Vocabulary

Auf diesen Seiten präsentieren wir nützliche Begriffe aus der Arbeitswelt. Von HILDEGARD RUDOLH

At the chemist’s

Exercise 1: What is it?

Choose the correct options without looking at the vocabulary list.

A. “PIL” is short for…

1. patient information leaflet.

2. patient instruction list.

B. One type of alternative medicines is called…

1. homeopathic remedies.

2. nutritional supplements.

C. The person delivering ordered medicine is a…

1. counter. 2. courier.

Exercise 2: This medicine will really help!

Unscramble the words in bold, which are all listed on pages 48–49.

Phil, a(n) (A) maharpcist , and Eileen, his wife, who is a(n) (B) cartichaulpame

-technical assistant, work in the new (C) mapcyrah in the town centre. The new interior with its ceiling-high white medicine (D) bicatens and (E) rawder systems is light and modern. There is also a(n) (F) clobleak

cabinet for particular medicines and an attractive (G) paydils

stand for natural (H) moscetics .

Now, in autumn, when many people suffer from colds, they ask for (I) gocuh rupsy

and (J) sanal prays

, which are both (K) evor-het-rountec

medicines, or they need

(L) perlskalini for their headaches. Some also want (M) blaher

tea or a(n) (N) tichopahome

remedy. Others have a(n) (O) tionrespcrip

for a(n) (P) bionatitic

.

If a medicine is not available, they order it and a(n) (Q) roucier usually delivers it within two hours. In fact, Phil is waiting for one right now. Later, he’ll take the ordered item to the (R) tapient ’s home. It’s been another long day!