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Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to improve their intensive listening skills by filling in the gaps.
Students will be able to master some language points during the process of analyzing the text.
Students will be able to enhance their cultural awareness by reading news.
Predict
Drinking water often helps us to live longer
From the title below, what is the passage mainly about?
Listen for main idea
The passage mainly talks about
the important _____that drinking water _____ in our life.
role
plays
Listen for gaps
We all know that water is the (1) ____________ on Earth. No plant, insect, animal or human can survive without it. A new study highlights how important it is (2) _____________________________. The study is from the National Institutes of Health in the USA. Researchers found that people who drank a lot of water every day were (3) _____________________ than those who didn't. The research team said people who stay well hydrated (4) _______________________________ and age-related illnesses, like (5) ____________________. They added that adults who did not drink enough water were more likely to die at a younger age. These adults were also more likely to (6) _________________.
source of life
to our health and to living longer
healthier and lived longer
developed fewer serious health problems
heart and lung disease
show signs of ageing
Listen for gaps
The researchers looked at (7) _________________________ over a 30-year period. They analyzed the information of patients who (8) ________________________________. The first three times were when the patients were (9) __________, and the last two times were when they were aged between 70 and 90. Dr. Natalia Dmitrieva, lead researcher of the study, said: "The results suggest that proper hydration may (10) _________________________________________." She encouraged people to drink more fluids, like water and juice, and fruit and vegetables (11) ______________________. She added that (12) ________________