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Unit 6
That’s impossible Reading

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Write on the board: make and do.
Split the class into two groups. Give READING
students three minutes to brainstorm 1 Read the blog entry quickly and number the photos in the order they are mentioned 1–5.
collocations with make and do. One
group can think of phrases with
make, the other phrases with do.
(Examples: make: fun of (someone),
a difference, an effort, a mess,
room for something, a mistake; do: A B C D E
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give a point for each correct answer ? BIG QUESTIONS BIGGER ANSWERS! ?
ANSWERS!
ANSWERS!
ANSWERS!
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the lesson. ?
I’ve just discovered a fantastic new show called Big it’s fun and you learn something at the ?
What I like best about the show is that
questions – bigger answers! It’s one of the best online
1 Set a two-minute timer to series at the moment! The idea is simple: take a topic same time, so you don’t feel guilty about
same time, so you don’t feel guilty about
minutes in front of a screen.
encourage students to read – like dolphins, for example – and then think of lots of spending 60 minutes in front of a screen.
We’ve been shown how birds make their way back
little mysteries that can be explained. How do dolphins
quickly and focus on the communicate? How do baby dolphins stay awake for a to exactly the same place each summer (they use
whole month? How can dolphins hear sounds that are
the stars), and how a touchscreen works (that one
task, rather than on trying to so far away? That sort of thing. Then get two young, didn’t really make much sense to me). We haven’t
understand every word. enthusiastic presenters to travel the world and find been shown how to eat chocolate without putting
answers to these questions, add some cool graphics to
on weight yet, but I’m still hoping they might
A 3 B 4 C 1 D 2 E 5 explain the rest and there’s your show. Get the idea? include that!
Each episode looks at a different subject. As well as In future episodes, secrets like how top athletes
2 6.05 Check/clarify: Dolphins, topics that have already been covered include can run so fast and why elephants can’t jump will
be revealed. The one I’m personally looking forward
Famous buildings, The body, Around the house, Natural
enthusiastic, graphics, episode, wonders and Magic – my favourite so far. Still to come are to the most is how frogs can freeze without dying.
hold their breath, feel guilty, Sport and Travel. But back to dolphins. I really learnt a lot So if you aren’t already watching Big questions –
of fascinating facts about them. Here’s one I liked: how can
touch screen, put on weight, dolphins look in two different directions at the same time? bigger answers!, I strongly recommend that you
make time to. It gives you facts that you can use
pretend, box set. The answer: one eye looks in front and the other looks to pretend that you’re actually quite intelligent
behind – amazing! And what about this? Dolphins replace
for a while – as long as you can remember them,
Before students read the blog their skin every two hours. Yes, every two hours! Also, did of course. Why not log in and watch this week’s
you know that dolphins can dive 550 metres under water
entry again, get them to read the and hold their breath for 12 minutes? These are just a few show now or download the box set at the end of
the series? Many fascinating questions will be
questions through. of the things I learnt on this great new show. And yes, answered. So get watching and start learning!
I think you’ve guessed that I love dolphins!
1 They travel the world to find
answers to questions that are asked
on the programmes. 2 6.05 Read and listen to the blog again. 3 In which episode are these questions probably
2 Eight. Answer the questions. answered?
1 What do presenters on the programme do?
1 Why do we sneeze?
3 One eye looks in front and the other 2 How many different topics are mentioned? 2 Why is the Eiffel Tower 15 cm taller in the summer?
looks behind. 3 How can dolphins see in two different directions? 3 How can solar heating work when it’s raining?
4 Because he/she couldn’t really 4 Why couldn’t the writer tell you how a touchscreen 4 How does Aurora Borealis (the Northern Lights) work?
works?
5 How do you make a rabbit come out of a hat?
understand the explanation given by 5 What amazing thing can frogs do?
SPEAKING Work in pairs. Choose four of the
SPEAKING
the programme. 6 How can watching this programme make you more 4 episodes from the text and think of a question you
knowledgeable?
5 They can freeze without dying. would like to see answered in each episode.
6 Because you learn the answers to 60
lots of fascinating questions and you
can appear to be quite intelligent.
Homework
3 Encourage students to justify
their answers. Extend Exercises 3 and 4 into a homework research task with different students
1 The body 2 Famous buildings researching the answers to different questions to feed back to the group in
3 Around the house a subsequent class.
4 Natural wonders 5 Magic
4 You may like to give an example Activity idea Extension
of your own to get students In pairs or small groups, students discuss the answers to each of the things in
started on this. Exercise 3. Monitor to keep them on task and to ensure they’re using English.
Listen to some of their answers in open class.
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Workbook
Reading p58, Ex.1–3
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