Tuesday's Listening Assignment

Tuesday's Listening Assignment

What mosquito-borne diseases can you think of?

Do you consider them modern? Why or why not?

1. Listen to this recording in Medium (N. American English) and one more.
2. Do this spelling exercise and this dictation exercise.
3. Listen to the Medium (N. American English) reading again.
4. On a blank world map, include details about Zika virus in three different areas/countries mentioned in the audio. Include three different areas/countries NOT mentioned in the audio, and mark them differently.

2.spelling exercise:

Correct! Well done.
Your score is 100%.

1. the Zika virus outbreak
2. a global pandemic
3. the Zika virus could infect four million
4. The virus has been advancing
5. a mild threat
6. the mosquito that carries the virus
7. a large rise in birth defects
8. brain damage
9. This compares to fewer than 150
10. 2,100 pregnant women
11. a vaccine would have to be tested
12. a practical and ethical nightmare

Many scientists say the outbreak could be more serious than the Ebola virus.