Do face masks help prevent swine flu?

Some people wear face masks to prevent flu.

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This is not easy.

Kevin's advice: You don't need to know every word. Look for meaning. The questions (below) are about the main points of the article. If you can answer the questions, you understand the article.

The speaking and writing are not exactly the same.

Kevin's advice: While you read and answer the questions (below), listen to the story again and again. This will help your ear to get comfortable with the sounds and the rhythms and the rise and fall.

Please answer these questions. Take notes. We will talk about them in class.

a. Which two groups of people can benefit the most from face masks?

b. Where did Mr. O'Conner buy the face mask?

c. What percent of people were able to don (put on) their face masks properly (correctly)?

d. What mistake did twenty-two percent of people make?

e. What are only twenty percent of people able to do?

f. He says the face mask was hot. What was the other problem he mentioned in the same paragraph?

g. How do other people react to someone wearing a face mask?

h. Does the CDC (Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Geogia) really know if face masks help to prevent the h1n1 virus?

i. What are the two parts of the body where the virus can easily gain access to (get in) the body?

This is the link to the article and listening.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103789700