4 After getting feedback, elicit defi nitions of
precautions and
remedies from the students.
Did you know …? Ask students to suggest other acronyms, e.g.
FIFA (Federation
of International Football Associations),
OPEC (Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and other initialisms, e.g.
ATM (automated telling machine),
BBC (British Broadcasting
Corporation).
Extra practice Ask students to look at the website to fi nd out why people who
have had operations are at risk of getting DVT.
5 Ask students to carry out some of the exercises.
More activities 1 Discuss with the class what other health risks there are on
aeroplanes. Ask if anyone has ever suffered from jet lag.
Students can fi nd out about jet lag on the NHS website.
2 Ask students to imagine that they have to write the section
Food and Water for the
Top Tips: Healthy Travel Advice leafl et. Ask them to give advice about eating and drinking.
For example:
Avoid uncooked food unless you can peel it or shell it yourself . Real Reading 4 by Liz Driscoll Teacher’s notes Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does
not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.
Unit 3 Our fl ight’s delayed Ask students what problems you may experience when fl ying.
Get ready to read Get students to work through the exercises individually. Ask
them if they can think of – or if they have heard of – any other
reasons why a fl ight might be delayed.
Encourage students to tell the class about their own experiences
of fl ight delays.
