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Harmful bacteria getting stronger (10th December, 2015)

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A new report warns that people could be in danger from superbugs if they eat rare and undercooked meat. The report is called the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. Researchers looked into how antibiotics in food are making bugs stronger. The report said the use of antibiotics in agriculture is making bugs stronger and more resistant to our medicines. The researchers said the huge amount of antibiotics in farming could be dangerous to people's health around the world. They suggested that farmers reduce the amount of antibiotics they give to their animals. The leader of the research, Jim O'Neill, said this was important if we wanted to make sure that our life-saving medicines still work effectively.

The researchers are calling for strict targets to reduce the number of antibiotics given to farm animals. Mr O'Neill said this was necessary because of the huge amount of antibiotics farmers give their animals. He said: "I find it [unbelievable] that in many countries, most of the consumption of antibiotics is in animals, rather than humans. This creates a big risk for everyone." He added that the public could get ill from superbugs if they ate meat that was rare or undercooked. He said: "My advice to consumers is that they have to make sure they cook meat properly. If you are going to choose to cook it as rare as possible you have to be aware of where it's coming from."

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Sources

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/12038056/Rare-steaks-could-put-diners-at-risk-of-superbugs.html
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/08/antibiotic-use-food-fuels-humans-resistance-vital-drugs-report
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-antibiotics-livestock-idUKKBN0TR01W20151208

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities, crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. ANTIBIOTICS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about antibiotics. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

report / danger / superbugs / antibiotics / agriculture / medicines / farming / research / targets / necessary / amount / animals / risk / consumers / cook / properly / advice

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. BUGS: What can we do to stop these bugs from harming us? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Problems / Dangers	How to prevent them
Flu
Diarrhoea
Cold
Stomach bugs
Malaria
Internet virus

4. RESISTANT: Students A strongly believe scientists will make our medicines resistant to all bugs one day; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. MEAT: Rank these with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• steak

• lamb

• chicken

• goat

• duck

• pork

• pigeon

• bacon

6. MEDICINE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "medicine". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	A report says people should avoid eating raw meat.	T / F
b.	The report is about bugs becoming stronger against antibiotics.	T / F
c.	The report said farmers should give their animals more antibiotics.	T / F
d.	The research leader said we need to keep life-saving medicine working.	T / F
e.	Researchers want strict targets on antibiotics given to animals.	T / F
f.	Humans consume more antibiotics than animals across the world.	T / F
g.	The researcher said people don't need to worry about cooking meat.	T / F
h.	The researcher suggested you should know where meat is from.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	warns	a.	very big
2.	agriculture	b.	essential
3.	huge	c.	drugs
4.	amount	d.	tough
5.	medicines	e.	correctly
6.	strict	f.	cautions
7.	necessary	g.	quantity
8.	rather than	h.	informed about
9.	properly	i.	farming
10.	aware	j.	instead of

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	rare and	a.	for strict targets
2.	making bugs stronger and	b.	of antibiotics
3.	dangerous to	c.	meat properly
4.	reduce the amount	d.	more resistant
5.	life-saving medicines	e.	from superbugs
6.	researchers are calling	f.	people's health
7.	in animals, rather	g.	it's coming from
8.	the public could get ill	h.	still work effectively
9.	make sure they cook	i.	undercooked meat
10.	be aware of where	j.	than humans

GAP FILL

A new report warns that people could be in (1) ____________ from superbugs if they eat (2) ____________ and undercooked meat. The report is called the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. Researchers looked into how antibiotics in food are making bugs (3) ____________. The report said the use of antibiotics in agriculture is making bugs stronger and more (4) ____________ to our medicines. The researchers said the huge amount of antibiotics in farming could be (5) ____________ to people's health around the world. They (6) ____________ that farmers reduce the (7) ____________ of antibiotics they give to their animals. The leader of the research, Jim O'Neill, said this was important if we wanted to make (8) ____________ that our life-saving medicines still work effectively.

