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Medical Ideas


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Published: 11.13.2025
Level 3   |   Time: 1:39
Accent: American

Street Interviews. Are you traditional in your medical ideas?


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  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

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triangle Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario


  • ☐ ☐ ☐ traditional [adj] - from old customs or beliefs
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ explore [v] - learn about something
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ treatments [n] - ways to heal or make someone feel better
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ acupuncture [n] - healing with thin needles in the skin [image] ESL Vocab - Acupuncture
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ homeopathic medicine [n] - natural medicine using very small amounts [image] ESL Vocab - Homeopathic medicine
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ merit [n] - quality, advantage
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ naturalistic [adj] - based on nature
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an approach [n] - a way, a method
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ enormous [adj] - very large
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a therapy [n] - treatment to help someone get better
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ come down with something [exp] - start feeling sick
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ echinacea [n] - a plant used to help prevent colds [image] ESL Vocab - Echinacea
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ prior [adv] - before

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression



triangle Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas


  1. Joe probably uses non-traditional treatments ______.
    rarely
    often

  2. He thinks non-traditional treatments have a lot of ______.
    benefits
    dangers
    side effects

  3. James probably uses non-traditional treatments ______.
    rarely
    often

  4. Vanessa says that she is ______ naturalistic treatments.
    for
    against

  5. James ______ comfortable with western medicine and surgery.
    feels
    doesn't feel

  6. He thinks western medicine is supported by a lot of ______.
    research
    money

  7. Joe believes that ______ can sometimes make health problems worse.
    non-traditional medicine
    western medicine

  8. Lisa says that she drinks a lot of ______
    herbal medicines
    cough medicine
    orange juice
    water
    tea

  9. Lisa says that she drinks ______ when she is getting sick.
    herbal medicines
    cough medicine
    orange juice
    water
    tea

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triangle Vocabulary Review 어휘 검토 Revisão de vocabulário Vocabulario revisión


Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.


  1. Do you like to [ try ] non-traditional treatments such as acupuncture or homeopathic medicine?

    [ explore ]



  2. There is probably a lot of [ value ] in them.

    [ merit ]



  3. I'm more for the naturalistic [ method ].

    [ approach ]



  4. The [ large ] amount of research behind our medicine just makes it makes me feel more comfortable with it.

    [ enormous ]



  5. Usually, when I feel myself [ getting sick ], I will take echinacea.

    [ coming down with something ]



  6. [ Before that ], I drink a lot of orange juice since vitamin C helps you.

    [ Prior ]



triangle Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión


  1. Do you like to explore non-traditional treatments such as acupuncture or homeopathic medicine?
  2. Are there any non-traditional therapies that often you use?
  3. In your opinion, what are the advantages of traditional western medicine and surgery?
  4. What do you see as maybe some disadvantages of western medicine?
  5. What do you usually do when you feel yourself coming down with a cold?
  6. How long does it usually take you to get over a cold?
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triangle Script 대본 Roteiro Guion


Host: Are you traditional in your medical ideas? That is, do you kind of believe in western medicine or do you like to explore non-traditional treatments such as acupuncture or homeopathic medicine?

Joe: I don't explore non-traditional treatments as much as I would probably like to. I think there's probably a lot of merit in them and they haven't been studied enough.

James: I'm more traditional than anything else in my in my medication or my medical practices.

Vanessa: I'm more for the naturalistic approach. I like, you know, more natural herbal medicines.

Host: In your opinion, what are the advantages of traditional western medicine and surgery?

James: I think the enormous amount of research and proven fact that's behind our medicine just makes it makes me feel more comfortable with it.

Host: What do you see as maybe some disadvantages of western medicine?

Joe: I think at times western medicine can make the problem worse than trying to make problems better.

Host: Are there any non-traditional therapies that you use?

Lisa: I drink a lot of tea actually, so I guess that's pretty non-traditional.

Vanessa: Usually, when I feel myself coming down with something, I will take echinacea, which is an herbal medicine. Prior, (I) drink a lot of orange juice since vitamin C helps you. But if I feel really sick, then I'll take a cough medicine.