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1. Enrich Your Vocabulary
What do these words used in the text mean?

a. frequently (Reporter -1)
i. often ii. regularly iii. occasionally

b. deadly (Dr. - 1)
i. related to the dead ii. likely to cause death
iii. as of the dead ones

c. migratory (Dr. - 3_
i. having the habit of migration ii. having migraine
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iii. having the habit of immigration
d. plucking (Dr. - 4)

i. picking ii. Pulling the feathers off
iii. picking someone from danger

e. droppings (Dr. - 4)
i. things dropped ii. solid waste matter of birds
iii. falling of something

f. pandemic (Reporter - 6)
i. disease that spreads over a whole area

ii. disease that causes pain
iii. disease that is regularly found in a particular area

2. Read and Match
Match the expressions under column A with those under B so that they
match the ideas as expressed in the interview.

A B
a. H5N1 i. is one of the precautions
against the influenza.
b. bird flu ii. is available for the flu.
c. no effective medicine iii. is one of the symptoms of bird flu.

d. fever iv. is a strain of the virus.
e. avoiding contact with v. is the common name of avian
infected poultry influenza.

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