stronger
suggested
danger
rare
sure
dangerous
resistant
amount

The researchers are calling for (9) ____________ targets to reduce the number of antibiotics given to farm animals. Mr O'Neill said this was necessary because of the (10) ____________ amount of antibiotics farmers give their animals. He said: "I find it [unbelievable] that in many countries, most of the consumption of antibiotics is in (11) ____________, rather than humans. This creates a big (12) ____________ for everyone." He added that the (13) ____________ could get ill from superbugs if they ate meat that was rare or undercooked. He said: "My (14) ____________ to consumers is that they have to make sure they cook meat (15) ____________. If you are going to choose to cook it as rare as possible you have to be aware of where it's (16) ____________ from."

public
huge
properly
risk
coming
strict
animals
advice

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	people could be in danger from superbugs if they eat rare and ______
	a. under cooked meat b. undercooked meat c. under cooking meat d. undercooking meat
2)	the use of antibiotics in agriculture is making bugs stronger and more resistant ______
	a. to our medicinal b. to your medicines c. to your medicine d. to our medicines
3)	antibiotics in farming could be dangerous to people's health ______
	a. around a world b. around this world c. around that world d. around the world
4)	They suggested that farmers reduce the amount of antibiotics they give ______
	a. to their animals b. to them animals c. to they're animals d. to their animal
5)	we wanted to make sure that our life-saving medicines still ______
	a. work effective b. work effect actively c. work actively d. work effectively
6)	strict targets to reduce the number of antibiotics given ______
	a. too farm animals b. to farm animals c. two farm animals d. through farm animals
7)	this was necessary because of the huge amount of antibiotics farmers ______
	a. given their animals b. gives their animals c. give their animals d. give them animals
8)	most of the consumption of antibiotics is in animals, rather than humans. This ______
	a. creates a big risky b. creates a big risked c. creates a big risk d. creates a big risks
9)	He said: "My advice to consumers is that they have to make sure they ______
	a. cook meat properly b. cook meat property c. cook meat proper lie d. cook meat proper lay
10)	If you are going to choose to cook it as rare as possible you ______
	a. have to be a wear b. have to beer wear c. have to be a rare d. have to be aware

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

A (1) ___________________ that people could be in danger from superbugs if they eat rare and undercooked meat. The report is called the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. Researchers (2) ___________________ antibiotics in food are making bugs stronger. The report (3) ___________________ antibiotics in agriculture is making bugs stronger and more resistant to our medicines. The researchers said (4) ___________________ of antibiotics in farming (5) ___________________ to people's health around the world. They suggested that farmers reduce the amount of antibiotics they give to their animals. The leader of the research, Jim O'Neill, said this was important if we wanted to make sure that (6) ___________________ medicines still work effectively.

The researchers (7) ___________________ strict targets to reduce the number of antibiotics given to farm animals. Mr O'Neill said this was necessary because (8) ___________________ amount of antibiotics farmers give their animals. He said: "I find it [unbelievable] that in many countries, most of the consumption of antibiotics (9) ___________________, rather than humans. This creates (10) ___________________ everyone." He added that the public could get ill from superbugs if they ate meat that was rare or undercooked. He said: "My advice to consumers (11) ___________________ have to make sure they cook meat properly. If you are going to choose to cook it as rare as possible you (12) ___________________ aware of where it's coming from."

