LISTENING COMPREHENSION: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

What does air pollution do all around us?

• Disappear

• Lurks

• Grows

What does air pollution prey on?

• Only the old

• Only the young

• The young and old

Where does air pollution slip unnoticed?

• Past your defences

• Into your food

• Over your head

What parts of the body does air pollution assult?

• Legs and arms

• Lungs, heart and brain

• Stomach and liver

How small can the poisonous particles be?

• As big as a grain of sand

• As big as a coin

• As small as a molecule

What happens when the particles break through your lungs' barriers?

• They disappear

• They trigger inflammation

• They become larger

What does your system try to do when there is inflammation?

• Fight back

• Relax

• Sleep

Where do the toxic compounds lodge deeper in the body?

• In the muscles

• In the skin

• In the bloodstream

What serious health problems can air pollution cause in the blood vessels?

• Increasing blood pressure and causing a stroke

• Making you sleepy

• Improving your health

What does air pollution add with each new case of illness?

• A new treatment

• Another life to its hit list

• A cure