Serendipity

Unit 18, Activity 2

Index Activity 3

Listening: Counterfeit Medicine

Let’s listen to a news report about counterfeit medicine.

1 First, familiarise yourself with these words and phrases:

• counterfeit pharmaceutical industry
• deadly consequences
• no regard for the law
• becoming immune
• induce resistance
• enact much stricter laws
• pay the price (figurative meaning)

2 Listen once and identify what the following numbers and figures refer to. They are in the order mentioned in the report.

tens of thousands
10%
25%
30 billion dollars
50-90%
250
10%
3 million