4 задания по английскому языку

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4 задания по английскому языку

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640250

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Решенные задачи   →   Английский язык

Год сдачи:

17.07.2020

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6 стр.

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4 задания по английскому языку.

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Warm-up
Covid-19 is kiling people all over the world. It started in China at the beginning of 2020. First, Chinese people became ill, and then the virus spread all over the world. Similar things happened before, we suffered from pandemics of “Birds’ Flu” and “Pigs’ Flu”. We don’t know what might happen in the future but the situation can be dangerous.

Read for main idea
Coronavirus – lessons from the past

Explain the meaning of the words in bold :
viruses – small creatures that cause different diseases
spread – to go from one man to another one or from animals to people
species – kinds of animals or plants
infections – illnesses that can be passed from one man to another one during the contact
severe – harsh, serious
symptoms – a sign of an illnesses
contribute to – stimulate the development or progress of something
outbreak – a burst like an explosion

Match each word/phrase with its meaning
1 – e 2 -b 3 – a 4 – d 5 – f 6 – c
SARS MERS The new coronavirus
Year 2002 - 2003 2012 December 2019
Place it started South China Middle East Wuhan
How long it went on for Nine months It is still going on in the Middle East It is still going on
Countries affected (how many or where) 37 countries Not given All countries of the world
How many people got ill 8 098 2500 Not given
How many people died 774 858 Not given
Source where it came from Wild animals that were sold as food in markets Virus jumped from camels to humans A market in Wuhan selling meat and live animals

Discuss the questions
How are three outbreaks described in the article the same? How are they different?
I am not an expert, but these outbreaks are the same because they were caused by the same virus. However, they have different scale and different amount of people who were infected.
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