Jet-lag drug is a step closer (7th October, 2014)

The Reading / Listening - Level 3

Everybody who flies long distances hates jet lag. Traveling across different time zones upsets your body clock. People can have jet lag for three or four days after getting off the airplane. You can be wide awake at 3.00am and ready for bed after lunch. That might soon be over. Researchers from Kyoto University in Japan are close to making a drug for jet lag. They said the drug can help people change to a new time zone in just 24 hours. Head researcher Yoshiaki Yamaguchi said his team has found the body's "reset button" in the brain. This controls how the body adjusts to changing sleep patterns. New drugs could "press" the reset button to make jet lag less troublesome.

The jet-lag drug could also have other health benefits. People who work different shifts and night workers could take the drug. This means these workers will not be so stressed from working at irregular or unsociable hours. Airline pilots and cabin crew could be among those who most benefit from the new drug. The drug might also be useful for people with insomnia (the inability to sleep). Wikipedia says jet lag usually happens after a change of three time zones or more. Some people get it after just a single time zone difference. It usually takes one day to recover from crossing one time zone. Jet lag is only a few decades old. It happened after people started flying in jet airplanes.

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Level 0, Level 1 or Level 2

Sources

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/04/jet-lag-body-clock-adjust-time-zones_n_4042918.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/a-cure-for-jetlag-scientists-discover-body-clock-reset-button-8858326.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_lag

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The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. JET LAG: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about jet lag. 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.

long distances / time zones / body clock / airplane / ready for bed / reset button / health benefits / night workers / unsociable hours / cabin crew / insomnia / flying

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. NEW DRUGS: How could these "new" drugs help us? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Drug for…	Name	Health benefits
studying
love
sweating
confidence
English
driving

4. BODY CLOCK: Students A strongly believe drugs that change our body clock are bad; Students B strongly believe they are good. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. FLYING: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the worst things about flying at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• jet lag

• airports

• packing

• turbulence

• other passengers

• airplane food

• waiting at immigration

• legroom

6. TRAVELING: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "traveling". 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.	The article says half of people who fly have a strong dislike for jet lag.	T / F
b.	Your body clock is upset by changing time zones.	T / F
c.	Researchers say a new drug could make jet lag go away in a day.	T / F
d.	The body's "reset button" is at the back of your neck, in the middle.	T / F
e.	The new drug could help people who work at unsociable times.	T / F
f.	Insomniacs could find the drug useful.	T / F
g.	You cannot get jet lag from crossing one time zone.	T / F
h.	Jet lag is hundreds of years old.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	hates	a.	sleeplessness
2.	upsets	b.	get better
3.	close	c.	confuses
4.	adjusts	d.	loathes
5.	troublesome	e.	advantages
6.	benefits	f.	annoying
7.	unsociable	g.	two or three
8.	insomnia	h.	changes
9.	recover	i.	unfriendly
10.	a few	j.	near

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	Everybody who flies long	a.	and night workers
2.	Traveling across different time	b.	make jet lag less troublesome
3.	wide awake at 3.00am and ready	c.	(the inability to sleep)
4.	his team has found the body's	d.	zones upsets your body clock
5.	"press" the reset button to	e.	time zone difference
6.	People who work different shifts	f.	distances hates jet lag
7.	irregular or	g.	"reset button" in the brain
8.	useful for people with insomnia	h.	flying in jet airplanes
9.	Some people get it after just a single	i.	for bed after lunch
10.	It happened after people started	j.	unsociable hours

GAP FILL

Everybody who flies long (1) ____________ hates jet lag. Traveling across different time zones (2) ____________ your body clock. People can have jet lag for three or four days after getting off the airplane. You can be (3) ____________ awake at 3.00am and ready for bed after lunch. That might soon be (4) ____________. Researchers from Kyoto University in Japan are close to (5) ____________ a drug for jet lag. They said the drug can help people change to a new time zone in just 24 hours. Head researcher Yoshiaki Yamaguchi said his team has found the body's "reset button" in the (6) ____________. This controls how the body (7) ____________ to changing sleep patterns. New drugs could "press" the reset button to make jet lag less (8) ____________.

