UNIT 7 Hearts & Minds
Grammar 1A
Articles
Choose the correct article to complete these facts about
the head. Ø = zero article. Circle the correct answer.
1 The / A head is the heaviest part of the / Ø human body.
2 It’s a / Ø myth that you lose most of your body heat
through your head.
3 According to the / Ø neurobiologists, having the / a
larger head doesn’t equate to being more intelligent.
4 Ø / The 14 different bones make up Ø / the human face.
5 An / Ø average person uses between 12 and 17 muscles
to form a smile.
Grammar 1B
Articles
Insert the missing articles in the correct places in these
sentences about language and the brain.
1 In 1861, French doctor called Pierre Paul Broca came
across patient who was only able to say one word, ‘tan’.
(a / a)
2 After patient died, Broca carried out autopsy. (an / the)
3 He discovered that left part of his brain had been
severely damaged by disease which had killed him.
(the / the)
4 It is now understood that patients who suffer damage
to this area of brain, now known as Broca’s area, have
problems producing speech sounds. (the)
5 Whilst patients with damage to region of brain known
as Wernicke’s area, named after German doctor, Carl
Wernicke, have different problems. (a / a / the)
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Grammar 2
Unreal conditionals
Write the words in the correct order to form unreal
conditional sentences.
1 was worried / I’d offer / her / my granddaughter / about
/ university fees, / about / to help / If / .
2 she / to ask / of education / the importance / my advice,
/ Were / I’d emphasise / .
3 the opportunity / if / regret it, / didn’t take / might /
she / She / .
4 I were / teenager nowadays, / a / If / to university /
definitely go / I’d / .
5 a doctor / might study / young again, / medicine / I
were / If / become / and / I / .
Grammar 3
Gerunds and infinitives
Choose the correct verb forms to complete these
sentences. Circle the correct answer.
1 Falling / Fallen in love is a universally popular theme for
novels and films.
2 Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is considered to be /
being one of the best romantic novels ever written.
3 Titanic became one of the most successful romantic
films of all time after grossed / grossing over $1.8
billion worldwide.
4 In recent years, there’s been a trend towards stories
about find / finding love in later life.
5 Bollywood romances tend to include / for including a
predictable mix of elements.
6 The lovers usually have to overcome numerous
difficulties in order to be / for being together.
7 In all good romances, the hero and heroine usually end
up to live / living happily ever after.
8 But of course, their love is even stronger as a result
of have enduring / having endured various trials
and tribulations.
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Vocabulary 1 Vocabulary 3A
Pace of life Expressions with mind
Complete the words in these sentences. Match the sentences to the meaning of the expression
in italics.
1 The last few songs have a slower t and
a chilled-out feel. 1 Sorry, it completely slipped my mind.
2 Patients complain of suffering extreme tiredness and 2 Swimming in the sea at this time of year? – You’re out of
l . your mind!
3 The friendly, -back atmosphere makes 3 Mind your head as you get out of the car.
it a great place to relax. 4 It did cross my mind that you might be here too.
4 The team are struggling to sell their full 5 I’m keeping myself busy to take my mind off next
q of tickets for the match. week’s interview.
5 The average life of a dolphin in the 6 You can get it done by the deadline if you set your mind
wild is 45 years. to it.
6 When they are resting, a normal person’s heart a Don’t hit it.
r is around 60-80 b b It occurred to me.
per minute. c I forgot it.
d Distract myself.
Vocabulary 2
e You’re crazy.
Love and marriage f You’re determined.
Choose the correct words to complete the comments.
Circle the correct answer. Vocabulary 3B
1 ‘We had a whirlwind / roller-coaster romance and I Expressions with mind
pledged / proposed to her after just a couple of months.’ Complete the expressions with a verb from the box.
2 ‘I didn’t find genuine / true love until my fifties when I
met Alice. It took us a long time to find each other, but change   ​comes   ​get   ​goes   ​have   ​think

we’re definitely soulmates / spiritmates.’

1 It was a really haunting film, I can’t it
3 ‘As a teenager, I was completely infuriated / infatuated
out of my mind.
with my best friend’s older brother. But it was a classic
2 Write your questions down in case your mind
case of unreturned / unrequited love – he never even
 blank.
acknowledged my existence!’
3 We’re going there too. Great minds
4 ‘When I first met Jack, I fell heart / head over heels
alike!
in love. We were like a couple of love-sick / love-worn
4 Just say the first name that to mind.
teenagers in those early days.’
5 If you your mind, just give me a ring
and we can rearrange it.
6 Who did you in mind for the role?

