Unit 9
Lessons 5+6
Student’s Book pages 74 and 75
VOCABULARY: Health
1 Which words refer to health? Check the meaning of any words you don’t know in the Activity Book Glossary or in a dictionary.
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delightful benefit respiratory disease therapeutic vast cure headache export resort |
Answer
respiratory
cure
headache
disease
therapeutic
READING
2 Read the article about the Dead Sea. In what ways is the Dead Sea such a good place for health tourism?
The Dead Sea
Jordan is known for its tourist attractions worldwide, especially those related to health tourism. The Dead Sea, which is the lowest point on Earth, is located southwest of the capital city, Amman. It is a delightful piece of scenery with many health benefits. It is hot in summer and warm in winter. The air is rich in oxygen, which is helpful for people with respiratory and skin diseases. The Dead Sea, which is visited by thousands of tourists from all over the world, is famous for its therapeutic waters. In fact, the water contains vast amounts of minerals such as magnesium, calcium, potassium and salt that are used to cure skin diseases, headaches and foot pain. The salt from the Dead Sea is exported to countries all around the world, due to its health benefits. These amounts of salt make it impossible for marine creatures to live in its water, which is why it is called the Dead Sea. There are also special treatment resorts at the Dead Sea. Patients spend weeks finishing their treatment and most of them go back home with amazing results.
Answers
The Dead Sea has a warm temperature, and the air is rich in oxygen. It has therapeutic waters. There are also special treatment resorts at the Dead Sea.
COMPREHENSION
3 Read the article again. Then, answer the questions using complete sentences.
1 Give another suitable title to the text.
2 What do the words in bold refer to?
3 What is the main idea of the text?
4 Describe why the Dead Sea has been given its name.
5 What are the health benefits of the Dead Sea?
6 What other places for health tourism can you think of? What is special about them?
1 Suggested answers: Health tourism in Jordan
2 those: tourist attractions
It: the Dead Sea
Its: salt from the Dead Sea
3 The main idea of the text is to introduce the readers to the health benefits of the Dead Sea in Jordan
4 The water contains vast amounts of minerals such as magnesium, calcium, potassium and salt. These amounts of salt make it impossible for marine creatures to live in its water, which is why it is called the Dead Sea.
5 It has therapeutic waters because it contains a lot of minerals that are used to cure skin diseases, headaches and foot pain. Also, the air is rich in oxygen, which is helpful for people with respiratory and skin diseases.
6 Students’ own answers
PRONUNCIATION
4 Listen to the sentences. Notice the sound of the cluster th in the words. Listen again and repeat. Then put the words with th in the correct column in the table.
1 The Dead Sea, which is the lowest point on Earth, is located southwest of the capital city, Amman.
2 The Dead Sea, which is visited by thousands of tourists from all over the world, is famous for its therapeutic waters.
In pairs, find in the text more words and place in the table.
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the |
Earth |
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those, with, that, these, there, their, them |
health, southeast, thousands, therapeutic |
Students’ own answers
GRAMMAR: The Present Simple Passive
5 Match the phrases to make sentences about the Dead Sea.
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1 Jordan |
are provided |
with the therapeutic waters. |
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2 The Dead Sea |
are treated |
for its tourist attractions. |
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3 Many diseases |
are found |
to cure skin diseases. |
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4 The Dead Sea resorts |
is located |
southwest of the capital city Amman. |
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5 The Dead Sea water |
is known |
in its waters. |
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6 Vast amounts of minerals |
is used |
for patients from all over the world. |
Jordan is known for its tourist attractions.
Answers
2 The Dead Sea is located southwest of the capital city Amman.
3 Many diseases are treated with the therapeutic waters.
4 The Dead Sea resorts are provided for patients from all over the world.
5 The Dead Sea water is used to cure skin diseases.
6 Vast amounts of minerals are found in its waters.
SPEAKING
Do you think the Dead Sea is a good place to visit? Would you like to go on holiday there? Look back at the text and prepare five reasons to visit the Dead Sea. Use non-defining relative clauses if you can.
