Answer — Exercise 3
8A - The best medicine?·English File Advanced - Student's Book
Question
- Listen at the types of alternative medicine below. Do you know what any of them involve? Do you know of any other kinds of alternative treatment?
- Listen to five people talking about alternative medicine. Answer the questions for each speaker.
Answer
a)
- acupuncture = a Chinese method of treating pain and illness using special thin needles which are pushed into the skin in particular parts of the body
- aromatherapy = the use of natural oils that smell sweet for controlling pain or for rubbing into the body during massage
- chiropractic = treating some diseases and physical problems by pressing and moving the bones in a person's spine or joints
- herbal medicine = treating or preventing illness using extracts from plants and herbs
- homeopathy = treating diseases or conditions using very small amounts of the substance that causes the disease or condition
- hypnotherapy = a treatment that uses hypnosis, i.e. putting people into an unconscious state, to help with physical or emotional problems
- osteopathy = the treatment of some diseases and physical problems by pressing and moving the bones and musclesvitally
b)
- Speaker 1: Yes, acupuncture for back pain. It was successful.
- Speaker 2: Yes, herbal medicine for skin problems (tea). It was successful.
- Speaker 3: No, she thinks it's a waste of time and doesn't work.
- Speaker 4: Yes, hypnotherapy to stop smoking. It wasn't successful.
- Speaker 5: Yes, aromatherapy for back and shoulder problems. It was successful.