making
adjusts
wide
distances
troublesome
over
upsets
brain

The jet-lag drug could also have other health (9) ____________. People who work different shifts and night workers could take the drug. This means these workers will not be so stressed from working at (10) ____________ or unsociable hours. Airline pilots and cabin (11) ____________ could be among those who most benefit from the new drug. The drug might also be useful for people with (12) ____________ (the inability to sleep). Wikipedia says jet lag usually happens after a change of three time zones or (13) ____________. Some people get it after just a (14) ____________ time zone difference. It usually takes one day to recover from (15) ____________ one time zone. Jet lag is only a few (16) ____________ old. It happened after people started flying in jet airplanes.

single
crossing
irregular
more
crew
benefits
decades
insomnia

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	Everybody who flies long distances ______
	a. hate jet lag b. fates jet lag c. hates jet lag d. fates jet lag
2)	Traveling across different time zones upsets ______
	a. your bodily clock b. your buddy clock c. your body's clock d. your body clock
3)	You can be wide awake at 3.00am and ready for ______
	a. bed after lunches b. bed after lunch c. bed after lunching d. bed after lunchtime
4)	This controls how the body adjusts to ______
	a. changing sleep pattern b. changing sleep buttons c. changing sleep patterns d. changing sleep button
5)	New drugs could "press" the reset button to make jet ______
	a. lag less troublesome b. lag less trouble for some c. lag less troubled sum d. lag less travel some
6)	The jet-lag drug could also have other ______
	a. health benefits b. healthy benefits c. healthily benefits d. hell benefits
7)	workers will not be so stressed from working at irregular ______
	a. or non-sociable hours b. or unsociable hours c. or unsocial hours d. or unsociably hours
8)	The drug might also be useful for ______
	a. people with in some near b. people within sum knee a c. people with insomnia d. people with insomniac
9)	Some people get it after just a single ______
	a. time zone differences b. time zone differential c. time zone different d. time zone difference
10)	It happened after people started ______
	a. flying inject airplanes b. flying in jet airplanes c. flying injured airplanes d. flying jet airplanes

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Everybody (1) ___________________ distances hates jet lag. Traveling across different time zones upsets your body clock. People can have jet lag for three or four days after (2) ___________________ airplane. You can be wide awake at 3.00am and ready for (3) ___________________. That might soon be over. Researchers from Kyoto University in Japan are close to (4) ___________________ jet lag. They said the drug can help people change to a new time zone in just 24 hours. Head researcher Yoshiaki Yamaguchi said his (5) ___________________ the body's "reset button" in the brain. This controls how the body adjusts to changing sleep patterns. New drugs could (6) ___________________ button to make jet lag less troublesome.

