PARAGRAPH ONE:
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serious |
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health emergency |
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not currently a global |
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reported in 18 countries |
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declaring |
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and urgent |
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unnecessarily raise |
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and 171 deaths |
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The virus has been |
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an emergency |
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571 confirmed cases |
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anxieties |
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PARAGRAPH TWO:
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a viral respiratory |
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came from camels |
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severe shortness |
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with sick people |
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Researchers think it |
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of breath |
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very close contact |
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like a flu virus |
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it does not spread |
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illness |
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avoid contact |
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with other sufferers |
The WHO (1) ___________________ MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) is now (2) ___________________. The WHO said MERS is not currently a global health emergency (3) ___________________ monitored. It said declaring an emergency (4) ___________________ that can unnecessarily "(5) ___________________." The virus has been reported in 18 countries since starting in Saudi Arabia in 2012. There have been 571(6) ___________________ 171 deaths.
The USA's Center for Disease Control said MERS (7) ___________________ illness. People who get it have (8) ___________________ severe shortness of breath. About 30 per cent of people died. Researchers think it came from camels. Everyone who got it had (9) ___________________ with other sufferers. Doctors say it does not (10) ___________________ virus. U.S. airports are (11) ___________________ to the Middle East to wash their hands and (12) ___________________ sick people.
Write five GOOD questions about viruses 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.
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- 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.
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