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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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- Researchers found a new oral drug candidate.
- The drug can fight some viruses.
- These viruses can cause measles and croup.
- Scientists tested the drug in animals.
- Tests used small and larger animals.
- One pill a day showed good activity.
- Animals tolerated high drug amounts well.
- The drug may help children and patients.
Difficult words
- researcher — a person who studies or tests thingsResearchers
- oral — taken by mouth as a pill or medicine
- candidate — a person or thing chosen for testing
- virus — a small germ that can make people sickviruses
- tolerate — to accept something without bad effectstolerated
- measles — a childhood infectious illness with fever and rash
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Discussion questions
- Do you take medicine as a pill?
- Have you ever had measles?
- Would you want medicine that helps children?
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