pharmacology T is unit covers two linked areas. T e fi rst is the structures and functions of cells in humans, bacteria and viruses. T e second is the principles of pharmacology through the history of the discipline up to the present day. T e unit aims to build students’ skills in fi nding the main ideas and the constituent grammatical parts of sentences, which leads to work on sentence construction and paraphrasing.
Language skills • reading and writing
Topics
• cell structures and reproduction • principles of pharmacology
Vocabulary focus • paraphrasing
Skills focus
• fi nding the main information in a sentence • recognizing ellipsis
