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Date: Mar 3, 2007
THE ARTICLEUN warns of deadly fake medicineThe United Nations has sent out a warning that up to fifty per cent of prescription medicines sold in developing world pharmacies are fake. A report from the International Narcotics Control Board, the UN drugs watchdog, said fake medicines are flooding into poorer countries. It stated that the consequences of people taking these drugs can be deadly. It also warned that the trade in fake prescription drugs may soon overtake the trade in illegal drugs. Many of the resources of the world’s law enforcement agencies are focused on hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. The UN suggests a refocus so that poor nations can fight the trade in counterfeit prescription drugs. The biggest problem for developing countries is that their laws are too old to control the flood, especially for sales over the Internet and those delivered by mail. The UN warns that many people will die as a result of taking the fake drugs. The counterfeiters very cleverly copy the details on the packaging and labelling of the medicine and ensure all tablets and pills look identical to the real thing. However, the fake medicine is often a dangerous cocktail of chemicals that can kill or cause serious injury. The UN’s report said the fake drugs, “expose patients to serious health risks by providing access to…medicines that are ineffective, substandard and, in some cases, even lethal.” The UN’s Philip Emafo said: "Gains over the past years in international drug control may be seriously undermined by this ominous development if it remains unchecked". He warned that many discount medicines in stores or online often seem to be authentic but turn out to be made from recipes posted on the Web. WARM-UPS1. MEDICINE: Walk around the class and ask other students about their health and the different kinds of medicine they have taken in their lives. Do all students believe the medicine they take will be good for them? Change partners often and share your information. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. For more conversation, change topics and partners frequently. 3. REMEDIES: With your partner(s), talk about your feelings towards these remedies. Which do you trust and which do you not trust? Rank them in your order of preference. Show your ranking to your partner(s) and talk about it.
4. SENTENCE STARTERS: Complete these sentence starters they are taken from the article you will read. Show them to your partner(s). What is the story behind them? Change partners and share stories.
5. COUNTERFEIT: Look at the table. With your partner(s), talk about which things you would buy/use. Change partners often and share your findings.
6. MEDICINE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with medicine. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text. UN warns of deadly fake medicine
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The United Nations has sent out a ________ that up to fifty per cent of prescription medicines sold in developing world pharmacies are fake. A report from the International Narcotics Control Board, the UN drugs ________, said fake medicines are flooding into poorer countries. It stated that the consequences of people taking these drugs can be ________. It also warned that the trade in fake prescription drugs may soon ________ the trade in illegal drugs. Many of the resources of the world’s ________ enforcement agencies are focused on ________ drugs like heroin and cocaine. The UN suggests a refocus so that poor nations can fight the trade in counterfeit prescription drugs. The biggest problem for developing countries is that their laws are too old to ________ the ________, especially for sales over the Internet and those delivered by mail.
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The UN warns that many people will die as a ________ of taking the fake drugs. The counterfeiters very ________ copy the details on the packaging and labelling of the medicine and ensure all tablets and pills look ________ to the real thing. However, the fake medicine is often a dangerous cocktail of chemicals that can kill or ________ serious injury. The UN’s report said the fake drugs, “________ patients to serious health risks by providing access to…medicines that are ineffective, substandard and, in some cases, even ________.” The UN’s Philip Emafo said: "Gains over the past years in international drug control may be seriously undermined by this ominous development if it remains unchecked". He warned that many ________ medicines in stores or online often seem to be authentic but turn out to be made from ________ posted on the Web. |
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Listen and fill in the spaces.
The United Nations ___________________ warning that up to fifty per cent of prescription medicines sold in developing world pharmacies are fake. A report from the International Narcotics Control Board, the UN drugs watchdog, said fake medicines ___________________ poorer countries. It stated that the consequences of people ___________________ deadly. It also warned that the trade in fake prescription drugs may soon overtake the trade in illegal drugs. Many of the resources of the world’s law enforcement agencies ___________________ drugs like heroin and cocaine. The UN suggests a refocus so that poor nations can fight the trade in counterfeit prescription drugs. The biggest problem for developing countries is that their ___________________ control the flood, especially for sales over the Internet and those delivered by mail.
The UN warns that many people will ___________________ taking the fake drugs. The counterfeiters ___________________ details on the packaging and labelling of the medicine and ensure all tablets and pills look identical to the real thing. However, the fake medicine is often a dangerous cocktail of chemicals ___________________ serious injury. The UN’s report said the fake drugs, “expose patients to serious health risks by providing access to…medicines that are ineffective, substandard ___________________ lethal.” The UN’s Philip Emafo said: "Gains over the past years in international drug ___________________ undermined by this ominous development if it remains unchecked". He warned that many discount medicines in stores or online ___________________ authentic but turn out to be made from recipes posted on the Web.
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘fake’ and ‘drugs’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
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. STUDENT “MEDICINE” SURVEY: In pairs / groups, write down questions about medicines and the trade in fake drugs.
6. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall exactly how these were used in the text:
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STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
AFTER DISCUSSION: Join another partner / group and tell them what you talked about.
CORRECT WORD: Put the correct words from ad below in the article.
