2. Complete the sentences below with a suitable word from the columns above.

1. We aim to _____the news as fairly as possible.

2. Your English is much better, but there's still room for ______.

3. The population ____ dramatically in the first half of the century.

4. Small businesses will need to _____ costs in order to survive.

5. She's over 80, but is still very_______.

Vocabulary focus

A. The Russian word чувство may be translated into English as feeling, emotion, or sense. Which English word you should use depends on what you mean. Study the explanations below.

Sense 1. (C)a feeling about something;

2. (sing.) the ability to understand or judge something (e.g. a sense of humour);

3. (C)one of the natural powers of sight, hearing, feeling, taste, and smell, that give us information about the things around us;

Feeling 1. (C) an emotion that you feel, such as anger, sadness, or happiness;

2. (pl.) someone's feelings are their thoughts, emotions, and attitudes;

3. (C) a belief or opinion about something, especially one that is influenced by your emotions;

Emotion 1. (C;U) a strong human feeling such as love, hate, or anger

B. Choose the appropriate word from the above to fill in the gaps. In some cases more than one choice is possible.

1. Sara usually tries to hide her _______.

2. A ______ of panic has spread over the country.

3. It was dark and he had completely lost his ______ of direction.

4. Don't worry. It won't hurt my _______if you change your mind.

5. My parents had mixed _______about all the changes.

6. Parents feel a mixture of ______when their first child starts school.

7. She has a good ______of smell.

8. Kids have a natural _______of justice.

GRAMMAR FOCUS

Which form of the verb is correct?

Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.

THE SKIN SENSES

The skin (1) ________ the largest sense organ, with numerous nerve receptors distributed in varying concentrations throughout its surface. The nerve fibers from these receptors (2) ________ to the brain.

Skin receptors give rise to what (3) ________ as the cutaneous sensations of pressure, temperature, and pain. Research (4) ____________ a simple connection between the various types of receptors and these separate sensations.

Because the brain (5) _________ complex information about the patterns of activity on many different receptors to detect and discriminate among skin sensations, a direct connection between receptors and sensations has so far eluded researches.

1. A. has B. there is C. is D. has been

2. A. travel B. travelling C. are traveling D. traveled

3. A. knows B. has known C. are known D. know

4. A. is establishing B. has established C. has not established D. will establish

5. A. use B. uses C. used D. is used

LANGUAGE IN USE

Use the word given in parentheses to form a word that fits in the numbered space. There is an example at the beginning.

PAIN

People have varying degrees of (o) sensitivity (sense) to pain. The most commonly accepted (1)______ (explain) of pain is the gate control theory which holds that a (2)“______ (neurology) gate” in the spinal cord controls the (3) ______ (transmit) of pain impulses to the brain. Studies of pain relief suggest that the (4) ______(exist) of the placebo effect, which occurs when a pain (5) ______(suffer) feels relief from pain when given a chemically neutral substance but told that it is an (6) _______ (effect) pain reliever.

Group projects

Suggested topics: Color Vision (hue, saturation, and brightness); Color Vision in Other species; Theories of Hearing; Smell and Taste; Kinesthetic and Vestibular Senses; The Skin Senses, etc.

Sites to explore:

http://www.colormatters.com/seecolor.html

http://www.colormatters.com/science.html

http://www.indiana.edu