The jet-lag drug could also (7) ___________________ benefits. People who work different shifts and night workers could take the drug. This means these workers (8) ___________________ stressed from working at irregular or unsociable hours. Airline pilots and cabin crew could (9) ___________________ who most benefit from the new drug. The drug might (10) ___________________ people with insomnia (the inability to sleep). Wikipedia says jet lag usually happens after a change of three time zones or more. Some people get (11) ___________________ single time zone difference. It usually takes one day to recover from crossing one time zone. Jet lag (12) ___________________ decades old. It happened after people started flying in jet airplanes.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	Who does the article say hates jet lag?
2.	How long can jet lag last?
3.	Who do the researchers work for?
4.	What did the researchers find?
5.	What could new drugs do to the "reset button"?
6.	What will no longer stress workers out?
7.	What is the inability to sleep called?
8.	Who or what said jet lag happens after crossing three time zones?
9.	How long does it take to recover from crossing one time zone?
10.	When did jet lag first start?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	Who does the article say hates jet lag?	6.	What will no longer stress workers out?
	a) pilots b) everyone who flies c) anyone who travels d) university researchers		a) regular and unsocial hours b) irregular and social hours c) irregular or unsociable hours d) regular and sociable hours
2.	How long can jet lag last?	7.	What is the inability to sleep called?
	a) 3 or 4 weeks b) 3 or 4 hours c) 3 or 4 times d) 3 or 4 days		a) ambrosia b) amnesia c) ammonia d) insomnia
3.	Who do the researchers work for?	8.	Who or what said jet lag happens after crossing three time zones?
	a) Kyoto University b) Rolex c) British Airways d) Yamaguchi Pharmaceuticals		a) Wikipedia b) Kyoto University c) a pilot d) a frequent flyer
4.	What did the researchers find?	9.	How long does it take to recover from crossing one time zone?
	a) a new time zone b) the body clock c) the body's reset button d) a sleep-pattern controller		a) one day b) one hour c) 6-12 hours d) a week
5.	What could new drugs do to the "reset button"?	10.	When did jet lag first start?
	a) make it bigger b) press it c) kill it d) upset it		a) 1968 b) when we started flying in jet airplanes c) 3 hours and 12 minutes after take-off d) hundreds of years ago

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Jet lag

You think jet lag is the worst thing about flying. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their bad things. Also, tell the others which is the least bad of these (and why): airplane food, turbulence or other passengers.

Role B – Airplane food

You think airplane food is the worst thing about flying. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their bad things. Also, tell the others which is the least bad of these (and why): jet lag, turbulence or other passengers.

Role C – Turbulence

You think turbulence is the worst thing about flying. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their bad things. Also, tell the others which is the least bad of these (and why): airplane food, jet lag or other passengers.

Role D – Other passengers

You think other passengers are the worst thing about flying. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their bad things. Also, tell the others which is the least bad of these (and why): airplane food, turbulence or jet lag.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'time' and 'zone'.

time

zone

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:

long
getting
wide
24
brain
less

different
cabin
useful
happens
recover
old

JET LAG SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about jet lag 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.

JET LAG 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 'airplane'?
c)	What do you know about jet lag?
d)	Do you like flying?
e)	Can you sleep anywhere?
f)	What things make you very tired?
g)	Are you ever wide awake at 3.00am?
h)	Are your sleeping patterns regular or irregular?
i)	Can you sleep OK on long journeys?
j)	Why is this new drug good?

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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 are the best and worst things about flying?
c)	Do you change when you are very tired?
d)	Could this drug be dangerous in any way?
e)	What do you think its like to work the night shift?
f)	Would you like a drug that totally replaces sleep?
g)	What do you do if you can't sleep?
h)	Why do some people get bad jet lag and others don't?
i)	Could the jet-lag drug end all sleeping problems?
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.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

Everybody who flies long (1) ____ hates jet lag. Traveling across different time zones upsets your body clock. People can have jet lag for three or four days after (2) ____ off the airplane. You can be wide awake at 3.00am and ready (3) ____ bed after lunch. That might soon be over. Researchers from Kyoto University in Japan are close to (4) ____ a drug for jet lag. They said the drug can help people change to a new time zone (5) ____ just 24 hours. Head researcher Yoshiaki Yamaguchi said his team has found the body's "reset button" in the brain. This controls how the body adjusts to changing sleep patterns. New drugs could "press" the reset button to make jet lag (6) ____ troublesome.

