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PART TEN
L E S S O N 5 6
GROWING OLDER
Young people usually have few health problems. They
can easily fight off flu, make out with any disease and
then simply act it out. The only problem they may have is
that of working out a splinter or the problem of skin. It
often breaks out in pimples. In that case they can rub some
medicine or lotion in but never pick off the pimples.
Growing older they begin to fill out, their hair thins
out, it's not so easy to head anything off and many things
tire them out. They can neither cancel out pain without
medicine nor kill off the idea of death.
The end of life adds up to many things. They often ask
to sit up with them or send for a doctor. They are often
worked up for surgery. They can easily keel over and pass
out. Still more things tire them out, screw up and psyche
out until they crack up or die.
EXERCISE 1
Find English equivalents in the text and make up sentences
of your own.
Сойти с ума, покрыться прыщами, вынуть занозу, сво
дить с ума, симулировать, умереть, справиться с болезнью,
упасть, победить болезнь, готовить к операции, послать за
врачем, сидеть у постели, означать, избавиться от мысли,
избавитьсяот боли, утомлять, предотвратить, редеть (о воло
сах), толстеть, ковырять прыщи, втирать.
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