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MALARIA
4.2
VOCABULARY
ILLNESS AND MEDICINE
9
Match words in
Facts about malaria
to their
meanings 1–8.
1
a disease in part of your body caused by bacteria or
a virus
2
a plant or animal that lives on or in another plant or
animal and gets food from it
3
something that shows you have an illness
4
a symptom of illness in which you have a very high
body temperature
5
to get a serious illness
6
a substance used to protect people against a disease,
which contains a weak form of the virus that causes
the disease
7
when a doctor says what illness someone has
8
another illness that happens when someone is already ill
GRAMMAR
FUTURE CONTINUOUS,
GOING TO
, PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
10
a
4.4
Listen to three people talking about a
project to raise money using celebrities. The project
plans to deliver mosquito nets to Western Uganda to
help prevent malaria. Complete the extracts with the
appropriate future form of the verbs in the box.
distribute film fly (x2) meet raise
spend wait work
1
All the support team
1
out to Kampala at
5 p.m. on Friday. We
2
from Heathrow. We
3
all
4
at check-in at 3 p.m. Everyone
has been emailed and all the arrangements have
been made.
2
The Ugandan team
5
for the celebrities in the
hotel reception on Monday morning at 9 a.m. when
the celebrity bus arrives.
3
Then we
6
the celebrity interviews for the
fundraising appeal all Monday morning and then
we
7
the first batch of mosquito nets with
the celebrities on Monday afternoon. Tom and I
8
in Uganda all next month.
4
Some of the celebrities
9
a few days
sightseeing, but no arrangements have been made yet.
5
Well, everything’s looking good … and based on the
money we’ve raised so far and the support we’ve had,
I think we
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a lot more money than last year.
10
b
Which future form is used in the extracts in
Exercise 10a?
a
Extract 1
b
Extracts 2 and 3
c
Extracts 4 and 5
10
c
Match the future forms in Exercise 10b with
meanings 1–5.
1
to talk about a planned action in progress over a
certain period of time in the future
2
to talk about intentions
3
to talk about a longer action in the future that will be
interrupted by a shorter action in the future
4
to refer to the future when arrangements have been
made (e.g. tickets bought, bookings made) and
someone is expecting us to do something or be
somewhere at a particular time
5
to make a prediction based on present or past evidence
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Language reference and extra practice, pages 126–149
11
Choose the correct form. (In some cases, both are
possible.)
1
I’m going to study / I’m studying
medicine, but I
don’t know where yet.
2
Will you be passing / Are you passing
the doctor’s
when you’re out? I need my prescription.
3
I can’t see you next Monday as
I’m going to start /
I’ll be starting
my new job that day.
4
I’m seeing
/
I’m going to see
the doctor next week.
5
Don’t contact me between 2 and 3 p.m. as
I’ll be
operating / I’m going to operate
on a patient then.
6
We can’t deliver the nets because I think
it’s going to
rain
/
it’ll be raining
.
7
In a few minutes,
we are landing
/
we will be landing
in Lusaka.
8
I’m having an operation on Monday.
I’ll be
recovering / I’m recovering
next week and will miss
the monthly meeting.
9
We will be waiting
/
We are waiting
in the café
opposite the station when the train arrives.
SPEAKING
12
a
Work in small groups. You are going to plan
a fundraising day at your college/place of work to
help support a malaria charity. Plan the day using the
prompts below and your own ideas.
•
how you are going to raise money
•
how much money you will charge for tickets (adults,
students, small children)
•
sponsorship
•
which celebrities to invite
•
how to advertise the day and what publicity you want
•
what events and activities you will have on the day
(e.g. sports, music, dance, choirs, bands)
•
the timetable for the day
•
food and drinks
12
b
Form a new group with people from other
groups and summarise your plan.
