Monday, 23 March 2020

Soap and viruses

Here is a video on why washing our hands is an effective way of fighting viruses.
How soap kills viruses

A. Watch the film and make sure you can answer these questions (do it in your notebook, not on the blog):


1.       Why does washing hands with water doesn’t help to get rid of viruses?
2.       In what way does soap help destroy viruses?
3.       What role does water play in this process?
4.       Why do we need to wash our hands for 20 seconds?
5.       What experiment is shown in the video?
6.       Why is hand sanitiser not as effective as soap?

B. When answering the questions, try to use these words, which were used in the film:
to prevent sth
to annihilate sth
to be surrounded by
to stick to sth
to float
to dissolve in sth
a two-sided molecule
to be attracted to water / fat
to pull sth apart
literally
to demolish sth
to rinse
harmless
down the drain
to glow
UV light
to come off

C. On your blog, answer the question below in a 100-word paragraph. In your text use at least three of the words from the vocabulary list above.
Is social distancing that we all have to practise now difficult or easy for you? Why?

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