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MODULE 6 Looking forward, looking back tie English in Use 1 (Paper 3 Part 2) Lead-in 1 Discuss these questions. 1 How many hours a night do you sleep on average? 2 Would you like to be able to manage on les sleep? Open cloze 2 2 Read the title and the text below quickly and > Task strategies page 169 answer these questions. (Ignore the spaces at this stage.) 1 What is narcolepsy? 2. What benefits would the new drug have? b Do the task. Check the task strategies on page 169 before you start and use the Help clues if necessary. For questions 1-15, complete the following article by writing each missing word in the space. Use only one word for each space. The exercise begins with an example (0) A New Cure for a Sleeping Disorder People are becoming increasingly aware of a medical condition known (0).28. narcolepsy, which causes sufferers to fall asleep anywhere at any time of day. It is not just (I) own safety Q) is at risk. (3), man, who worked as a builder, fell asleep at the top of a ladder and could easily have fallen and killed both (4), and anyone passing by. For years, (5)... had any idea what caused narcolepsy, and nearly (6) sufferers were given drugs which had serious side effets, Recently, however, researchers at Stanford University | and the University of Texas have come to (7) conclusion that the problem is (8), toan insufficient quantity of a chemical called orexin in the brain. (9). this discovery has a led to is the development of a new drug which appears to have ee (10) side fleets atall. . mn | Which determiner is needed here? Look at the relative clause that Neither group (11). researchers has been slow to realise the a ees orential af (12), a drug. Not only would it hel defining? ee = ° oeaiena narcoleptics, but it could be used to help certain groups of workers, | ‘What kind of pronouns needed (13) monennn SUfBeONS and soldiers, o stay awake. The very latest here? trials, carried (14).. on a group of young volunteers, have > Question 14 even showa that, (15). addition, the drug can improve eer eosemerne tama many other aspects of mental functioning, including memory, Task analysis 3. Which questions test: 1 determiners and articles? 2. pronouns? 3 astructure which gives emphasis to a sentence? Discussion 4. Discuss these questions. 1 What kind of people, other than surgeons and soldiers, would benefit from a drug that kept them awake? 2 Would you use such a drug?

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