Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

There are a lot of medical terms in the text. Match the words in italics with the definitions. 3 Work in pairs and make a list of what you think are the top five causes of death in modern life. Look at the “Vocabulary station” if you need help with some words. Read through the list of top killers in the US on the next page (and also have a look at the notes below). How do they compare with your ideas? Which bit of information do you find the most surprising? Notes: Car accidents: About half are due to alcohol. Homicides were 18,361 and a long way out of the top ten. This is a 36% drop since 1998. This is an astounding statistic considering the national focus on murder. Diabetes type II (adult onset) is highly correlated with overweight, lack of exercise, poor diet and hypertension. Chronic lower respiratory disease is highly correlated with cigarette smoking. Deaths from AIDS have dropped significantly in the last few years with approximately 11,295 this year. 4 1 Which of these statements is not true about the Spanish flu? a It only affected Australia. b It attacked people’s lungs. c It caused an unpleasant death. d It killed more than 40 million people. 3 The pig is a potentially dangerous animal because a it is a good host for new viruses to grow. b there are a lot of pigs in China. c it’s not a very hygienic animal. d it’s responsible for diseases like Ebola and HIV. 2 Researchers discovered about the 1918 flu that a it was more dangerous than other types of flu. b it was the same as the H2 and H3 flues. c nobody knows how it started. d it went from birds to humans. 4 The report makes the recommendation that a farmers should kill all their pigs. b Chinese markets should be cleaner. c experts should check birds and pigs regularly for diseases. d public health officials should educate their citizens better. 1 to catch/contract a disease 2 carrying the disease 3 to describe a disease which affects a very large area or the whole world 4 a disease that attacks the breathing organs 5 a place where a disease can develop 6 a map of the DNA 7 a substance that protects the body from a disease 8 kept in a secure place to stop the spread of a disease chronic: chronisch, langwierig adult onset: mit Beginn im Erwachsenenalter 180 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv