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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the gene that could help people forget traumatic experiences. They say the research could benefit people with painful memories. Soldiers, crime victims and people who survived natural disasters are some of the people this research could help. Many of these people suffer from very bad stress because of their memories. It is an illness called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The scientists found the memory gene in mice. They hope that one day they can erase painful memories in humans. They think they can replace upsetting memories with more positive thoughts and feelings. This would help millions of people who suffer from PTSD.
The head researcher, Li-Huei Tsai, did many tests to make mice forget their fear. Scientists put the mice into a cage and gave them a small electric shock. After many shocks, the mice became afraid of the cage. They were stressed when they saw it. Once the mice had "cage shock," the scientists put the mice in the cage again but didn't give them an electric shock. After a period of time, the mice no longer feared the cage. Positive feelings replaced their stress and fear. The scientists looked at the brain activity when the mice were afraid and when they were not afraid. They were surprised to find the gene that replaced old memories with new ones. They will now try to find this gene in humans.
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Sources:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/266368.php
http://news.sky.com/story/1145178/memory-erasing-gene-discovered-in-mice
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1. BAD MEMORIES: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about bad memories. Change partners often 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.
researchers / traumatic / benefit / crime victims / memories / stress / positive thoughts / fear / electric shock / a period of time / brain activity / surprised / genes in humans
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. MEMORIES: Complete this table with your partner(s) and share what you wrote. Change partners often.
Memory
What do you remember?
How do you feel thinking about it?
Earliest memory
Embarrassing memory
First English lesson
Happiest childhood memory
First day at school
First computer
4. GENES: Students A strongly believe it is good to use genes to change our memories; Students B strongly believe it isn't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
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See a sample5. FEELINGS: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the feelings you would like to erase most at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.
• fear
• stress
• embarrassment
• sadness
• pain
• hate
• jealousy
• anger
6. STRESS: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "stress". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
BEFORE READING / LISTENING
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a.
Scientists have found the gene in human brains to erase memories.
T / F
b.
Scientists say their research could help people who are very stressed.
T / F
c.
Many people suffer from an illness called PDST.
T / F
d.
Scientists think they can replace bad memories with good ones.
T / F
e.
Researchers gave mice electric shocks to make them afraid.
T / F
f.
Mice became stressed about and afraid of a cage.
T / F
g.
The mice never lost their fear of the cage.
T / F
h.
Scientists said they will never find the gene in human brains.
T / F
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
1.
traumatic
a.
frightened
2.
benefit
b.
locate
3.
erase
c.
shocking
4.
replace
d.
have
5.
suffer from
e.
good
6.
tests
f.
amazed
7.
afraid
g.
swap
8.
positive
h.
experiments
9.
surprised
i.
help
10.
find
j.
delete
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
1.
the gene that could
a.
stress disorder (PTSD)
2.
an illness called post-traumatic
b.
gene in humans
3.
erase painful
c.
who suffer from PTSD
4.
replace upsetting memories with
d.
shock
5.
This would help millions of people
e.
help people forget
6.
tests to make mice
f.
memories in humans
7.
electric
g.
activity
8.
the mice no
h.
more positive thoughts
9.
brain
i.
longer feared the cage
10.
They will now try to find this
j.
forget their fear
GAP FILL
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the gene that could help people forget (1) ____________ experiences. They say the research could (2) ____________ people with painful memories. Soldiers, crime (3) ____________ and people who survived natural disasters are some of the people this research could help. Many of these people (4) ____________ from very bad stress because of their memories. It is an illness called post-traumatic stress (5) ____________ (PTSD). The scientists found the memory gene in mice. They hope that one day they can (6) ____________ painful memories in humans. They think they can replace (7) ____________ memories with more positive thoughts and feelings. This would help (8) ____________ of people who suffer from PTSD.
suffer
erase
benefit
millions
traumatic
disorder
victims
upsetting
The head researcher, Li-Huei Tsai, did many tests to make mice forget their (9) ____________. Scientists put the mice into a cage and gave them a small (10) ____________ shock. After many shocks, the mice became afraid of the cage. They were (11) ____________ when they saw it. Once the mice had "cage shock," the scientists put the mice in the cage again but didn't give them an electric shock. After a (12) ____________ of time, the mice no longer feared the cage. Positive feelings (13) ____________ their stress and fear. The scientists looked at the brain (14) ____________ when the mice were afraid and when they were not afraid. They were (15) ____________ to find the gene that replaced old memories with new ones. They will now try to find this (16) ____________ in humans.
replaced
surprised
electric
activity
stressed
fear
gene
period
LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.
