LET'S UNDERSTAND 3 📚
Diseases / Epidemics
A. rabies
- (noun) a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals
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The rabies virus is transmitted in saliva when one animal bites another.
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B. malaria
- (noun) an intermittent and remittent fever; a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals
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The hospital treated forty cases of malaria last year.
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C. AIDS
- (noun) stands for "acquired immune deficiency syndrome"; a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy
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Up to this day, there is still no cure for AIDS.
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D. cholera and typhoid
- (noun) are bacterial diseases that most commonly occur in third world countries. It is caused often by infected food and water.
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Vomiting is one of the symptoms of cholera and typhoid.
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LET'S DO THE CHALLENGE! 🧮
PART I
Direction: Which diseases are these? Try do this from your memory.
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One that can be caused by a mosquito bite.
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One that can get by drinking infected water.
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One you can get from an animal bite.
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One caused by a virus which destroys the body's immune system.
PART II
Direction: Make your own sentences using two of the words/expressions from each category.
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LET'S TALK! 📢
Direction: Answer the following questions about yourself.
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What kind of disasters are common in your country?
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Are there ways we can prepare ourselves in advance to cope with disasters?
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What are some essential things you would need in your house in order to be prepared for a disaster?
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Do you think world governments do enough to help people after natural disasters?
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What do you think are the most common illnesses? How do you think we can avoid those illnesses?
LET'S RECAP! 📝
1. Which three words/phrases were the most challenging to understand or remember?