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What did a report say people could be in danger from?
2.	What is it in food that is making bugs stronger?
3.	What industry did the researcher say was using too many antibiotics?
4.	Who did researchers say should reduce the use of antibiotics?
5.	What did a researcher say should work effectively?
6.	What kind of targets are researchers calling for?
7.	Who consumes more antibiotics than humans?
8.	What kind of meat could make people ill?
9.	What did a researcher advise people to do to meat?
10.	What did the researcher say you have to be aware of with meat?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What did a report say people could be in danger from?	6.	What kind of targets are researchers calling for?
	a) danger b) superbugs c) reviews d) vegetarians		a) moving ones b) round ones c) strict ones d) coloured ones
2.	What is it in food that is making bugs stronger?	7.	Who consumes more antibiotics than humans?
	a) fat b) agriculture c) protein d) antibiotics		a) bugs b) farmers c) researchers d) animals
3.	What industry did the researcher say was using too many antibiotics?	8.	What kind of meat could make people ill?
	a) farming b) research c) pharmaceuticals d) technology		a) rare meat b) red meat c) goat d) steak
4.	Who did researchers say should reduce the use of antibiotics?	9.	What did a researcher advise people to do to meat?
	a) researchers b) vegetarians c) farmers d) everyone		a) cook it properly b) put it in the bin c) freeze it d) boil it
5.	What did a researcher say should work effectively?	10.	What did the researcher say you have to be aware of with meat?
	a) researchers b) life-saving medicines c) bugs d) farms		a) how much fat is in it b) where it's from c) how old it is d) the colour

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Flu

You think the flu is the worst thing to have. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't as bad about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least-worse of these (and why): sore throat, a toothache or a computer virus.

Role B – Sore throat

You think a sore throat is the worst thing to have. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't as bad about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least-worse of these (and why): flu, a toothache or a computer virus.

Role C – Toothache

You think a toothache is the worst thing to have. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't as bad about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least-worse of these (and why): sore throat, flu or a computer virus.

Role D – Computer virus

You think a computer virus is the worst thing to have. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't as bad about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least-worse of these (and why): sore throat, a toothache or flu.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'super' and 'bug'.

super

bug

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

new
called
looked
agriculture
leader
work

calling
necessary
find
risk
properly
aware

ANTIBIOTICS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about antibiotics in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

ANTIBIOTICS DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1)	What did you think when you read the headline?
2)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'bacteria'?
3)	What do you think about what you read?
4)	Do you worry about the safety of the food you eat?
5)	What do you know about antibiotics?
6)	How safe do you think food in supermarkets is?
7)	What do you know about superbugs?
8)	What would happen if antibiotics no longer worked?
9)	Should we grow more of the food we eat ourselves?
10)	Should we all become vegetarian?

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

11)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
12)	How big is this problem?
13)	What superbugs or viruses do you know about?
14)	What is the problem of giving animals antibiotics?
15)	Do you think scientists will always be able to fight bugs?
16)	What do you think of rare or raw meat?
17)	Do we need to change what we eat?
18)	What advice do you have for farmers?
19)	What will you do from now to avoid the risk of superbugs?
20)	What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

A new report (1) ____ that people could be in danger from superbugs if they eat rare and undercooked meat. The report is (2) ____ the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. Researchers looked into how antibiotics in food are (3) ____ bugs stronger. The report said the use of antibiotics in agriculture is making bugs stronger and more resistant (4) ____ our medicines. The researchers said the huge amount of antibiotics in farming could be dangerous to people's health around the world. They suggested that farmers (5) ____ the amount of antibiotics they give to their animals. The leader of the research, Jim O'Neill, said this was important if we wanted to make sure that our life-saving medicines still work (6) ____.

The researchers are calling for (7) ____ targets to reduce the number of antibiotics given to farm animals. Mr O'Neill said this was necessary because of the (8) ____ amount of antibiotics farmers give their animals. He said: "I find it [unbelievable] that in many countries, most of the consumption of antibiotics is in animals, (9) ____ than humans. This creates a big (10) ____ for everyone." He added that the public could get ill from superbugs if they ate meat that was rare or undercooked. He said: "My advice to consumers is (11) ____ they have to make sure they cook meat properly. If you are going to choose to cook it as rare as possible you have to be (12) ____ of where it's coming from."

