7 doctors each list one thing they most likely wouldn't do themselves. Which are they?

• follow a low-carb diet
• go to the doctor with a long list of symptoms
• have a full health check
• have cosmetic surgery
• see a counsellor
• smoke or drink alcohol
• sunbathe
• take anti-malaria pills when visiting a country where it is endemic
• take sleeping tablets
• take vitamin supplements
• use alternative medicine
• vaccinate their children against childhood illnesses like measles

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• follow a low-carb diet
• go to the doctor with a long list of symptoms
• have a full health check
• have cosmetic surgery
• see a counsellor
• smoke or drink alcohol
• sunbathe
• take anti-malaria pills when visiting a country where it is endemic
• take sleeping tablets
• take vitamin supplements
• use alternative medicine
• vaccinate their children against childhood illnesses like measles

1. Because it might be difficult later to stop doing this.
2. Because the doctor may take you less seriously.
3. Because the short-term benefit may be outweighed by long-term problems.
4. Because you may develop another illness as a result of unnecessary treatment.
5. Because you may end up getting treatment you didn’t really need.
6. Because you may not necessarily be treated by a professional.
7. Because you are doing something that is deliberately damaging.

• Do any of the doctors' opinions surprise you?
• Might their opinions affect the way you behave? Why [/not]?
• Would you ever try these alternative medicines: acupuncture, aromatherapy, chiropractic, homeopathy, hypnotherapy, osteotherapy?
  • What does each of these involve?

• For each speaker, if so:
  • What?
  • What for?
  • Was it successful?
• If not, why not?

• Which are popular in your country?
• Have you ever tried any other form of alternative medicine?
• Was your / another person's experience positive or negative?

• Adjective plus infinitive. Verb + Preposition + Gerund. Bla bla bla...
  • It's expected you know this at C1.

• He's the youngest to win the competition.
• He's the second person to win the competition.
  • After superlatives and words of order
    => Infinitive
• I don't know how to win it.
  • Directly after question words, except why => Infinitive
• There's nowhere to go.
  • Directly after something, anywhere, etc => Infinitive
• There's not enough time [for us] to complete the task.
• We cannot visit everything; there's too much to see.
  • After expressions with quantifiers
    => Infinitive
• We have an agreement to share...
• Our plan to take over the world is coming along nicely
  • After nouns formed from verbs
    => Infinitive
• It's no use worrying about it. There's no point asking him.
  • Certain expressions using it/there, e.g. It's no good, etc.
    => Gerund

• She hates being told what to do. I'm tired of being lied to.
  • Passive gerund (being done) = actions done to the subject
• I want to be promoted. My car needs to be serviced.
  • Passive infinitive (to be done) = again, action done to the subject
  • Passive gerund or infinitive based on what came before.
• He thanked them for having helped. How wonderful to have finished all our exams.
  • Perfect gerund / infinitive (having done / to have done) to emphasize action completed in past.
    • Simple and perfect often the same, e.g. He denied stealing the money = He denied having stolen the money
• I would love to have seen your work. I would rather have stayed in the hotel.
  • Perfect infinitive after would like, would rather, etc. to talk about an earlier option
• I'd like to be lying on the beach. She seems to be coughing.
  • Continuous infinitive to describe actions in progress.

• Which advice was the most / least accurate? What surprised you?
• Have you heard similar advice? Where does it come from? Do you take it seriously?
• Should people be left to make their own choices or is this advice helpful?
• Is there any health advice you strongly believe in and try to put in practice?