I.2. Замените модальные глаголы в скобках их эквивалентами, обращая внимание на наречия, в Past, Present, Future.

1. You (can) finish the work tomorrow.

2. I (must) revise for my test in Biology the whole day yesterday.

3. They say the presentation of new pharmaceuticals (must) take place next Tuesday.

4. I am sorry I (can) not answer your phone call immediately.

5. I think you (may) find this drug in any pharmacy today.

6. They were told they (may) use the laboratory equipment free of charge.

7. The problem with the first-year students is that many of them (must) learn how to learn.

8. If I won’t pay in advance, I (may) not use the Computer Room services.

9. I (must) finish my work by tomorrow.

10. I (may) to discontinue the drug since I felt much better.

I.3. Подчеркните сказуемое в каждом предложении. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык.

1. Chemist’s shops are specialized shops where medicines are sold.

2. Chemist’s shops are usually located on the ground floor.

3. The department for filling prescription and dispensing or compounding drugs is called a prescription department.

4. At the prescription department medicines are sold or made up according to prescription.

5. The department where drugs are dispensed without a prescription is called an over-the-counter (OTC) drug department.

6. At the chemist’s, all drugs are kept in drug cabinets or in refrigerators (in accordance with storage regulations).

7. People have been using herbs as drugs since ancient times.

8. The patient has been suffering from migraines since her early teens.

9. Calcium and phosporus are known as the major minerals because the body needs them in fairly large quantities.

10. Medicinal benefits of natural remedies have been known to man for centuries.

I.4. Прослушайте диалог фармацевта и посетительницы аптеки и скажите, какая проблема возникла у посетительницы.

I.5. Прослушайте диалог еще раз и заполните пропуски модальными глаголами.

– … I help you?

– Yes, please. … you give me something for my insomnia?

– Have you got a prescription?

– No, I’m afraid not. You see, I’ve been so busy the whole week.

– I see. You … be a bit overstrained then. Still, I … a prescription for most hypnotic drugs we’ve got, since they are very potent.

– … you recommend some herbal medicines that … be dispensed without a prescription?

– Well, you … try Energetine of Valerian, but I … warn you it … cause headaches and heaviness in the head in large doses.

– OK. I’ll be very careful. Thanks a lot. Just one more thing, … I take it before meals or after meals?

– At least a quarter of an hour before meals as it … interact with some foods. Follow the instruction on the label and remember, if you don’t feel better soon, you … to consult a doctor.

– Sure. Good-bye.

– Bye.

I.6. Прочтите следующие вопросы и отметьте номера тех из них, на которые вы можете ответить и тех, на которые вы затрудняетесь ответить.

1. How has the work of a pharmacist changed in recent years?

2. What are the professional duties of a pharmacist?

3. What skills must a pharmacist have?

4. What activities does pharmaceutical care involve?

5. How do the settings in which pharmacists have to work differ?

6. What departments does an average pharmacy include?

7. What drugs are dispensed according to prescription?

8. What can be bought in the OTC department?

9. Who dispenses drugs in the pharmacy? Who compounds drugs?

10. How do modern pharmacies differ from conventional ones?