The Reading / Listening - Level 1

Many scientists wrote to the WHO ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May the 31st. They do not want the WHO to make e-cigarettes a tobacco product. The WHO says e-cigarettes are like real cigarettes. They have no tobacco in them, but they make people feel like they are smoking. Doctors say this is better for people's health than real cigarettes because they help people to stop smoking. The WHO says countries can tax them, ban them and give health warnings.

The scientists said e-cigarettes reduce disease and deaths from smoking. They are a "low-risk product" that are "part of the solution" to stop smoking, not part of the problem. They said e-cigarettes are very important and could save hundreds of millions of lives. They told the WHO not to control them. Researchers from the University of Chicago said e-cigarettes could get young people smoking and stop others from giving up real cigarettes.

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Sources
  • http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/28/health-ecigarettes-idINL6N0OD3ZE20140528
  • http://www.bbc.com/news/health-27547420
  • http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=23680


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 Activities

MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.

Many scientists wrote

a.

like they are smoking

2.

ahead of

b.

a tobacco product

3.

make e-cigarettes

c.

warnings

4.

e-cigarettes are like

d.

people's health

5.

They have no tobacco

e.

to the WHO

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they make people feel

f.

real cigarettes

7.

this is better for

g.

World No Tobacco Day

8.

give health

h.

in them



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PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.

e-cigarettes reduce

a.

to control them

2.

deaths

b.

the solution

3.

They are a "low-

c.

up real cigarettes

4.

part of

d.

disease

5.

save hundreds

e.

people smoking

6.

They told the WHO not

f.

from smoking

7.

e-cigarettes could get young

g.

of millions of lives

8.

stop others from giving

h.

risk product"

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

Many scientists wrote to (1) ___________________ World No Tobacco Day on May the 31st. (2) ___________________ the WHO to make e-cigarettes a tobacco product. The WHO says e-cigarettes (3) ___________________. They have no tobacco in them, but they make people (4) ___________________ smoking. Doctors say this is better for people's health than real cigarettes because they (5) ___________________ stop smoking. The WHO says countries can tax them, (6) ___________________ health warnings.

The scientists said e-cigarettes (7) ___________________ deaths from smoking. They are a (8) ___________________ that are "part of the solution" to stop smoking, not part of the problem. They said e-cigarettes (9) ___________________ and could save hundreds (10) ___________________ lives. They told the WHO not to control them. Researchers from the University of Chicago said e-cigarettes (11) ___________________ people smoking and stop others (12) ___________________ cigarettes.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

ManyscientistswrotetotheWHOaheadofWorldNoTobaccoDayonMaythe31st.TheydonotwanttheWHOtomakee-cigarettesatoba
ccoproduct.TheWHOsayse-cigarettesarelikerealcigarettes.The
yhavenotobaccointhem,buttheymakepeoplefeelliketheyaresmoki
ng.Doctorssaythisisbetterforpeople'shealththanrealcigarettesbec
ausetheyhelppeopletostopsmoking.TheWHOsayscountriescantax
them,banthemandgivehealthwarnings.Thescientistssaide-cigar
ettesreducediseaseanddeathsfromsmoking.Theyarea"low-riskp
roduct"thatare"partofthesolution"tostopsmoking,notpartofthepr
oblem.Theysaide-cigarettesareveryimportantandcouldsavehu
ndredsofmillionsoflives.TheytoldtheWHOnottocontrolthem.Resea
rchersfromtheUniversityofChicagosaide-cigarettescouldgetyo
ungpeoplesmokingandstopothersfromgivinguprealcigarettes.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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WRITING

Write about e-cigarettes for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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Answers

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