cardiologist works with the heart and blood vessels, a dermatologist with the skin, an optometrist with eyesight, a pediatrician with children and an orthopedic doctor with bones. Word building: health → healthy → unhealthy; treat → treatment; infect → infection → infectious. Show probability with may/can: Smoke can cause breathing problems.
Worked examples
Many people visit an optometrist because their eyes get tired after hours of screen time.
Due to a new law, no one may smoke in the cafe.
Class activity
Role play “Why?”: one student is a patient (I came because...), another a doctor; the patient gives three reasons alternating because and because of.
Practice
1
Write the noun: treat → ?
treatment
2
Write the opposite of healthy.
unhealthy
3
Combine: Many hospitals have no-smoking zones. Smoke can harm patients with lung problems. (use because)
Many hospitals have no-smoking zones because smoke can harm patients with lung problems.
4
Match the specialist to the problem: skin rash; eye test; chest pain; child’s cough. (GP, pediatrician, optometrist, cardiologist, dermatologist - choose one for each.)
skin rash – dermatologist; eye test – optometrist; chest pain – cardiologist; child’s cough – pediatrician (or a GP first)