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    oT IN THIS UNIT Y¢ AWG ge LIG Peony What kinds of phrases Pere ares erent ary How can thinking logically help us in our personal and yal Dy 4 eco reur IN es LEARNING A EQ Work in pairs. Do the quiz. 8 [f¥ Work in groups. Discuss the results of the quiz. Are there more right-brain or left-brain thinkers in your group? istics ‘What do the quiz questions suggest are some characte of left- and right-brain thinkers? As Are you a left-beain of a right-bvein thinker? fi Left-brained, according to the quiz. A: Sohow many are leftbrained, how meny are rght-brained? HOM (0 SAY IT Discussing results 9 Think egein! CCST TH distinguishing fact and opinion , i) A. Look at these people. Do you recognise any of them? What do you think they have in common? B Read this article and check your ideas. THE ORDINARY Everyone agrees thatthe scientists Albert Einstein and Marie Curse were geniuses, and so was Leonardo da Vinci, who was a scientist, an inventor, a writer and an artist. ‘Mosart was clearly @ genius and what about the incredibly talented scientist Sephen Hawking? Or Helen Kelle, the amazing wnman who became a writer, even though she was deaf and blind? Are they geniuses? What makes a genius? According to one definition, a genius has a high 1Q. ‘Studies show that normal 1Qs range from 85 to 115, and a genius has an 1Q ower 140, However, this seems to me tobe a poor definition. ‘Genius is a complicated concept, involving many different factors, and intelligence tests usually measure only logical thinking. A better definition ‘of genius would include other things, like creativity. The artist Picasso produced thousands of beautiful works of art. Was he a genius? ‘One very useful definition of genius’ states that ‘originality is the defining factor. A genius puts things soar in new way — ways et din pole never thought of ~ and creates something nev. It tga aetna new way of ‘working, Geniuses change the world they are born inte. ‘That raises another question: Are geniuses born that way? ‘The writer Malcolm Gladwell has written about geniuses in his book Outliers; The Story of Success, and be feels that there is an important factor we often ‘overlook: bard work, "The people at the very toy dont just work much harder than everyone else; he says. “They work much, much harder’ You have to be born with talent, but then you have to develop that talent. According to research, the minimum for this is 16,000 hours, about three hours a day for ten years By studying examples ranging from Mozart to Bill Gates, I shorws that they afl ddl an enormous amount ‘of work before becoming successful. So, while talent and 10 are crucial, ie seems that geniuses work very hard to achiewe their success, © Read these sentences and phrases from the article in Exercise B. For each one, decide if it expresses a fact or an opinion. Underline the word(s) or phrase(s) in the article that helped you decide. 5 Abener One very u bly talented Zon would indude a oF ful defi ther thing phen Hawking 10 Kaller, the amazing woman who he fool .w that normal IOs range from © 2 poor definition © EG Work in pairs. Think of other geniuses you know of. Which one do you admire the most? Why? Oa A EG]204 Lanauace in CONTEXT Listen to the conversation below. Do Ben and Morgan get the right answer? serpin: Hi Ben. What are you doing? te: Oh, hi Morgan. 'm just doing same lagic puzzles in this magazine. 'm not doing very well, though! Morgen: Let me see. Which symbol is maxing? Hmm OK. Well, the missing square must be red tem Yes, thats what think. So the answer can't be &. Ieeould be A, though | Movoue No, Rean’tbe A Lock where the dot i, Remust be ‘on the right at the bottom, The anewer must be C. sem Oh, yes. You'te right. Hey, you're good at these things! Let's try the next question. Oh, this one is cifferent, think it might be B, bout could be A 8 ANALYSE Read the conversation in Exercise A again. Form Complete the table with examples from Exercise A. Function oO The missing square be red hay be on the right atthe bottom. The answer) bec. subject + modal + Gree oO The anawer ti be 8 No, it bo oO ha bea The purple square 7) go bere, Function Read the rules below and write the number of each function in the correct place in the table. 1 We vse ths to say that its impossible that something is true 2 We use this to say that we are sure that something is tue. 2 We use this to say that something is possibly true C PRACTISE Read the first sentence in each pair. Write an appropriate modal to complete the second sentence. 1 You're expecting Nicole to call. The phone: & You don't think it's possible that John is sick, thegs. John be sick That be Nicole. 