CLIL MODULE 2 The Black Death ACTIVITY 1.A BRAINSTORMING Think about the words given below and try to explain with your classmates what they have in common. HOSPITAL VACCINATION THERAPY DOCTOR ACTIVITY 2.A VOCABULARY Match the words to their Italian translation. Use a dictionary if necessary. 1. plague a. peccati 3. bites c. denutriti 2. spread 4. fleas 5. boils 6. to swell 7. malnourished 8. sins b. bubboni d. pulci e. peste f. morsi g. diffuso h. gonfiare ACTIVITY 2.B LISTENING Listen to the recording and insert the words given below into the text. listening passed on deaths isolated rats Asia incense blood contagious amulets poor The Black Death was a pandemic that originated in China and Central , and reached Europe in 1347. Today it is called the Bubonic plague. It was a disease, and it was caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium. During the Middle that lived in ships, and Ages this bacterium was spread by the to men through the bites of rat fleas. In the XIV century this infection was and made glands swell. appeared as black boils that were full of pus and for many years, especially in European This plague caused thousands of hygienic conditions and were malnourished. cities, where people lived in Nobody knew the origin of the pandemic and so it was very difficult to stop it. Some people to purify the air, while others put on or talismans burned to keep it away. It was believed that the cause of the plague was the bad influence of the stars, or that it was a divine punishment for human sins. Unfortunately, few people decided places where the plague had not to leave the cities and look for safety in appeared. ACTIVITY 2.C True or False Select the correct answer. 232 1. Another name for the Black Death is Bubonic plague. T F 3. The infection caused thousands of deaths. T F 5. People believed that amulets could keep the plague away. T F 2. The bacteria spread fleas on men. T F 4. It was not difficult to stop the pandemic. T F
