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Red is for winners
Critical thinking
conclusions
6
Read Hill and Barton’s conclusion carefully. Which
statement (a–c) means the same thing?
When competitors in sport are equally matched, the team
dressed in red is more likely to win, according to a new
study.
a The colour red can make a weak athlete successful
against a strong athlete.
b The colour red is only an important factor when
there is very little difference between the skill of the
athletes.
c The colour red does not affect results when there
is very little difference between the skill of the
athletes.
7
Which piece of evidence in the text doesn’t support
this conclusion?
Vocabulary and speaking
the
roles we play
8
Look at the list of roles people can have. Which roles
are mentioned in the text?
anthropologist athlete biologist colleague
competitor contestant friend manager
mentor opponent parent primatologist
researcher scientist teacher
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WORDBUILDING noun and verb
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noun
We can change the ending of some nouns to make words
that describe what people do.
anthropology
!
anthropologist
win
!
winner
For further information and practice, see Workbook page 11.
9
Work in pairs. Take turns to choose one of the words
and describe what a person in this role does. Your
partner will guess the word.
This person helps you at
work, but it’s not your boss.
colleague
10
How many different roles do you play in your life?
Compare with your partner.
Well, at the moment I’m taking
part in a photography competition,
so I suppose I’m a competitor.
Reading
1
How many sports teams can you write down
in one minute? What are their team colours?
Which are the most successful teams of those
on your list?
2
Work in pairs. Read the article headline on
page 15 and discuss what you think it means.
Choose one of these options (a–c).
a Traditional gold medals are now red.
b Teams with the word ‘red’ in their name
win more often.
c Red sports clothes lead to more success.
3
Read the article quickly. Check your idea from
Exercise 2.
4
Find information about these people in the
article and correct the factual mistakes in these
sentences.
1 Russell Hill and Robert Barton are British
athletes.
2 Joanna Setchell does research into African
birds.
3 Jonathan Blount is an anthropologist at the
University of Glasgow.
5
Match the research topics (1–4) with the
scientists’ conclusions (a–d).
1 Results at the Olympic Games
2 African mandrills’ success with the
opposite sex
3 Male and female zebra !nches
4 The colour of birds’ beaks
a The colour red gives some male monkeys
an advantage.
b The colour red makes some male birds
more successful.
c Brightly coloured beaks are indicators of
healthier birds.
d The colour red can give some athletes an
advantage.
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