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Unit 5;Content; 1. Watch a video clip on the latest report on Mad-cow Disease in the US: ;2. Have a 5-minute discussion with your partners on the following topics:;;Reading—Text A;Main Idea; This article is about mad-cow disease that happened in Britain in 1996. The mad-cow caused people to refuse to eat any kind of beef. During the period the British government and the EU had many disputes upon the related problems. The focus was on how to solve the crisis of consumer confidence and how to head off the epidemic of the disease.;Structure;Text Study; Consumers across the continent, panicked by fear of mad-cow disease, continue to shun steak and roasts. And the European Union steps in to stem what is no longer just Britain’s problem. 1 Distraught callers jammed Germany’s consumer hot lines with “mad cow” questions all week. Is milk safe to drink? (Yes.) Can you catch the disease from sitting in leather chairs? (No.) In London, where the panic began, an insurance company introduced customized coverage for humans who are worried about contracting the illness. For a ￡40 annual premium, Millennium Insurance Management promises a ￡40,000 payout to any policyholder upon diagnosis. Shoppers in Britain and across the Continent developed a sudden appetite for spring lamb and veggie burgers—anything but steak. Sales of beef tumbled by a third in France, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. In Germany, they plunged 40 percent and slaughterhouses sent their workers home on forced vacations. The World Health Organization announced an emergency meeting to be held in Geneva this week. ;Paras. 2-3;Paras. 3-5;Paras. 5-6;Paras. 6-7;Paras. 7-8;Paras. 9;Paras. 10-11;Paras. 11-12; been cutting down on their intake of beef in recent years, and mad-cow panic will probably intensify that trend. Even so, the leaders gamely battled on. “At lunch, they served us veal,” Chirac told reporters in Turin. “Every one of the presidents and prime ministers ate it with gusto.