5 You sre sure this is Emma's house. 2 You are certain the avswer isn’t D. Emma live here The answer bed. 4s the middle of summer. You don’t believe it when 2 It's pastible your mobile phone is at hame, somoane says its snowing. My mobile phane beat home. tt be mowing! NOW YOU DO IT Work in pairs. For each puzzle, decide what comes next. 1 red, orange, yellow, green, 7 2 14,9167 2 MIWA? 4 January, March, May, duly, ? s 0, 1, 1,2,3, 58,2 MVE M, J? Think ogaint Ce Cees) A Complete each sentence with the correct adjective formed from the noun in brackets. was never very goad at maths because Iwas (care) and they take too many risks. fess) Inteligene is on its own - you need to understand people, too. (use) 4 Very intelligent people are often wary lonely and this can be for them, brain, (powen about the future. | think good things will happen! (hee) Nadine is very and always considers her fiends feelings, (thoug + Most people believe that without government, we would have a very society (law) B Choose Agree or Disagree for each statement. Logic is useless for understanding other people and their emotions } Highly intetigent people sre often thoughtless. We shouldn't be fearful of the future, 4 fe shouldn't be painless, We learn fram dificult experiences / © & Work in pairs. compare your answers with your partner's. Explain your choices. Cea ane) A You are going to listen to a lecture. Before you listen, look at the photo and try to guess what the lecture is going to be about. 02 Now listen to the lecture and check your ideas. © Listen again and complete the notes. © &@ Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. \ Do you think yaung peaple today are under a lot of pressure to be successful? Do you know someane who had an exceptional talent as» child? What happened to hin/her? What do you think 2 child prodigy’s life must be Bke? At age 7.a Nowe Difficulties for child prodigies 1 Hae below. What job does Justin want to do? Justin, I've just read an interesting article about brain hemispheres, You're lettchanded, aren't you? suai Yeah, vihy? ony: Well, apparently left handed people are aften goad at maths and music Do you think that’s true? dentin: men, interesting .. suppose | sen good at maths. And [ove musie! But that can’t be true far everyone, eam it? | mean, you play in a band, don’t you? So you rraist be good at music. But you aren’ left-handed, are you? remy You'te right. don’t think its # hard and fast rule. The article just says theve ore same links between handedness and certain abilities. But people don’t always develop the. In fact, you Cicn't start playing the guitar unt quite recently, dict you? Yeah, athough Ive always wanted to, And I've being playing the keyboard since | was realy lle. | would realy ike to have 2 carear in music, but my dad coeun’t like that idea, | haul just 22 him that | was born to be a rock sta, shauicin't I? Defnitety! 8 ANALYSE Read the conversation in Exercise A again. Function Tick the completions for the rule that are true. We use question tags to 41 confirm information that we are almost cortain about ©) check information we're not sure about ask for further infarmation Form Complete the table with question tags from Exercise A. PTR) A —iJ2.03 LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT Listen to the conversation Affirmative main verb, negative question tag main verb be You're left-handed, 1 2 simple tenses You play in a band, «2: models | should jst tell hin that | yas boon to be 9 Reference on p.161 © PRACTISE Complete the question tags. You dicin’t do well on the test, Alastair is realy clever, We aren't late for the test, Tom cauld read when he was three, won't see you tomorrow, The bus leaves at §.30 pm, Claudia’s got » new cat, 1 should’ dot lke this, life. Ask other questions to find out more. family + interests ambitions + experiences For question tags with perfect and continuous tenses, see the Grammar D Ei wow you Do IT Work in pairs, Use question tags to check your knowledge about these areas of your partner's Negative main verb, affirmative question tag You aren't lefchanded, 2 You didn’t start playing the guitar untl quite recently, (¢ 2 That cam't be true for eve WHAT'S RIGHT? Operant ating, n't it? Orr starts at nine, dowsn't 7 O They don’t study chemiatry, do thay? O They don't study chemiatry don't they? have got uses have in question tage We haven't gota test tomorrow, have we? Unit 7 85 eee SC) 12.04 Listen to the sentences. In which sentences does the speaker sound certain? In which sentences does the speaker sound less certain? contain lees contin Im not at, aI? o Oo I'm rot late, am I? o oO Today the 27", ai o O