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Date: Nov 11, 2007
THE ARTICLEGirl born with 8 limbs OK after opA two-year-old Indian girl has had four limbs removed from her body. Lakshmi Tatma was born as a conjoined twin and had an extra pair of arms and legs. Her twin stopped developing in the womb and was headless, leaving Lakshmi with the extra sets of limbs. The risky, marathon, 27-hour operation on Wednesday was a huge success and little Lakshmi is now doing well and recovering in a Bangalore hospital. She is awake following her surgery and is apparently full of smiles. She reportedly wiggled her toes and moved her hands, which doctors say is a good sign that her recovery will go smoothly. She may even be able to walk soon. Lead surgeon Dr Sharan Patil told reporters: "Lakshmi is stable and doing well. All her signs are within the normal limits. She has survived very well.” Lakshmi was born with a very rare condition called ischiopagus. This occurs in less than 2 per cent of conjoined twins. One of the twin embryos stops developing in the mother's womb and the other embryo ends up with more body parts than it needs. Lakshmi’s additional limbs made it impossible for her to stand and walk. Her father Shambu said he had been through the most traumatic time of his life. He spent 15 minutes with his daughter in the ICU and said: "I was relieved to see my daughter open her eyes and move her legs." Shambu named his daughter after the four-armed Hindu goddess of wealth and local villagers saw her as a reincarnation of the goddess. A circus wanted to buy Lakshmi but her parents had better ideas for her future and took her to the Bangalore hospital. WARM-UPS1. OPERATIONS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about operations. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your original partner(s) and share what you found out. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. NAMING CHILDREN: Have you thought about what names to give your children? Choose names after the people below. Explain your choices to your partner(s).
4. TRAUMATIC TIMES: With your partner(s), discuss which of the experiences below would be most traumatic for you and why: · your child having a risky, marathon operation · losing a limb · having to move to another country · divorce – yours or your parents · being kidnapped by terrorists · exams 5. TWINS: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘twins’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING:Listen and fill in the spaces. A two-year-old Indian girl _____________________ removed from her body. Lakshmi Tatma was born as a conjoined twin and had an extra pair of arms and legs. Her twin stopped developing _____________________ headless, leaving Lakshmi with the extra sets of limbs. The risky, marathon, 27-hour operation on Wednesday _____________________ little Lakshmi is now doing well and recovering in a Bangalore hospital. She is awake following her surgery and is _____________________. She reportedly wiggled her toes and moved her hands, which doctors say is a good sign that her recovery will go smoothly. She may _____________________ soon. Lead surgeon Dr Sharan Patil told reporters: "Lakshmi is stable and doing well. All her _____________________ normal limits. She has survived very well.” Lakshmi was _____________________ condition called ischiopagus. This occurs in less than 2 per cent of conjoined twins. One of the twin embryos stops developing in the mother's womb and the other embryo ends up with _____________________ it needs. Lakshmi’s additional limbs made it impossible for _____________________. Her father Shambu said he had been through the most traumatic time of his life. He spent 15 minutes with his daughter in the ICU and said: "I _____________________ daughter open her eyes and move her legs." Shambu named his daughter after the four-armed Hindu goddess of wealth _____________________ her as a reincarnation of the goddess. A circus wanted to buy Lakshmi but her parents had better _____________________ took her to the Bangalore hospital. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘arm’ and ‘leg’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall exactly how these were used in the text:
STUDENT OPERATIONS SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about operations in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
-------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGECORRECT WORD: Put the correct words from a–d below in the article. A two-year-old Indian girl has had four limbs removed from her body. Lakshmi Tatma was born as a (1) ____ twin and had an extra (2) ____ of arms and legs. Her twin stopped developing in the womb and was headless, (3) ____ Lakshmi with the extra sets of limbs. The risky, marathon, 27-hour operation on Wednesday was a (4) ____ success and little Lakshmi is now doing well and recovering in a Bangalore hospital. She is awake following her surgery and is apparently full of smiles. She reportedly wiggled her toes and moved her hands, which doctors say is a good sign that her recovery will (5) ____ smoothly. She may even be able to walk soon. Lead surgeon Dr Sharan Patil told reporters: "Lakshmi is stable and doing well. All her signs are (6) ____ the normal limits. She has survived very well.” Lakshmi was born with a very rare condition called ischiopagus. This (7) ____ in less than 2 per cent of conjoined twins. One of the twin embryos stops developing in the mother's womb and the other embryo ends (8) ____ with more body parts than it needs. Lakshmi’s additional limbs made it impossible (9) ____ her to stand and walk. Her father Shambu said he had been through the most (10) ____ time of his life. He spent 15 minutes with his daughter in the ICU and said: "I was relieved to see my daughter open her eyes and move her legs." Shambu named his daughter (11) ____ the four-armed Hindu goddess of wealth and local villagers saw her as a reincarnation (12) ____ the goddess. A circus wanted to buy Lakshmi but her parents had better ideas for her future and took her to the Bangalore hospital.
WRITING:Write about operations for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about Lakshmi Tatma. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. OPERATIONS: Make a poster about risky operations. Show the duties and responsibilities of different medical staff. Show your poster to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all include similar things? 4. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about the life of Lakshmi Tatma. Include imaginary interviews with her and her parents. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down new words and expressions. 5. LETTER: Write a letter to Lakshmi Tatma. Ask her three questions about her operation, parents and life. Give her three pieces of advice on how to have a happy life from now. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Girl born with 8 limbs OK after opA two-year-old Indian girl has had four limbs removed from her body. Lakshmi Tatma was born as a conjoined twin and had an extra pair of arms and legs. Her twin stopped developing in the womb and was headless, leaving Lakshmi with the extra sets of limbs. The risky, marathon, 27-hour operation on Wednesday was a huge success and little Lakshmi is now doing well and recovering in a Bangalore hospital. She is awake following her surgery and is apparently full of smiles. She reportedly wiggled her toes and moved her hands, which doctors say is a good sign that her recovery will go smoothly. She may even be able to walk soon. Lead surgeon Dr Sharan Patil told reporters: "Lakshmi is stable and doing well. All her signs are within the normal limits. She has survived very well.” Lakshmi was born with a very rare condition called ischiopagus. This occurs in less than 2 per cent of conjoined twins. One of the twin embryos stops developing in the mother's womb and the other embryo ends up with more body parts than it needs. Lakshmi’s additional limbs made it impossible for her to stand and walk. Her father Shambu said he had been through the most traumatic time of his life. He spent 15 minutes with his daughter in the ICU and said: "I was relieved to see my daughter open her eyes and move her legs." Shambu named his daughter after the four-armed Hindu goddess of wealth and local villagers saw her as a reincarnation of the goddess. A circus wanted to buy Lakshmi but her parents had better ideas for her future and took her to the Bangalore hospital. LANGUAGE WORK
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