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Scientists have found that tall people have a higher risk of getting cancer. Researchers from Britain’s University of Oxford say that for every 10 cm above 150 cm, a person was 16 per cent more likely to get cancer. Women who were over 175 cm tall were 37 per cent more at risk than women who were 150 cm. The study found that with tallest women the rate of cancer was 10 per thousand women. For smaller women, it was 7.5 per thousand. The study was very large. It looked at the health of over one million women between 1996 and 2001.
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Cancer experts said tall people do not need to be worried by this new report. They say that being tall is not a reason for cancer and that there are other things that cause cancer. One reason might be tall people have more cells, so there is a higher chance of cells becoming cancerous. Another possibility is that growth hormones add to the risk of cancer. Doctors say the most important way to reduce the risk of cancer is to live healthily. People who smoke, drink lots of alcohol and are overweight have a bigger risk of getting cancer.
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Match the following phrases from the article.
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tall people have a higher risk |
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thousand women |
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16 per cent more |
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at risk |
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37 per cent more |
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of getting cancer |
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the rate of cancer was 10 per |
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one million women |
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likely to get cancer |
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It looked at the health of over |
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very large |
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Cancer |
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reason for cancer |
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people do not need to be worried |
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smoke |
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being tall is not a |
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healthily |
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growth |
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Scientists have found that tall people ____________________ getting cancer. Researchers from Britain’s University of Oxford ____________________ 10 cm above 150 cm, a person was 16 per cent more likely to get cancer. Women who were over 175 cm tall were 37 per cent ____________________ women who were 150 cm. The study found that with tallest ____________________ cancer was 10 per thousand women. For smaller women, it was 7.5 per thousand. The study was very large. It looked at the health ____________________ women between 1996 and 2001.
Cancer experts said tall people ____________________ worried by this new report. They say that being tall is not a reason for cancer and that there are other things ____________________. One reason might be tall people have more cells, so there is a ____________________ cells becoming cancerous. Another possibility is that growth hormones ____________________ cancer. Doctors say the most important ____________________ risk of cancer ____________________. People who smoke, drink lots of alcohol and are overweight have a bigger risk of getting cancer.
Scientists have (1) ____ that tall people have a higher risk (2) ____ getting cancer. Researchers from Britain’s University of Oxford say that for every 10 cm above 150 cm, a person was 16 per cent more (3) ____ to get cancer. Women who were over 175 cm tall were 37 per cent more at risk than women who were 150 cm. The study found that (4) ____ tallest women the (5) ____ of cancer was 10 per thousand women. For smaller women, it was 7.5 per thousand. The study was very large. It looked (6) ____ the health of over one million women between 1996 and 2001.
Cancer experts said tall people do not need to be worried (7) ____ this new report. They say that being tall is not a (8) ____ for cancer and that there are other things that cause cancer. One reason might be tall people have more cells, so there is a higher (9) ____ of cells becoming cancerous. Another possibility is that (10) ____ hormones add to the risk of cancer. Doctors say the most important way to (11) ____ the risk of cancer is to live healthily. People who (12) ____, drink lots of alcohol and are overweight have a bigger risk of getting cancer.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
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Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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Number these lines in the correct order.
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150 cm. The study found that with tallest women the rate of cancer was 10 per |
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Scientists have found that tall people have a higher risk of getting cancer. Researchers from |
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of alcohol and are overweight have a bigger risk of getting cancer. |
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that growth hormones add to the risk of cancer. Doctors say the most important way to reduce |
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Britain’s University of Oxford say that for every 10 cm above 150 cm, a person was 16 per cent more |
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very large. It looked at the health of over one million women between 1996 and 2001. |
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the risk of cancer is to live healthily. People who smoke, drink lots |
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likely to get cancer. Women who were over 175 cm tall were 37 per cent more at risk than women who were |
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be tall people have more cells, so there is a higher chance of cells becoming cancerous. Another possibility is |
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Cancer experts said tall people do not need to be worried by this new report. They say that |
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being tall is not a reason for cancer and that there are other things that cause cancer. One reason might |
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thousand women. For smaller women, it was 7.5 per thousand. The study was |
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
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1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. BEING TALL: Search the Internet and find more information about being tall. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about being tall. Include imaginary interviews with tall and short people. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
5. LETTER: Write a letter to a height expert. Ask him/her three questions about being tall. Give him/her three of your opinions on being tall. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked.
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