VIP Class Notes (Celeste) [R]
Homework
Watch the pronunciation videos of the article below and practice reading.Â
Vocabulary
relieved ( re leev d ) adj. – happy that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended
eg. Today felt like war, so after I finished 8 hours of work, I felt relieved.Â
Pronunciation
words vs. world’s
biggest ( big –Â gist )
won = one
diseases ( dih – Zeez is )
journal ( jern – ull )
Reading
Pollution is the world’s biggest killer
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1710/171023-pollution-2.html
A study has found that pollution is the world’s biggest killer. It caused one in six deaths in 2015. This was 16 per cent of all global deaths. Most of these deaths were from diseases like heart disease, lung cancer and stroke. The study is in the medical journal ‘The Lancet’. Researchers said about 92 per cent of pollution-related deaths were in poorer countries, especially countries with a lot of economic development, like India and China. Bangladesh and Somalia were the worst affected countries. Brunei and Sweden had the lowest numbers of pollution-related deaths.
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