Speaking
Match the English idioms with their Ukrainian equivalents. Use them in the situations of your own.
to get on one’s nerves
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залізні, міцні нерви
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to strain every nerve
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бути дуже хоробрим
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to have the nerve to do something
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торкнутися болючої теми
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to lose one’s nerve
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напружувати всі сили
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a man of a nerve
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дуже нервувати
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to nerve oneself
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нервувати когось, дратувати
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to be a bundle of nerves
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стримана людина
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to have nerves of steel
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мати мужність зробити щось
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nerves of iron
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злякатися, втратити самовладання
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to touch a raw nerve
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психологічний тиск
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war of nerves
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набиратися духу
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Every moment of the day your nervous system is active.
The nervous system is the most complex system of the human body.
The nervous system provides us with the ability to perceive, understand and react to environmental events.
This critical system needs to be at 100% all the time or we fail to fully express who we are.
Nerves are like telephone cables carrying information between the brain and all parts of the body.
The peripheral nervous system works in conjunction with the central nervous system.
Speak on the organization and functions of the central nervous system.
Central Nervous System
Brain and spinal cord
Integrative and control centre
Peripheral Nervous System
Cranial and spinal nerves
Communication lines between CNS and the rest of the body
Afferent Division
Sensory nerve fibers
Conduct impulses from receptors to the CNS
Efferent Division
Motor nerve fibers
Conduct impulses from the CNS to effectors
Sympathetic Division
Mobilizes body systems during activity
Parasympathetic Division
Activates tranquil functions
Autonomic Nervous System
Conduct impulses from the CNS to cardiac muscles, smooth muscles, and glands
Somatic
Nervous System
Conduct impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscles
Imagine you are interviewing an expert in physiology. What questions concerning the central nervous system functions would you ask?
Humour
Two girls were talking in the corridor.
“That boy over there is getting on my nerves,” said Clarrie.
“But he’s not even looking at you,” replied Clara.
“That’s what’s getting on my nerves,” retorted Clarrie.
*****
Even the best specialists often fall down in their diagnoses.
“Ah”, said the doctor looking into one eye, “it is easy for me to see what’s the matter with you! It is not merely eye trouble; it is the affection of the nervous system. There are all the signals of liver trouble, of fatty degeneration of the heart, and of bad blood supply. The only thing I can recommend is …”
“Look here, doctor, cried the patient. “It is high time you looked into the other eye. That’s my glass one, you know”.
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