UNDERSTANDING PANDEMICS

PANDEMICS HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

HERE YOU CAN LISTEN TO A VERY INTERESTING VIDEO ON HOW PANDEMICS SPREAD. LISTEN CAREFULLY AND THEN TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION:

1. WHAT IS THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD "PANDEMIC"?
2. QUOTE TWO EXAMPLES OF PANDEMIA IN HISTORY
3. HOW SCIENTISTS COULD RECONSTRUCT THE BACTERIA THAT PRODUCED THE BLACK DEATH?
4. DEATH TOLL OF THE GREAT MORTALITY
5. WHAT IS THE GREATEST BACTERIA KILLER?
6. WHAT MAKES VIRUS SPECIALLY DANGEROUS?
7. EXPLAIN ANTIGENIC SHIFT
8. MEANING OF "CYANOSIS, FURLOUGH AND SLICK OF".
9. WHAT DOES SARS SATND FOR?
10. WHAT CAN AVOID PANDEMICS?


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