The United Nations has (1) ____ out a warning that up to fifty per cent of prescription medicines (2) ____ in developing world pharmacies are fake. A report from the International Narcotics Control Board, the UN drugs
(3) ____, said fake medicines are flooding into poorer countries. It stated that the consequences of people taking these drugs can be deadly. It also warned that the trade in fake prescription drugs may soon (4) ____ the trade in illegal drugs. Many of the resources of the world’s law enforcement agencies are focused on (5) ____ drugs like heroin and cocaine. The UN suggests a refocus so that poor nations can fight the trade in counterfeit prescription drugs. The biggest problem for developing countries is that their laws are too old to control the flood, (6) ____ for sales over the Internet and those delivered by mail.
The UN warns that many people will die as a (7) ____ of taking the fake drugs. The counterfeiters very (8) ____ copy the details on the packaging and labelling of the medicine and ensure all tablets and pills look identical to the real thing. However, the fake medicine is often a dangerous cocktail of chemicals that can kill or cause (9) ____ injury. The UN’s report said the fake drugs, “expose patients to serious health risks by providing access to…medicines that are ineffective, substandard and, in some (10) ____, even lethal.” The UN’s Philip Emafo said: "(11) ____ over the past years in international drug control may be seriously undermined by this ominous development if it remains unchecked". He warned that many discount medicines in stores or online often seem to be authentic but turn out to be made from (12) ____ posted on the Web.
1. |
(a) |
sending |
(b) |
sender |
(c) |
send |
(d) |
sent |
2. |
(a) |
sold |
(b) |
sales |
(c) |
seller |
(d) |
sell |
3. |
(a) |
doggy |
(b) |
old dog |
(c) |
watchdog |
(d) |
guard dog |
4. |
(a) |
taken |
(b) |
takeover |
(c) |
overtake |
(d) |
undertake |
5. |
(a) |
hardened |
(b) |
hard |
(c) |
harden |
(d) |
hardest |
6. |
(a) |
especially |
(b) |
special |
(c) |
speciality |
(d) |
specialize |
7. |
(a) |
reason |
(b) |
effect |
(c) |
cause |
(d) |
result |
8. |
(a) |
cleverly |
(b) |
clever |
(c) |
cleverness |
(d) |
cleverer |
9. |
(a) |
series |
(b) |
serious |
(c) |
seriously |
(d) |
seriousness |
10. |
(a) |
briefcases |
(b) |
cases |
(c) |
case |
(d) |
suitcases |
11. |
(a) |
Rains |
(b) |
Pains |
(c) |
Gains |
(d) |
Drains |
12. |
(a) |
receptions |
(b) |
recipes |
(c) |
receipts |
(d) |
recipients |
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 more information about the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. DRUGS POSTER: Make a poster showing different kinds of drugs and medicines. Show your poster to your class in the next lesson. Vote on the best one
4. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about the impact fake prescription drugs are having on people in developing countries. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Which article was best and why?
5. LETTER: Write a letter to a counterfeiter of fake prescription drugs. Tell him/her what you think of his/her activities. Give him three pieces of advice. Ask him three questions. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.
TRUE / FALSE:
a. T |
b. F |
c. T |
d. F |
e. F |
f. F |
g. T |
h. T |
SYNONYM MATCH:
a. |
sent out |
issued |
b. |
fake |
counterfeit |
c. |
watchdog |
monitor |
d. |
deadly |
lethal |
e. |
flood |
deluge |
f. |
identical |
exactly the same |
g. |
ineffective |
useless |
h. |
undermined |
weakened |
i. |
unchecked |
not controlled |
j. |
authentic |
genuine |
PHRASE MATCH:
a. |
The United Nations has sent |
out a warning |
b. |
the UN drugs |
watchdog |
c. |
fake medicines are flooding |
into poorer countries |
d. |
overtake the trade |
in illegal drugs |
e. |
fight the trade in |
counterfeit prescription drugs |
f. |
many people will die as a |
result of taking the fake drugs |
g. |
copy the details on the packaging |
and labelling |
h. |
a dangerous cocktail |
of chemicals |
i. |
Gains over the past |
years in international drug control |
j. |
medicines in stores or online often |
seem to be authentic |
GAP FILL:
The United Nations has sent out a warning that up to fifty per cent of prescription medicines sold in developing world pharmacies are fake. A report from the International Narcotics Control Board, the UN drugs watchdog, said fake medicines are flooding into poorer countries. It stated that the consequences of people taking these drugs can be deadly. It also warned that the trade in fake prescription drugs may soon overtake the trade in illegal drugs. Many of the resources of the world’s law enforcement agencies are focused on hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. The UN suggests a refocus so that poor nations can fight the trade in counterfeit prescription drugs. The biggest problem for developing countries is that their laws are too old to control the flood, especially for sales over the Internet and those delivered by mail.
The UN warns that many people will die as a result of taking the fake drugs. The counterfeiters very cleverly copy the details on the packaging and labelling of the medicine and ensure all tablets and pills look identical to the real thing. However, the fake medicine is often a dangerous cocktail of chemicals that can kill or cause serious injury. The UN’s report said the fake drugs, “expose patients to serious health risks by providing access to…medicines that are ineffective, substandard and, in some cases, even lethal.” The UN’s Philip Emafo said: "Gains over the past years in international drug control may be seriously undermined by this ominous development if it remains unchecked". He warned that many discount medicines in stores or online often seem to be authentic but turn out to be made from recipes posted on the Web.
LANGUAGE WORK
1 - d |
2 - a |
3 - c |
4 -c |
5 - b |
6 -a |
7 - d |
8 -a |
9 -b |
10 - b |
11 -c |
12 - b |
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