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Vocabulary 4 Listening
Nature vs Nurture A broken heart
Complete the text with one word in each gap. Listen to a radio item about broken hearts and tick (✔) the
correct answer to the questions.
My brother really takes (1) our father.
Physically, he’s the spitting (2) of him, 1 Who is Martha?
with blonde hair and striking blue eyes. On the other a A health correspondent.
hand, I look (3) like either of my parents. b A radio presenter.

I do suffer from asthma though, which seems to run c A doctor.

(4) our family. 2 Which one of these stressful situations does Martha

not mention?
In terms of personality and interests, it’s more difficult
a Death.
to say what’s (5) to nature and
b Leaving home.
what’s got more to do with the way we were brought
c Unrequited love.
(6) . Both my brother and I are doing
3 What does she say is usually the best cure for most
science PhDs at the moment, and I’m not sure whether we
cases of a broken heart?
were conditioned (7) be curious about
a The support of friends.
the world around us, or whether scientific curiosity is
b Time.
somehow (8) our genes.
c Good medical care.

Extend your vocabulary 4 According to Martha, how often does a broken heart

cause death?
Collocations with –hearted
a Very rarely.
Choose the best words from the box to complete the
b Occasionally.
adjectives ending in –hearted.
c Quite often.
broken   ​cold   ​down   ​half   ​kind   ​light   ​warm   ​ 5 What’s the real name for ‘broken heart syndrome’?
whole a Cardiac Takotsubo.

b Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
1 Don’t get hearted if you don’t get the
c T2 0S BO cardioempathy
first job you apply for.
6 Who can ‘broken heart syndrome’ affect?
2 I made a -hearted attempt to get fit,
a Anybody.
but I only went to the gym twice.
b Only people with a history of heart disease.
3 The film’s a gentle, -hearted comedy
c People who are healthy.
about an Australian family.
7 Who did research on the effects of ‘broken heart
4 He went off with another woman, leaving Emily alone
syndrome’ on healthy people?
and -hearted.
a Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging.
5 He was a very -hearted person – he’d
b Brighton & Sussex Medical School.
do anything for anybody.
c Hopkins School of Medicine.
6 The minister expressed his hearted
support for the campaign.
7 She paid a generous and -hearted
tribute to her former manager.
8 She is portrayed as a ruthless,
-hearted criminal.

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Pronunciation  1 Pronunciation 2
th sh and ch
Listen to the sentences and choose the correct Listen and circle the sound you hear.
pronunciation of the underlined th. Circle the
1 • /ʃ/     • /tʃ/
correct answer.
2 • /ʃ/     • /tʃ/
1 What do you think? 3 • /ʃ/     • /tʃ/
• /ð/ as in the • /Ɵ/ as in mouth 4 • /ʃ/     • /tʃ/
2 It’s bigger than I expected. 5 • /ʃ/     • /tʃ/
• /ð/ as in the • /Ɵ/ as in mouth 6 • /ʃ/     • /tʃ/
3 What’s the other one called? 7 • /ʃ/     • /tʃ/
• /ð/ as in the • /Ɵ/ as in mouth 8 • /ʃ/     • /tʃ/
4 I’m leaving next month.
• /ð/ as in the • /Ɵ/ as in mouth
5 There’s none left.
• /ð/ as in the • /Ɵ/ as in mouth
6 Go through to the kitchen.
• /ð/ as in the • /Ɵ/ as in mouth
7 He’s from South Africa.
• /ð/ as in the • /Ɵ/ as in mouth
8 What did he do then?
• /ð/ as in the •/Ɵ/ as in mouth
9 Let’s get together soon.
• /ð/ as in the • /Ɵ/ as in mouth

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Reading 5 Write your own definitions for these words in text B.

Discovering Shakespeare Paragraph 1: honorary (adjective)

1 Complete the sentences in your own words.
Paragraph 2: scholarship (noun)
1 Shakespeare is still popular with audiences around the
world because … Paragraph 5: recurring (adjective)

2 Modern productions engage new audiences by … Paragraph 6: familial (adjective)

Paragraph 8: epic (noun)
2 Read text A and compare your answers.

