"21 Home/Folk Medicine (ysten1) Let’s Get Started © Warm-up Questions ‘1 What is folk medicine? 2 Do you or your parents use any special home or folk remedies when you get sick? © Vocabulary Fillin the blank with the correct word(s). avoid fever cramp folk medicine remedy rotted bury wart a sudden and painful contraction of a muscle cure decayed; decomposed an unusually high body temperature to putin the ground a small or hard bump on the skin health practices from cultural traditions evaunwn eo to stay away from; to prevent from happening 88 | Unit24(@isten2) Let’s Listen © Listening Practice 1 Listen and choose the best answer. “uax 33 ‘1 What is the main topic of the conversation? © a book about South American medicine © a book about modem medicine @ a book about Native American medicine © a book about traditional medicine 2 What is NOT mentioned as a source of folk medicine? © spices © roots animals © plants pil 3 What is NOT covered in the book? © folk mec in North America © folk medicine in South America @ folk medicine in Australia @ folk medicine in Africa 4 What can be inferred from the conversation? © Terry is writing a report on Native Americans. (Jenny is writing a report on folk medicine. @ Jenny's grandma practices folk medicine. @ Folk medicine is very effective. © Listening Practice 2 Listen and check true or false. “tax 1 Inancient England, people tried to treat heart disease with raw red ‘meat. They would take a piece of meat, rub it on their chest, and bury the piece of meat in the ground. 2 In ancient Greece. people tried to treat headaches with electric eels. (___} They would go tothe doctor and get shocked by an electric eel. 3 In ancient Egypt, people tried to cure blindness with bat's blood. {_) Doctors thought the blood would help blind humans to see. tried to fight malaria by eatinglive spiders [~_} during the 15° century. JUC UO 4 People in Great Bri Home/Folk Medicine | 89@ Listening Practice 3 a Listen and summarize using words from the Word Box. shask 35 A is when your body goes higher than normal. People throughout have tried to avoid and fevers. In the West, many of the __ involved putting things near one’s “i In the 17* century in ____, people put____ in their shoes to avoid getting fevers. In the 18° centuryin _ ___, people put in thelr socks to reduce fever: In the 19 century in the . people put on their feet to reduce fever: There is no evidence that putting stuff near one’s feet fevers. Doctors recommend taking or a cold bath instead. Word Box feet fever cures onions United States treat history remedies England scientific Europe salt leaves medicine temperature © Listening Practice 4 ki] Listen and check. “Siu 26 ‘1 Whatis the conversation mostly about? [5] how to avoid getting cramps when playing basketball (5 a folk remedy that stops leg cramps Task2| Listen again and answer the questions. ‘| What happened to Jane? 2 How does Fred cure muscle cramps? 3 When is the last time Fred had a leg cramp? 4 Why do some people think it works? 90 | Unit21ssiep3) Let’s Talk ‘1 What folk remedy are Joey's parents trying? Do you think it will work? 2 Whatare some of the folk remedies used in your country? @Sies4) Listen and Number putthe sections in order. “fidax 35 In the West, a lot of those remedies involved putting things on or near one's feet. Later, in the 18" century, people in England tried to reduce their fevers by putting salt in their socks. | know it’s weird, but it’s true. In parts of Europe, in the 17* century, people tried to avoid getting fevers by putting leaves in their shoes, ‘When people get sick, they often get fevers. A fever is when your body temperature ‘goes higher than normal. Today, there are still people who believe putting stuff near one's feet cures fevers, but there is no scientific evidence that it does. That is why most doctors recommend taking medicine or a cold bath to reduce fever instead. ‘Then, in the 19" century, in the United States, people tried putting onions on their feet to reduce fever. Throughout history, civilizations have looked for different ways to avoid and treat fevers. Home/Folk Medicine | 91