Pre-reading questions:
- Do you want to go to Africa?
- What country would you like to visit?
Vocabulary:
- approximately /uh-PROK-suh-mit-lee/
- partner /PAHRT-ner/
- spread /spred/
- symptom /SIMP-tuhm/
- vomit /VOM-it/
[adverb] close to a particular number or time
They waited for approximately two hours.
[noun] the person you are married to or living with
Garry’s partner was his high school crush.
[verb] to move from one place to another
The chips spread to the floor.
[noun] any feeling of illness or physical or mental change that is caused by a particular disease
The symptoms of her disease are headache and stomachache.
[verb] to empty the contents of the stomach through the mouth, usually in explosive bursts
She vomits because of eating too much.
A report says that two victims of Ebola virus died in the Ituri province, approximately 31 miles away from Uganda. The first victim was a woman from Beni and the second was her partner. Ebola virus spread through fluids in the body. Some of the symptoms are bleeding, vomiting blood, muscle pain, and headache. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 11,000 people died in nearly 30,000 confirmed cases of the Ebola virus.
True or False:
- One of the symptoms of Ebola disease is muscle pain.
- Ituri province is 65 miles away from Uganda.
- The victim was a woman from Ituri province.
- 11,000 died because of the Ebola virus.
- WHO stands for World Health Office.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| approximately | partner | spread | symptom | vomit |
- His __________ is working as a factory worker in Korea.
- She studied for _________ 30 minutes.
- Lorie _________ because of the sour cream that she ate.
- She __________ the butter on the bread.
- The __________ of a fever is high body temperature.