How many senses are there? Which do you think you use most? Which is your strongest sense?
How many senses are there? Which do you think you use most? Which is your strongest sense?
Look at photos 1- 5 and match them with the senses in the box.
hearing sight smell taste touch |
Thảo luận (3)Hướng dẫn giải
Read the magazine quiz and complete the table with the words in blue. Listen and check.
Hearing | Hearing | Smell | Taste | Touch |
sound |
1. You are in a restaurant and you ask the waiter to bring you the most unusual dish on the menu. When the dish arrives, what do you do first?
- Smell it.
- Feel it.
- Look at it closely.
- Ask someone about it.
- Taste it.
2. Which two of these things do you prefer?
- The taste of a delicious meal
- The sight of a beautiful sunset
- The smell of flowers in the summer
- The feel of a warm bed on a winter's night
- The sound of beautiful music
3. What do you think about books?
- I like to hold and smell them when they're new.
- I like the covers and photos.
- I really like recipe books. I can almost taste the food when I read them.
- I prefer audio books or listening to stories.
4. Choose the two conditions which you think are most difficult.
- Colour-blindness, when you can't see some colours.
- Tone-deafness, when you can't sing or play instruments very well because you don't have a 'good ear'.
- ‘Anosmia', when you can't smell anything or taste very little.
- Losing sensation in some of your toes or fingers.
5. Which two of these activities do you prefer to do to relax?
- Watch TV
- Have a warm drink
- Listen to music
- Exercise and then have a shower or a bath
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiTham khảo
(Trả lời bởi Nguyễn Việt Dũng)
Hearing
(thính giác)
Sight
(thị giác)
Smell
(khứu giác)
Taste
(vị giác)
Touch
(xúc giác)
sound (âm thanh), listening (nghe), tone – deafness (điếc giai điệu), have a good ear (có tai thính), listen (nghe)
look (nhìn), clour–blindness (mù màu), see (thấy), watch (xem)
smell (ngửi)
taste (nếm)
feel (cảm giác), hold (cầm/ giữ), losing sensation (mất cảm giác)
Do the quiz. Which sense is the most important for you? Compare your result with a partner's.
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiTham khảo
A: Sense of taste is the most important for me. Because I prefer the taste of a delicious meal and I think ‘anosmia’ is the most difficult.
B: Sense of sight is the most important for me. Because I prefer the sight of beautiful scenery like sunset, I also like watching TV and I think it is most difficult with colour – blindness.
(Trả lời bởi Nguyễn Việt Dũng)
Watch or listen. What is each person talking about? Match speakers: Alicia, Emma, Will, Paul and Zara with photos A-E.
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiSpeaker 1 (Alicia): B
Speaker 2 (Emma): C
Speaker 3 (Will): D
Speaker 4 (Paul): E
Speaker 5 (Zara): A
(Trả lời bởi Nguyễn Việt Dũng)
USE IT! Work in groups. Ask and answer the questions. Use some of the key phrases.
1. What are your favourite sights, sounds and tastes? What do they remind you of?
2. What are your least favourite sights, sounds and tastes? How do they make you feel?
3. Is there anything that you like or don't like to feel or touch? Why?
KEY PHRASES Talking about likes and dislikes What are your favourite ...? It meminds me of ... I love ... Is there anything that you don't like ...? Are there any ... that you dislike? I hare / can't stand ... |
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiTham khảo
1. My favourite sights are rice fields and garden scenes, they remind me of my hometown.I love the sweetness of candy and cakes. It reminds me of my beautiful childhood.
My favourite sounds are the guitar and piano sounds. They remind me of the songs my mom used to play for me.
2. I hate the crowded street scene with the sound of vehicle horns. It makes me tired.
3. Yes, it is. I love the feeling of lying in a warm blanket and listening to my favorite music on rainy winter days. Because that makes me relaxed and comfortable.
(Trả lời bởi Nguyễn Việt Dũng)
Think of your typical day. What do you see, smell, taste and feel after you wake up and before you go to school?
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiTham khảo
(Trả lời bởi Nguyễn Việt Dũng)
After I wake up, I see the sun rising through the window. I smell the aroma of the food that my mother cooks in the kitchen and then, I taste them. Before I go to school, I feel excited to start a new day, sometimes I also feel sleepy, though.