Tasks to Unit 2 Foreign cultures – social difficulties

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Is ultrasound diagnostic important? Have you ever been tested with this device? Is the procedure comfortable? Describe it.

What can you tell about the test of MRI scanning? Have you ever been examined with it? What diagnostic devices were used?

Have you ever been examined with the help of CT scans equipment? What diagnostic units were used? Describe the procedure of scanning.

Have you ever used X-ray equipment for your diagnostic? Can you describe the procedure of the test?

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From Chapter 3

CHARACTER CAN'T BE COUNTERFEITED

In the operating room of a large, well-known hospital, a young nurse was completing her first day of full responsibility. "You've only removed 11 sponges, Doctor," she said to the surgeon. "We used 12."

"I removed them all," the doctor declared. "We'll close the incision now."

"No," the nurse objected. "We used 12 sponges."

"I'll take the responsibility," the surgeon said grimly. "You can't do that!" blazed the nurse. "Think of the patient."

The surgeon smiled, lifting his foot, and showed the nurse the twelfth sponge.

"You'll do," he said.

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A young woman, walking along the street of a large city, stopped a stranger to ask directions to a museum. The stranger said "Go two blocks to the right and then turn left."

The woman continued on her way, but soon she heard the stranger calling to her. She turned round as the stranger caught panting for breath. "I'm glad I caught you," he said. "After you started off, I realized that I had given you the wrong directions, and I didn't want you to get lost."

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A junior-high-school student' had gone through all the preliminary rounds of a national spelling contest, but in the final round, she misspelled a word. The judges, however, didn't hear her correctly, and they gave her a nod. The contestant, realizing that she had misspelled the word, eliminated herself from the competition

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What do these three glimpses of life have in common? They all speak of a quality that is in short supply, and it's getting scarcer. But without this quality there is no way to be the best you can This rare quality is integrity— having a standard of personal morality and ethics that does not sell out to expediency and that is not relative to the situation.

The Youth Crisis: A Reflection of Adult Values

Nothing shouts louder about a nation's condition than the habits of its youths. And the habits of youths are nothing more than a direct reflection of the adult value system. We all know teenage pregnancy is an international epidemic.

Every fifteen seconds a traffic accident involving an intoxicated driver takes place. Every twenty-three minutes one of our children dies in an automobile crash, and in many cases drugs or alcohol is involved. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death among teenagers. And America is not alone in its youth crisis. The same is true in every other country in the so-called free world and behind much of the "iron curtain". These days,' it is "snowing" all over the world as the number of cocaine users expand with a marked increase in high school and even in junior school. After all, if "coke" is good enough for sports figures, business stars, it's good enough for teenagers who desperately want to belong.

What is causing this wave of violent self-destruction and tragedy? The youth culture with its characteristic epidemics is merely a reflection of the new bankruptcy in morality and inner values. If there are no moral absolutes, if people do what "feels good", ultimately will lose their integrity and self-respect, and eventually will lead to personal hopelessness and social chaos.

When self-respect is lacking, people have a long list of "wants". They want love without commitment. They want benefits without working for them; they want satisfaction without responsibility. They want to me lottery with a one-dollar ticket. All they need is a winning hand. They want to feel good right away, and what could possibly better than the standing ovation given to a winner?

“Why Fail When You Can Cheat”?

The win-at-any-cost myth leads many students to the notion it's okay to cheat to get ahead. Good students describe how they get the grades they need to go to a good college by using ingenious crib methods: putting answers on pencils, facial tissues, even calculator jackets. Stealing tests is standard procedure.

Do students cheat simply because they are corrupt, vicious, and no good? No, some of them cheat because they are too lazy to study. The majority of the cheaters, however, justify it because of the pressure. There is pressure to get good grades in high school so they can go to a good college. There will be more pressure in college to get-good grades so they can get a good job

Surely students don't cheat because they are stupid. They employ their native intelligence in countless ways to get on the honor roll or just to get by and get out. One student said it all when he shrugged: "I don't understand why people fail when they have the opportunity to cheat?" It's time to issue a warning call: Success Always Has a Price; What Counts Is Integrity.