Today’ the 27°, i O £22.05 Listen to these sentences and answer the questions. In which two sentences does the speaker sound certain? Does the voice go up or down on the question tags? In which two sentences daes the speaker sound less certain? Does the voice go up ‘or dawn an the question tags? We've done this wrong, haven't we? You're German, sren't you? You didn't work on that project, did you? 4 You've studied art, haven't you? ¢ Bd Work in pairs, Practise saying the question tags in Exercises A and B. SPEAKING: speculating © We speculate when we aren't sure about something, and have to guess or make tags. We can also use phrases such as Maybe it's 0 .. be a... and It looks like o ... to show we are uncertain. A. 2) 2006 Listen to the conversation. Underline the phrases that the speakers use to speculate about the photo. Look at this picture, What do you think it is? Well, ifyou auk me, it could be a cry riverbed, | don't think ®t can be» riverbed. Its the wrang shape. It looks like » tree tunk to me. Let me see. Its part of an animal, isn't i? Hiren ... could be, I suppose, Maybe ts a lizard No, I don't think so. What about a rhinoceros? ‘Cf course! It must be a rhino. It's obvious now! Work in pairs, Look at these photos of everyday things, Speculate about what each photo might be. a HOW TO SAY IT © QB compare your ideas with another pair. Who speculating has the best ideas? Ireawkd be a ..., coukin’t nt? Hay. ook bore ie it might be a lean he a can tf What seat 9. improving your brain A Match the verbs 1-6 with the nouns a-fto 8 Complete these sentences with the make collocations, correct form of the phrases in Exercise A. explore \_ #8 solution You need to practize regularly 12 find - {ai the possibilities in a new skill develop a problem 2 teyts to da something new and + whe yourself Gifferent every day challenge your abilities 8 You should always before making learn pew site decision 4 When t have to «Hy to look at it from different angles. § think it important 0 rokeep your brain sctive When I have a problem, my frienck usually help me OG Uae A Read the text, What are the main arguments in favour of varying your study environment? What are the main arguments against it? Which side do you agree with more? ¢ EW Work in pairs. Say which statements in, Exercise B you agree with and explain why. dys wry your study exwvirowment mesre than one thing at a tinse is giv brain Same scientists and menrslagists say that £5 improve yoo thinking skills, you shenld vary where and how yan wark ar study. Fir example, dant almays work at year desk, Snatead sit in your favtnrite chat er lie on the ssf, with your family talking arennd yon. er even with the TV én! There are sever! reasons for this thesry, First, the brain works better if it has variety A variety af stimu causes the beain tt be mare alert, 40 mare learning takes place Ansther reason is that if you are studying sand listening t4 music at the sanee tine, you sare multi-tasking. Asking yonr brain te 4s training. Finally, always studying in the same © lace is boring, and if yin are bired, Vonr lewd of concentration is wer © On the other hand, many educatecs econamend aay studying at the same @ time in the sanse place for several reastns Fest, this creates rewtine, and if yaw have 4 riudine, it is easier t0 develop te habit of © ctadying for a certain amount of tive. every day, Second, yon have all year books clase by © sand organized in ame: area. Finally, yoo cam be samay from distractions like TV ar other pespe, @ sand manny educatocr believe this is mecescary for goud concentration 8 Read this list of arguments for and against the argument ‘Are video games good for brain training?’, Put a tick next to the arguments for using video games and a cross next to the arguments against. © ‘Are video games good for brain training?’ Use these notes to write your for and against text: nideo games i 2 good way to train your brain. arguments for (at least three) arguments against (st least three) There is disagreement about whether er not playing 0 Antisocial activity ~ Weele sateraction wath Grinds ot Kasay D1 Deselons groblenrseiv of creative ways te DD bmerones eye-hind coordination im wSnal gots, Eyes He anges dod hands have te react apicaly Skills = players have to thik pantles or prablens C1 At enomgh physical activity ~ leads to obesity and eet totes oe 2 D Fossitte addiction - aot enomgh seen; poor schoo! werk DD bnprenes manary ~ in many gies players hve te Paneuber weird ot images D1 Untstanced sills develoment ~ payers don't learn other things such as feats or habtaas Reduces stress ~ games are finn; playing releases Aipression and Frustration Think gaint THINKING LOGICALLY = Question your assumptions © Approach the problem differently *® Think of new ideas and test them. A. Do this puzzle. Connect these dots by drawing four straight lines, without lifting your pencil off the paper and without going back over a line. You have two minutes. 