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  • 5 Sections
  • 76 Lessons
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  • 2024-2025
    8
    • 1.1
      What is the exit poll and how does it work?
    • 1.2
      What Happens When You Procrastinate Too Much
    • 1.3
      How to change your personality
    • 1.4
      Gibraltar: What’s inside The Rock?
    • 1.5
      A brief history of Downing Street
    • 1.6
      The rocky 1960s origin of online dating
    • 1.7
      Why do we gossip?
    • 1.8
      How to Build Mental Strength
  • 2023-2024
    6
    • 2.1
      Tips to save money
    • 2.2
      Would you pass the wallet test?
    • 2.3
      One of history’s most dangerous myths
    • 2.4
      The Seed Vault
    • 2.5
      Commuting to work
    • 2.6
      The history of New Year’s Resolutions
  • 2022-2023
    14
    • 3.1
      Critical Thinking
    • 3.2
      Daylight saving time
    • 3.3
      Functional illiteracy in Europe
    • 3.4
      Brain Hacking
    • 3.5
      Conspiracy theories
    • 3.6
      Electric cars
    • 3.7
      How do you survive a zombie attack?
    • 3.8
      How green is green energy?
    • 3.9
      Money
    • 3.10
      Schema
    • 3.11
      Small talk can make you happier
    • 3.12
      The Mango Cult
    • 3.13
      When are you actually an adult?
    • 3.14
      Whodunnit
  • 2022-2022
    19
    • 4.1
      The limits of human memory
    • 4.2
      The history of the United Nations
    • 4.3
      Separated at birth
    • 4.4
      Is nuclear power the solution?
    • 4.5
      Meeting the parents
    • 4.6
      Is ecotourism a sustainable practice?
    • 4.7
      Endangered Languages
    • 4.8
      Constitutional monarchy vs republic
    • 4.9
      China’s Social Credit System
    • 4.10
      As it used to be
    • 4.11
      The Locavore Movement
    • 4.12
      The person who knows how to cheer your day up
    • 4.13
      The Savant
    • 4.14
      The Science of Christmas
    • 4.15
      The Zero Waste Lifestyle
    • 4.16
      What might Bill Gates be worried about?
    • 4.17
      Who should tackle misinformation on social media?
    • 4.18
      Why videos go viral
    • 4.19
      World Peace Games
  • 2021-2022
    29
    • 5.1
      #32 Should you trust strangers?
    • 5.2
      #31 The Ravens of the Tower of London
    • 5.3
      #30 Food waste
    • 5.4
      #29 Unpaid workers
    • 5.5
      #28 Anti-social Behaviour?
    • 5.6
      #27 Urbanisation
    • 5.7
      #26 The Dark Side of Self-improvement
    • 5.8
      #25 The history of chocolate
    • 5.9
      #24 Thank god you are here!
    • 5.10
      #23 Test Tube Meat
    • 5.11
      #22 Escape from the Grand Canyon
    • 5.12
      #20 Should we embrace GMO food?
    • 5.13
      #19 Bletchley Park
    • 5.14
      #18 Money
    • 5.15
      #17 How many friends can you have?
    • 5.16
      #16 Success
    • 5.17
      #15 Studies of panicking crowds
    • 5.18
      #14 The benefits of paternity leave
    • 5.19
      #13 Keep calm and carry on
    • 5.20
      #12 The history of the English language
    • 5.21
      #11 St. Patrick’s Day
    • 5.22
      #10 National Anthem
    • 5.23
      #8 What counts as political corruption?
    • 5.24
      #7 How an amateur built the world’s biggest dome
    • 5.25
      #5 Cycle Superhighway London
    • 5.26
      #6 Does Child Labour Help Children in Poverty?
    • 5.27
      #3 How computers threaten the job of mid-skilled workers
    • 5.28
      #2 Should you be allowed to sell your kidney?
    • 5.29
      #1 Surviving quicksand

What might Bill Gates be worried about?

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Starting Point. Discuss the questions below.

frightened by / terrified of / dread / worried about /  scared of / alarmed by / apprehensive about / nervous about 

What do you think Bill Gates is worried about?

Are you scared of anything?

What alarms you most?

Focus on Vocabulary. Match the words with the correct meaning.

a) a widespread disease
b) an outbreak of flu
c) an infectious disease
d) the immune system
e) polio/malaria eradication

Focus on Comprehension. Answer the questions below about the video.

a) What are the chances of an epidemic worse than Ebola in his lifetime according to Bill Gates?
b) What are the two types of flus?
c) Why is it called the Spanish flu?
d) Why would any epidemic nowadays spread quicker than in the 20th century?
e) How big of an investment in preparing for an epidemic can make a difference?

Focus on Listening. Watch the video. Read the transcript below if necessary.

Focus on Speaking. 

  • Do you agree with Bill Gates that we should be afraid of an outbreak of an epidemic? Why/why not?
  • Do you think that globally we’re prepared for such infectious diseases?
  • What can be done to stop the spread of a disease globally in the 21st century?] [/intense_content_section]
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