1The meanings of some words from the telehealth interview are given. Find the words for these meanings: psychological treatment of people using dialogue; process of sorting patients; to prepare and arrange; special department of a hospital for intensive care of patients; to include as a part; identification of nature and cause of a disease; not having sufficient service; epidemic over a wide geographical area.
2Write whether these statements about the telehealth interview are True or False: (a) Internet service is necessary to use telehealth services. (b) While providing telehealth services, health professionals are at high risk of being infected due to exposure to patients. (c) Telehealth service can be the best alternative to a face to face service. (d) The problem with the lack of medical staff will be solved to a great extent with telehealth technology. (e) The success of telehealth programmes depends on the infrastructure and the best use of IT tools.
3What is telehealth service?
4What are the advantages of using telehealth programmes?
5Why, according to Chang, is the telehealth service growing rapidly?
6How is the telehealth programme important during a pandemic?
7Why are the patients in remote areas not getting adequate health services?
8Mention the top three challenges of telehealth services.
9How might rural communities feel about telehealth services? How could this be improved?
10Look at the picture of the meaning of health and discuss: what does health mean?
11How does the woman advise the girl who has a severe toothache?
12Give suggestions in these situations, using expressions like You'd better, If I were you, Why don't you and You should or ought to: (a) She struggles in English although she works very hard. (b) She has lost her maths book in school. (c) She has put on weight, but she wants to be slim.
13Choose the correct answer: (a) My baby doesn't sleep well. What ............. ? (had I better do / should I do / I should do) (b) You ............... pack too much or you will have to take it out at the airport! (c) You .................... to her after class today. (d) I ............. an umbrella. (e) Dinesh loves chocolate, but he .............. too much or he will put on weight. (f) I told her that she ............. to the doctor. (g) It's so hot. You ............. your jacket! (h) Where ............. if I want to go shopping?
14Write a couple of paragraphs about Aayush, 14 years, from Biratnagar, who sits on the sofa for hours every day watching TV and eating snacks. What is his problem, what should he stop and start doing, and what advice would you give him?
15Learn the words benevolent, couch potato, obesity, devotee and strenuous, and complete the sentences: (a) .............. can increase the risk of heart disease. (b) My father is kind, helpful and generous. He has a ............... attitude. (c) Take rest for a week. Avoid tasks which require .......... physical activity. (d) I like God Shiva. I'm actually a ............... of him. (e) My younger sister is a great ............ She can watch TV 24 hours a day.
16Why did people not like the king though he was kind?
17Why were the specialists called to the palace and offered huge prizes?
18Why did the minister become so happy?
19Why did the holy man tell the king to come to his place on foot for treatment?
20Why did the holy man disappear after the first meeting with the king?
21How did the king recover his health?
22What lesson did you learn from the story Health is Wealth?
23Retell the story Health is Wealth, making the queen the main character.
24Look at the three hygiene pictures. What do you see in the pictures? Do you regularly do these activities? Why?
25The listening task says: listen to the audio and complete the sentences about personal hygiene by choosing the correct answers. How should you attempt it?
26Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: (a) If you had come round earlier, you ...... (see) him too. (b) If I were a bird, I ..... (fly) round the world. (c) Provided that you ...... (be) twenty, you could play the match. (d) If George hadn't come to Nepal, he .... (not see) Mt. Everest. (e) What would you do if you ... (win) the lottery of Rs. 1,00,000? (f) If Seema .... (come) in time, she would have caught the bus. (g) She would lose weight if she ..... (not eat) a lot of sweets. (h) They might have helped you if you .... (ask) them. (i) If he ... (drive) more carefully, he might not have had that accident. (j) If everyone .... (turn) off unwanted lights, we could save a lot of electricity.
27Complete each sentence in a suitable way: (a) If you had studied well, ... (b) If you asked me, ... (c) If we had gone to the cinema, ... (d) If you spoke English, ... (e) If they listened to me, ... (f) ... if I had your address. (g) ... I would have taken part in the contest. (h) ... we would walk to the museum. (i) ... if there were not many sharks there. (j) ... if she had taken the right bus.
28Kwati is a popular Newari food item. Arrange the given steps in the correct order and write the recipe for making it.
29Organise a presentation competition about Health is Wealth in your class. How would you prepare your presentation?
30What is remote patient monitoring, and how does it help doctors?
31How has telehealth changed the way clinicians work with each other?
32When should you use had better instead of should?
33What is the difference between the second conditional and the third conditional?
34What does the suffix -logy mean? Give three examples related to health.