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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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72 words
- Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by small worms.
- The worms are released by freshwater snails.
- The disease affects many people in poor areas.
- People there often do not have clean water.
- A long study used high-precision maps to search.
- The maps can find infection at house level.
- Infections stay in very small local hotspots.
- Researchers worked in rural southwest China for this study.
- Finding hotspots helps focus local health actions quickly.
Difficult words
- schistosomiasis — A disease caused by small parasitic worms.
- snail — A small animal with a hard shell.snails
- freshwater — Water from lakes or rivers, not salty.
- hotspot — A small place with many infections.hotspots
- researcher — A person who studies a topic carefully.Researchers
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Discussion questions
- Do you have clean water where you live?
- Have you seen freshwater snails near your home?
- Would you want local health actions in your area?
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