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TOEFL: 'Analysing' James Bond

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TOEFL: 'Analysing' James Bond

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An academic investigation into the immune system of 007. Today we will cover: - analyse - hypothesise - infectious - neglect - respectively

The headline

The title

analyse

What did they analyse? What was their analysis?

The paper

Global travellers are exposed to a wide range of infectious agents.

expose (exposure) infectious (to infect)

We hypothesised that special agents pre-occupied with espionage and counterterrorism may fail to correctly prioritise travel medicine.

hypothesise (a hypothesis) prioritise (a priority)

We examined 86 international journeys that James Bond undertook in films from 1962 to 2021.

undertake (an undertaking)

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The paper was written after ___ all of the James Bond films ever made.

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The paper is an ___ of the James Bond movies. It ___ 007's attitudes to risk and infection.

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In which area do you think James Bond takes the most health risks?

The Analysis

Four Areas

1. Sexual Health

"We found evidence for a total of 59 liaisons."

"We observed no association between popularity of the film (ratings ranging from 6.1 to 8.0) and the number of encounters."

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What did the researchers observe?

2. Food Safety

"On only two occasions is he seen to wash his hands."

"...forced to choose between being eaten by hungry crocodiles or handling raw chicken to distract them. He chooses the latter but fails to wash his hands, neglecting the risk of bacterial infection."

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What does "neglect" mean?

3. Airborne Diseases

"Bond regularly joins crowds without social distancing."

"While Bond was traveling to Japan (1967) shortly after the H2N2 pandemic, his actions were at odds with knowledge on the different modes of respiratory virus transmission."

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COVID-19 is ___ through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

4. Insect and Rodent Spread Diseases

"Despite ongoing transmission of malaria, dengue and chikungunya..."

"...in several of Bond's destinations, respectively, in Bahamas, Jamaica, and India , he fails to take even the most basic precautions."

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In the race, Peter and Paul came first and third respectively.

'Analyse' in Test Questions

Focus on the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of an issue or topic. Do not simply describe or summarise.

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analyse

Global travellers are exposed to a wide range of infectious agents.

We hypothesised that special agents pre-occupied with espionage and counterterrorism may fail to correctly prioritise travel medicine.

We examined 86 international journeys that James Bond undertook in films from 1962 to 2021.

The Analysis

1. Sexual Health

"We found evidence for a total of 59 liaisons."

2. Food Safety

"On only two occasions is he seen to wash his hands."

3. Airborne Diseases

"Bond regularly joins crowds without social distancing."

4. Insect and Rodent Spread Diseases

"Despite ongoing transmission of malaria, dengue and chikungunya..."

'Analyse' in Test Questions

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