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5 WELL-BEING

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C. Listen to an interview with a doctor about why vaccination is important. Mark the questions as
true (T) or false (F).
1. Antigens are things in our immune system which fight invading bacteria and viruses.

2. Our bodies frequently fight and defeat diseases without our knowledge.
3. A vaccine is a weak or dead form of a disease.
4. Herd immunity is a vaccinated community’s ability to prevent the disease from spreading to
unvaccinated people.
5. More people need to be vaccinated against polio than measles in order to get herd immunity.
6. Herd immunity cannot protect people from being infected with tetanus.
7. Some vaccines contain toxins and can cause autism.
8. In 2015, one hundred people became infected with polio at Disneyland.

D. Complete the sentences using your own words. Then listen and check whether the information is
correct. (It doesn't matter if the exact words used are different.)
1. When foreign invaders, such as bacteria or viruses, known as antigens, enter the body, our immune
system .
2. If the body hasn’t encountered a specific antigen before, .
3. Vaccines are made of dead or weakened antigens which .
4. After the threat of illness has passed, your immune system .
5. If enough people are vaccinated against an infectious disease,
.
6. Measles, for example, is very infectious, so for this disease, .
7. If you get a dirty wound and you haven’t been immunised against tetanus,
.
8. Vaccinations for measles are now compulsory in California, regardless of
.

E. In pairs, role-play a conversation.

Role card A

You are a parent. You are unsure whether
to vaccinate your child against measles,
as you have heard that vaccines can be
dangerous to children’s health.

Role card B

You are a medical expert. Convince the
parent to vaccinate his/her child by giving
factual information about how vaccines
work and why they are important.

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