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Vocabulary Phrasal verbs; Synonyms;

Collocations 1 &2; Suffixes
Grammar Present tenses; Future tenses;
The passive; Past tenses; Gerunds
and infinitives
Reading An article
Listening A talk

An article
n Look at the title of the text and the photos on k*"*
page 5. What kinds of things do you think will be ffi& ,,
mentioned in the text?

2 Read the text quickly and check your answers to

Ex 1. Then answer the questions.
t What are the people in the text good at remembering?
2 What kinds of things are you good at remembering?
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(,»ot EEM Read and listentothetext.Choosethe
correct option (A, B or C).
t Nothing was known about HSAM ...
A before the 21 st centurY.
B untilJoey DeGrandis's case. i Answer the questions in Your own
(Bbefore 100 people were discovered to have it.
words.
z Markie Pasternak ...
How common is the condition described in the
qpwas playing a Tom Petty song when the singer died. text? '

B remembersTom Petty's death as a particular colour. What sort of information are people tested for
C remembers Tom Pettyt death because of what she did HSAM expected to remember?
afterwards. How did Markie Pasternak discover she had the
3 Most people with HSAM ... condition?
A don't believe they have the condition' What do researchers believe might be a possibl:
@ score a little better in tests than people without HSAM. benefit of the condition?
c can remember details about nearly all of the dates that
researchers chose.
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4 Not everyone with HSAM ...
A knows what causes the condition. C6 f5^Effil Match the words in blue in the text to
B needs to take treatment for the condition.
the definitions.
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¡ feels fortunate to have the condition.
2 A synonym for unusual or special. 'i :
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Explain your answers in your own words based 4 A verb meaning is much more impressive or '.

evidence in the text. important than other things.

1 When Joey DeGrandis was a child, he used to think that 5 The opposite of planned or systematics;..\ ' '
his exceptional memory was magic. J-
6 A verb meaning says something is true. ,.

2 Markie Pasternak found out she had HSAM when she was
a child. r
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3 The researchers testing people for HSAM pick out dates

ln pairs, answer the questions.
very carefully. l' 7 §q
1 What are the advantages and disadvantages c'
4 People with HSAM generally have a very positive attitude
"- an exceptional memorY like HSAM?
towards their memories.
2 'Some things are best forgotteni Do you agre.
with this saying?

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