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10.1: Vocabulario - Health

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    La Salud

    Sustantivos

    el balance balance

    la boca mouth

    el brazo arm

    la cabeza head

    la camilla examination table

    el codo elbow

    el colesterol cholesterol

    el corazón the heart

    el dedo finger

    el dedo del pie toe

    el/la doctor/a doctor

    el dolor pain

    la enfermera nurse

    la espalda back

    la estatura height

    el estómago stomach

    el examen de laboratorio lab work

    el examen físico physical exam

    el formulario form

    la garganta throat

    la influenza flu/influenza

    el latido del corazón heartbeat

    la mano hand

    la muñeca wrist

    la nariz nose

    el oído inner ear

    el ojo eye

    la oreja outer ear

    el paciente patient

    el pecho chest

    el peso weight

    el pie foot

    la pierna leg

    la prescripción prescription

    la presión arterial blood pressure

    los pulmones lungs

    la recepcionista receptionist

    el ritmo cardiaco heart rate

    la rodilla knee

    el seguimiento follow up

    el síntoma symptom

    la temperatura temperature

    el tobillo ankle

    el tratamiento treatment

    la tos cough

    la vacuna vaccine

    la vascula weighing scale

    los vasos sanguíneos blood vessels

    adjetivos

    derecha right

    izquierda left

    verbos

    escuchar to listen

    explicar to explain

    recetar to prescribe

    tomar to take/to drink

    expresiones

    la congestión nasal nasal congestion

    el dolor de garganta sore throat

    la presión alta high blood pressure

    la presión baja low blood pressure

    Práctica de Vocabulario

    Read the vocabulary words out loud. Then, answer the following questions.

    1. Which words have you heard before?

    2. Which are the three most useful new words?

    3. Which are the three words that are the most fun to say?

    4. Which word is the most difficult to pronounce?

    5. Which word are you most likely to use?

    6. Which word are you least likely to use?

    7. Which words have written accent marks?

    8. Which word with a written accent mark will be the easiest to remember? Why?

    9. Which word with a written accent mark will be the most difficult to remember? Why?

    10. Cognates look the same in two languages. For example, hospital is spelled the same in English and Spanish, but it is pronounced differently. Are there cognates in this list? If so, what are they?

    11. A false friend is a word that looks the same in two languages, but does not have a similar meaning. For example, the Spanish word embarazada looks like the English word embarrassed, but it means pregnant. Embarrassed in Spanish is avergonzada. Are there false friends in this list? If so, what are they?

    12. It is helpful to think of mnemonic devices to remember words. For example, to remember the verb llegar which means to arrive, you can remember “Yeah! They got here!” What mnemonic device can you think of for words in this list?

    Definitions. Pick five words and write definitions to describe them.

    For example, Bien is the opposite of malo.

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    Questions. Pick five different words and write questions for your classmates with them.

    For example, ¿Te gusta comer tacos?

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    Working with the vocabulary.

    Each person can work alone or in a group.

    Cada persona puede trabajar solo o en grupo.

    Each project should include, at least, ten of the vocabulary words from the list.

    Pick one of the following four activities.

    1. Write and sing a song.

    2. Write and present a dialogue.

    3. Create and present a drawing.

    4. Write and read a short story or poem.

    Before getting started, it is necessary to read the vocabulary list and to pick a variety of words.

    This can be a very useful way to learn and practice new vocabulary words.

    I hope that this is a fun and useful experience!


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