Video 03 : see page TB
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3 Read and listen. Play the recording while students read the text.
Explain any new words, e.g.,
nearly everything, digest, percent (%), lose, put back . Then play the recording again,
pausing for students to point to the correct photograph
in activity
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when they hear the relevant words.
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Ask questions, e.g.,
Why do our stomachs need water? (
To digest food. )
How do we put water back into our bodies? (
We eat and drink. )
How many glasses of water do we need to drink every day? (
Six to eight. )
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4 Answer the questions. •
Students read and answer the questions about the text.
Key: 1 To move around the body.
2 More than 70%.
3 Our skin.
4 We feel tired and we sometimes have a
headache.
5 When do you think you should drink more water? •
Ask students to think of times when they drink more water,
e.g., in hot weather, when they get up in the morning, after
eating something salty, after playing a sport or walking/
cycling somewhere. Then ask
Do you think you drink enough water? How often do you feel thirsty? •
Students can then read the Guess What! for the page.
Make sure students understand the meaning of
go into and
through . Ask students to think of any other animals
that don’t drink, or drink only rarely (e.g., koalas, some
insects), and if they know how plants get water (through
their roots).
