Agent Orange - Its Effects on the Vietnamese

Agent Orange - Its Effects on the Vietnamese

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Open Ended

What is the first thing that you think about when seeing this picture?

​We are looking at a different type of agent here today...

​Agent Orange

• a poisonous herbicide (除草剂）

• ​very bad for human's health ​

• kids would be born with defects (残疾)

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "sprinted"?

• 快速奔跑

• 狂吠

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "barking heartily"?

• 快速奔跑

• 狂吠

My car honked, shattering the evening silence.​

(Something) (Happened - it made a sound), shattering the evening silence.

e.g: I dropped my cup, shattering the evening silence.​

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct sentence clause: __________, shattering the evening silence. (HINT: it should make a sound)

• The crow cawed (乌鸦叫), shattering the evening silence.

• The computer shuts down, shattering the evening silence.

Open Ended

Fill in the blank with the appropriate sentence clause: ___________, shattering the evening silence. (HINT: it should make a sound)

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "motionlessly"?

• 不动的

• 一直在动的

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "lingering effects"?

• 持续性的后果

• 已经停止的后果

Multiple Choice

Why the brothers didn't move?

• The brothers are Agent Orange.

• the brothers were deaf and paralysed when they were born.

Multiple Choice

The doctors believed that their conditions are caused by....

• Vietnam War

• Agent Orange

Poll

What does "eked out a living" mean?

• 勉强维持生计

• 生活非常好啊

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "cannot afford"?

• 负担得起

• 负担不起

Multiple Choice

What did the couple work as? (Hint: Magnet can attract them) 

Poll

Do you think the family was rich?

• Yes, they eked out a living as scrap metal collector

• No, they don't even have the money to seek treatment for their sons.

​The branches on the left has defoliated (凋零).

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "sprayed"?

• 喷洒

• 不见

Multiple Choice

Two countries are at war against each other. US military wanted to defeat (打败) _______

• British Army

• The Vietnamese Army

Multiple Choice

In order to defeat (打败) the Vietnamese army, the US army used Agent Orange to ________

• Make the three brothers deaf and paralysed

• destroyed food crops 

Multiple Choice

The Vietnam war had ended ______ years ago.

• 11

• 22

• 33

• 44

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "predicted"?

• 预测

• 喷洒

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "disappear"?

• 不见

• 负担不起

Multiple Choice

How many more generations of Agent Orange victims will people see before it disappears?

• 11 more generations

• 12 more generations

• 13 more generations

Multiple Choice

Is Agent Orange good for health?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "insufficient"?

• 足够

• 不足够

Multiple Choice

Do the courts in USA believe that there are enough evidences to link Agent Orange to the bad health of the Vietnamese?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "debilitating"?

• 让你的身体更虚弱

• 让你的身体更强壮

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of "plight"?

• 困境

• 顺境

Open Ended

If you know the three brothers in Vietnam, what can you do to help them?