Pre-reading questions:
- Do you think technology can help people cure their diseases?
- What should people do to stay healthy?
Vocabulary:
- healthy /HEL-thee/
- tool /tool/
- patient /PEY-shuhnt/
- disease /dih-ZEEZ/
- report /ri-PAWRT/
[adjective] strong and well
She has a healthy daughter.
[noun] a piece of equipment that you use with your hands to make or repair something
They will buy agricultural tools.
[noun] a person who is receiving medical care
The patient had a heart surgery.
[noun] illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection
Mila has to get treatment for her disease.
[verb] to make a public statement about something
The manager reported a decrease in milk production.
Cancer Research UK started a two-year trial on a clinical device called the Breath Biopsy, to know if molecules in the mouth could help detect cancer. The research team will need 1,500 participants for this test, including healthy people. Participants will have to breathe into the device for 10 minutes to collect breath samples. Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, lead trial researcher at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Center, said that it is important to develop new tools that could help detect cancer earlier and give patients the best opportunity to cure their disease. According to World Health Organization, 18.1 million new cases of cancer were reported in 2018.
True or False:
- The device is called Breath Biopsy.
- The trial needs 1,500 participants.
- This test will include healthy people.
- Participants will have to breathe into the device for 20 minutes.
- 20 million new cases of cancer were reported in 2018.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| report | disease | healthy | tool | patient |
- It’s hard to cure a serious _____.
- She gave birth to a _____ baby boy.
- She bought a gardening _____.
- The _____ is waiting for the doctor.
- The team members will _____ their findings to the committee next week.