1)
Researchers from the Massachusetts ______
a. Institute of Technologies
b. Institute of Technological
c. Institute of Technology
d. Institute of Technologists2)
the gene that could help people forget ______
a. traumatic experience
b. traumatic experience is
c. traumatic experienced
d. traumatic experiences3)
Soldiers, crime victims and people who ______
a. survived natural disasters
b. survived national disasters
c. survived nature disasters
d. survived notional disasters4)
They hope that one day they can erase painful ______
a. memories in humans
b. memories in human
c. memories in humanly
d. memories in humanise5)
They think they can replace upsetting memories with more positive ______
a. thoughts and feeling
b. thoughts and feelings
c. thoughts and feel inns
d. thoughts and feels in6)
The head researcher, Li-Huei Tsai, did many tests to make mice ______
a. forget their here
b. forget their hear
c. forget their fear
d. forget their fair7)
Scientists put the mice into a cage and gave them a ______
a. small electric stock
b. small electric sock
c. small electric shock
d. small electric smock8)
After a period of time, the mice no longer ______
a. fear the cage
b. fears the cage
c. fearing the cage
d. feared the cage9)
The scientists looked at the ______
a. brain active
b. brain activity
c. brain activities
d. brain activate10)
They were surprised to find the gene that replaced old memories ______
a. with newer ones
b. with new one
c. with news ones
d. with new onesLISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps
Researchers from the Massachusetts (1) ___________________ have found the gene that could help people forget traumatic experiences. They say the research (2) ___________________ with painful memories. Soldiers, crime victims and people who survived (3) ___________________ are some of the people this research could help. Many of these people suffer from very bad stress because of their memories. It is an illness (4) ___________________ stress disorder (PTSD). The scientists found the memory gene in mice. They hope that one (5) ___________________ painful memories in humans. They think they can replace upsetting memories with more positive thoughts and feelings. This would help millions of people (6) ___________________ PTSD.
The head researcher, Li-Huei Tsai, did (7) ___________________ mice forget their fear. Scientists put the mice into a cage and gave them a small electric shock. After many shocks, the mice (8) ___________________ the cage. They were stressed when they saw it. Once the mice had "cage shock," the scientists (9) ___________________ the cage again but didn't give them an electric shock. After a period of time, the mice (10) ___________________ the cage. Positive feelings replaced their stress and fear. The scientists looked at the (11) ___________________ the mice were afraid and when they were not afraid. They were surprised to find the gene that replaced old memories with new ones. They will now (12) ___________________ gene in humans.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.
Which institute of technology found the gene?
2.
What survivors could the research help?
3.
What's the missing word: post-traumatic _________ disorder?
4.
When do scientists think they can erase painful memories in humans?
5.
How many people suffer from PTSD?
6.
How many tests did the scientists do on the mice?
7.
What did the scientists give the mice?
8.
What replaced stress and fear in the mice?
9.
What did scientists look at in the mice?
10.
What do scientists now want to find?
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ
1.
Which institute of technology found the gene?
6.
How many tests did the scientists do on the mice?
a) Massachusetts
b) Minnesota
c) Kalamazoo
d) Timbuktu
a) 5 a day for 6 months
b) a few
c) 649
d) many2.
What victims could the research help?
7.
What did the scientists give the mice?
a) innocent victims
b) unsuspecting
c) crime victims
d) fashion victims
a) a shower
b) their favourite food
c) electric shocks
d) a friend3.
What's the missing word: post-traumatic _________ disorder?
8.
What replaced stress and fear in the mice?
a) stressful
b) stresses
c) stressed
d) stress
a) anxiety and terror
b) positive feelings
c) happiness and joy
d) numbness and emptiness4.
When do scientists think they can erase painful memories in humans?
9.
What did scientists look at in the mice?
a) within a generation or two
b) one day
c) before 2020
d) next year
a) heart rate
b) pulse
c) brain activity
d) blood pressure5.
How many people suffer from PTSD?
10.
What do scientists now want to find?
a) millions
b) hundreds of millions
c) a billion or so
d) countless
a) new jobs
b) the gene in humans
c) the secret of immortality
d) more miceROLE PLAY
Role A – Memories of first love
You think memories of first love are most important. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't important about their memories. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): the earliest memories of school, memories of winning or our earliest family memories.
