Weekly news- week 1
A 3,000-Mile Triumph, Spurred on by Diabetes
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30well.html?_r=1&8dpc
Questions:
1.-Do you think to have diabetes change your life? Can you do the same than the rest of people?
2.-Do you think that is increasing the quantity of affected by diabetes?
3.-What are the factors that influence in the illness? How can we decrease the risk of have diabetes?
New vocabulary:
Diabetes: any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst.
Achievement: the action of accomplishing something.
Drops in blood sugar: a sudden sharp decrease in quantity of sugar.
Definitions from http://www.wordreference.com/definition