Ex 1.4 Listen and fill in the gaps:

A new study ___________________ supermarkets has found that shopping carts are dirtier than the store’s bathrooms. Microbiologist Dr Charles Gerba of the University of Arizona ___________________ the handles of 85 carts in four American states. He reportedly found bacteria ___________________ the handles of 72 per cent of them. "That's more than you find in a supermarket's toilet," Dr Gerba said. He explained: "That's because stores use disinfecting cleaners in the restrooms. Nobody seems to ___________________ disinfect shopping carts." Further, half of the carts in Dr Gerba’s study tested positive for E. coli bacteria, ___________________ can cause diarrhoea, vomiting ___________________.

Professor Gerba is known as “Dr Germ” because of the number of studies he has done on bacteria ___________________. His previous studies warned of bacteria on reusable shopping bags, airplane ___________________, ground-floor elevator buttons, water fountain toggles, computer keyboards, iPads and playground equipment. He said ___________________ touched by children has a high chance of contamination. He advised people ___________________ shopping bags after use, otherwise they’ll become full of “bacterial swamps”. He added: “It’s like wearing the same underwear every day.” Gerba said the best _____________________ sick from shopping trolleys is to wipe the handle with ___________________ and wash your hands often.

ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Ex 1.5 Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

• Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
• Ask your partner / group your questions.

GAP FILL: Ex 1.6 In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning?

VOCABULARY: Ex 1.7 Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

TEST EACH OTHER: Ex 1.8 Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

dirtier states waste cleaners half serious

objects trays children use underwear often