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E. You will listen to a man talking to a friend about using Ayurveda to avoid high blood pressure.
What do you think the friend will ask and what advice will she recommend?

F. Act out a conversation between two friends, one of whom is considering Ayurveda for certain
problems. For each problem, choose whether you support Ayurdeva as a therapy or not. Use the
phrases below.

Health problems Phrases for recommendation Phrases for non-
recommendation

headaches Go for it I’m not convinced.
stress It can’t do you any harm You aren’t going to… Are you?
breathing trouble Sounds intriguing It sounds bogus to me.
fever It might do you some good (to …) I don’t like the sound of it.
infection

Writing
A. Discuss the questions in pairs.

1. Would you ever consider taking alternative therapy?
2. Which kinds of therapy would you consider and why?
3. Would you ever consider this therapy in an emergency?

B. You are going to look at the results of a study into the popularity of conventional medicine
(allopathy), ayurvedic medicine and homeopathy in Mumbai, India. The responses are shown in the
bar graphs below. Look at the bar graphs and note three things you would like to know about the
study.

%70.00
Differential choice of therapy for different diseases
%60.00
%90.00
Allopathy Allopathy
%50.00 %80.00
%70.00
%40.00 Ayurveda %60.00 Ayurveda
%50.00
%30.00 %40.00 Homeopathy
Homeopathy
%30.00
%20.00
%20.00 can’t say
%10.00
%10.00
%0.00
%0.00 Fever D abetes Obes ty Cancer
1 2 3
1. preferred systems except Allopathy
2. preferred systems of med c ne for chron c d seases
3. User fr endl ness of var ous systems

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