Role B – Earliest memories of school
You think the earliest memories of school are most important. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't important about their memories. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): memories of first love, memories of winning or our earliest family memories.
Role C – Memories of winning
You think memories of winning are most important. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't important about their memories. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): the earliest memories of school, memories of first love or our earliest family memories.
Role D – Earliest family memories
You think our earliest family memories are most important. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't important about their memories. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): the earliest memories of school, memories of winning or memories of first love.
AFTER READING / LISTENING
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'erase' and 'memory'.
erase
memory
- Share your findings with your partners.
- Make questions using the words you found.
- Ask your partner / group your questions.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
- Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
- Ask your partner / group your questions.
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:
- help
- natural
- bad
- day
- upsetting
- millions
- many
- small
- again
- period
- activity
- find
BAD MEMORIES SURVEY
Write five GOOD questions about bad memories 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.
STUDENT 1
_____________
STUDENT 2
_____________
STUDENT 3
_____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.
- Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
- Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
BAD MEMORIES DISCUSSION
STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
a)
What did you think when you read the headline?
b)
What springs to mind when you hear the word 'stress'?
c)
What do you think about what you read?
d)
Would you like to forget painful memories?
e)
Is this research dangerous?
f)
How can we help people with post-traumatic stress disorder?
g)
What do you do when you get stressed?
h)
Is it good to replace bad memories with good ones?
i)
Could this research make everyone happy one day?
j)
What do you do to relieve stress?
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
a)
Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)
What do you get stressed about?
c)
Is it wrong to give mice electric shocks?
d)
Would you go to a doctor to forget memories?
e)
Could doctors erase all your memories?
f)
Who would you be if all your memories disappeared?
g)
Could this research make fear disappear?
h)
Would we hurt ourselves if we had no fear?
i)
What's your worst memory?
j)
What questions would you like to ask the researchers?
DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.
________________________________________________________
2.
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3.
________________________________________________________
4.
________________________________________________________
5.
________________________________________________________
6.
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LANGUAGE - CLOZE
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the gene that could help people forget (1) ____ experiences. They say the research could benefit people with (2) ____ memories. Soldiers, crime victims and people who survived natural disasters are (3) ____ of the people this research could help. Many of these people suffer (4) ____ very bad stress because of their memories. It is an illness called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The scientists found the memory gene in mice. They hope that one day they can erase painful memories in humans. They think they can replace (5) ____ memories with more positive (6) ____ and feelings. This would help millions of people who suffer from PTSD.
The head researcher, Li-Huei Tsai, did many tests to (7) ____ mice forget their fear. Scientists put the mice into a cage and gave them a small electric shock. After many shocks, the mice became (8) ____ of the cage. They were stressed when they saw it. (9) ____ the mice had "cage shock," the scientists put the mice in the cage again but didn't give them an electric shock. After a period of time, the mice no (10) ____ feared the cage. Positive feelings replaced their stress and fear. The scientists looked at the brain activity when the mice were afraid and when they were not afraid. They were surprised (11) ____ find the gene that replaced old memories with new ones. They will now try to find this gene in (12) ____.
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
1.
(a)
trauma
(b)
traumatic
(c)
traumatise
(d)
traumas
2.
(a)
pains
(b)
painful
(c)
painfully
(d)
pain
3.
(a)
few
(b)
lot
(c)
much
(d)
some
4.
(a)
for
(b)
from
(c)
of
(d)
by
5.
(a)
upset
(b)
upsetting
(c)
upsets
(d)
setting
6.
(a)
thinks
(b)
thoughtful
(c)
thoughts
(d)
thinkers
7.
(a)
mean
(b)
do
(c)
make
(d)
try
8.
(a)
frightens
(b)
fear
(c)
afraid
(d)
scary
9.
(a)
Twice
(b)
Thrice
(c)
Four times
(d)
Once
10.
(a)
longs
(b)
longing
(c)
length
(d)
longer
11.
(a)
to
(b)
at
(c)
by
(d)
of
12.
(a)
humankind
(b)
human
(c)
humans
(d)
humane
SPELLING
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Number these lines in the correct order.
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day they can erase painful memories in humans. They think they can replace upsetting
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PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER
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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discover / found the gene that could help people forget traumatic experiences. They say the research could beneficial / benefit people with painful memories. Soldiers, crime victims and people who survivor / survived natural disasters are some / much of the people this research could help. Many of that / these people suffer from very bad stress because of their memorise / memories. It is an illness / ill called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The scientists found the memory gene on / in mice. They hope that one day they can erase painful memories in humans. They think they can replace upsets / upsetting memories with more positive thoughts and feelings. This would help millions of people who suffering / suffer from PTSD.
