The Reading / Listening - Pig-heart Transplant - Level 0

Doctors put a pig's heart into a man for the first time. The man is 57. He was very ill. The pig's heart was the only way he could stay alive. He is now doing well. He said: "It was either die or do this transplant. I want to live." Scientists changed the pig's genes so its heart would work in a human.

The transplant took seven hours. There could be more transplants like this in the future. It could mean more organs are available. The man's doctor said animal organs give people an important choice in the future. The man hopes he will live longer. He said: "I look forward to getting out of bed after I recover."

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Pig-heart Transplant - Level 1 Pig-heart Transplant - Level 2   or  Pig-heart Transplant - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59944889
  • https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/breakthrough-pig-heart-transplant-performed-in-us-20220111-p59ncw.html
  • https://www.sciencealert.com/us-surgeons-successfully-implant-pig-heart-into-a-human-with-end-stage-heart-disease


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. for the first
  2. He was very
  3. the only way he
  4. He is now doing
  5. It was either die or do
  6. I want to
  7. Scientists changed the pig's
  8. its heart would work in
  1. a human
  2. could stay alive
  3. this transplant
  4. genes
  5. time
  6. ill
  7. live
  8. well

Paragraph 2

  1. The transplant took
  2. There could be more transplants
  3. in the
  4. It could mean more organs are
  5. animal
  6. give people an important
  7. The man hopes he will
  8. I look forward to getting
  1. future
  2. choice
  3. available
  4. out of bed
  5. seven hours
  6. live longer
  7. like this
  8. organs

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Doctors (1) ___________________ heart into a man for the first time. The man is 57. He (2) ___________________. The pig's heart was (3) ___________________ he could stay alive. He is (4) ___________________. He said: "It was either die or do this transplant. I (5) ___________________." Scientists changed the pig's genes so its heart (6) ___________________ a human.

The transplant (7) ___________________. There could be more transplants (8) ___________________ the future. It could mean (9) ___________________ available. The man's doctor said animal organs (10) ___________________ important choice in the future. The man (11) ___________________ live longer. He said: "I look forward to getting out of bed (12) ___________________."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Doctorsputapig'sheartintoamanforthefirsttime.Themanis57.Hewas
veryill.Thepig'sheartwastheonlywayhecouldstayalive.Heisnowdoin
gwell.Hesaid:"Itwaseitherdieordothistransplant.Iwanttolive."Scien
tistschangedthepig'sgenessoitsheartwouldworkinahuman.Thetrans
planttooksevenhours.Therecouldbemoretransplantslikethisinthefut
ure.Itcouldmeanmoreorgansareavailable.Theman'sdoctorsaidanim
alorgansgivepeopleanimportantchoiceinthefuture.Themanhopeshe
willlivelonger.Hesaid:"IlookforwardtogettingoutofbedafterIrecover.
"

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic 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.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

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)

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Free writing

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Answers

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