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2. Match the following synonyms from the article.

a.

suggests

observed

b.

believe

reduces

c.

raises

nine to five

d.

slows down

think

e.

influence

twice

f.

monitored

impact

g.

rodent

shows

h.

double

rat

i.

stimulates

increases

j.

rat race

triggers

3. Match the following phrases from the article.

a.

A new report suggests that jogging

of a group is healthier

b.

not as healthy

team

c.

jogging as part

influence on the brain

d.

running alone raises

two groups of rats

e.

have a negative

the new brain cell growth

f.

The researchers monitored

could be bad for your health

g.

part of a rodent jogging

than the rat race

h.

scientists did tests to measure

stress levels

i.

double the amount

as people believe

j.

running is healthier

of new brain cells

4. Listen to the article and check if your variants in 1 were right.

5. Listen to the article once again and retell it.

6. Discuss the following questions with your partner.

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS

  1. Did the headline make you want to listen to the article?

  2. What do you think of jogging?

  3. Is jogging popular in your country?

  4. What are your experiences of jogging or running?

  5. Do you think jogging can be bad for you?

  6. Do you agree with the conclusion of the professor in the article?

  7. Are you interested in reading articles about jogging?

  8. Do you think you can link experiments where rats run on exercise wheels to real people jogging?

  9. What do you think of rats and experiments on rats?

  10. Do you think you are part of the rat race?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS

  1. What do you think about what you read?

  2. What do you think the best form of exercise is?

  3. Do you prefer to do things alone or with other people?

  4. Are you a team member or a soloist?

  5. Do you think science will benefit from the study mentioned in the article?

  6. What kinds of things do you think increase your brain cells?

  7. What questions would you like to ask the professor who conducted the research into jogging rodents?

  8. What do you think her answers would be?

  9. Did you like this discussion?

Writing

Write an essay to comment on one of the following quotations.

  1. Richard M. Nixon said: "I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports."

  2. George Orwell said: "Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting."

  3. Howard Cosell said: "Sports is the toy department of human life."

  4. John Wooden said: "Sports do not build character. They reveal it”.

SPEAKING

Discuss the following questions in groups and use them as a plan to make your final monologue on the topic.