A disease has killed 135 people in Haiti, and officials are worried it could be cholera, an illness spread through food and water. Following the 2010 earthquake, many Haitians live in camps with crowded and unsanitary conditions, and experts fear the disease could spread quickly in these areas. The World Health Organization is working to educate people on the disease and prevent its further spread.
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GLOBAL PROBLEMS
HAITI
FROM : BBC , WORLD NEWS FOR CHILDREN, FRIDAY 22 0CTOBER 2O10
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Hi there, I'm Ricky from the BBC World News for Children. It's Friday the
22nd of October.
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Coming up:
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And how melting ice caps are causing storms.
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But first, to Haiti where a d__________ (1) ………………………… (2 kill) at
least one hundred and thirty five people. Officials are worried that it
could be cho__________ (3) - an i__________ (4) that can be deadly
and is passed on through food and w__________ (5) . F__________ (6)
the earth__________ (7) in Haiti, lots of people live in camps, where the
conditions can be crowded and unhygienic. Experts th__________ (8) if
the d__________ (1) reaches those areas, it could travel quickly. The
World H__________ (9) Organisation is working to stop it
sp__________ (10), their spokesperson Gregory Hartl says people need
to be educated about the d__________ (1).
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CLIP: "People will probably not be very familiar with what to do, in terms
of both recognising the s__________ (11) and where to go for
tr__________ (12), and also how to pr__________ (13) it from
sp__________ (10),. So, there are big challenges at the moment in
Haiti."
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LISTENING
GLOBAL PROBLEMS
HAITI
FROM : BBC , WORLD NEWS FOR CHILDREN, FRIDAY 22 0CTOBER 2O10
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Hi there, I'm Ricky from the BBC World News for Children. It's Friday the
22nd of October.
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Coming up:
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We've got massive news about Wayne Rooney.
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And how melting ice caps are causing storms.
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But first, to Haiti where a disease (1) has killed (2 kill) at least one
hundred and thirty five people. Officials are worried that it could be
cholera (3) - an illness (4) that can be deadly and is passed on through
food and water (5) . Following (6) the earthquake (7) in Haiti, lots of
people live in camps, where the conditions can be crowded and
unhygienic. Experts think (8) if the disease (1) reaches those areas, it
could travel quickly. The World Health (9) Organisation is working to
stop it spreading (10), their spokesperson Gregory Hartl says people
need to be educated about the disease (1).
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CLIP: "People will probably not be very familiar with what to do, in terms
of both recognising the symptoms (11) and where to go for treatment
(12), and also how to prevent (13) it from spreading (10),. So, there are
big challenges at the moment in Haiti."
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