文档介绍：学术英语医学
Academic English for Medicine
Unit 2
Resurgent and Emergent Diseases
Although great progress has been made in the treatment and
prevention of diseases in the last century, there is no reason placence. Human health is constantly threatened not only by
emerging diseases but also by re-emerging ones once thought to
have been controlled or eradicated. What causes new diseases?
Why do the old enemies resurge? What resources are available
for us to meet such challenges? What measures should we take
to prevent and reduce those threats? This unit helps you to gain
insight into those issues.
Unit 2
Resurgent and Emergent Diseases
Unit Contents
Lead-in
Text A
Text B
Text C
Get ready for Unit 3
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Lead-in
Issues to be covered
Task
Unit 2 Resurgent and Emergent Diseases
Lead-in
Reasons for emerging and re-emerging diseases
Updated information about some mon infectious diseases such as TB epidemic worldwide and particularly in China
Measures to be taken to reduce and prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases and development of noninfectious diseases
Issues to be covered
Lead-in
What can be seen from the following titles of news reports?
West Nile outbreak largest ever in .
/2012/08/22/health/west-nile-virus/
August 23, 2012, the New York Times
West Nile epidemic “worst in history”  as virus infects 1,118 in America and leaves 41 dead
/news/article-2192303/West-Nile-virus-West-Nile-epidemic-worst-history-virus-infects-1-118-America-leaves-41-
23 August 2012
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Lead-in
information-filling task
Outbreak
Year
Cause
Prevalence
SARS
2002 - 2003
SARS coronavirus
Starting in China and spreading globally
Avian flu
2007
H5N1
First reported in South Korea and ing a global outbreak
Swine flu
2009
H1N1
A pandemic starting in Mexico
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Text A
Critical reading and thinking
– Topics for presentation
– Useful expressions
– Difficult sentences
Suggested answers
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Text A Critic