The Flu Shot

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/29/reason-get-flu-shot-why_n_6194600.html

Whatever you think about the flu shot, here are some points to consider.

Please read for Thursday

A colleague brought this article to my attention.  Please read it for Thursday.


http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/a-voice-of-authority-people-can-recognize-high-power-voices-study-finds-1.2118494 

Reading for Tuesday

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/distracted-driving-is-the-new-drunk-driving/article21680846/


Read the article, and come prepared to discuss main points and details.
Take note of collocations.
What is your opinion on this issue?

Please read this article for Thursday

 OPINION


 

 This article includes vocabulary that will be challenging; I encourage you to read carefully, and look up words that impede your ability to grasp main points.

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/11/17/margaret-somerville-the-ethics-of-egg-freezing/

Frugality: some tips

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/11/15/i-once-made-my-own-laundry-detergent-tips-from-canadas-most-frugal-bloggers/

Interesting article

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/11/13/magie-dominic-new-york-by-way-of-newfoundland/

Opinion Essay: vaccines and vaccinations

What's the difference?
from the Longman Dictionary:

vac‧cine [uncountable and countable]

a substance which contains a weak form of the bacteria or virus that causes a disease and is used to protect people from that disease:

a polio vaccine

Doctors worried that there would not be enough vaccine for everyone who needed it.

 

vac‧cin‧ate [transitive]

to protect a person or animal from a disease by giving them a vaccine [= immunize]

vaccinate somebody against something

All children should be vaccinated against measles.

—vaccination noun [uncountable and countable]

a flu vaccination

 

 

 

Here is some suggested reading regarding vaccinations.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm
http://www.ontario.ca/health-and-wellness/flu-shot-safety
http://www.immunizebc.ca/diseases-vaccinations/chickenpox
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/immunization/myths.aspx
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/index-eng.php