Thais help US stem Internet sales of medicines

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Thais help US stem Internet sales of medicines

• Do you think this article will be about
  encouraging or controlling the sale of medicines
  on the Internet?
• What are the disadvantages of making medicines
  available on the Internet.

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Thais help US stem Internet sales of medicines
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However, many people have started to purchase
these drugs by e-mail, from pharmacies and
dispensaries either in America or in (50).
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However, many people have started to purchase
these drugs by e-mail, from pharmacies and
dispensaries either in America or in (50).

• Paragraph 1 or 3.
• Our first instinct might be Thailand but this
  is not possible since there are 2 blanks.
• Para.1U.S. gvt. Officials recently shut down
  foreign Web-sites involved in selling cheap
  medicines.

• Middle of para. 3 cooperation with
  law-enforcement agencies in other countries which
  have online pharmacies.
• (50) other/foreign countries

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In response, the US President has supported moves
to (51) Internet drug sales by US pharmacies or
dispensaries.
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In response, the US President has supported moves
to (51) Internet drug sales by US pharmacies or
dispensaries.

• Paragraph 4
• In December 1999, President Clinton urged
  Congress to regulate the sale of drugs over the
  Internet

• (51) regulate

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However, he has not addressed the potentially
(52) of overseas suppliers, who may supply such
drugs.
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However, he has not addressed the potentially
(52) of overseas suppliers, who may supply such
drugs.

• Paragraph 4
• However, Mr. Clinton did not say what he would
  do about foreign online pharmacies, which may
  pose bigger problems

• Easy. Copy from Version 1
• (52) Bigger problem/problems

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This kind of illegal activity has led to the
coining of a new term (53).
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In response, the US President has supported moves
to (51) Internet drug sales by US pharmacies or
dispensaries.
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This kind of illegal activity has led to the
coining of a new term (53).

• Difficult to find para. 6
• Investigators at the US Customs Service report
  that the agency intercepted many drug shipments
  in the war on cybersmuggling.

• One of the uses of quotation marks is to identify
  words that are made-up and dont really exist.
• (53) cybersmuggling

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They are very (54) with the cooperation they have
received from Thai authorities.
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They are very (54) with the cooperation they have
received from Thai authorities.

• Paragraph 2
• American officials say they alerted Thai
  authorities to the problem and received excellent
  cooperation from Thai narcotics officers and
  police officers,

• They are very tells us that we are probably
  looking for a word which will describe how they
  felt.
• The cooperation was excellent so how do you think
  they felt?
• (54) pleased/happy/ etc.

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Six US customers of a Thai online pharmacy have
(55). Customs do not regard these buyers as
(56) but say that they know they are acting
illegally.
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Six US customers of a Thai online pharmacy have
(55). Customs do not regard these buyers as
(56) but say that they know they are acting
illegally.

• (55)
• Paragraph 1.
• Six people were arrested in the US for buying
  products from a Thai online pharmacy.
• Paragraph 9 investigators arrested at least
  six people who had bought drugs from Vitality.

• Version 1 uses the simple past, but have
  indicates that were using the present perfect in
  Version 2.
• (55) been arrested.

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Six US customers of a Thai online pharmacy have
(55). Customs do not regard these buyers as
(56) but say that they know they are acting
illegally.

• (56)
• Paragraph 9
• These are not major smugglers, but they
  generally know that what theyre doing is illegal
  

• Both version are quite similar.
• (56) major smugglers

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Other US Government action has included (57)
overseas Web-sites supplying these products.
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Other US Government action has included (57)
overseas Web-sites supplying these products.

• Paragraph 1
• US Government officials recently shut down
  foreign Web-sites involved in selling cheap
  medicines and prescription drugs over the
  Internet

• Version 2 can be confusing because it makes it
  sound like the US Gvt. Likes overseas Web-sites
  supplying these products.
• What have they done to fight these Web-sites?
• (57) shut down

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They have carried out (58) on a number of (59)
and (60) and arrested more than twenty people.
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They have carried out (58) on a number of (59)
and (60) and arrested more than twenty people.

• Paragraph 2
• American and Thai officials say they raided
  offices and warehouses used by online pharmacies
  in Bangkok

• (58) must be a noun.
• on a number is a clue that everything will be
  plural.
• (58) raids
• (59) offices
• (60) warehouses

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They (61) computers, drug orders about to be
mailed to the US, and millions of (62) of
pharmaceutical products.
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They (61) computers, drug orders about to be
mailed to the US, and millions of (62) of
pharmaceutical products.

• Paragraph 2
• They seized 20 computers, 245 parcels ready for
  shipment to the United States and more than 2.5
  million doses of drug products.

• What did they do to the computers and drug
  orders?
• (61) seized
• 2.5 million millions
• Drug products pharmaceutical products
• (62) doses

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A major (63) of the Thai-US operation was
Vitality, a company which offered cures for a
wide variety of problems,
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A major (63) of the Thai-US operation was
Vitality, a company which offered cures for a
wide variety of problems,

• Paragraph 6
• One of the main targets of the Thai raids was a
  Bangkok company called Vitality Health Products

• One of the main a major
• One of presupposes that there are many.
• We need to use the singular in Version 2.
• (63) target

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Vitality appeared (64) its drugs from a
legitimate pharmacy.
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Vitality appeared (64) its drugs from a
legitimate pharmacy.

• Paragraph 8
• Vitality filled Internet orders with drugs
  which they obtained from what appeared to be a
  legitimate pharmacy in Bangkok.

• appeared will be followed by to-infinitive.
• (64) to obtain

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However, the (65) they used was clearly designed
to avoid detection by law-enforcement officials.
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However, the (65) they used was clearly designed
to avoid detection by law-enforcement officials.

• Paragraph 8
• This packaging is without a doubt intended to
  deceive the authorities.

• Deceive the authorities avoid detection by
  law-enforcement
• (65) packaging

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Without the (66) of doctors, people may take
unsafe combinations of drugs.
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Without the (66) of doctors, people may take
unsafe combinations of drugs.

• Paragraph 9
• some of Vitalitys customers were taking
  dangerous combinations of drugs without a doctors
  supervision.

• Easy. Both versions are quite similar.
• (66) supervision

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The drugs may also be dangerous because the (67)
in some overseas pharmacies is not strict enough
to ensure the drugs are not (68).
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The drugs may also be dangerous because the (67)
in some overseas pharmacies is not strict enough
to ensure the drugs are not (68).

• Paragraph 9
• the imported drugs were potentially dangerous
  because the controls over the quality were
  minimal. The drugs may be laced with all sorts of
  contamination

• What two words can mean controls over the
  quality?
• (68) quality control
• The word must be an adjective that will describe
  what the drugs might be.
• (68) contaminated