3 Read text B and answer the questions.
6 Read both texts again and answer the questions in your
1 What positions has Ron held? own words.
2 How did he first encounter Shakespeare? 1 How would you describe Ron’s feelings about
3 How much did he already know about Shakespeare? Shakespeare? Do you have similar feelings? Why /
4 Why does he think schoolchildren are put Why not?
off Shakespeare? 2 Have you ever seen a Shakespeare play that has been
5 According to Ron, what two things do we know about adapted to a particular place or setting? How did you
how Shakespeare wrote? react to it?
6 What are the recurring themes of his plays? 3 Is there an equivalent writer in your country? How is
7 What is the connection between Shakespeare and his or her work taught at school?
modern cinema? 4 Can you think of plays (by Shakespeare or other
4 Find the words in text B that match the definitions. playwrights) that explore any of the themes mentioned
1 Paragraph 1: (adjective) used for describing someone in text A?
or something that had a particular job, title, or status in
the past, but not now

2 Paragraph 2: (adverb) used for emphasising a

negative statement

3 Paragraph 3: (verb) to make someone learn information

or accept opinions

4 Paragraph 3: (noun) a film, play, television or radio

programme, especially when you are talking about the
way it is created and performed

5 Paragraph 4: (verb) to become completely different

6 Paragraph 6: (noun) the part of something that makes it

successful or strong

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Discovering Shakespeare
A
Shakespeare’s plays have been translated into virtually every
language on the globe, and he remains the most produced
playwright in the world. What is it about Shakespeare’s
genius that has stood the test of time and is still able to
transcend barriers of race and culture? Perhaps the appeal
of his plays lies in their deep humanity, and the universality
Shakespearian housing
of their themes; love and jealousy; politics, power and
ambition; appearance and deception; idealism and the frailty of human nature. As Ben Jonson, a contemporary
of Shakespeare’s, remarked, his plays are ‘not of an age, but of all time’. In different eras and in different cultures,
producers have adapted the plays to the particular realities of their situations and interpreted them in a way that
resonates with their audiences. Japanese productions, for example, have blended them with local theatrical traditions
of kabuki and noh; in totalitarian regimes, oblique references have been made in plays such as Hamlet to the struggle
for power and freedom; and in Brazil, plays have been transposed to the setting of the favelas. Moreover, in recent
years theatre companies have increasingly staged productions in a modern idiom that focuses more on the dramatic
impact of the plays and less on literal, word-for-word translation, in order to engage new audiences.

B
Ron Daniels is a theatre producer who was born and
educated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and was a founder
member of the Teatro Oficina, in São Paulo. He is an
Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare
Company and a former Artistic Director of the Royal
Shakespeare Company’s The Other Place Theatre at
Stratford-upon-Avon. He now lives in New York which
is where we met to talk about his love of Shakespeare.
‘The first time I saw Shakespeare I was 21 years old. I
had no knowledge of Shakespeare whatsoever until I
was 21. I came over to England on a short scholarship
to do a three month course in theatre and it was then
that I saw my first Shakespeare. And for me that was like
falling in love at first sight.’
Ron went on to talk about how, in England,
schoolchildren are force-fed Shakespeare so that by the
time they reach the end of their education, they have
often completely lost interest in him. For Ron, it was
a completely different experience, coming from a very
different culture and suddenly discovering Shakespeare
at the age of twenty-one. Not long after that, he directed
his first Shakespeare play, Hamlet, and since then has
directed over 30 Shakespeare productions. I asked
Ron how much he had discovered about Shakespeare
through working on so many of his plays.
‘We don’t know what sort of man he was. We know
only that he was a man of the theatre and that he was
writing very, very fast. And obviously, he was going off
and stealing stories from wherever he could. He was
just stealing stories and in his brain the stories would
transform into these great plays.’
I also asked Ron if he thought there were any recurring
themes in his work.
‘I believe that most of Shakespeare, well, all of
Shakespeare, is about fathers and sons, and fathers and
daughters, and mothers and sons. Familial relationships
form the whole backbone of the whole of the work. The
English writer David Rudkin once remarked to me that
he thought that Mozart had only really written one tune
and then kept obsessing and creating variations of that
same tune. And in the same way, if you look at the very
first Shakespeare plays and then go right to the other
end of his work, he’s using exactly the same ideas.’
It has often been said that if Shakespeare were alive
today, he would be a filmmaker. Ron agrees and says that
working on one of his plays is like working from a film
script.
‘Films today are the great epics of our civilisation. And
he was writing the great epics of his time.’

