A cholera outbreak in Haiti has killed at least 135 people. Officials are worried it could spread quickly through camps housing earthquake survivors where conditions are crowded and unsanitary. The World Health Organization is working to educate people on the disease and prevent its transmission through food, water, and person-to-person contact.

1. ENGLISH 4 LISTENING
GLOBAL PROBLEMS/MOCK EXAM
HAITI
FROM : BBC , WORLD NEWS FOR CHILDREN, FRIDAY 22 0CTOBER 2O10
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Hi there, I'm Ricky from the BBC World News for Children. It's Friday the
22nd of October.
Coming up:
We've got massive news about Wayne Rooney.
And how melting ice caps are causing storms.
But first, to Haiti where a d__________ (1) ………………………… (2 kill) at
least one hundred and thirty five people. Officials are worried that it
could be cho__________ (3) - an i__________ (4) that can be deadly and
is passed on through food and w__________ (5) . F__________ (6) the
earth__________ (7) in Haiti, lots of people live in camps, where the
conditions can be crowded and unhygienic. Experts th__________ (8) if
the d__________ (1) reaches those areas, it could travel quickly. The
World H__________ (9) Organisation is working to stop it sp__________
(10), their spokesperson Gregory Hartl says people need to be educated
about the d__________ (11).
CLIP: "People will probably not be very familiar with what to do, in terms
of both recognising the s__________ (11) and where to go for
tr__________ (12), and also how to pr__________ (13) it from
sp__________ (10). So, there are big challenges at the moment in Haiti."
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2. ENGLISH 4 LISTENING
GLOBAL PROBLEMS/MOCK EXAM
HAITI
FROM : BBC , WORLD NEWS FOR CHILDREN, FRIDAY 22 0CTOBER 2O10
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Hi there, I'm Ricky from the BBC World News for Children. It's Friday the 22nd
of October.
Coming up:
We've got massive news about Wayne Rooney.
And how melting ice caps are causing storms.
But first, to Haiti where a disease (1) has killed (2 kill) at least one hundred
and thirty five people. Officials are worried that it could be cholera (3) - an
illness (4) that can be deadly and is passed on through food and water (5) .
Following (6) the earthquake (7) in Haiti, lots of people live in camps, where
the conditions can be crowded and unhygienic. Experts think (8) if the
disease (1) reaches those areas, it could travel quickly. The World Health (9)
Organisation is working to stop it spreading (10), their spokesperson Gregory
Hartl says people need to be educated about the disease (1).
CLIP: "People will probably not be very familiar with what to do, in terms of
both recognising the symptoms (11) and where to go for treatment (12), and
also how to prevent (13) it from spreading (10). So, there are big challenges
at the moment in Haiti."
PODCAST AND SCRIPT : http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldclass/bulletin_scripts.shtml