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THE ARTICLEWhite hair may be a thing of the pastWorried about getting old? Don’t want to get wrinkles? Wondering how to stop going grey, or white, or silver? Well help may be at hand with the last one of these fears. Scientists have discovered the drug the body uses to give our hair its natural colour. They hope they can recreate this drug and use it to prevent people’s hair from turning white. The goal is to make a shampoo that contains the drug so that our hair will stay its natural colour throughout our life. This would save us a fortune in hair dyes and treatments, and keep us all looking ten years younger. Unfortunately, the drug only seems to be for hair colour loss and not hair loss. People going bald will have to wait a little longer for the drug that stops their hair falling out.
The researchers are from the University of Lubeck, Germany, and the University of Manchester, England. The team were researching the causes of hair turning white because of illness or stress. They recreated a molecule that occurs naturally in the body that provides colour to our hair. The scientists conducted tests on the hair of six women aged between 46 and 65. They were able to reverse the process that caused the hair to lose its colour. Lead researcher Dr Ralf Paus said the technique he used could be used as an "anti-greying agent" in the future. However, he warned it was still too early in the testing process to give more details. He was not able to say whether he thought his discovery would make white hair a thing of the past.
WARM-UPS1. HAIR: Walk around the class and talk to other students about hair. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your partner(s) and share your findings. 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. BODY WORRIES: Do you worry about the changes happening to your body? Complete the table below. Share what you wrote with your partner(s).
4. HAIR DYE: Students A strongly believe that dying your hair a different colour is stupid; Students B strongly believe dying your hair is necessary nowadays. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. HAIR COLOUR: With your partner(s), discuss what kind of people are associated with these hair colours. Are they different for men and women? Share your ideas with other students.
6. SHAMPOO: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘shampoo’. 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.Worried about getting old? Don’t ______________ wrinkles? Wondering how to stop going grey, or white, or silver? Well help may ______________ the last one of these fears. Scientists have discovered the drug the body uses to ______________ natural colour. They hope they can recreate this drug and use it to prevent people’s hair from turning white. The goal ______________ shampoo that contains the drug so that our hair will stay its natural colour throughout our life. This would ______________ in hair dyes and treatments, and ______________ looking ten years younger. Unfortunately, the drug only seems to be for hair colour loss and not hair loss. People ______________ have to wait a little longer for the drug that stops their ______________. The ______________ from the University of Lubeck, Germany, and the University of Manchester, England. The team were researching the causes of hair turning ______________ illness or stress. They recreated a molecule that occurs naturally in the body ______________ colour to our hair. The scientists conducted tests ______________ six women aged between 46 and 65. They were able to reverse the process that caused ______________ its colour. Lead researcher Dr Ralf Paus said the technique he used could ______________ "anti-greying agent" in the future. However, he warned it was still too early in the testing process to give more details. He was ______________ whether he thought his discovery would make white hair a thing of the past. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘white’ and ‘hair’.
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 how they were used in the text:
STUDENT HAIR COLOUR SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about hair colour 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.
HAIR COLOUR DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEWorried about getting old? Don’t want to get (1) ____? Wondering how to stop going grey, or white, or silver? Well help may be at (2) ____ with the last one of these fears. Scientists (3) ____ discovered the drug the body uses to give our hair its natural colour. They hope they can recreate this drug and use it to prevent people’s hair (4) ____ turning white. The goal is to make a shampoo that contains the drug so that our hair will stay its natural colour throughout our life. This would save (5) ____ a fortune in hair dyes and treatments, and keep us all looking ten years younger. Unfortunately, the drug only seems to be (6) ____ hair colour loss and not hair loss. People going bald will have to wait a little longer for the drug that stops their hair falling out. The researchers are from the University of Lubeck, Germany, and the University of Manchester, England. The team were researching the causes (7) ____ hair turning white because of illness or stress. They recreated a molecule that (8) ____ naturally in the body that provides colour to our hair. The scientists conducted tests on the hair of six women (9) ____ between 46 and 65. They were able to reverse the process (10) ____ caused the hair to lose its colour. Lead researcher Dr Ralf Paus said the technique he used could be used (11) ____ an "anti-greying agent" in the future. However, he warned it was still too early in the testing process to give more details. He was not able to say whether he thought his discovery would make white hair a (12) ____ of the past. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about hair colour 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 out more about the ageing process. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. MY HAIR: Make a poster about the history of your hair. Describe your different styles and how you felt with each one. Include photos if you can. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. A THING OF THE PAST: Write a magazine article about the new wonder shampoo that means our hair no longer changes colour with age. Include imaginary interviews with the CEO of the shampoo company and a person whose hair will now not change colour. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to the boss of the shampoo company that will make the hair colour shampoo. Ask her/him three questions about the shampoo. Give her/him your three ideas on what other hair products the company could make. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. 6. DIARY / JOURNAL: You are a hair on your head. Write a diary entry about an average day in your life. Does your owner look after you? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: White hair may be a thing of the pastWorried about getting old? Don’t want to get wrinkles? Wondering how to stop going grey, or white, or silver? Well help may be at hand with the last one of these fears. Scientists have discovered the drug the body uses to give our hair its natural colour. They hope they can recreate this drug and use it to prevent people’s hair from turning white. The goal is to make a shampoo that contains the drug so that our hair will stay its natural colour throughout our life. This would save us a fortune in hair dyes and treatments, and keep us all looking ten years younger. Unfortunately, the drug only seems to be for hair colour loss and not hair loss. People going bald will have to wait a little longer for the drug that stops their hair falling out. The researchers are from the University of Lubeck, Germany, and the University of Manchester, England. The team were researching the causes of hair turning white because of illness or stress. They recreated a molecule that occurs naturally in the body that provides colour to our hair. The scientists conducted tests on the hair of six women aged between 46 and 65. They were able to reverse the process that caused the hair to lose its colour. Lead researcher Dr Ralf Paus said the technique he used could be used as an "anti-greying agent" in the future. However, he warned it was still too early in the testing process to give more details. He was not able to say whether he thought his discovery would make white hair a thing of the past. LANGUAGE WORK
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