1. Reading 1 Sleep Reading 2 Use it or lose it
Unit 11 Use it or lose it
Reading 1 Sleep
Reading 2 Use it or lose it
创思英语

2. Reading 1 Sleep Look at the headline
Sleep better than midnight oil on eve of exams
What is meant by “midnight oil”?
Paraphrase the title.

3. Reading 1 Sleep Scan the article to find the answers:
What was the research subject?
Where did the research happen?
Where can the results be found?
What task were volunteers asked to do?
The link between sleep and memory
Harvard Medical School
Nature Neuroscience
A “visual discrimination”

4. Reading 1 Sleep Match the causes and effects Task 4 on p.91
KEYS: 1 E 2 F 3 D 4 B 5 A 6 C

5. Reading 2 Use it or lose it
Glance through the text quickly, and answer the following questions.

6. Reading 2 Use it or lose it
What is the main idea?
Paraphrase “use it or lose it”
How to keep the brain young
If we do not use our brain, our mental efficiency will decline.

7. Reading 2 Use it or lose it
The general text pattern is .
A. cause-effect
B. problem-solution
C. general-specific

8. Reading 2 Use it or lose it
What are the three ways in which mental function changes?
Mental speed
Learning capacity
Working memory

9. Reading 2 Use it or lose it
Which THREE of the following are given in the text?
A detailed description of the structure of the brain
An account of the effects of ageing on the brain
A report about the results of several research projects
A description of several methods of testing mental ability
An explanation of low mental decline can be limited

10. Reading 2 Use it or lose it
The rest tasks in the textbook.