Unit Four Interviews Grade 11 English Grade 11

Unit Four – Interviews Grade 11 - English Grade 11 English Unit Four Competency : 8. 12 Uses question words to get information Activity 05 1

Objectives §Identify the ways of using question words appropriately. §Accept the importance of using the question mark appropriately. §Use the question marks meaningfully. §Get the ability to use the question words to extract information authentically. 2

Staying Vigilant About Dengue 3

Dengue needs to be fought on a daily basis—we must never lower our guard. 4

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Unit Four – Interviews Grade 11 - English An interview based on “The Dengue Epidemic” 6

1) How does the dengue fever cause to a person? Dengue fever is caused on by a mosquito bit, mostly the Aedes aegypti mosquito (or “tiger mosquito”). There are four types of the dengue virus, and the infection causes a wide range of symptoms, including fever, headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pain, and rash. 7

2) What are the symptoms of the dengue fever? People infected with dengue often also experience long-term fatigue. Dengue occasionally develops into a life-threatening form (known as severe dengue), which causes abdominal pain and vomitting, breathing difficulty and a decrease in of blood platelets that can lead to internal bleeding. 8

3) How to eradicate dengue from the society? The fight against dengue requires community education, environmental sanitation, vector control (ex: controlling the mosquito that transmits the disease), and medical treatment. 9

4) What should we do to fight dengue? Dengue needs to be fought on a daily basis—we must never lower our guard. Media attention tends to focus on major outbreaks of the disease, when there are large numbers of cases, but, as I mentioned earlier, there a whole series of things we can do, all year round, first to prevent, and then to contain, the disease. 10

5) Can you stop the transmission of dengue, and is research being done to find a drug or vaccine to protect against it? 11

Until now, the only way to prevent dengue has been through vector control, which means fighting the mosquito that transmits the disease. On a medical level there are no antiviral drugs specific to the disease. 12

6)Why are there so many cases of spreading dengue at the moment? Dengue as a major viral disease transmitted by unplanned urbanization, the deterioration of public health programs, and environmental pollution, with plastics and tires serving as breeding grounds for mosquitoes. 13

7) What is the impact of outbreaks on affected countries? Globalization has also played its part, with the transfer of patients, vectors and viral serotypes to areas where there were no previous cases of dengue. Similarly, global warming has also contributed to the spread of the disease. 14

1. What are the symptoms of the dengue fever? 15

1. What are the symptoms of the dengue fever? The infection causes a wide range of symptoms, including fever, headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pain, and rash. 16

An interview based on “Effects of Deforestation” 17

1. What are the reasons behind deforestation? To clear land for other uses such as development for housing, manufacturing, shopping malls. 18

2. What effects does deforestation have on the environment? Deforestation causes soil erosion, loss of species due to loss of habitat, and is the second leading manmade cause of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, because when trees die they release carbon. 19

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1) What is deforestation and forest degradation? Deforestation refers to the destruction and conversion of forest land to other land uses usually considered more profitable. Forest degradation is used to mean the destruction of specific aspects of forests such as a decrease in tree cover, changes in their structure or a reduction in the number of species that can be found there. 23

2) What is the extent of the problem? Forests cover roughly 30% of the world's land area. According to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), the annual rate of deforestation is about 13 million hectares per year (approximately the size of Greece). 24

3) What are the causes of deforestation and forest degradation? Deforestation can occur as a result of direct and indirect economic, institutional, political, natural or social factors. 25

4) What are the causes of deforestation and forest degradation? Land uses for agricultural purposes, mining, and infrastructure development. 26

4) What are the causes of deforestation and forest degradation? Indirect causes include institutional and governance weakness, such as the unclear definition of land tenure and property rights, weak law enforcement capacity, convert forest land to other uses, and insufficient human resources to monitor forests. 27

5)What are the negative impacts of deforestation? The negative impact of deforestation can be felt in economic terms, but also in the environment and society in general, especially on climate, biodiversity and poverty. 28

6) Shouldn't the plantation of new forests be encouraged to compensate for deforestation? In terms of environmental services, it is better to avoid deforestation than to cut down trees and reforest subsequently, as deforestation leads to some irreversible effects in terms of biodiversity loss and soil degradation. 29

7) Can deforestation and forest degradation be monitored with sufficient accuracy? Effective policies in this area depend on high quality information gathering and monitoring. 30

Question 2: What effects does deforestation have on the environment? 31

Question 2: What effects does deforestation have on the environment? Deforestation causes soil erosion, loss of species due to loss of habitat, and is the second leading manmade cause of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, because when trees die they release carbon. 32

“Noise and Air Pollution” 33

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1)What is noise? Noise is defined as unwanted sound. A sound might be unwanted because it is loud, distracting, or annoying. 36

2)What is the loudest sound possible? Sound is normally carried in air as a pressure wave. When the pressure of a sound wave becomes as high as the air pressure itself, the sound becomes a shock wave. 37

3)What are the effects of noise on human health? Noise has direct physiological effects such as hearing damage. 38

4)How does noise affect babies and children? Noise causes physiological and mental stress, and significantly impacts learning and cognitive development. Background noise also interferes with speech perception and language acquisition. 39

What is noise pollution? Noise pollution is loud noises that disturb humans and animals. 40

What is causing the noise pollution? Traffic, Trains, Phones, Television, Radio , Ships, Kids, Coal mines, Airports 41

How can we try to prevent noise pollution? Ø To restrict vehicle horns up to certain frequency. Ø Have large size banners or boards with no horn symbols. 42

How can we try to prevent noise pollution? Ø Government can put strict laws. Ø Educate people through media. Ø Keep workshops for the students to make them aware on this issue. 43

Question 3) What are the effects of noise on human health? 44

Question 3) What are the effects of noise on human health? Noise has direct physiological effects such as hearing damage. 45

Objectives §Identify the ways of using question words appropriately. §Accept the importance of using the question mark appropriately. §Use the question marks meaningfully. §Get the ability to use the question words to extract information authentically. 46