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Warming-up Activities Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words Group work Go over the preview, the pre-reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read. Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions . Background information Luca Cavalli-Sforza: Cavalli-Sforza, born in Genoa, Italy, was educated at the University of Pavia where he gained his MD in 1944. After working on bacterial genetics at Cambridge (1948－1950) and Milan (1950－1957) he has held chairs in genetics at Parma (1958－1962) and Pavia (1962－1970). In 1970 he was appointed professor of genetics at the University of Stanford, California, a position he held until his retirement in 1992. Enriching your vocabulary Read the sentences carefully and guess the meaning of the italicized term in each sentence according to the context and your own experiences. Homework Learn the new words and expressions of the text by heart. Go over the text and try to get the main idea of the text. Analyze the structure of the text. Reading-Centred Activities 1. Global Reading Task Reading Skills: Text structure analysis: 2. Detailed Reading Task Language points Simulated writing Summary of the text After-Reading Activities Vocabulary Exercises Translating and Writing Listening and speaking activities Talking about the topic or retelling the text Listening and speaking practice in XP center * Research into Population Genetics Unit 7 Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities Stage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice Cavalli-Sforza has specialized mainly in the genetics of human populations, producing with Walter Bodmer a comprehensive survey of the subject in their Genetics, Evolution and Man (1976). He has al