The Dead Sea, which is visited by thousands of tourists from all over the world, is famous for its therapeutic waters.
The Dead Sea, which is the lowest point on Earth, is located southwest of the capital city, Amman. The air is rich in oxygen, which is helpful for people with respiratory and skin diseases. The Dead Sea, which is visited by thousands of tourists from all over the world, is famous for its therapeutic waters. It is famous for its therapeutic waters. In fact, the water contains vast amounts of minerals such as magnesium, calcium, potassium and salt, which are used to cure skin diseases. These amounts of salt make it impossible for marine creatures to live in its water, which is why it is called the Dead Sea.
7 Explain your reasons to a partner and listen to their reasons. Are your reasons the same? We call the sound of two consonants a cluster. In pairs, find words in the vocabulary box on page 66 that start with other clusters. Write the words and say them.
Answers
Students’ own answers
WRITING
Choose a tourist attraction in Jordan. Write a postcard to a friend and describe what you have seen there. Use the postcard on page 72 as a model and refer to the article in exercise 2 on page 74 to help you. Then share your work with the class.
Writing strategies
Writing a postcard
• Make a list of the information you want to mention in your postcard.
• Remember that a postcard is short – up to one hundred words are needed.
Answers
Students’ own answers
Research box
The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth. What’s its surface elevation?
Its surface elevation is around 400m below sea levels.
Unit 9
Lessons 5+6
Activity Book pages 51 and 52
Reading
8 Read the text and answer the questions.
What is medical tourism? It is when people leave their country and travel to foreign countries in order to receive medical treatment and cures for their health problems. For more than 30 years, Jordan has been a well-known medical tourism destination. Today, it is considered to be the first in the Middle East and fifth in the world for several reasons.
One important reason why medical travellers choose Jordan as their destination is because treatment there can cost 10-30% less than that in the United States. Also, most nationalities do not require a visa to enter the Jordanian borders, and this is a great advantage to most travellers.
Moreover, hospitals and medical centres offer treatments for simple diseases, such as headaches and flu, as well as major ones, such as heart and respiratory problems. Another type of treatment they offer is their touristic resorts, which might be a great benefit to patients. The main preferred ones are found at the Dead Sea, mainly because of their use of its therapeutic waters and mud.
Along with many other reasons, the above ones are good enough to prove that medical tourism in Jordan brings together health, fun and savings.
1 In your own words, describe what medical tourism is.
2 List three reasons why Jordan is chosen as a medical tourism destination.
3 Why are the resorts at the Dead Sea mostly preferred?
4 Do you agree that medical tourism in Jordan is healthy, fun and affordable? Why?
1 Students’ own answers
2 Treatment in Jordan can cost 10-30% less than that in the United States; most nationalities do not require a visa to enter the Jordanian borders; and hospitals and medical centres offer treatments for simple diseases as well as major ones.
3 The resorts at the Dead Sea are mostly preferred because of their use of its therapeutic waters and mud.
4 Students’ own answers
9 Find words and phrases in the text with the following meanings.
1 a sickness that affects the human body …………………………………..
2 relating to the curing of disease …………………………….
3 a treatment that heals a disease ……………………………….
4 pain in the head ……………………………………..
5 relating to or affecting respiration …………………………….
6 an advantage obtained from something ………………………………………
7 a place that is a famous destination for tourists ………………………………………
1 disease
2 therapeutic
3 cure
4 headache
5 respiratory
6 benefit
7 resort
WRITING: A FACTFILE
10 Write a factfile describing a place of beauty in Jordan, such as a natural reserve.
First, do some research to find out and make notes of the following aspects of the area:
● scenery
● weather
● wildlife
● vegetation Second, make a list of all the things to do and see there for people who are interested in that place:
● physical activities and sports
● photography
● bird-watching
● art and writing
11 Now, write a factfile describing your chosen place. Remember to use adjectives to make your writing interesting.
Answers
Students’ own answers
