Exercise 2a
From your reading of UK hospitals need foreign nurses answer the
following questions. In each question the choices of a, b and c are all
correct, but one is better than the others. Choose which best expresses the
meaning of the text:
1- First
paragraph. How many nursing vacancies are there?
a. As many as 17 000.
b. As few as 17 000.
c. Not more than 17 000.
2- Second paragraph. The overseas nurses and midwives:
a. come from various countries.
b. come from
more than one country.
c. come from
all over the world.
3- Third
paragraph.
a. Some applicants are turned down.
b. Some applicants are not accepted.
c. A lot of applications are
refused.
4- Third paragraph.
a. English language skills are
rather important for the job.
b. English language skills are
useful for the job.
c. English language skills are
essential for the job.
5- Fourth
paragraph.
a. NHS Trusts don t want nurses from
countries where they are already badly needed.
b. NHS Trusts have refused to accept
nurses from countries where they are badly needed.
c. NHS Trusts have responded to
requests from some countries not to recruit from.
Exercises 2b
The following words appear in the text. Adapt them to fit the
spaces in the sentences:
vacancy, compromise, fast-track, suffer, reject, surplus
a. It
is important not…….standards.
b. The
need is urgent so some candidates can be……..
c. The
NHS has been…….staff shortages for a long time.
d. It
will be a long time before…….are all filled.
e. A...... applicant can still apply the
following year.
f. It is only fair to recruit from
countries with a…….of nurses.
Exercise 1:
Answer each of these questions in a complete sentence:
1- How many nursing vacancies were there?
2- Why does NHS have to recruit foreign nurses?
3- What do non-European nurses have to take before they can
be registered?
4- Why are many applicants rejected?
5- What did the spokeswoman for the NMC say?
Exercise 2:
Fill in the
blanks with information from the text:
1. At present, _______________ are registered in the UK.
2. Between _______________are now working in the UK.
3. At the moment, only __________________ are accepted at
the first attempt.
4- Some countries are asking the UK not to take any more of
their nurses because ________________.
5- NHS Trusts have agreed only to ___________________.
Exercise 3:
Translate the following paragraph from English into Arabic:
At present, foreign nurses and
midwives from at least 24 different countries are registered in the UK. Amongst
other places, they come from Finland, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Eastern Europe,
South Africa, Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and New Zealand.