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The Mini Lesson BreakingNewsEnglish - The Mini Lesson Cats are just as clever as True / False dogs, says study a) The article says people assume dogs are more intelligent than cats. T / F 28th January, 2017 b) Research into cat intelligence was done at a For whatever university in Japan. T / F reason, people c) Cats ate from 15 bowls as part of a memory assume dogs are test. T / F more intelligent creatures than d) The cats could remember which bowl they ate cats. This notion from. T / F has been called e) Scientists said dogs were better at a whole into question by variety of mental tests. T / F scientists in Japan, who have f) Scientists said cats could not respond to facial said that cats are gestures. T / F as smart as dogs g) A researcher said cats do not recall past at certain memory tests. Cat lovers, of course, have memories like humans. T / F always known this. Researchers at Kyoto University conducted tests on how well 49 cats could recall or h) The researcher said the research was good relate to an event from the past – known as an news for pet owners. T / F episodic memory. The Japanese team got the felines to eat from one of two bowls. Fifteen Synonym Match minutes later, the cats were tested on their ability (The words in bold are from the news article.) to remember which bowl they had eaten from and which remained untouched. The team found the 1. creatures a. assortment cats could recall what they ate and where, 2. notion b. cats suggesting they had episodic memory. 3. certain c. seen The scientists also said that cats were as good as dogs on a whole variety of mental tests, including 4. felines d. belief responding to the gestures, facial expressions and emotions of humans. Researcher Saho Takagi told 5. remained e. feelings reporters that she believed cats think about past 6. variety f. start events similar to the way humans do. She said: "An interesting speculation is that they may enjoy 7. emotions g. specific actively recalling memories of their experience, like 8. speculation h. stayed humans." She added: "Episodic memory is viewed as being related to an introspective function of the 9. viewed i. conjecture mind. Our study may imply a type of consciousness in cats." Ms Takagi said the research is good news 10. establish j. animals for pet owners, saying: "Understanding cats more deeply helps to establish better cat-human Discussion – Student A relationships." Sources: bbc.com / telegraph.co.uk / yahoo.com a) What do you think of dogs? b) In what way are dogs intelligent? Writing c) What things can you remember very well? Cats are more intelligent than dogs. Discuss. Why? d) How good are you at doing mental tests? Chat e) What past events do you like recalling? Talk about these words from the article. f) What is the best name for a dog, and why? reason / intelligent / creatures / memory tests / g) How are relationships with cats different to memory / felines / fifteen minutes / those with dogs? variety / gestures / facial expressions / emotions h) What questions would you like to ask the / consciousness / pet owners researchers? LOTS MORE at http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1701/170128-cats.html Copyright Sean Banville 2017 BreakingNewsEnglish - The Mini Lesson Phrase Match 1. For whatever a. way humans do 2. This notion has been called b. to remember 3. as smart as dogs at certain c. of mental tests 4. cat d. into question 5. cats were tested on their ability e. for pet owners 6. a whole variety f. reason 7. facial g. human relationships 8. think about past events similar to the h. memory tests 9. the research is good news i. expressions 10. establish better cat- j. lovers Discussion – Student B Role Play a) What do you think of cats? Role A – Cats b) What do you think about what you read? You think cats make the best pets. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is c) Do you think cats are as intelligent as dogs? wrong with their pets. Also, tell the others d) In what way are cats intelligent? which is the worst pet of these (and why): goldfish, dogs or horses. e) Why are cats so popular as pets? Role B – Goldfish f) What is your memory like? You think goldfish make the best pets. Tell the g) What can you do to improve your memory? others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their pets. Also, tell the others h) What is the best name for a cat, and why? which is the worst pet of these (and why): cats, Spelling dogs or horses. Role C – Dogs 1. people aeumss dogs are more You think dogs make the best pets. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is 2. intelligent racuseert wrong with their pets. Also, tell the others which is the worst pet of these (and why): 3. arencit memory tests goldfish, cats or horses. 4. decudtnco tests Role D – Horses You think horses make the best pets. Tell the 5. got the nleeifs to eat others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their pets. Also, tell the others 6. suggesting they had eisodpic memory. which is the worst pet of these (and why): goldfish, dogs or cats. 7. a whole aivyetr of mental tests 8. responding to the geusrste Speaking – Pets 9. lafaci expressions Rank these with your partner. Put the best pets at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings. 10. interesting teasonpcilu • snake • cat 11. related to an itpisneotrecv function • spider • parrot • horse • hamster 12. a type of noeisuosccnss in cats • dog • goldfish Answers – Synonym Match Answers – True False 1. j 2. d 3. g 4. b 5. h a T b T c F d T e F f F g F h T 6. a 7. e 8. i 9. c 10. f Answers to Phrase Match and Spelling are in the text. LOTS MORE at http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1701/170128-cats.html Copyright Sean Banville 2017 .
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