Doctor who identifies SARS becomes its victim

ARS is like flu. It is also a virus but it is much more dangerous than flu. It has now killed hundreds of people in different parts of the world. The doctor who was the first to identify SARS, Dr Carlo Urbani, died from SARS. Dr Urbani worked for the World Health Organization in Vietnam. An American businessman was taken to hospital in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, with a strange illness. Dr Urbani was the first person in the world to notice that this was a new disease. He called it SARS, which means “severe acute respiratory syndrome”.

The SARS virus can move very quickly. People who suffer from SARS have a high temperature, a cough and difficulty in breathing. Dr Urbani’s colleague Pascale Brudon said: “Carlo was the first person to see that this was something strange. When people became very worried in the hospital, he was there every day, collecting samples, talking to the staff and trying to control the infection.”

In a statement, the World Health Organization praised Dr Urbani, an expert in infectious diseases. “Because of Dr Urbani’s work with SARS, we were able to identify and isolate many cases before they infected hospital workers,” they said in the statement.

The virus spread very quickly across East Asia. Most of the cases were in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam.

Hong Kong closed schools for a million students for 10 days, but some doctors said they should be closed for a month. Normal daily life changed completely for the people of Hong Kong. They did not go to restaurants or theatres and they did not take taxis. They wore special masks and even chemical protection suits when they went out.

The Chinese government published daily reports on the spread of the disease, but some experts in Hong Kong said the Chinese government had not provided enough information about SARS and how quickly the disease could spread.

When the virus reached Hong Kong, it infected a lot of hospital workers. A doctor from Guandong province in China first brought SARS to Hong Kong in February 2003.

 

Choose the best answers for the following:

1. Where did Dr Urbani work for the World Health Organization?

a) in the USA;       b) in Vietnam;       c) in China

2. What is ARS?

       a) flu; b) respiratory disease; c) acute respiratory syndrome

3. What are the symptoms of SARS?

       a) a high temperature and headache; b) difficulty in breathing; c) a sore throat

4 Where did SARS come in February 2003?

       a) to Vietnam; b) to China; c) to Hong Kong

 

VOCABULARY

Создайте логические пары, выбирая из a, b, c или d:

1. question – ask

answer - _____ a) make; b) reply; c) tell; d) give

 

2. far – distant

near - _____ a) by; b) here; c) close; d) behind

 

3. go – come

leave - _____ a) meet; b) arrive; c) stand; d) wait

 

4. sun – shine

wind – a) push; b) shout; c) run; d) blow

 

5. alive – dead

present - _____ a) away; b) outside; c) absent; d) alive

 

6. first – last

best - _____ a) next; b) worst; c) most; d) least

 

7. office – work

school - _____ a) learn; b) write; c) play; d) test

 

8. write – letter

tell - _____ a) book; b) report; c) story; d) word

 

9. book – read

radio - _____ a) sound; b) listen to; c) put out; d) catch

 

10. bank – money

shop - _____ a) price; b) basket; c) food; d) supermarket

GRAMMAR

 

  I. Заполните пропуски соответствующими формами глагола “to be” и “to have”.

 

1. I ____ a student of the Medical School.

2. The students usually ____ exams in January and in June.

3. These magazines ____ very interesting. They ____ on the table.

4. Our family ____ an average Russian family.

5. We ____ different, but we love each other.

6. When you ___ trouble with your teeth you go to a dentist.

7. The colleges in the University of London ____ essentially teaching institutions.

8. The colleges of Oxford and Cambridge ___ essentially residential institutions.

9. These students ____ on holidays, they ____ vacations between the terms.

10.Sometime there ____ sports meetings between universities.

II. Выберите правильную форму глагола.

 

1. The trousers he bought for her (doesn’t/don’t) fit her.

2. The police (want/wants) to interview men about the robbery.

3. Physics (was/were) my best subject at school.

4. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine (isn’t/aren’t) sharp enough.

5. The news (wasn’t/weren’t) as bad as we expected.

6. Four days (isn’t/aren’t) long enough for a good holiday.

7. Do you think the people (are/is) happy with the government?

8. The staff at school (is/are) not happy with their new working conditions.

9. I need more money. Six pounds (is/are) now enough.

10. My hair (is/are) dark brown.

 

III. Заполните пропуски соответствующими личными местоимениями.

1. Mr. and Mrs. Brown live in Paris but ____ son lives in London.

2. Excuse me, is ____ your bag?

3. ____’s why they accepted his proposal.

4. He’s been waiting ____ three weeks.

5. The girl decorated the room ____.

6. The winners looked very proud of ____.

7. He was asked to behave ____ at school.

8. Put on____ hat when you go out.

9. He didn’t have an umbrella, so she gave him ____.

10. Mr. He never drinks milk. He doesn’t like ___.

 

IV. Вставьте some, any или no, где необходимо.

1. There is... water in my glass. I’d like to drink.

2. There are... beautiful pictures on the walls. Look at them.

3. Can I have... more milk?

4. Have you got... friends? – Yes, I have...

5. Are there... pencils in your pencil-box? Give me..., please.

6. Did you have... salt in the soup?

7. I’ve got... money. Give me... money, please.

8. Will you take... of these photographs?

9. They haven’t got... children.

10. She doesn’t like... apples.

 

V. Выберите правильный ответ из a), b), c) или d) для каждого пропуска в нижерасположенном диалоге.

- Kevin! You (1) ______ listening to me. Wake up! What (2) _____ you thinking about?

- My summer holiday. We usually go to Spain but this year we (3) ____ going to Britain.

- We had a phone call from some friends. They (4) ____ having a wonderful time there at the moment.

- Where (5) ____ they staying?

- In Cornwall. It (6) ____ warm down there, even at Easter.

- (7) ____ they take a walk along the beach?

- Yes, they (8) ____ it every day after breakfast as a rule.

 

1. a) Aren’t            b) Don’t                 c) Doesn’t              d) Isn’t

2. a) are                  b) do                      c) does                   d) is

3. a) are                  b) do                      c) does                   d) is

4. a) is                    b) does                              c) are                      d) do

5. a) do                  b) are                     c) is                        d) does

6. a) are                  b) do                      c) does                   d) is

7. a) Are                b) Do                     c) Does                  d) Is

8. a) are                  b) do                      c) does                   d) is