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Grammar
body &
mind
&Listening
Vocabulary Qualities of mind
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Discuss the questions in pairs. • What does the photo show? • What kind of information can scientists get from brain scans?
2 a
Read the text about the human brain. Which statements do you think are facts and which are myths? Compare answers in pairs.
b
3.14 Listen to a radio programme and check. Which statements do scientists disagree on?
3 a
3.15 Check the words in blue. Try to remember who the statements are associated with, men (M), women (W), ‘left-brained’ people (L), ‘right-brained’ people (R), video game-players (V) or teenagers (T). V They are quick-thinking and good at 1 □ multi-tasking. 2 □ They tend to be empathetic and have good verbal skills. 3 □ They are good at processing information and learning languages. 4 □ They tend to be imaginative and artistic. 5 □ They can be badly organised and impulsive. 6 □ They are practical and analytical. 7 □ They are more independent have good spatial skills.
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3.14
Listen again and check.
Write one sentence about five of the people in the box below, using Words2know. Explain your ideas. teenagers middle-aged people elderly people men women my friend my father my sister artists architects scientists business people politicians
My sister is very artistic - she's always drawing. Architects need good spatial skills because they have to design buildings. 64
Articles Modals of ability Vocabulary Qualities of mind Health Describing people Phrases Giving a speech (2) Answering challenging questions
The human brain: facts and myths Thanks to modern science, we know more about the human brain than ever before. So are these common ideas facts or myths? • • • • •
Men have bigger brains than women. Some people are ‘left-brained’ and some are ‘right-brained’. Video games are bad for the brain. The brain is fully developed by the time we enter our teens. Eating fish makes you brainy.
5 a
Write four sentences about yourself using the Words2know. One sentence should be false but the others should be true. b In pairs, read your sentences to each other. Guess which sentence is false.
I'm very imaginative and artistic, I write a lot of poetry. False - I don't believe that! MINI WORKBOOK exercises 6–7 page 124
Grammar Focus Articles
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3.16 Listen to some sentences about the ideas in the programme. Complete the sentences with the articles you hear or write (ø) if there is no article. 1 Men and women have different brains. a ø Women have better verbal skills but men have better spatial skills. 2 We use both sides of b___ brain but in some people the left side is dominant. In others, the right is dominant. 3 This is an interesting subject. Many people worry that video games are bad for c___ young but d___ latest research into the subject suggests that the opposite is true. The brains of video gamers are actually very sharp. They process information faster than the average person. 4 e___ teenage brain is highly effective in many ways. But the front of the brain develops last and this is the part that is responsible for organisation. 5 Some scientists claim that f___ vitamins that are found in oily fish are good for the elderly because they help stop memory loss.
b Underline eleven more nouns with articles and circle eleven nouns with no article.