Glossary
favela (noun) – a poor area of a town in Brazil where the houses are in very bad condition
frailty (noun) – weakness
kabuki (noun) – traditional Japanese plays that contain songs, dances, and mime, and in which men play both male and female parts
noh (noun) – traditional Japanese plays that contain music and dance and are based on ancient or religious stories
oblique (adjective) – not expressing something directly
obsess (verb) – to think or worry about something all the time, in a way that seems extreme to other people
totalitarian (adjective) – controlling a country and its people in a very strict way
transcend (verb) – to become free of negative attitudes or thoughts that limit what you can achieve
transpose (verb) – to use an idea or method in a different situation from the one it was originally developed in

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UNIT 7 Hearts & Minds
Writing
Get something off your chest
Reading
1 Read the message on a website homepage. Look at the
options a–c and choose the best definition for the phrase to
get something off your chest in this context.
“Do you need to get something off your chest?
Then you’ve come to the right place. Click on
one of the categories on the left and share your
frustrations with our online community.”
a To write about something that has been worrying you
in your personal life.
b To seek advice from others about what action you
should take to resolve a conflict.
c To write about something that has been annoying you,
so that you feel better about it.
2 Read the website posting. What does the writer want to
get off his chest?
Get it off your chest
These days, it seems that hardly a week goes by without
some new report being published about the benefits or
drawbacks of eating certain foods. Many of these reports
contradict previous findings, leaving the consumer
confused, baffled and bewildered. Sometimes I feel it
is just a question of time before someone tells us of the
benefits of smoking or eating fatty foods.
I would like to offer a couple of examples. We all know
that we should reduce our salt intake in order to reduce
the risk of heart disease. Or do we? The other day I read
about a recent report that was published in a respected
medical journal that appears to contradict this advice.
In an 8-year study, the salt intake of people from different
European countries was closely monitored. The study
appeared to show that there was no direct relationship
between salt intake and high blood pressure or heart
disease. In fact, it suggested that it was the people who
consumed the lowest amount of salt that were most at
risk.
Since then, I have found comments on various websites
that suggest the study was flawed, but it was published
and reported on by our hungry media outlets.
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As someone who suffers from high cholesterol levels, I
tend to keep an eye out for these types of news stories,
although I’m starting to wonder why. Just a few years
ago I studiously controlled the number of eggs I ate each
week, believing that eating too many eggs would lead
to high cholesterol and heart disease. Then it emerged
that cholesterol in eggs has hardly any effect on blood
cholesterol at all. Now I can eat all the eggs I want. But
how long will it be before the findings of that research will
be overturned?
Don’t get me wrong. I am very grateful that there are
people out there who dedicate their professional lives to
researching how what we eat affects our health. I just
wish they would find a better way of presenting their
findings, so that we can avoid being scared to death by
the sensationalist messengers of the news.
3 Decide if the statements are true or false. Correct the
false statements.
1 New evidence suggests that smoking can be good for
you.
2 A new study has rejected the claim that high salt intake
can contribute to high blood pressure or heart disease.
3 The study on salt intake was accurate and carried out
correctly.
4 The writer has to keep an eye on his cholesterol levels.
5 The writer recently reduced the number of eggs he
eats.
6 The writer believes that the media should take a more
responsible attitude to reporting the findings of new
studies.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
verbs in the box.
contradict    control    find    keep    monitor    offer
publish
1 Many reports previous findings.
2 I would like a couple of examples.
3 I read about a recent report that in a
respected medical journal.
4 In the study, the salt intake of people
closely.
5 Since then, I comments on various
websites.
6 I tend an eye out for these types of
news stories.
7 A few years ago I studiously the
number of eggs I ate each week.
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UNIT 7 Hearts & Minds
Writing skills: expressing anger and frustration Preparing to write
5 The language you use can express the way you feel. 6 Read the Writing task below. Use some of the phrases
Look at the underlined phrases in the text and match them in exercise 5 to help you in your writing.
with the headings below.
Writing
1 Criticising how often things happen
Do you have something you’d like to ‘get off your chest’?
Write about something you feel strongly about, or respond
to the website posting above.
2 Complaining about contradictions

Useful language:
• These days ...
3 Saying what action you want • I feel ...
• The other day I ...

• The study appeared to show ...
4 Questioning what you believe • As someone who ...
• Just a few years ago I ...
5 Using negative descriptions to criticise those who cause • Don’t get me wrong ...
the problem • I am very grateful that ...

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