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2 Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 3 Brainstorm Page 3 Most Dangerous Volcanos Page 3 & 4 Quiz This Week s Topic Page 4 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 5 True or False Page 5 Vocabulary Antonyms Page 5 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 372 Words Page 6 What Do You Think..? Page 6 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 7 A & Q Page 7 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 8 7 to Chinwag Page 8 Writing Activity Page 9 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 9 TV Links Page 10 The Answers Pages A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習

3 [ ] The Healthiest Cities October 10 th 2014 PART 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Malleable b) Vigorous c) Fit d) Strong My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Healthy Warm Up 3 10 Most Dangerous Volcanoes What are the 10 healthiest cities to live in around the world? Unscramble the 10 cities below to reveal the answers! The country s flag will help you! 1 lemburone 6 oacrl Mnteo 2 cuorvevna 7 eropagnis 3 Haaavn 8 Jnkpngooi 4 pnhgncoeae 9 pana 5 aaiokna 10 wen kyro

Dangerous Locations Which Country? Read the list of 10 healthiest in the world on page 3! Unscramble to letters and write the correct city names in the boxes below!

1: The US news network CNN is based in which American city? a: Atlanta b: Los Angeles c: New York 2: What year did CNN start broadcasting?

4: How many members of ireport are there around the world? a: 500,000+ b: 1,000,000+ c: 10,000,000+ 5: Which city was voted the happiest place to live & work in 2014 CNN ireport?

4 Dangerous Locations Which Country? Read the list of 10 healthiest in the world on page 3! Unscramble to letters and write the correct city names in the boxes below! Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: The US news network CNN is based in which American city? a: Atlanta b: Los Angeles c: New York 2: What year did CNN start broadcasting? a: 1980 b: 1990 c: : CNN ireport are news reports created, filmed & written by whom? a: Professional Journalists v: Members of the Public c: Celebrities. 4: How many members of ireport are there around the world? a: 500,000+ b: 1,000,000+ c: 10,000,000+ 5: Which city was voted the happiest place to live & work in 2014 CNN ireport? a: Havana b: Okinawa c: Copenhagen 6: Which city has more people over the age of 100 than any other in the world? a: Havana b: Okinawa c: Copenhagen E1: Which city has the cleanest air in the top 10 healthiest cities list? a: New York b: Monte Carlo c: Vancouver E2: Which city has free medical schools for students in the top 10 healthiest cities list? a: Singapore b: Napa c: Havana E3: Which flag below is the city flag of Vancouver in Canada? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

5 PART 2 Before Listening Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Words The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. in Africa cities or North from Asia South Australasia, America are Europe, and America, located none The but 2 From Napa to Melbourne: The Healthiest Cities List The cities are Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ From Napa to Melbourne: The Healthiest Cities List Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 New York is the cleanest city to live in the world. [T] [F] 2 None of top 10 healthiest cities are located in Asia. [T] [F] 3 Only nine of the top 10 healthiest cities are actually cities. [T] [F] 4 The USA is the only country with two cities in the top 10. [T] [F] 5 Tokyo is the quietest city in the world. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Synonyms A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Ditch 6 Combat A Trip F Important 2 Inhabitants 7 Surprise B Integral G Severest 3 Integral 8 Chosen C Average H Amaze 4 Expectancy 9 Important D Selected I Citizens 5 Holiday 10 Harshest E Prevent J Stop END OF PART 2

6 PART 3 Listening Listening / Reading Listening 10 Healthiest Cities in the World Which Word? Help Listen / Read the news story below and check your understanding. Choose the correct answer from the vocabulary box. A: ditch C: integral E: holiday G: surprises I: important B: inhabitants D: expectancy F: combat H: chosen J: harshest From Napa to Melbourne: The Healthiest Cities List What makes a city a healthy place to live in? What factors are 1: in making the people who live in a city healthy? Good quality health care, preventive medicine and low-air pollution are very important when deciding the health of a city. What else is 2: though? How about access to parks, nutritious and low-cost food and good public transportation? These must also be significant areas and so are programmes to 3: disease and provide a good quality of life for older-aged people. So, what are the top 10 cities to live in around the world? Do you have any ideas..? 2 Well according to a list provided by American news channel CNN ten cities from nine countries are best in providing a healthy lifestyle for their 4:. The cities are located in North America, Europe, Asia and Australasia, but none from Africa or South America. The list also includes two 5: in New York and Havana as both cities are not usually thought of as healthy locations. But with one of the 6: smoking bans in the world New York is almost smokefree whilst Havana provides high-class health coverage for free to all its citizens. 3 Copenhagen in Denmark was chosen as the happiest place to live and work as only 2% of its inhabitants work more than 40 hours a week. The city also has 400 kilometres of cycle paths so people can 7: their cars and bike to work. The beautifully scenic Pacific coast city of Vancouver in Canada has the cleanest air and so also makes the top ten list. It is joined by Monte Carlo, Jonkoping, Singapore, Melbourne and Napa in California the second city to be 8: from the United States. 4 The final city on the list isn t actually a city it is the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa which according to the CNN ireporters list has the most people aged over 100 in the world. Life 9: in Okinawa is 10 years longer than the average life expectancy around the world! Okinawa was also voted the most stress-free place to live of the cities in the top 10 list! So maybe ENW should have a little 10: to Okinawa END OF PART 3 [372 Words]

