VOCABULARY Listen to three dialogues between doctors and their patients. Complete the table using the words below to complete the treatments.

Treatments      antibiotics       bandage           cream          dressing            medicine        painkillers         X-ray

Study the words in the box. They describe books, films, or both. Complete the table with the words. Listen and check.

Read the fact file and complete the sentences with the words in the box. Then listen and check. Which fact is the most surprising to you?

Check your eco - intellect!

The earth provides everything we need, but how much do you think about it? Develop your eco - intellect by learning how your actions can affect the world we live in.

A. The UK produces more than ¹ _________ million tonnes of rubbish ² _________. On average, each person in the UK throws away their own weight in rubbish every seven ³ _________.

B. Plastic bags damage the environment and kill marine animals. They pollute our towns and cities. We use each plastic bag for an average of only twelve ⁴ _________.

C. Recycling one aluminium can saves enough energy to power a television for three ⁵_________. It takes six weeks to recycle your old drink can into parts of a plane, a car or a now can!

D. We must protect our world. We’re running out of natural resources and destroying rainforests. Twenty - four trees make one tonne of newspaper saves ⁶ _______ trees.

E. In some parts of the world, people can’t afford to buy food. In other parts, people buy more than they need. A typical UK family wastes approximately 7 _________ of food every year.

F. Having a shower instead of a bath reduces the amount of water we waste. A toilet made before 8 _________ uses 60% more water than toilets made since then.