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	warnings	(b)	warning	(c)	warns	(d)	warms
2.	(a)	called	(b)	name	(c)	stated	(d)	calling
3.	(a)	making	(b)	made	(c)	makes	(d)	make
4.	(a)	to	(b)	by	(c)	at	(d)	on
5.	(a)	reduction	(b)	reduce	(c)	reducing	(d)	reduces
6.	(a)	effortless	(b)	affront	(c)	affect	(d)	effectively
7.	(a)	strictly	(b)	strictness	(c)	strict	(d)	restrict
8.	(a)	hugs	(b)	hygiene	(c)	hog	(d)	huge
9.	(a)	rather	(b)	prefer	(c)	instead	(d)	alike
10.	(a)	risk	(b)	risky	(c)	riskiness	(d)	risked
11.	(a)	then	(b)	that	(c)	thus	(d)	through
12.	(a)	awareness	(b)	awarded	(c)	aware	(d)	awash

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	in danger from ugubressp
2.	the use of cisatonbtii in agriculture
3.	the huge umanot
4.	The leader of the csrareeh
5.	our life-saving micnsdeie
6.	still work fefecyetlvi
Paragraph 2
7.	rcistt targets
8.	cerued the number
9.	in animals, rather than unahsm
10.	My cveadi to consumers is…
11.	make sure they cook meat prerpylo
12.	you have to be aewar of where it's coming from

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	everyone." He added that the public could get ill from superbugs if they ate meat that was rare or
( )	farming could be dangerous to people's health around the world. They suggested that farmers
( )	reduce the amount of antibiotics they give to their animals. The leader of the research, Jim O'Neill, said this was
( )	of the consumption of antibiotics is in animals, rather than humans. This creates a big risk for
( )	important if we wanted to make sure that our life-saving medicines still work effectively.
( )	animals. Mr O'Neill said this was necessary because of the huge amount of antibiotics
( )	are going to choose to cook it as rare as possible you have to be aware of where it's coming from."
( )	undercooked. He said: "My advice to consumers is that they have to make sure they cook meat properly. If you
( )	stronger and more resistant to our medicines. The researchers said the huge amount of antibiotics in
( )	The researchers are calling for strict targets to reduce the number of antibiotics given to farm
( )	farmers give their animals. He said: "I find it [unbelievable] that in many countries, most
( )	undercooked meat. The report is called the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. Researchers looked into how
( )	antibiotics in food are making bugs stronger. The report said the use of antibiotics in agriculture is making bugs
( 1 )	A new report warns that people could be in danger from superbugs if they eat rare and

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	could People superbugs from danger in be .
2.	antibiotics bugs in stronger food are How making .
3.	stronger The use of antibiotics in agriculture is making bugs .
4.	farmers amount that the antibiotics suggested reduce of They .
5.	our life - saving medicines still work Make sure that .
6.	for calling are researchers The targets strict .
7.	give amount farmers animals huge antibiotics their The of .
8.	is the antibiotics animals of of in Most consumption .
9.	to make meat have they cook They sure properly .
10.	it's coming from You have to be aware of where .

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

A new report warns / warning that people could be in / on danger from superbugs if they eat rare and undercooked meat. The report is calling / called the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. Researchers looked into / onto how antibiotics in food are making bugs stronger. The report said the use of antibiotics in agriculture is / are making bugs stronger and more resistant to our medicines. The researchers said the hugely / huge amount of antibiotics in farming could been / be dangerous to people's health around the world. They suggested that farmers reduce / reduction the amount of antibiotics they give to their animals. The leader / lead of the research, Jim O'Neill, said this was important if we wanted to make sure that our life-saving medicines still work effective / effectively.

