Transcript LM1002_Reading_Chapter8_Alpizar

LM1002
Chapter 8
Medicine, Myths and Magic
C. Alpízar N.
Get in groups
Your professor will ask you to
brainstorm ideas about one of the
questions on ex.1, p.199.
Be ready to share your ideas with the
rest of the class.
Question #3, ex.1, p.199
MRI scans
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear magnetic
resonance imaging (NMRI), or magnetic resonance
tomography (MRT) is a medical imaging technique
used in radiology to visualize internal structures of the
body in detail. MRI makes use of the property
of nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR) to image nuclei
of atoms inside the body.
Get in pairs
Do ex.2 on pp.199-200
Read and listen
to the selection
on pp.200 and
201.
Some Vocabulary from the Reading
Bioethics: the study of and thinking
about what’s right and wrong in
biological progress and activities such
as genetic engineering and the
transplantation of organs.
Some Vocabulary from the Reading
Outrun: to move faster or further than
someone/something.
Amniocentesis: a medical test where a
needle removes liquid surrounding a
baby in the mother’s womb to examine
the baby’s condition.
Some Vocabulary from the Reading
Xenotransplants: p.202, line 6 of the
page, after the “—”
Baboon: large gregarious primates of
Africa
Some Vocabulary from the Reading
Bio-synthetics: describing products
made from artificial substances, often
copying the natural product
Neocortex: grey matter surrounding
the deeper white matter of the
cerebrum.
Group work
Read the words in ex.3, p.200 and
underline them in the reading.
Can you define them in your own
words?
Let’s divide in 5 groups. Each
group does ONE of these
exercises.
Group 1: ex. 5 on p.203
Group 2: ex.6 (1-8) on p.203
Group 3: ex.6 (9-16) on pp.203-204
Group 4: ex.7 on pp.204-205
Group 5: ex.8 on p.205
Collaborative Group
Work
Get in new groups with one
representative from the previous
groups and share your answers
with your classmates.