8 Ifyou solved the puzzle, well done! If you didn't, it might help you to question your assumptions. To do this, decide whether these sentences about the puzzle are true (1) or false (F). The instructions say each line has to stat andi end on a dot. = T/ Your lines can go further than the rows of dots vs Each fine has to go through three dots vf © Now try the puzzle in Exercise A again. If you stilll can’t work out the answer, find someone who has the answer and ask them to show you how to doit © Do this puzzle. Look at this fish made out of matchsticks. Move three matchsticks only so that the fish is swimming in the opposite direction. You have one minute, E Ifyou solved the puzzle in Exercise D, read this text and decide if it describes how you think. If you didn't solve the puzzle, read the text and think about how you should approach the puzzle in Exercise D differently. sPoyes Cr WM aioe ebites There are times in all our lives when we need matchsticks. You have ta mave hink more logically. It might be tn a reablife matchsticks to get the coir situation, such as maicing a business decision, Or glass. You it move the it might be when we are doing a test or puzzle of sible... 8 possible... an npu me kind. The prob ” whe jatar ted ay up. However, thee a big part smthans HOW TO SAY IT Discussing logical thinking ‘One problem which could be sobed F Now try the puzzle in Exercise D again. Use what you learnt in the article to help you, ttaing logical thinking is _— ; . (0 yau think logical thinking woud Work in pairs, Brainstorm a list of real-life meer i problems and how logical thinking might help to £01Ve tom yould logical dhinking belp in them, Then explain your ideas to the rest of the class. thse stuation? logic thinking could help you to Choose the correct words. (15 points) One of the mast i powe less techniques far training your brain is visualization. Whether you're trying to ca) develap / learn abilities you already have, ar trying toy)deve 1 anew kil, vaualisation can help you. It can alsa help you (fn f= 2 solution to stopping unhealthy habits, such as smoking, when you think you've 6) explore hollenged all the possibilities and yau're feeling mhopeful / hopeless. in feet, visualisation ean work in any situation where you ate trying to a) challenge / solve yourself ta improve, or if you ate trying ta oy find / solve @ difieult problem, The technique involves forming @ picture in your mind, ike @ picture on & movie screen. You have to be 0) caveful / careless to create @ realy vivid picture of what you want to achieve, Imagine yourself feeling ct) fearful / fearless and strong, Then add sound and make it come to le. Then, make & small black and white picture of yourself feeling 121 fearful / fearless and failing, Quickly replace that «31 painful / painless image with your bright, happy image, Do that five or six times. Now, every time you feel (141 powerful / powerless and think YoU are going to fal, the positive image will come to mind, Difficult situations become much less 18) pain‘ / painless and you are more Skely to succeed. Why not give ® a tr/? owerless and (2 useful ard use collestions connected to mproneg Jon pages #4 and 87 SCORE: ns A Complete the conversation with must, can’t or might/may/could, (7 points) Andy. Vean't finish this erossword puzzle. Do you know 8 country with » fiveletternseme? Kety, There it bbe hunckeds! It be ‘Chi Andy. No, ita be ‘China’ because it begins with the letter ( xeety. Why didn't you say that? Well, it be ‘ran’, That only has four letters. ees be 'haly. Andy: No. es be Italy because it ends with the letter a eon bbe ‘india’ then, Andy: Brilliant! Thanks. B Complete the question tags. (8 points) They can't solve the puzzle, She's very good at puzzles, You'll hejp me, We didn’t pass the test, She hasn't gat an exaen today, We shouldn't buy that ear, You don’t have # motorbike, Paula doesn't le dogs, degrees of certainty ean use question t2qs Jon pages #3 and &S. scone: ns to the question, or one particular view? 1S DOING SPORT GOOD Leeda ed alty help your brain w tes the brain to pr ana i better. First, p ave to s plan all at i you ara also devetopi and you have ti | Finally, if you play a team sp a Read the article again and find these things for each paragraph Read the text. Does the writer give a balanced answer aa CTT a tball or rugby

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