{"id":5868,"date":"2017-02-02T08:07:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T06:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:28:09","slug":"traditional-western-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2017\/02\/traditional-western-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional and Western Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Health Organization estimates that between 65 to 80 percent of the world\u2019s population (over 4 billion people) rely on alternative medicine as their primary form of health care compared to only 10 to 30 percent of people who use conventional medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/medcitynews.com\/2012\/11\/the-great-debate-between-western-and-alternative-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/medcitynews.com\/2012\/11\/the-great-debate-between-western-and-alternative-medicine\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you think traditional medicines are tried, tested, and safe?<\/li><li>What traditional medicine do you know of? Have you ever tried any?<\/li><li>Would you like to try acupuncture, cupping, massage etc.?<\/li><li>Do you think traditional medicine works? Why or why not?<\/li><li>Do you think traditional medicine is just a fad? Elaborate.<\/li><li>What do you think of things like art therapy, music therapy, healing with animals, etc?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate The World Health Organization estimates that between 65 to 80 percent of the world\u2019s population (over 4 billion people) rely on alternative medicine as their primary form of health care compared to only 10 to 30 percent of people who use conventional medicine. http:\/\/medcitynews.com\/2012\/11\/the-great-debate-between-western-and-alternative-medicine\/ Discussion Questions: Do you think traditional medicines [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[291,292,250,289,296,293],"class_list":["post-5868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-b2-upper-intermediate","tag-first-certificate-fce","tag-medical","tag-reading","tag-speaking","tag-text"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.2 - 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