The head researcher, Li-Huei Tsai, did many testing / tests to make mice forget their fear / afraid. Scientists put the mice into a cage and gave them a small electric sock / shock. After many shocks, the mice became afraid of the cage. They were stress / stressed when they saw it. Once / Twice the mice had "cage shock," the scientists put the mice in / on the cage again but didn't give them an electric shock. After a period for / of time, the mice no longer feared the cage. Positive feelings replaced / replacement their stress and fear. The scientists looked at the brain activity when the mice were afraid and when they were not afraid. They were surprises / surprised to find the gene that replaced old memories with new ones. They will now try to find this gene in / on humans.
Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.
INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)
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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS
researchers from the massachusetts institute of technology have found the gene that could help people forget traumatic experiences they say the research could benefit people with painful memories soldiers crime victims and people who survived natural disasters are some of the people this research could help many of these people suffer from very bad stress because of their memories it is an illness called post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) the scientists found the memory gene in mice they hope that one day they can erase painful memories in humans they think they can replace upsetting memories with more positive thoughts and feelings this would help millions of people who suffer from ptsd
the head researcher li-huei tsai did many tests to make mice forget their fear scientists put the mice into a cage and gave them a small electric shock after many shocks the mice became afraid of the cage they were stressed when they saw it once the mice had "cage shock" the scientists put the mice in the cage again but didn't give them an electric shock after a period of time the mice no longer feared the cage positive feelings replaced their stress and fear the scientists looked at the brain activity when the mice were afraid and when they were not afraid they were surprised to find the gene that replaced old memories with new ones they will now try to find this gene in humans
PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE
ResearchersfromtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyhavefoundthegenet
hatcouldhelppeopleforgettraumaticexperiences.Theysaytheresearchcouldbe
nefitpeoplewithpainfulmemories.Soldiers,crimevictimsandpeoplewhosurvive
dnaturaldisastersaresomeofthepeoplethisresearchcouldhelp.Manyofthesepeo
plesufferfromverybadstressbecauseoftheirmemories.Itisanillnesscalledpost-
traumaticstressdisorder(PTSD).Thescientistsfoundthememorygeneinmice.Th
eyhopethatonedaytheycanerasepainfulmemoriesinhumans.Theythinktheyca
nreplaceupsettingmemorieswithmorepositivethoughtsandfeelings.Thiswould
helpmillionsofpeoplewhosufferfromPTSD.Theheadresearcher,LiHueiTsai,did
manyteststomakemiceforgettheirfear.Scientistsputthemiceintoacageandgav
ethemasmallelectricshock.Aftermanyshocks,themicebecameafraidofthecage.
Theywerestressedwhentheysawit.Oncethemicehad"cageshock,"thescientists
putthemiceinthecageagainbutdidn'tgivethemanelectricshock.Afteraperiodofti
me,themicenolongerfearedthecage.Positivefeelingsreplacedtheirstressandfe
ar.Thescientistslookedatthebrainactivitywhenthemicewereafraidandwhenthe
ywerenotafraid.Theyweresurprisedtofindthegenethatreplacedoldmemorieswi
thnewones.Theywillnowtrytofindthisgeneinhumans.FREE WRITING
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HOMEWORK
1. 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 post-traumatic stress disorder. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. BAD MEMORIES: Make a poster about bad memories. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. GENES: Write a magazine article about erasing bad memories using genes. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against it.
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. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to a scientist. Ask him/her three questions about bad memories. Give him/her three of your opinions on using this gene to erase bad memories. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.
ANSWERS
TRUE / FALSE (p.4)
a
F
b
T
c
F
d
T
e
T
f
T
g
F
h
F
SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)
1.
traumatic
a.
shocking
2.
benefit
b.
help
3.
erase
c.
delete
4.
replace
d.
swap
5.
suffer from
e.
have
6.
tests
f.
experiments
7.
afraid
g.
frightened
8.
positive
h.
good
9.
surprised
i.
amazed
10.
find
j.
locate
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)
1.
Massachusetts
2.
Crime victims
3.
Stress
4.
One day
5.
Millions
6.
Many
7.
Electric shocks
8.
Positive feelings
9.
Brain activity
10.
The gene in humans
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)
1.
a
2.
c
3.
d
4.
b
5.
a
6.
d
7.
c
8.
b
9.
c
10.
b
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