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explore
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agree
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introduce
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sign
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permit
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develop
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suggest
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6 Discussion
What are the points against ending patents from the point of view of the pharmaceuticals companies?
What are the points in favour of ending patents from the point of view of poorer nations?
What do you think is the solution to this problem?

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A chance to save millions of lives by freeing up drug patents
Level 2 | 
Intermediate
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1 Acronyms
1 HIV
2 AIDS
3 Trade and Intellectual Property Rights
4 Tuberculosis
5 WTO
2 Key words
1 commission
2 innovation
3 disastrous
4 wealthy
5 patent
6 radical
7 bypass
8 generic
3 Comprehension check
1 d; 2 i; 3 f; 4 a; 5 j; 6 b; 7 g; 8 e; 9 c; 10 h
4 Prepositions
1 through
2 to
3 without
4 for
5 of
6 to
7 to
8 on
5 Word formation
1 recovery
2 research
3 solution
4 exploration
5 agreement
6 introduction
7 signature
8 permission
9 development
10 suggestion
6 Key

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Getting medicine for the poor
Level 1 | 
Elementary
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1 Key Verbs
Fill the gaps using one of these words from the text:
suffer treat publish allow(ed) afford
agree protect develop save receive(d)
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Scientists are trying to ____________ a new drug against AIDS.
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Special drugs are used to ____________ malaria.
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Millions of people ____________ from malaria in poor countries.
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Poor people cannot ____________ to buy expensive drugs.
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Drugs can ____________ people from diseases.
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Cheaper drugs could ____________ lives in poor countries.
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You are right! I ____________ with you.
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You are not ____________ to smoke in here.
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I ____________ an important letter this morning.
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They are going to ____________ the report next week.
2 Vocabulary: Find the Word
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Find a word which means the opposite of ‘poor’.
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Find a word which means ‘illnesses’.
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Find a word which means ‘a special licence for a product’.
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Find a word which means a serious disease caused by mosquitoes.
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Fine a word which means the opposite of ‘cheap’.
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Find a word which means ‘the detailed study of a subject in order to find out new information’.
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Find a word which means ‘someone with special knowledge of a subject’.
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Find a word which means ‘someone who writes a book or a report’.

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