7 PART 4 After Listening Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 How many factors are used to judge how a healthy a city is? Q2 Which city has the best medical care for its inhabitants? Q3 Which city on the top 10 list isn t actually a city? Q4 Which news channel has compiled the top 10 list? Q5 How many European cities make the top 10 list? Q6 Which city on the top 10 list has the cleanest air? E1 Which is the only US state mentioned in the news story? E2 How many cities are in the news story? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 Pacific Coast? A2 ireporters? A3 Australia? A4 South America? A5 10 years longer? END OF PART 4

8 PART 5 Extra Stuff English Extra I Health Idioms? The English language has many everyday expressions that mean health or healthy to explain a situation or event. Examples: Hale & Hearty = To ruin someone s hopes In the pink = To make someone believe something will happen Match the health expressions with their correct meaning! Two have been completed for you! A: Hale & Hearty E: As pale as a ghost H: To feel black & blue B: In the pink F: At death s Door I: A break down C: Alive & kicking G: Back on one s Feet J: Break out in a cold sweat D: Fit as a Fiddle K: A Bitter pill to swallow 1 To be physically healthy. 2 To perspire from fever or anxiety 3 An unpleasant fact that one must accept 4 To feel well again after a period of feeling ill. 5 To be bruised, showing signs of having been physically harmed. 6 A good physical and mental condition. 7 To lose control of one's emotions, to have a nervous collapse 8 To be near death or to feel very ill. 9 To be very healthy Or in good spirits. 10 To look very sick or unhealthy. 11 To be well and healthy in fact feeling.very healthy 7 to Chinwag Flying ENW Podcast Topic From Napa to Melbourne: The Healthiest Cities List Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think of this week s podcast topic when you first read it? 2 Which city is the cleanest you have ever visited? Why? 3 Which city do you think is the best to live in in your country? 4 Which is the most dangerous city you have ever visited? Why? 5 Where city would you most like to visit in the world? Why? 6 Of the ten cities on the list, which city would you most like to visit? 7 Of the ten cities on the list would you least like to visit? Why?

9 Writing Cities Look at the list of ten healthiest cities, which two would you most like to visit? Why? Give as many reasons as possible. What would you visit? Etc? Which two cities would you least like to visit? Why not? Give as many reasons as you can. END OF PART 5 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? The End

10 CNN (USA) Visual TV Links 1: [03:30] 10 Healthiest Cities in the World You Tube (USA) 2: [02:09] 10 Healthiest Countries in the World France 24 (France) 3: [11:02] 15 Most Dangerous Cities in the World Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out A Malleable B / C / D all can be used instead of healthy. Warm Up 3 Healthiest Cities 1 Melbourne AUSTRALIA 6 Monte Carlo MOANCO 2 Vancouver CANADA 7 Singapore SINGAPORE 3 Havana CUBA 8 Jonkoping SWEDEN 4 Copenhagen DENMARK 9 Napa USA 5 Okinawa JAPAN 10 New York USA A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 A 2 A 3 B 4 B 5 C 6 B E1 C E2 C E3 C Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Words The cities are located in North America, Europe, Asia and Australasia, but none from Africa or South America. A2 True or False 1 F 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 F

11 Synonyms 1 J 2 I 3 F 4 C 5 A 6 E 7 H 8 D 9 B 10 G Answers Part 3 Listening A: ditch C: integral E: holiday G: surprises I: important B: inhabitants D: expectancy F: combat H: chosen J: harshest 166 From Napa to Melbourne: The Healthiest Cities List 1 What makes a city a healthy place to live in? What factors are integral in making the people who live in a city healthy? Good quality health care, preventive medicine and low-air pollution are very important when deciding the health of a city. What else is important though? How about access to parks, nutritious and low-cost food and good public transportation? These must also be significant areas and so are programmes to combat disease and provide a good quality of life for older-aged people. So, what are the top 10 cities to live in around the world? Do you have any ideas..? 2 Well according to a list provided by American news channel CNN ten cities from nine countries are best in providing a healthy lifestyle for their inhabitants. The cities are located in North America, Europe, Asia and Australasia, but none from Africa or South America. The list also includes two surprises in New York and Havana as both cities are not usually thought of as healthy locations. But with one of the harshest smoking bans in the world New York is almost smoke-free whilst Havana provides high-class health coverage for free to all its citizens. 3 Copenhagen in Denmark was chosen as the happiest place to live and work as only 2% of its inhabitants work more than 40 hours a week. The city also has 400 kilometres of cycle paths so people can ditch their cars and bike to work. The beautifully scenic Pacific coast city of Vancouver in Canada has the cleanest air and so also makes the top ten list. It is joined by Monte Carlo, Jonkoping, Singapore, Melbourne and Napa in California the second city to be chosen from the United States. 4 The final city on the list isn t actually a city it is the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa which according to the CNN ireporters list has the most people aged over 100 in the world. Life expectancy in Okinawa is 10 years longer than the average life expectancy around the world! Okinawa was also voted the most stress-free place to live of the cities in the top 10 list! So maybe ENW should have a little holiday to Okinawa [372 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 8 factors 5 3 European cities 2 Havana 6 Vancouver 3 Okinawa Prefecture E1 California 4 CNN E2 10!

A4 Which continent does not have any healthy cities located in?

12 A & Q Example Questions A1 Where is Vancouver located? A2 What is the name of the CNN news programme? A3 Which country is Melbourne located in? A4 Which continent does not have any healthy cities located in? A5 Where is the Ring of Fire located? English Extra 1 D 4 G 7 I 10 E 2 J 5 H 8 F 11 C 3 K 6 B 9 A And Finally A4 X happiest / Z Danish X & Z Extra Bit Copenhagen & Jonkoping

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