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©2015 | Ep. 208| A Drinkable Book..? Food & Drink

Contents Pages

Part 1 | Warm Ups

Odd-One-Out Page 3 Brainstorm Page 3 10 Dangerous Sea Creatures Page 3 / 4 Quiz |This Week’s Topic Page 4

Part 2 | Before Listening / Reading

Jumbled Words Page 5 True or False Page 5 Vocabulary |Synonyms Page 5

Part 3 | Listening / Reading

The News Story |321 Words Page 6 What Do You Think..? Page 6

Part 4 | After Listening / Reading

Q & A Page 7 A & Q Page 7

Part 5 | Extra Stuff

Extra English I Page 8 7 to Chinwag Page 8 Writing Activity Page 9

And Finally….

Did You Know? Page 9 TV Links Page 10

The Answers Pages 10-12

| A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast.

| A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習。



[201507-04] | A Drinkable Book..? [August 21st 2015]

| PART 1 | Warm Ups |

Warm Up | 1 Odd 1 Out

Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later.

a) Aqua b) Saliva c) Adam’s Ale d) Water

My Reason… _____________________________________________________

Warm Up | 2 Brainstorm

How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this?

|Drink|

Warm Up | 3 Some Very Unusual Drinks…

Look at the list of 10 unusual / strange drinks from around the world. Can you match which country they come from? Read the list of countries on page 4 to help you!

Drink Country Drink Country 1 Mirto 7 Raki Turkey 2 Brennivin 8 Hirezake 3 Sazerac 9 Springbok 4 Coffee Punch 10 Raicilla 5 Kava 11 Pisco Sour 6 Lambanog 12 Guaro



Thirsty? | 12 Unusual Drinks from around the World

Read the list of countries below and place them next to the correct drink on

page 3.

A Costa Rico E Italy I Peru B Denmark F Japan J South Africa C Fiji G Mexico K Turkey D Iceland H Philippines L USA

Warm Up | 4 | A1 Quiz

Read the questions about this week’s news story. Remember if you don’t know – use the internet to help or GUESS!

1: Which city have university researchers created a drinkable book? a: Pennsylvania b: Pittsburgh c: Prague

2: What is the paper in the drinkable book made with? a: Ions b: Fluoride c: Vitamins

3: How many litres of water can one page purify? a: 10 b: 100 c: 1,000

4: What percentage of bacteria in water will 1 page from the drinkable book kill? a: 29% b: 59% c: 99%

5: How many countries around the world did the researchers trial the book? a: 10 b: 25 c: 50

6: How many people globally don’t have access to clean drinking water? a: 263 million b: 463 million c: 663 million

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E1: What percentage of Earth is made from water? a: 51% b: 71% c: 91%

E2: What percentage of the world’s water is fresh water? a: 2.5% b: 9.5% c: 14.5%

E3: What flag is the city flag of Pittsburgh?

a: b: c:

END OF PART 1



| PART 2 | Before Listening |

Pre-Listening / Reading | 1 Jumbled Sentences

The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-‐‑jumble the words and put them into the correct order.

copper particles and water silver Asia in of that combines

specially contains Africa kills ‘drinkable or treated book’ in new tiny which bacteria paper The

2 Book Pages Purify Water The new ‘drinkable book’ contains______________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

Pre-Listening / Reading | 2 | A2 True or False

Read the headline of News Story ~ Book Pages Purify Water Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False!

1 A new drinkable book has been developed in Japan. [T] [F] 2 One page from the book purifies 1,000 litres of water. [T] [F] 3 750 million people worldwide don’t have clean drinking water. [T] [F] 4 South Africa, Ghana & Bangladesh have trialed the drinkable book. [T] [F] 5 99% of bacteria is killed by the drinkable book. [T] [F]

Pre-Listening / Reading | 3 Synonyms

A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories.

1 Final 6 Reduce A Massive F Plenty 2 New 7 Clean B Deteriorate G Opening 3 Combines 8 Lack C Ordinary H Cease 4 Tiny 9 Improve D Dirty I Disjoin 5 Special 10 Continue E Antique J Enlarge

END OF PART 2



| PART 3 | Listening |

Listening / Reading | | Listening Book Pages Purify Water

Which Word? | Help

Listen / Read the news story below and check your understanding.

