[C+] WHO Assessing Risk After Fighters Seize Sudan Lab

LET'S READ!

Direction: Read the news with your teacher.

WHO

1. What is the concern expressed by the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the occupied laboratory in Sudan?

2. What kind of risk does the seizure of the laboratory pose, according to WHO's representative in Sudan?

3. What types of pathogens were stored in the laboratory?

4. What is the main risk identified by WHO's emergencies director in relation to the occupied laboratory?

5. Why is it challenging to assess the situation at the moment, according to the WHO emergencies director?

LET'S RECAP!

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1. Which new words/phrases were easiest to remember? Give three.

どの語句/文が覚えやすかったですか？３つ挙げてください。

2. Which words/phrases were you having a hard time to speak/understand? Give three.

どの語句/文が話したり理解するのに難しかったですか？３つ挙げてください。

refugee

[ ref-yoo-'jee ]

noun

- a person who has been forced to leave the country in order to escape war or natural disaster

Thousands of refugees fled across the border.

catastrophe

[ kuh-ˈtas-truh-fee ]

noun

- an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster

The oil spill was an environmental catastrophe.

seizure

[ 'see-zher ]

noun

- taking possession of an item, property, or person legally or by force

The court ordered the seizure of his assets.

disruption

[ dis-'ruhp-shuhn ]

noun

- the action of preventing something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected

The bad weather caused disruption to the rail network during rush hour.

cease-fire

[ sees-fahyuhr ]

noun

- a temporary suspension of fighting

They have agreed to a cease-fire after three years of conflict.