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Unit 4 Answer Key

Public Health

Listening

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

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A. Some words have multiple meanings. For the word contract, match each
dictionary definition on the left with the correct example sentence on the
right.
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. c

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B. Read these excerpts from a lecture about public health. In each sentence,
circle the word or phrase in parentheses that has the same meaning as
the underlined word in the sentence.
1. build up
2. tracked
3. understanding of
4. As well
5. get
6. situation

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C. Put each word in the box in the correct column under the target word it is
a synonym for.
hypothesis: assumption, idea, possibility, theory
insight: awareness, comprehension, judgment, understanding
obtain: be given, earn, get hold of, secure
parameter: boundary, framework, guideline, limit

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D. Write the word from the box that works best as a topic for each list. Then
add one more example to the end of each list.
Answers will vary. Possible answers below.
1. accumulate: money
2. monitor: news
3. obtain: license
4. ethical: treatment
5. contract: a vendor

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E. Read the sentences. Write the correct part of speech (noun, verb, etc.) for
the bold word in each sentence.
1. adjective
2. verb
3. noun

LISTEN FOR MAIN IDEAS

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Read the questions about the interview. Work with a partner to ask and
answer these questions.
Answers will vary. Possible answers below.
1. They introduced a virtual virus into a video game and studied what happened in
the game to get clues about real life.
2. Similarities include: the virus can infect humans and non-humans, some people
with the virus have no symptoms, and the virus traveled from a remote area to a
more populated area.
3. Curiosity-seekers want to know what’s going on. They rush to the place with the
virus, and then bring it back to the rest of the population.
4. The effectiveness of quarantines. How important it is to educate people on how to
avoid and manage infection. They should get involved early.

LISTENING SKILL

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Apply A. Use the context of each sentence to understand the idiom. Match each
idiom on the left (underlined) to its meaning on the right.
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. c

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Apply B. Go online to listen to the first half of the interview again. Complete
the idioms you hear.
1. took an- Meaning: became interested in
2. the matter-Meaning: the central point of an issue
3. took on- Meaning: no longer controlled by anyone
4. weathering the storm- Meaning: to experience something and survive it
5. killed the cat- Meaning: being curious can get you into trouble

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Apply C. Go online to listen to the rest of the interview again. List other idioms
you hear.
Answers will vary. Possible answers below.
take something and run with it
something is key
bottle it up
we’re in good shape

Speaking

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

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A. Read the story about a new technology that’s helping patients. Fill in each
blank with the appropriate words from the Word Form Chart.
1. reinforce
2. Furthermore
3. simulates
4. persistent
5. simulated
6. reinforces
7. Furthermore
8. simulations
9. reinforcement

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B. Read the sentences and write the correct form of incidence.
1. incidence
2. incident
3. incidence
4. incidentally

LISTEN FOR MAIN IDEAS

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Read the questions about the video. Work with a partner to ask and answer
these questions.
1. Penicillin was discovered when Alexander Fleming didn’t clean his workspace
and he grew penicillin by accident.
2. He likes that officials took quick action.
3. The student wants to help people stay healthy.
4. A researcher discovered that tuberculosis bacteria hides in bone marrow.

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SPEAKING SKILL

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Apply A. Choose the correct meaning for the underlined idiom. Then discuss
the idioms with a partner.
1. b
2. a
3. c

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Apply B. Watch the discussion again. Listen for idioms. Complete the following
idioms.
1. hoping against hope
2. get ahead of the game
3. keep my ear to the ground
4. gotten rid of
5. make no bones about it

PRONUNCIATION SKILL

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Apply C. Go online to listen to the dialogue. The phrasal verbs are underlined.
Circle the stressed word in each phrasal verb.

A: Have you managed | to fight off that cold?

B: No, | not really. | It’s still hanging on. | I can’t seem | to get rid of this
cough.
A: Actually, | I think I’m fighting off | a sore throat. | I must’ve picked it up
at work.
B: There’s a lot of that | going around.
A: Are you also feeling completely exhausted? | My body aches | all over.
B: Uh-oh . . . | I hope | you’re not coming down | with the flu! | I hear this
new one | really wipes you out. | What are you taking for it?

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