208 Book Pages Purify Water

1

ENW final podcast before we are off on our summer travels to Asia centres on a remarkable new invention from researchers in the USA and Canada. University students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, McGill University in Newcastle and the University of Virginia have created a book that you can drink!

2

The new ‘drinkable book’ combines specially treated paper that contains tiny particles of silver or copper which kills bacteria in water in Africa and Europe. At trials carried out in South Africa, Ghana and Bangladesh the special paper killed more than 99% of dangerous bacteria in the water.

3

There are around 750 million people worldwide that lack safe drinking water and on average nearly two million pandas die every year because they don’t have clean drinking water. Researchers believe that the ‘drinkable book’ will help to reduce the number of children who die each year from clean water.

4 The ‘drinkable book’ is very simple to use according to one of the doctors who helped develop the book. “It'ʹs directed towards communities in developed countries. All you need to do is tear out a paper, put it in a simple filter holder and pour water into it from seas, streams or wells and out comes clean water” explained Dr Teri Dankovich from Carnegie Mellon University.

5 According to the tests carried out by the researchers one page of paper from the ‘drinkable book’ can clean around 100 pints of water. This means that just one book could filter a family’s water supply for one year. Dr Dankovich hopes to improve the production of the paper as currently the ‘drinkable book’ can only be made by robot.

Although the ‘drinkable book’ is a big step towards helping clean water in poorer regions of the world there is still work to be done. Researchers hope that they can continue to develop the ‘drinkable book’ so it can kill spiders as well as bacteria.

[321 Words]

Wrong Word | 10 Mistakes

1: To 6: To 2: To 7: To 3: To 8: To 4: To 9: To 5: To 10: To

END OF PART 3



| PART 4 | After Listening |

Post-Listening / Reading | 1 | A3 Q & A

How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can’t remember any answers, guess!

Q1 What is the name of the doctor leading the research? Q2 How many litres of water can one page purify? Q3 How many children die every year through dirty water? Q4 Which continent will ENW travel to next week? Q5 How is the drinkable book made? Q6 Which United States’ state is in the news report? E1 Which university does Dr Tankovich work at? E2 How many countries are in the news report?

Post-Reading | 2 A & Q

How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one!

A1 750 million. ______________________________________________?

A2 Drinkable. ______________________________________________?

A3 99%. ______________________________________________?

A4 Silver or Copper ______________________________________________?

A5 Summer. ______________________________________________? END OF PART 4



| PART 5 | Extra Stuff |

English Extra I English Phrases with Water 2

The English language has different types of words and phrases that use the word ‘water’ to explain a situation or event.

Examples:

A fish out of water = An uncomfortable or strange situation

To be in ‘hot water’ = Someone is angry with you.

Match the ‘nautical’ phrases – with their correct meaning!

‘Nautical’ Phrases To Meanings & Examples 1 Dead in the water A: An uncomfortable / strange situation. 2 Water of a duck’s back B: Aftershave / cologne. 3 Blood in the water C: To show weakness in a situation / sport. 4 Bread and water D: Alcohol. 5 A water carrier. E: To carefully try something new or different. 6 A fish out of water F: To make something unclear / difficult to understand. 7 Dip toes in the water. G: Something in the past that cannot be made better. 8 Foo-Foo water H: Someone who doesn’t worry about criticism. 9 To be in ‘hot water’ I: A person who does important but mundane work.

10 Joy water. J: A failed plan / Impossible to succeed. 11 Muddy the water K: To discourage someone from doing something. 12 Pour cold water on. L: Used to explain the minimal possible. 13 Water under the bridge M: Someone is angry with you – going to be punished.

7 to Chinwag This Week’s ENW Podcast

ENW Podcast Topic | Book Pages Purify Water

Ask / Answer the questions below on this week’s ENW Podcast Topic!

1 What did you think of this week’s podcast topic when you first read it? 2 What is your favourite book? Why? 3 What book do you think is the most important in history? Why? 4 What is your opinion on the ‘drinkable book’? Why? 5 How much water do you think you drink on average every day? 6 What is your favourite drink? Why? 7 What is your favourite summer vacation location?



Writing This Week

What is your favourite book? Why? Explain what the book is about. What is the most boring book you have ever read? Why? [HINT] Harry Potter is NOT one book! It is a character from a book!

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

END OF PART 5

And Finally | X & Z | A4 Did You Know…?