The jet-lag drug could also have (7) ____ health benefits. People who work different shifts and night workers could (8) ____ the drug. This means these workers will not be so stressed from working at (9) ____ or unsociable hours. Airline pilots and cabin crew could be among those who most benefit from the new drug. The drug might also be useful for people (10) ____ insomnia (the inability to sleep). Wikipedia says jet lag usually happens after a change of three time zones or more. Some people get it after just a (11) ____ time zone difference. It usually takes one day to recover (12) ____ crossing one time zone. Jet lag is only a few decades old. It happened after people started flying in jet airplanes.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	distanced	(b)	distances	(c)	distancing	(d)	distincts
2.	(a)	gotten	(b)	getting	(c)	gets	(d)	got
3.	(a)	to	(b)	at	(c)	for	(d)	of
4.	(a)	makes	(b)	making	(c)	made	(d)	make
5.	(a)	on	(b)	in	(c)	for	(d)	over
6.	(a)	few	(b)	reduce	(c)	less	(d)	little
7.	(a)	others	(b)	the others	(c)	other	(d)	another
8.	(a)	drink	(b)	drug	(c)	take	(d)	eat
9.	(a)	regulate	(b)	regulatory	(c)	regulation	(d)	irregular
10.	(a)	with	(b)	have	(c)	suffer	(d)	problem
11.	(a)	single	(b)	alone	(c)	lonely	(d)	once
12.	(a)	for	(b)	as	(c)	from	(d)	on

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	Everybody who flies long assinedct
2.	ssuept your body clock
3.	hrcsaeesrre from Kyoto University
4.	his team has found the body's reset btunot
5.	how the body audtsjs to changing sleep patterns
6.	make jet lag less oresloemtub
Paragraph 2
7.	have other health fenestib
8.	work different tihfss
9.	working at ealiurrrg or unsociable hours
10.	useful for people with ninomais
11.	It usually takes one day to vcreore
12.	Jet lag is only a few adedsec old

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	or unsociable hours. Airline pilots and cabin crew could be among those who most benefit
( )	awake at 3.00am and ready for bed after lunch. That might soon be over. Researchers from Kyoto University in Japan are close
( 1 )	Everybody who flies long distances hates jet lag. Traveling across different time zones upsets your body
( )	The jet-lag drug could also have other health benefits. People who work different shifts and night
( )	clock. People can have jet lag for three or four days after getting off the airplane. You can be wide
( )	"reset button" in the brain. This controls how the body adjusts to changing sleep patterns. New drugs could
( )	only a few decades old. It happened after people started flying in jet airplanes.
( )	happens after a change of three time zones or more. Some people get it after just a single
( )	to making a drug for jet lag. They said the drug can help people change to a new time
( )	time zone difference. It usually takes one day to recover from crossing one time zone. Jet lag is
( )	from the new drug. The drug might also be useful for people with insomnia (the inability to sleep). Wikipedia says jet lag usually
( )	workers could take the drug. This means these workers will not be so stressed from working at irregular
( )	"press" the reset button to make jet lag less troublesome.
( )	zone in just 24 hours. Head researcher Yoshiaki Yamaguchi said his team has found the body's

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

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2.	zones Traveling upsets across your different body time.
3.	bed and 3.00 Wide after ready awake lunch for am at.
4.	just time to Help 24 zone a people hours in new change.
5.	how adjusts sleep Controls body changing the to patterns.
6.	other have also could drug jet-lag The benefits health.
7.	irregular Stressed or from unsociable working hours at.
8.	for people with insomnia The drug might also be useful.
9.	zone difference People get it after just a single time.
10.	in after flying airplanes happened started jet It people.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

Everybody who flies long distancing / distances hates jet lag. Traveling across different time zones upsets your body watch / clock. People can have jet lag for three or four days after get / getting off the airplane. You can be wide awake at 3.00am and ready to / for bed after lunch. That might soon be over / overt. Researchers from Kyoto University in Japan are close to making / make a drug for jet lag. They said the drug can help people change to a new / newly time zone in just 24 hours. Head researcher Yoshiaki Yamaguchi said his team has found the bodies / body's "reset button" in the brain. This controls how the body adjusts / adjustments to changing sleep patterns. New drugs could "press" the reset button to make jet lag less / fewer troublesome.

