SESSION 18: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 18: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES:

THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.

2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are True (T) or False (F):
a. A father made his young son train outside in freezing conditions.
b. The father believes such training will make his son more intelligent.
c. The little boy had to train without any kind of footwear.
d. The temperatures the boy trained in were colder than -10 degrees C.
e. The boy was born with a developmental problem.
f. The father did not consult any medical experts about his son’s training.
g. The little boy was brave and did not shed a tear in the video of him.
h. A children’s doctor said a lot of research supported the training.

1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. freezing ....... a. outdo
2. outrage ........ b. small
3. increase ....... c. identified
4. force .......... d. subzero
5. exceed ........ e. punishing
6. diagnosed ..... f. raise
7. hinder ......... g. make
8. tough .......... h. make certain
9. ensure ......... i. anger
10. modest ....... j. hold back

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):
1. train in freezing ............ a. challenge limitations
2. caused outrage  ............ b. footage
3. increase his ................. c. expectations
4. force him to ................ d. with cerebral palsy
5. exceed his own ............ e. development of his son
6. his son was diagnosed ..... f. weather
7. hinder the intellectual ..... g. intelligence
8. video ......................... h. change
9. begs .......................... i. across the world
10. lead to a modest .......... j. to be picked up

1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:

MINUS - FORCE - OUTRAGE - BELIEVE - TRAIN - OWN - INCREASE - PUSHES

A video of a father making his 4-year-old son (1) ____________ in freezing weather has caused (2) ____________ across the world. The man, He Liesheng, 44, calls himself "Eagle Dad" because he believes he will give his son strength and                (3) ____________ his intelligence if he trains him like eagles raise their young. Mr Liesheng recorded his son, He Yide, wearing just underpants and trainers running in a (4) ____________ 13 degrees Centigrade blizzard. He said: "When the old eagle teaches its young, it takes the young eagles to the cliff side, beats them and (5) ____________ them to teach them to use their wings, and I (6) ____________ I am helping my son in this way - to    (7) ____________ him to challenge limitations and exceed his  (8) ____________ expectations."

ENSURE - IQ - HINDER - BEGS - DIAGNOSED - LACKS - TOUGH - FOOTAGE

Liesheng said on Tuesday that his son was (9) ____________ with cerebral palsy when he was born and that this could (10) ____________ the intellectual development of his son. He explained that the (11) ____________ training schedule, including jogging in the snow without clothes, would make his son as healthy and intelligent as other children. He told CNN: “I consulted my doctor friends to (12) ____________ what we do is scientific and that it won't harm my son's body.” In the video (13) ____________, little Yide is crying as he chases his father and (14) ____________ to be picked up. Xu Pengfei, a paediatric doctor said Mr Liesheng’s method “(15) ____________ scientific basis” and that “education can only lead to a modest change in (16) ____________.”