Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
This article is very short, so first, please listen to the news article:
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Questions:
1) What are three consequences of bacteria unaffected by antibiotics,
according to the article?
2) In your own words, what does the reporter mean when he says that we
are at the dawn of a post-antibiotic era?
3) Do you think antibiotics are used too frequently in Japan, or are
doctors very careful about this?
If you couldn't catch everything from listening, then please see the
article
here.
You can see the full BBC article
here.
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Example answers:
1) Some treatments will become impossible,
healthcare costs will increase,
patients will have to stay in hospital for longer.
2) He means that we will soon be living in a world where antibiotics
will no longer be useful.
3) I think that sometimes doctors prescribe antibiotics for problems
that can
cure themselves with time. |