The researchers are calling for strictly / strict targets to reduce the number of antibiotics gave / given to farm animals. Mr O'Neill said this was necessary / needing because of the huge amount of antibiotics farmers give their animals. He said: "I find it [unbelievable] that in / on many countries, most of the consumption of antibiotics is in animals, prefer / rather than humans. This creates a big risk / risky for everyone." He added that the public could get / getting ill from superbugs if they ate meat that was rare or undercooked. He said: "My advise / advice to consumers is that they have to make sure they cook meat properly / proper. If you are going to choose to cook it as rare as possible you have to be aware of where it's coming to / from."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

A new report warns that people could be in danger from superbugs if they eat rare and undercooked meat the report is called the review on antimicrobial resistance researchers looked into how antibiotics in food are making bugs stronger the report said the use of antibiotics in agriculture is making bugs stronger and more resistant to our medicines the researchers said the huge amount of antibiotics in farming could be dangerous to people's health around the world they suggested that farmers reduce the amount of antibiotics they give to their animals the leader of the research jim o'neill said this was important if we wanted to make sure that our life-saving medicines still work effectively

The researchers are calling for strict targets to reduce the number of antibiotics given to farm animals mr o'neill said this was necessary because of the huge amount of antibiotics farmers give their animals he said "i find it [unbelievable] that in many countries most of the consumption of antibiotics is in animals rather than humans this creates a big risk for everyone" he added that the public could get ill from superbugs if they ate meat that was rare or undercooked he said "my advice to consumers is that they have to make sure they cook meat properly if you are going to choose to cook it as rare as possible you have to be aware of where it's coming from"

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

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atrareandundercookedmeat.ThereportiscalledtheReviewonAntimic
robialResistance.Researcherslookedintohowantibioticsinfoodarema
kingbugsstronger.Thereportsaidtheuseofantibioticsinagricultureis
makingbugsstrongerandmoreresistanttoourmedicines.Theresearch
erssaidthehugeamountofantibioticsinfarmingcouldbedangeroustop
eople'shealtharoundtheworld.Theysuggestedthatfarmersreducethe
amountofantibioticstheygivetotheiranimals.Theleaderoftheresearc
h,JimO'Neill,saidthiswasimportantifwewantedtomakesurethatourlif
e-savingmedicinesstillworkeffectively.Theresearchersarecallingfo
rstricttargetstoreducethenumberofantibioticsgiventofarmanimals.
MrO'Neillsaidthiswasnecessarybecauseofthehugeamountofantibioti
csfarmersgivetheiranimals.Hesaid:"Ifindit[unbelievable]thatinman
ycountries,mostoftheconsumptionofantibioticsisinanimals,ratherth
anhumans.Thiscreatesabigriskforeveryone."Headdedthatthepublic
couldgetillfromsuperbugsiftheyatemeatthatwasrareorundercooked
.Hesaid:"Myadvicetoconsumersisthattheyhavetomakesuretheycoo
kmeatproperly.Ifyouaregoingtochoosetocookitasrareaspossibleyou
havetobeawareofwhereit'scomingfrom."

FREE WRITING

Write about antibiotics for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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ACADEMIC WRITING

What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a vegetarian?

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about antibiotics. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. ANTIBIOTICS IN FOOD: Make a poster about antibiotics in food. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. VEGETARIAN: Write a magazine article about everyone becoming vegetarian. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on antibiotics. Ask him/her three questions about them. Give him/her three of your ideas on how we can stay healthy. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

T

c

F

d

T

e

T

f

F

g

F

h

T

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	warns	a.	cautions
2	agriculture	b.	farming
3.	huge	c.	very big
4.	amount	d.	quantity
5.	medicines	e.	drugs
6.	strict	f.	tough
7.	necessary	g.	essential
8.	rather than	h.	instead of
9.	properly	i.	correctly
10.	aware	j.	informed about

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Superbugs
2.	Antibiotics
3.	Farming
4.	Farmers
5.	Life-saving medicines
6.	Strict ones
7.	Animals
8.	Undercooked or rare meat
9.	Cook it properly
10.	Where it comes from

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

b

2.

d

3.

a

4.

c

5.

b

6.

c

7.

d

8.

a

9.

a

10.

b

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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