Download Give Once to Live Twice, pp 4,5

1. Give Once to Live Twice, pp 4,5
Drive, April 2017
Listen and fill in the gaps.
Have you donated blood recently? Some people __________ their blood to help hospitals keep
a supply in case of __________. But blood isn’t the only thing you can donate to help sick
people. In addition to donating blood, people also donate their __________. Organ donors
promise that when they die they will give their organs to __________ people whose bodies are
failing. In some countries, like the Czech Republic, Slovakia, France and __________,
everyone is automatically an organ __________. In other countries, such as the United States,
the __________ and Germany, you have to volunteer. In the US you sign up when you get a
driver’s __________ and they put a sticker on your driver’s license card. This card is usually
your main __________ that paramedics would see in an __________.
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2. Give Once to Live Twice, pp 4,5
Drive, April 2017
Which organ is it? Fill in the gaps with:
liver, lungs, heart, intestines
a.
The _____________ pumps blood to circulate in the body.
b.
The _____________ are like air bags. They exchange oxygen with the carbon dioxide
present in blood.
c.
The _____________ has many metabolically important functions – detoxification,
hormone production, …
d.
The _____________ absorb most of the nutrients from what we eat and drink.
SOLUTIONS
1. Give Once to Live Twice, pp 4,5
Drive, April 2017
Listen and fill in the gaps.
Have you donated blood recently? Some people donate their blood to help hospitals keep a
supply in case of emergencies. But blood isn’t the only thing you can donate to help sick people.
In addition to donating blood, people also donate their organs. Organ donors promise that when
they die they will give their organs to sick people whose bodies are failing. In some countries,
like the Czech Republic, Slovakia, France and Austria, everyone is automatically an organ
donor. In other countries, such as the United States, the Netherlands and Germany, you have to
volunteer. In the US you sign up when you get a driver’s license and they put a sticker on your
driver’s license card. This card is usually your main ID that paramedics would see in an
accident.
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2. Give Once to Live Twice, pp 4,5
Drive, April 2017
What organ is it? Fill in the gaps with:
liver, lungs, heart, intestines
a. The heart pumps blood to circulate in the body.
b. The lungs are like air bags. They exchange oxygen with the carbon dioxide present in
blood.
c. The liver has many metabolically important functions – detoxification, hormone
production, …
d. The intestines absorb most of the nutrients from what we eat and drink.