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Put these words in the correct order from the shortest to Look at the pictures and the title
the longest. of the article.
sercond . t yaar. a Discuss these questions.
ClaY":.:, ,. minute , de€ade month' i'wddk I What is the woman doing in the
photograph?
2 What do you think she has done?
2 Write down
3 Why did she do it?
r the days o[ the week.
Read the first two paragraphs and
. the months oI the year.
check your ideas.
r the four seasons.
2 What do you think the results of
3 We say years like this:
the experirnent were?
1973 nineteen seventy-three
a Work in groups and consider these
1600 sixteen hundred
things:
1502 fifteen oh two
o sleeping c emotions
a Work with a partner. Practise saying these years.
r eating o sense of time
b Read the rest of the article and check
1772 1912 t066 1909 -t800 1980 18I2 1700 t802
your ideas.
b Write down some more years. Dictate them to your partner.
3 Look at ttris list with a partner.
4 Which prepositions do we use with time expressions? a Which things did she have in the cave?
a Put these words and phrases in the correct columns. Why did or didn't she have them?
a.tape r:eeorder .
,therweekerid, , . . .tomoi.r.ow, afteinoon 'r . ten orcloek . Easter a dog ra elock,
,ltwo,,dayg aao : :.,p6y, [lrthdai " ,, :Iacs]day t. ,':','the afternoon a CD player an English course food
7'.15 \l{ednlqdqy, lT-,r914in9. ; :1922,,.,.,wednpsdqy 9,May playing cards a computer books
tonight r, therscventeenlh eerllury r: n€xt,week I : '.::last:)lear two mice a window a telephone
I
this.ey,eniing,,, Chijstmas..gqy ::' y,estetday." midnight a wati-h lights., ,a te,leviSJgn , ,a'radio
Se-pte11ber.i, , , njg,ht. - : : 1A. Jar.ruary: {h9 ;:!r96Os summer
b Read the article again and check
your ideas.
tn on at no preposition
4 Answer these questions.
I What happened to Stefania's body
rhythms?
2 What did the experiment show?
I In what way do individual body
clocks vary?
5 Discuss these questions.
I Would you like to do what Stefania
b Which kinds oI time expressions are used with in, on and at?
did? Why/why not?
Write down your ideas.
2 If you did, how would you spend
Check in Grammar Reference I1.2. your time? What would you
like/miss most?
5 Ask and answer these questions.
I What patterns does your body
I Which year were you born in?
clock work to? (e.g. When do you
2 When's your birthday?
naturally wake up/eatlfeel
I What time do you usually get up?
at your best?)
4 When do you normally go on holiday?
4 What external and internal stimuli
5 When did you last go to the cinema?
determine these patterns?
6 When did you last write a letter?
5 Do your patterns differ from those
7 When did you last make a phone call?
of other people that you live with?
8 When are you going to the hairdresser's?
What problems does this cause?
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