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The Body Beautiful

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A How much do you know about the human body? Do the quiz and
find out! Your teacher will give you the correct answers.
1 Which is the largest organ 3 What is the total length of all the
in the human body? blood vessels in a child's body?
a the heart a about 23,000 km
b the lungs b about 97,000 km
с the brain с about 36,000 km
d the skin d about 65,000 km
2 How many bones are there 4 How much does the adult human
in the adult human body? brain weigh on average?
a 206 a 1 kg
b 276 b 2 kg
с 106 с 1.3 kg
d 186 d 2.3 kg

В Can you read and understand the short text below?
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Write your own sentence in your notebook with jumbled up letters, universe: all the stars, planets,
following the rule above. Swap with a partner! galaxies, etc in space
rational: sensible and practical
С Quickly read the article about the human brain. W hat advice is neuron: a cell that sends and
receives messages to and from
suggested for students who are unable to do their homework?
the brain
sensory: connected with the
W r Av m z in g physical senses

Your brain controls everything you
do. It makes it possible for you to
think, learn, create and feel emoti
to blink and breathe and for your
heart to beat — this fantastic cont
centre is your brain. It is so amazing
that a famous scientist once called it
'the most complex thing we have yet
discovered in our universe'.
Trying to make sense of the brain I
isn't easy. We know it's the organ I
that makes us human by giving us the
ability to create art and language, Г
make decisions and produce rational
thought. It's also responsible for our
personalities, memories, movement»
and how we understand the world
Can this small grey organ, which
weighs less than one and a half kilos, I
really do so much? Amazingly, your |
brain contains about 10 0 billion
microscopic cells called neurons—it I
would take you over 3,000 years to
count them all. Whenever you dnT
laugh, think, see or move, it's bee