Complete the sentences and the text below with these phrasal verbs:
get over = recuperate
clog up = obstruct
come down (with) = catch (an illness)
fight off = defend against
throw up = vomit
dose up (on/ with) = medicate
let up = cease or diminish
lay low = make someone weak
1. Many children _____________an ear infection even before their first
birthday.
2. High fat foods can____________ our arteries.
3. Most people ____________ a cold within two weeks.
4. The flu usually ___________people __________ for four to ten days.
5. A cold continues at its peak for several days, then it gradually ___________.
6. The human body’s immune defenses usually____________ viruses.
I always _________ with colds. In fact, I was suffering from one last weekend.
I hate it when your nose ___________ so much that you can’t breathe and you
feel like you’re going to ____________. I’m __________ it now though. People
say that you should ____________ with vitamin C to ________ colds ________.
I take vitamin C every day but they still ________ me ________ every autumn.
When was the last time you came down with a cold?
How long did it take you to get over it?
How did you fight it off?
Children come down
with about 5 to 7 colds
per year and adults
average about 2 or 3.
Dosing up on
antibiotics won’t fight
off colds because they
are viral, not bacterial.
Colds lay
low more
women than
men.
Our noses produce mucus to protect
the lungs from germs. The mucus
then runs down your throat, out your
nose, or clogs up your sinuses.
A fever helps you to get
over a cold by by
activating the immune
system.
Most colds let
up after seven
to 10 days.
Solutions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Many children come down with an ear infection even before their first birthday.
High fat foods can clog up our arteries.
Most people get over a cold within two weeks.
The flu usually lays people low for four to ten days.
A cold continues at its peak for several days, then it gradually lets up.
The human body’s immune defences usually fight off viruses.
I always come down with colds. In fact, I was suffering from one last weekend. I
hate it when your nose clogs up so much that you can’t even breathe and you feel like
you’re going to throw up. I’m getting over it now though. People say that you should
dose up with vitamin C to fight colds off. I take vitamin C every day but they still lay
me low every autumn.