Writing
1. PW/GW. Choose the correct meanings a or b and fill in gaps with them.
(See task 1 page 37)

1. remedy 2. battle 3. treat 4. leaf 5. heal 6. scar 7. remarkable | a) a medicine a) a fight a) give money a) a young plant a) get better a) a bad cold a) very unusual | b) a type of plant b) a type of illness b) give medical attention b) a green part of a plant b) get worse b) a mark on your skin after a cut b) very dangerous

Another natural ... is quinine.
Quinine is an important drug in the ... against malaria.
William Withering was unable to ... a patient.
Pull off one ... from an aloe vera plant.
This will help them ... quickly.
It might also stop you getting a ... .
Cleopatra used this ... plant.
2. PW. Find punctuation mistakes in the essay and make corrections.

people are living to be much older these days for a number of reasons the main reasons are great access to health care and better nutrition basic health care is available to more people now when someone is seriously ill he or she can go to a public hospital, there are also more clinics and doctors than there used to be years ago health care wasn’t available to everyone some people didn’t live near a doctor or hospital and others couldn’t pay for the care they needed.

people also live longer because the quality of health care has

improved doctors now know more about diseases and cures years ago, people died young because of simple things such as an infection or a virus now we have antibiotics and other medicines to help cure infections we eat more healthfully than we used to we know that eating low-fat food can prevent heart disease and eating fruits and vegetables can prevent cancer improved health care and healthy eating habits allow us to live longer now we need to make sure that everyone in the world has these benefits