Lesson Plan 021 Text.pdf

Anti-smoking vaccine developed

Today’s contents

The Article

Warm-ups

Before Reading / Listening

While Reading / Listening

After Reading

Language Exercises

Discussion

Speaking

Listening Gap Fill

Homework

Answers

16 May, 2005

Anti-smoking vaccine developed - 16 May, 2005

THE ARTICLE

Anti-smoking vaccine developed

BNE: People who want to quit smoking may soon have

something to help them. The Swiss drug company Cytos

Biotechnology has developed and tested a vaccine that fights

nicotine. The vaccine produces antibodies in our blood that

stop nicotine from entering the brain. The antibodies reduce

the desire of smokers to have a cigarette. It also lessens the

pleasure that smokers experience when they smoke.

Experiments on 341 heavy smokers produced impressive

success rates. Forty percent of those who received the

vaccine stopped smoking. All smokers who took the vaccine

developed the antibodies that reduce the desire for a

cigarette. Cytos believes it has the best answer to date to

fight nicotine addiction. This is good news for the world’s 1.3

billion smokers. Five million people die each year from

smoking.

(Cytos will present their study results via a web cast on May

17 - 2 PM Swiss time. Its site is: http://www.cytos.com.)

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Anti-smoking vaccine developed - 16 May, 2005

WARM-UPS

1. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics you are interested in, which

do not look interesting and which look really boring:

Switzerland / smoking / bad habits / vaccines / blood / heavy smokers / pleasure /

cigarettes / antibodies / the brain / good news / web casts

Have a chat about the topics you liked. For more conversation, change topics and

partners frequently.

2. SMOKING: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you

associate with smoking. Share your words with your partner / group and talk about

them.

3. 2-MINUTE DEBATES: With a partner, engage in these fun 2-minute

debates. Students A firmly believe in the opinions on the left, Students B strongly

support the opinions on the right. Change partners often.

a. Nothing will stop people smoking. vs. Something will be found.

b. Smokers can smoke anywhere they want. vs. That’s a stupid idea.

c. Passive smoking doesn’t kill people. vs. It does.

d. The anti-nicotine vaccine won’t be successful. vs. It will save millions of lives.

e. People who cannot quit smoking are weak. vs. Nicotine is a very powerful drug.

f. Tobacco companies will disappear one day. vs. They’ll always be around.

g. Smoking will be illegal one day. vs. No way. Governments need the money from

taxes.

h. Smoking looks cool. vs. You must be joking.

4. 'FILTHY' HABITS: Talk about other ‘filthy’ / bad / unsociable / unhealthy

habits. Are the bad habits worse or not as bad as smoking?

a. drinking (alcohol)

b. spitting in the street

c. graffiti

d. showing gum as you chew it

e. peeing (urinating) in the street

f. littering (dropping your trash / rubbish in the street)

g. using a loud Walkman on the train

h. wearing strong perfume in a crowded area

i. talking loudly on a mobile phone

j. swearing (using very bad words / language)

5. SMOKERS I KNOW: Write down the names of three smokers you know.

Talk about these smokers and their addictions

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Anti-smoking vaccine developed - 16 May, 2005

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these

sentences are true (T) or false (F):

a. Help may soon arrive for smokers who want to quit smoking.

T / F

b. A drugs company has tested a pill that fights nicotine.

T / F

c. Antibodies stop nicotine from entering our blood.

T / F

d. The vaccine removes any pleasure smokers feel when they smoke.

T / F

e. The drugs company tested more than 300 passive smokers.

T / F

f. All smokers who took the vaccine developed antibodies.

T / F

g. A drugs company thinks it has the best solution so far to help smokers.

T / F

h. There are 1.3 million smokers in the world.

T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

a. quit

reduces

b. developed

exciting

c. lessens

sofar

d. pleasure

solution

e. impressive

produced

f. desire

stop

g. answer

satisfaction

h. to date

need

3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes

more than one combination is possible):

a. want to quit

antibodies in our blood

b. testeda

goodnews

c. The vaccine produces

vaccine

d. The antibodies reduce the desire

rates

e. impressivesuccess

fromsmoking

f. thebestanswer

smoking

g. This is

to date

h. Five million people die each year

of smokers to have a cigarette

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Anti-smoking vaccine developed - 16 May, 2005

WHILE READING / LISTENING

WHICH WORD? Circle the correct word in each pair of words in bold.

BNE: People who want to quit / quote smoking may soon

have someone / something to help them. The Swiss drug

company Cytos Biotechnology has developed and tested /

toasted a vaccine that fights nicotine. The vaccine produces

antibodies in our blood / bleeding that stop nicotine from

entering the brain. The antibodies reduce the desire / design

of smokers to have a cigarette. It also heightens / lessens

the pleasure that smokers experience when they smoke.

Experiments on 341 weight / heavy smokers produced

impressive success / interest rates. Forty percent of these /

those who received the vaccine stopped smoking. All smokers

who took the vaccine developed the antibodies that reduce the

desire for a cigarette. Cytos believes it has the best question

/ answer to date / time to fight nicotine addiction. This is

good news for the world’s 1.3 million / billion smokers. Five

million people die each year from smoking.

(Cytos will present their study results via a web cast on May

17 - 2 PM Swiss time. Their site is: http://www.cytos.com.)

Find More at http://khodamorad.blogfa.com

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