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for Senior 1 You should drink at least eight glasses of water a day. Reading in dim light damages your eyesight. As a group, form your opinions and list the reasons for your answers. Then report your answers to the class. Drink at least eight glasses of water per day. Reading in dim light damages your eyesight. Shaving makes your hair grow back faster or coarser. Eating turkey makes you sleepy. We use only 10 percent of our brains. 5. Lots of food and drink may make us sleepy. 6. Most parts of our brain are not used in our daily life. 7. Mobile phones have little effect on medical equipment. 8. Dry skin usually retracts to make hair or nails grow longer. Using all available resources, each group answers the following questions through research: --What actually causes the disease or medical condition mentioned in this medical myth? --How did this medical myth most likely come into being? --What are the common medical practices that are used to treat the disease or medical condition mentioned in this medical myth? * 大连开发区八中 程国良 Top 7 health myths (P6) 07-08学年第18期 Curriculum focus: Build up the students’ scientific awareness by reading. Train problem-solving abilities Discuss in groups of four or five. True or false: Have you heard of seven “medical myths” ? (Myth means a belief or explanation that many people believe is true but actually is NOT true) Look through the passage and find out what they are. 6. Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death. 7. Mobile phones are dangerous in hospitals. The seven myths are: Read the passage carefully and find out which of the following statements is True or False. Few people used to doubt the truth of the claims. Researchers have found some scientific basis for the claims. Reading in dim light will not cause any permanent damage. Shaving may make our hair look coarser. Suppose you will be working for a medical clinic (诊所) to create pamphlets (小册子) on common medical myths to be given to your pati