The jet-lag drug could also have other health beneficial / benefits. People who work different shifts / shafts and night workers could take the drug. This means these workers will not be so / such stressed from working at irregular or unsociable / sociable hours. Airline pilots and cabin crew could be between / among those who most benefit from the new drug. The drug might also be useless / useful for people with insomnia (the inability to sleep). Wikipedia says jet lag usually happens after / when a change of three time zones or more. Some people get it after just a single / one time zone difference. It usually takes one day to cover / recover from crossing one time zone. Jet lag is only a few decades old. It happened after people started flying / flew in jet airplanes.

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

everybody who flies long distances hates jet lag traveling across different time zones upsets your body clock people can have jet lag for three or four days after getting off the airplane you can be wide awake at 300am and ready for bed after lunch that might soon be over researchers from kyoto university in japan are close to making a drug for jet lag they said the drug can help people change to a new time zone in just 24 hours head researcher yoshiaki yamaguchi said his team has found the body's "reset button" in the brain this controls how the body adjusts to changing sleep patterns new drugs could "press" the reset button to make jet lag less troublesome

the jet-lag drug could also have other health benefits people who work different shifts and night workers could take the drug this means these workers will not be so stressed from working at irregular or unsociable hours airline pilots and cabin crew could be among those who most benefit from the new drug the drug might also be useful for people with insomnia (the inability to sleep) wikipedia says jet lag usually happens after a change of three time zones or more some people get it after just a single time zone difference it usually takes one day to recover from crossing one time zone jet lag is only a few decades old it happened after people started flying in jet airplanes

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

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renttimezonesupsetsyourbodyclock.Peoplecanhavejetlagforthree
orfourdaysaftergettingofftheairplane.Youcanbewideawakeat3.00
amandreadyforbedafterlunch.Thatmightsoonbeover.Researchers
fromKyotoUniversityinJapanareclosetomakingadrugforjetlag.The
ysaidthedrugcanhelppeoplechangetoanewtimezoneinjust24hour
s.HeadresearcherYoshiakiYamaguchisaidhisteamhasfoundthebo
dy's"resetbutton"inthebrain.Thiscontrolshowthebodyadjuststoch
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kejetlaglesstroublesome.Thejet-lagdrugcouldalsohaveotherhealt
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ethedrug.Thismeanstheseworkerswillnotbesostressedfromworki
ngatirregularorunsociablehours.Airlinepilotsandcabincrewcouldb
eamongthosewhomostbenefitfromthenewdrug.Thedrugmightals
obeusefulforpeoplewithinsomnia(theinabilitytosleep).Wikipedias
aysjetlagusuallyhappensafterachangeofthreetimezonesormore.S
omepeoplegetitafterjustasingletimezonedifference.Itusuallytake
sonedaytorecoverfromcrossingonetimezone.Jetlagisonlyafewdec
adesold.Ithappenedafterpeoplestartedflyinginjetairplanes.

FREE WRITING

Write about jet lag for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

Flying is the best way to travel. Is this true? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of flying.

_____________________________________________________________________________

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 jet lag. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. JET LAG: Make a poster about jet lag and how to get over it. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. DRUG: Write a magazine article about the jet-lag drug. Include imaginary interviews with people who get jet lag really bad and with someone who thinks we should not use drugs to reset our body clock.

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 jet lag expert. Ask him/her three questions about jet lag. Give him/her three of your opinions on it. 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

T

d

F

e

T

f

T

g

F

h

F

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	hates	a.	loathes
2.	upsets	b.	confuses
3.	close	c.	near
4.	adjusts	d.	changes
5.	troublesome	e.	annoying
6.	benefits	f.	advantages
7.	unsociable	g.	unfriendly
8.	insomnia	h.	sleeplessness
9.	recover	i.	get better
10.	a few	j.	two or three

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Everyone who flies long distances
2.	Three or four days
3.	Kyoto University
4.	The body's "reset button"
5.	"Press" it
6.	Working at irregular or unsociable hours
7.	Insomnia
8.	Wikipedia
9.	One day
10.	After we started flying in jet airplanes

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

b

2.

d

3.

a

4.

c

5.

b

6.

c

7.

d

8.

a

9.

a

10.

b

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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