WARM-UP

WARM-UP

1.    What are viruses? What do you know about them?

2.    Are you afraid of viruses? Are they harmful or useful?

3.    How many types of viruses do you know?

4.    Can people living in the closed spaces without any contacts be protected from viruses?

5.    What do you know about virology?

1. OUTBREAK: What advice should governments give if there is a deadly global outbreak? Complete this table with your partner(s).

Advice…

Advice

Why?

Travel

 

 

Medicine

 

 

Food

 

 

Large groups

 

 

Becoming ill

 

 

Health

 

 

2. WORRIES: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put your biggest worries at the top. Share your rankings.

  • outbreaks
  • computer viruses
  • war
  • money
  • terrorism
  • the environment
  • your looks
  • your English

3. DISEASE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "disease". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.