Comprehension check

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 581.

Listen to the radio programme about holistic medicine.

Acupuncture chiropractic herbal medicine

What do you know about alternative medicine? Learn the new words and use them in the sentences of your own.

Nowadays a lot of people prefer alternative medicine (different from typical western systems). For example:

homeopathy : taking tiny amounts of poisonous substances

aromatherapy: using aromatic oils and massage

X Listening

1.Complete the chart with some of the differences between Western and holistic medicine.

2. What are the three success stories discussed on the programme?
3. What were the patients suffering from?

4. What is the system that Glenna Gillingham is trying to set up?

5. Why, in her opinion, is holistic medicine becoming more popular?