Listening / Speaking

3. | PW. Listen and give your opinions on: “ How to keep the brain healthy?” Match the titles to the paragraphs.

a) Eat well! | c) Exercise your brain!
b) Exercise! | d) Avoid stress! | e) Get your hearing checked!

Five Ways to Keep Your Brain Healthy
4. GW. Listen to the Brain facts and discuss them with your classmates.
FACT FILE BRAIN FACTS

- Our brain consists of two halves, known as the left and right hemispheres*.
- The two halves of the brain are not exactly the same: the left side of the brain is slightly larger.
- The two halves of the brain process information in different ways.
- Although one side (usually the left) is dominant in most people, nobody is totally right-or left-brained-just as no one is totally right-or left-handed.

*blood circulation - the course of the blood from the heart through the arteries, capillaries, and veins back again to the heart.
*hemisphere - a half of a sphere