This lesson plan is based on a very interesting video featuring Bill Gates who talks about what he is most concerned about in a global perspective. Surprisingly, it’s not some AI/tech-related issue but a pandemic scenario! Apart from a listening comprehension task, the worksheet also includes fear vocabulary exercises and some useful adjectives.
Complete sentences with correct words:
scenario petrifying terrifies slightly dread chance feel apprehensive seriously.
a) I ………………… to think what would happen if we faced another world war.
b) I rate the ………………… of an asteroid hitting Earth as fairly low.
c) It ………………… me that the risk of a nuclear war rises.
d) The sudden outbreak of a widespread epidemic is a nightmare ……………….
e) I don’t take an alien invasion ……………… as there is a very low probability of such an event.
f) I’m terribly ………………… about the future with scarce water resources.
g) I’m just …………… worried that a huge volcanic explosion could happen soon.
h) I find a gigantic earthquake that could affect millions of people overwhelmingly ………………… .
i) I would ………………… uneasy about the future if I lived in tsunami-stricken areas.
i) I would ………………… uneasy about the future if I lived in tsunami-stricken areas.
Watch a short interview with Bill Gates [http://bit.ly/WhatWorriesBill] and answer the questions below.
a) What are the chances of an epidemic worse than Ebola according to Bill Gates
in his lifetime?
b) What are the two types of flus?
c) Why is the Spanish flu called this way?
d) Why would any epidemic nowadays spread quicker than in the 20th century?
e) How big of an investment in preparing for an epidemic can make a difference?
What do the following phrases mean?
• a widespread disease
• an outbreak of flu
• an infectious disease
• the immune system
• polio/malaria eradication
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