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Doctors in the U.K. are giving overweight pregnant women drugs to lower the chance of obesity in their baby. It is part of a trial in four cities. Women who are “dangerously overweight” have the choice of taking the drug. Professor Jane Norman of Edinburgh University said: “Many women feel perfectly healthy but there is very good evidence that women who are obese have an increased risk of pregnancy problems. Their babies are at risk and we'd like to reduce that risk.”
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More than 15 per cent of pregnant women in the UK are obese. This increases the risk of the baby dying before it is born, or of having health problems after birth. Research shows that overweight babies are twice as likely to become obese adults. The trial has made many health experts angry. They say the answer is not a pill for the baby. Rather, doctors should tell overweight mothers to exercise and eat healthily. Dr Norman agrees, but she said women who start their pregnancy overweight need more help.
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Match the following phrases from the article.
Paragraph 1
| 1. | lower the chance |
a. |
trial |
2 |
part of a |
b. |
taking the drug |
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have the choice of |
c. |
risk |
4. |
feel perfectly |
d. |
of obesity |
5. |
an increased risk of |
e. |
healthy |
6. |
reduce that |
f. |
pregnancy problems |
Paragraph 2
1. |
This increases the |
a. |
experts |
2 |
having health problems |
b. |
risk |
3. |
twice |
c. |
more help |
4. |
health |
d. |
after birth |
5. |
exercise and |
e. |
as likely |
6. |
need |
f. |
eat healthily |
Doctors in the U.K. are __________________ pregnant women drugs to lower the __________________ in their baby. It is part of a trial in four cities. Women who are “dangerously overweight” have the __________________ the drug. Professor Jane Norman of Edinburgh University said: “Many women feel __________________ but there is very good evidence that women who are obese have __________________ of pregnancy problems. Their babies are at risk and we'd __________________ that risk.”
More than 15 per cent of pregnant women in the UK are obese. This __________________ of the baby dying before it is born, or of having health problems after birth. Research shows that overweight babies are __________________ to become obese adults. The trial has made __________________ angry. They say the answer is __________________ the baby. Rather, doctors should tell overweight mothers to __________________ healthily. Dr Norman agrees, but she said women who start their pregnancy overweight __________________.
Doctors in the U.K. are (1) ____ overweight pregnant women drugs to lower the chance of obesity in their baby. It is part of a (2) ____ in four cities. Women who are “(3) ____ overweight” have the choice of taking the drug. Professor Jane Norman of Edinburgh University said: “Many women (4) ____ perfectly healthy but there is very good evidence that women who are obese have an (5) ____ risk of pregnancy problems. Their babies are at risk and we'd like to reduce (6) ____ risk.”
More than 15 per cent of pregnant women in the UK are obese. This increases the risk (7) ____ the baby dying before it is born, or of having health problems (8) ____ birth. Research shows that overweight babies are twice (9) ____ likely to become obese adults. The trial has made many health experts angry. They say the answer is not a (10) ____ for the baby. Rather, doctors should tell overweight mothers to exercise and eat (11) ____. Dr Norman (12) ____, but she said women who start their pregnancy overweight need more help.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
1. |
(a) |
taking |
(b) |
giving |
(c) |
checking |
2. |
(a) |
trial |
(b) |
trail |
(c) |
retail |
3. |
(a) |
dangers |
(b) |
endangered |
(c) |
dangerously |
4. |
(a) |
heel |
(b) |
peel |
(c) |
feel |
5. |
(a) |
increased |
(b) |
up |
(c) |
higher |
6. |
(a) |
those |
(b) |
them |
(c) |
that |
7. |
(a) |
by |
(b) |
of |
(c) |
at |
8. |
(a) |
after |
(b) |
later |
(c) |
finish |
9. |
(a) |
at |
(b) |
as |
(c) |
am |
10. |
(a) |
disc |
(b) |
plant |
(c) |
pill |
11. |
(a) |
health |
(b) |
healthily |
(c) |
healthier |
12 |
(a) |
agrees |
(b) |
thinks |
(c) |
says |
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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1. |
part of a itrla |
2. |
have the iohecc |
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feel pyfcltree healthy |
4. |
very good nvceeeid |
5. |
pregnancy mlrpbose |
6. |
ucerde that risk |
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7. |
This aniesrecs the risk |
8. |
problems after hbirt |
9. |
twice as lilkey |
10. |
health sprtxee |
11. |
the ersawn is not a pill |
12. |
eat lhlytheia |
Number these lines in the correct order.
| ( 1 ) | Doctors in the U.K. are giving overweight pregnant women |
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of taking the drug. Professor Jane Norman of Edinburgh University said: “Many women feel perfectly |
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risk of pregnancy problems. Their babies are at risk and we'd like to reduce that risk.” |
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More than 15 per cent of pregnant women in the UK are obese. This increases the risk of the |
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baby dying before it is born, or of having health problems after |
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pill for the baby. Rather, doctors should tell overweight mothers to exercise and eat |
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drugs to lower the chance of obesity in their baby. It is part of a |
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birth. Research shows that overweight babies are twice as likely to become obese |
( ) |
adults. The trial has made many health experts angry. They say the answer is not a |
( ) |
healthily. Dr Norman agrees, but she said women who start their pregnancy overweight need more help. |
( ) |
trial in four cities. Women who are “dangerously overweight” have the choice |
( ) |
healthy but there is very good evidence that women who are obese have an increased |
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
| 1. | to Drugs obesity of chance . the lower |
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of is in a part four trial It cities. |
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choice the Have drug the taking of. |
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Women an who increased are risk obese have. |
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We'd to that like reduce risk. |
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the increases baby the dying risk of This. |
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babies as become Overweight twice to are likely obese. |
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answer a the The not for is pill baby. |
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exercise to mothers overweight tell should Doctors. |
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pregnancy who their overweight Women start. |
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) |
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) |
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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. OBESITY: Search the Internet and find more information about obesity. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about obesity in babies. Include an imaginary interview with an obese child and one of his/her parents. 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 an obesity expert. Ask him/her three questions about obesity. Give him/her three of your opinions on it. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked.
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