Unit 1 City and village

Activity 2c

Objective: to practise giving advice about treatment using the new words In pairs PP make their own conversations using the given words and phrases. Go round and help pairs with their conversations.
Activity 3a

Objective: to practise translating the instructions on medicines

This is the beginning of developing translation skills. Help PP to translate well by asking them for some examples of the instructions on medicines in mother tongue before they begin to translate the English instructions. Draw PP attention to the way such instructions are written in English:

• using the imperative or 'You must';

• with frequency at the end of the sentence 'four times a day';

• the use of 'one tablet' instead of 'a tablet' to emphasise the number of tablets.