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READ
Transplants are amazing. It’s incredible to think how much doctors can do. A few decades ago, doctors conducted the first heart transplant. It was headline news. It was like a medical revolution, the greatest breakthrough in science. Today, thousands of heart transplants take place around the world every day. No more headlines. What makes the headlines today is a face transplant. That’s weird. Imagine waking up one day and you have another person’s face. It’s great though. The face transplants that have taken place have totally changed lives. I wonder what other transplants we'll have next. What would a brain transplant do? That would be really scary. This would be the same as having a personality transplant.
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THE ACTIVITIES
LISTENING GAP FILL
Transplants are amazing. It’s ___________________ how much doctors can do. ___________________, doctors conducted the ___________________. It was headline news. It was like a medical revolution, the ___________________ in science. Today, thousands of heart transplants take place around the world every day. No more headlines. What ___________________ today is a face transplant. That’s weird. ___________________ one day and you have another person’s face. It’s great though. The face transplants that have taken place have ___________________. I wonder what other transplants we'll have next. What would a brain transplant do? That would ___________________. This would be the same as having a personality transplant.
CORRECT THE SPELLING
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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about transplants. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE:Write a magazine article about transplants. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. TRANSPLANTS POSTERMake a poster about transplants. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.
5. MY TRANSPLANTS LESSON:Make your own English lesson on transplants. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.
6. ONLINE SHARING:Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on transplants. Share your findings with the class.
ANSWERS
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