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72 Roads to education
It keeps you
fit.
It helps your
concentration.
Play
is a
waste of time.
1
SPEAKING
Work in pairs. Look at the photos and read the opinions about play. Answer the
questions.
1
Have you ever played these games? Which games might children play? Which games might
teenagers play?
2
What type of games did you play when you were a child? What do you play now?
3
Do you think play is a good thing? Choose the opinions you agree with.
2
2.02
Listen to a talk about play and compare your ideas in exercise 1.
strategy
Taking notes
When you listen to a talk or presentation, it is useful to take notes. Notes should:
1
summarize and order the main ideas. What key points does the speaker make?
2
be concise. There won’t be time to write complete sentences, so use abbreviations and
symbols (=,
→
, >, <, +, ×, etc.).
3
2.02
Read the strategy. Then listen again and complete the notes.
Best things in life seminar
playing outside = kids’
1
activity
89% prefer free play to
2
all kids play, but
3
games = different from children’s games
Benefits of play
rat experiment: play
→
4
brains
schools in
5
& Japan: more breaks
→
better grades
play
→
better
6
& communication skills
Albert Einstein:
7
> knowledge
children, teenagers and
8
can all benefit from play
Zero conditional
4
Match 1–5 to A–E to make sentences. Then complete the rules.
1
When children play games,
2
If schools have regular break times,
3
If you add one and one,
4
When the weather is bad,
5
If you go to bed late,
A
students get better grades.
B
their brains develop faster.
C
we don’t play outside.
D
you are tired the next day.
E
you get two.
a
We use the zero conditional to talk about general facts, when one event or action always
happens as a logical result of another event or action.
condition:
if
+
tense
result:
tense
b
We can sometimes use
instead of
if
.
Reference and practice 6.3
Workbook page 115
It helps you
solve
problems.
6C
Listening, speaking and grammar
The best things in life
It doesn’t teach you
anything.
It teaches you
how to make
friends.