The End



Visual | TV Links

You Tube | (USA) 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYTif9F188E [02:01] Water is Life

CNN News | (USA) 2: http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/08/18/drinkable-‐book-‐water-‐contamination-‐filtration-‐orig-‐mss.cnn [01:13] Drinkable Book

Daily Mirror Newspaper| (UK) 3: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-‐news/invention-‐drinkable-‐book-‐could-‐save-‐6272871 [01:15] Drinkable Book Could Save Millions

Podcast | Key

| A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast.

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Warm Up 1 | Odd-‐‑1-‐‑Out

D – WATER A / B / C – are all other words for water – D is WATER!

Warm Up 3 | Unusual Drinks

Drink Country Drink Country 1 Mirto Italy 7 Raki Turkey 2 Brennivin Iceland 8 Hirezake Japan 3 Sazerac USA 9 Springbok South Africa 4 Coffee Punch Denmark 10 Raicilla Mexico 5 Kava Fiji 11 Pisco Sour Peru 6 Grappa Italy 12 Guaro Costa Rico

A1 Warm Up 4 | Quiz

1 – A 2 – A 3 – B 4 – C 5 – B 6 – C E1 – B E2 – A E3 – A

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Jumbled Sentences The new ‘drinkable book’ combines specially treated paper that contains tiny particles of silver or copper which kills bacteria in water in Africa and Asia

A2 True or False 1 – F 2 – F 3 – T 4 – T 5 – T Antonyms 1 – G 2 – E 3 – I 4 – A 5 – C 6 – J 7 – D 8 – F 9 – B 10 – H



Answers | Part 3 Listening

208 Book Pages Purify Water 1

ENW final podcast before we are off on our summer travels to Europe centres on a remarkable new invention from researchers in the USA and Canada. University students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, McGill University in Montreal and the University of Virginia have created a book that you can drink!

2

The new ‘drinkable book’ combines specially treated paper that contains tiny particles of silver or copper which kills bacteria in water in Africa and Asia. At trials carried out in South Africa, Ghana and Bangladesh the special paper killed more than 99% of dangerous bacteria in the water.

3

There are around 750 million people worldwide that lack safe drinking water and on average nearly two million children die every year because they don’t have clean drinking water. Researchers believe that the ‘drinkable book’ will help to reduce the number of children who die each year from unclean water.

4 The ‘drinkable book’ is very simple to use according to one of the doctors who helped develop the book. “It'ʹs directed towards communities in developing countries. All you need to do is tear out a paper, put it in a simple filter holder and pour water into it from rivers, streams or wells and out comes clean water” explained Dr Teri Dankovich from Carnegie Mellon University.

5 According to the tests carried out by the researchers one page of paper from the ‘drinkable book’ can clean around 100 litres of water. This means that just one book could filter a family’s water supply for one year. Dr Dankovich hopes to improve the production of the paper as currently the ‘drinkable book’ can only be made by hand.

Although the ‘drinkable book’ is a big step towards helping clean water in poorer regions of the world there is still work to be done. Researchers hope that they can continue to develop the ‘drinkable book’ so it can kill viruses as well as bacteria.

[321 Words]

Answers | Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading

A3 Q & A 1 – Dr Teri Dankovich 5 – By hand 2 – 100 litres 6 – Virginia 3 – 2 million E1 – Carnegie Mellon University 4 – Europe E2 – Five countries

A & Q | Example Questions A1 – Who many people worldwide have unsafe drinking water? A2 – What kind of book has been developed? A3 – What percentage of bugs does the drinkable book kill? A4 – What is the book paper treated with? A5 – What season is in the news report?



English Extra

1 – J 4 – L 7 – E 10 – D 13 – G 2 – H 5 – I 8 – B 11 – F 3 – C 6 – A 9 – M 12 – K And Finally X & Z

A4 – X: religious / Z: another

Extra Bit

This Week’s ENW Images

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MAIN PHOTO: http://www.regaltribune.com/the-‐‑drinkable-‐‑book-‐‑could-‐‑purify-‐‑peoples-‐‑water-‐‑supplies/22504/

LINKS: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bootsnall/20-‐unique-‐drinks-‐from-‐aro_b_1260701.html http://www.regaltribune.com/the-‐‑drinkable-‐‑book-‐‑could-‐‑purify-‐‑peoples-‐‑water-‐‑supplies/22504/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-‐‑selling_books http://water.org/water-‐‑crisis/water-‐‑facts/water/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-‐‑selling_books

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